#Space runaway ideon cosmo series#

The Ideon Sword, a beam of light that springs from the robot's arms, and which can be infinitely long and slice planets in half.The Black Hole Gun, which can create a small black hole to swallow up annoying enemy ships.At first the giant robot only comes with a couple of missile launchers and guns, but over time three new weapons are discovered, each more powerful than the one before: Slowly the true extent of the power of the Ideon emerges.

#Space runaway ideon cosmo series#

The bulk of the series follows the reluctant crew of the Solo Ship, as they are time and again forced by their pursuers to fight for their lives. They decide to hunt the Solo Ship down to get Ideon, which they have been exploring the galaxy for.

The Clan explorers, however, learn that the Ideon is the Giant God, the legendary saviour of the Clan, who rescued them from destruction with its immense power source, called Id. The remaining survivors, the Ideon, and the scientists at the dig site flee to the Solo Ship, which takes off and leaves the planet and the Buff Clan behind. The incident incites a war, as the forces of the Buff Clan proceed to obliterate the colonies on Solo. Three people at the dig site flee, each to one of the trucks, which triggers the trucks to transform into the giant robot, Ideon, which repels the attackers. When they arrive, they notice the tanks near the excavation site and attack them to protect the commander's daughter. The commanders send their own ships after her. The commanders of the alien vessel debate over whether to make first contact, but the daughter of the other takes the matter out of their hands and takes a ship down to the planet. While the archeologists are busy with their new find and arguing with the military, an alien civilization, the Buff Clan, who are very similar to humans but far more advanced, arrive on the planet on an exploration mission. Meanwhile, an officer of the military arrives with a group of tanks to take over the excavation. They also discover three trucks, which are the components of the titular giant robot, Ideon. An archaeological expedition on the planet Solo uncovers a large starship, which they name the Solo Ship. The story begins in the 24th century, when mankind has begun colonising space. Ideon continued in Tomino's style of real robots, and uses many of the themes in Mobile Suit Gundam. The likelihood of the show being released on DVD outside Japan is very remote, although there is a fansubbing project going on. I am going to spoil the story of Ideon almost completely, so reader beware. The series was the creation of Yoshiyuki Tomino, who is better known for the classic mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), the forefather of the 'real robot' genre of mecha anime, where the robots are treated more realistically as tools that can malfunction or require maintenance, not invincible, sentient superheroes or 'super robots'. It was aired in Japan in 1980-1981, and the films were released as a double bill in 1982. Space Runaway Ideon ( Densetsu Kyojin Ideon) is a Japanese animation series of 39 episodes and a two part film feature.