![]() Our second pilot in the Ideon is Kasha Imhof. He wins arguments against scientist and military officers and quickly establishes himself not only as the logical choice for piloting the Ideon but also as useful warrior outside the giant robot. At the start of “Space Runaway Ideon” Cosmo is standing up to adults, holding his ground against them both intellectually and physically. Also Tomino lets Cosmo be a little more bold and capable than other young male protagonists at the start. Cosmo’s hair is one of the those things that is funny the first few times you see it, then you just get used to it, and Cosmo would not be the same with a different hair do. First of all that hair, even during the eighties when this show came out giving anyone a orange afro would diminish our ability to take them seriously, it takes daring to give your main character hair like that, but Tomino did. However Cosmo is a fun main character because he surprises us in various was. Both are naturally talent for commanding machinery, both are mechanically inclined, both are brave and strong young men. They are both approximately the same age, both are hot headed and need to grow up, and both do this with the backdrop of grandiose epic war in space where they are responsible for piloting the most powerful weapon on the battlefield. In fact Cosmo has a lot in common with Amuro. If the introduction of young man hijacking a mysterious piece of military equipment and using it to ward off an unforeseen enemy attack after a permanent separation from their father sounds familiar, it should, it is exactly how Amuro Ray was introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam. Cosmo is one of several people who seek shelter inside one of three piece of military equipment during the attack and is one of three people end up piloting the Ideon. Our primary protagonist is Yuki Cosmo, a young man whose father is killed in the initial attack by the Buff Clan on the planet Solo. Of course it is much easier to feel the growing tension of war and feelings of terror when we have characters to relate to and Tomino deliveries with great characters in “Space Runaway Ideaon.” Everything surrounding the science fiction in “Space Runaway Ideon” seems reasonable enough, except for the Ideon itself which is way too powerful to be considered realistic, until you realize what the Ideon really is. This is the only anime that might qualify as both a “real” robot anime and a “super” robot anime. ![]() Every element of the plot moves towards a grimmer and darker setting. Everything about the war between the earthlings and the Buff Clan is in a state of escalating terror. There is a constant feeling of unease surrounding the Ideon and what it is capable of. “Space Runaway Ideon” is a series that is built on tension. The Ideon firing tens of thousands of missiles all at once. The crew of the Solo ship use the Ideon (The Giant God) to defend themselves and the more they use the giant robot the more they learn how insanely powerful it’s abilities are. ![]() In spite of this, the Buff Clan are relentless in pursuing the “Solo Ship” the space ship that houses the “Giant God” and an elaborate game of cat and mouse across the stars begins. The Buff Clan have a technological, and therefore militaristic, advantage over the earthlings however the three pieces of military equipment come alive and combine to form a giant robot who forces the Buff Clan to retreat.īoth sides learn very early on that both the earthlings and the Buff Clan are human literally, they are the exact same species only from different home worlds somehow. At the same time another civilization of space travelers, known as “The Buff Clan” come to the planet Solo with the goal of discovering the “Giant God.” Karala the daughter of the Buff Clan’s military commander comes to investigate the discovery of the earthlings but her overzealous protector, Gije, believes her to be in danger and attacks. Our story begins on the planet Solo where the military are investigating the construction of unauthorized military equipment only to be informed that the machinery was not produced by the scientist present but rather they dug it out of the ground. The premise of “Space Runaway Ideon” is as follows, in the distant future, earthlings have begun colonizing other planets. “Space Runaway Ideon,” is the first anime Kill Them All Tomino worked on after “Mobile Suit Gundam.” He was given complete creative control and with that freedom he was able to explore his wild imagination in all direction. ![]()
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