Underplayed Gems

Space Runaway Ideon (1980)

Space Runaway Ideon poster
Original title
伝説巨神イデオン
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Genre
science fiction anime and manga, mecha, drama anime and manga, Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 39 episodes
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A group of colonists and soldiers try to survive as they flee across space in a giant alien battleship. They are hunted by a relentless alien empire that wants to recover a mysterious ancient weapon called the Ideon.

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What happens

Space Runaway Ideon (伝説巨神イデオン, Densetsu Kyojin Ideon; lit. Legendary Giant Ideon, also The Ideon) is a 1980 anime television series produced by Sunrise, created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, produced immediately following his signature work, Mobile Suit Gundam. It first premiered on TV Tokyo from 1980 to 1981, followed by two feature films in 1982, and was later broadcast in Japan by the satellite TV network Animax from September 2006. Its mechanical designs were created by Yuichi Higuchi at Studio Submarine. The television series credited only the design studio, while Higuchi received full credit for the subsequent films. The characters were designed by Tomonori Kogawa. The series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for the second half of 1980. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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