![]() Space Runaway Ideon (BDRip 1440x1080p x265 HEVC FLAC 2.0).I'll look through the comments for older releases eventually so if there is anything pressing, mention it below.** Unfortunately, I lost pretty much every release that wasn't already out so it is going to be a trickle for the time being. My encoding PC just exploded in November and because of the holidays I only got around to fixing it recently. Space Runaway Ideon TV is concluded by the movie: () which was released as a double feature with the compilation movie: (). The only extras on the BD were for the movies but I included them anyway. You can skip the last episode (#39) as it is duplicated at the start of the finale movie. ()Įncoded from the US BD (Maiden Japan release). It unfortunately had the plug pulled after 39. ![]() >Note 1: Ideon was originally to be 43 episodes and was fully planned for such. ![]() Using these, the Earthlings sent to investigate the ruins defend themselves in their constant conflicts against powerful aliens called the Buff Clan, who are in pursuit of Ide, the mysterious energy that powers the Ideon. I also manage Mecha Damashii and do toy reviews over at .> Humanity's pursuit of knowledge leads them to the planet Solo, where they find mysterious remains of a long dead alien civilization, including the 3 part super robot Ideon, and a powerful warship. Space Runaway Ideon is now available on Blu-ray and can be purchased from Sentai Filmworks.ĭisclosure: Maiden Japan sent me a copy of this set for the purposes of this review.įollow me on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. However, if you persevere the journey is worth it, even if it is heartbreaking. This is not an anime for everyone though and while it isn’t a gory show, it can be quite brutal and violent in places. Overall, Ideon is an anime I never thought that would ever be released outside of Japan, so to have the remastered Blu-ray release with not only the series and movies is genuinely fantastic. This release also lacks an English dub but the original Japanese audio is accompanied with some solid English subtitles. ![]() You also have a collection of promos included. This set includes the entire series as well as the movies Contact and the finale Be Invoked. That means, even though this is an anime from the early 80s, it looks and sounds pristine.Īdmittedly the animation is quite dated but the scope of this anime is such, that you don’t notice that when planets are being cut in half. So to have Ideon in its entirety on Blu-ray is something I think that is entirely necessary at this point and I definitely appreciate the fact we now have it more widely available outside of Japan, if only to understand its cultural impact.Īs for this Blu-ray, it is taken from the recently remastered version that was released in Japan a while back. This was a noteworthy manga, not least because of the fact it was penned by Yuichi Hasegawa who would later go on to write Crossbone Gundam a few years later. Then there is the Gundam manga crossover, Counterattack of Gigantis, where Amuro, Char and Judau try to stop a newly awakened Ideon from destroying everything yet again. Wiping out entire maps with the Ideon Gun was oddly gratifying but doing that too often resulted in the bad ending, where everyone dies horribly. With the Super Robot Wars series, Ideon as a unit was a terrifying prospect in Super Robot Wars F Final but it was in Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 that captured the bittersweet aspect to its horrifying power. However, when it comes to games, Ideon’s impact is far-reaching. What's more, Koichi Sugiyama of Dragon Quest fame also composed the music in Ideon and his score, like in the Dragon Quest games, underpins the immensity of what is happening and also the awful tragedy of the various events that unfold.Īs for Ideon’s influence across anime and games, where do you begin really? It’s well known that Hideaki Anno was partly inspired by Ideon when it came to the creation of Neon Genesis Evangelion but its impact didn't stop there, as many other Gainax anime were influenced by Ideon as well. For me anyway, the Ideon still looks like the God of GMs and in a way, that seems fitting. Though, the Buff Clan ships and mecha are fascinatingly alien and actually juxtapose the Ideon quite nicely. However, the mecha designs definitely counter-balance this maturity with Yuichi Higuchi of Studio Submarine having penned the suitably chunky Ideon. The entirety of 'Space Runaway Ideon' is now available on Blu-ray.
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