Space Runaway Ideon (1980)

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

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 39 episodes

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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.

bleakintensephilosophicaltragicdesperateslow-burnunsettlingvisceral

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)

Trailer

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