Densetsu Kyojin Ideon: Hatsudou-hen (The Ideon: Be Invoked)

Pushed out to the far reaches of the galaxy, the crew of the Solo Ship faces impossible odds of survival. With the Earth destroyed and the remnants of the Buff Clan pushing them to their limit, the Ideon shows as the last line of defense for the battered remains of humanity.

As the tensions of their last stand rack up on their minds, Captain Bes Jordan and pilot Cosmo Yuuki race against the clock to protect their final opportunity of survival, even as desperation eats away at the minds of their loved ones. Using any weapons left at their disposal, the crew desperately fight on to protect themselves in the cold clutches of space, punished with a final duel against Harulu Ajiba, who is now desperate to reclaim the honor lost in her father's eyes.

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Densetsu Kyojin Ideon, Densetsu Kyojin Ideon: Sesshoku-hen

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Jordan, Bes

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Tanaka, Hideyuki
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Yuuki, Cosmo

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Shioya, Yoku
Japanese

Ajiba, Karala

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Toda, Keiko
Japanese

Formossa, Sheryl

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Inoue, You
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Imhof, Kasha

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Shiraishi, Fuyumi
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Zaral, Gije

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Hayashi, Kazuo
Japanese

Piper, Lou

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Inoue, You
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Afta, Deck

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Matsuda, Tatsuya
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Kitten, Kitty

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Ukai, Rumiko
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Fatomu, Moera

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Sasaki, Hideki
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Takizawa, Toshifumi

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Tomino, Yoshiyuki

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Matsuzaki, Kenichi

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Tomita, Sukehiro

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Mar 12, 2023

SuperJohnDoe

Recommended

It was all worth it. The awful first half, the nonsensical battles, the bizarre nature of the Ideon, neither side willing to negotiate after failed attempts to do so...

The movie rendeemd all of the TV show's faults and goes far beyond its original scope. It's hard to believe this was originaly intended to be a bunch of episodes as the flow of the entire film is quite smooth.

The score definitely helps in this case; we go from typical campy and upbeat songs you'd expect from an old-school anime to a proper orchesrta adding their colourful and rich sound to the events that unfold.

All of ...

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Jul 31, 2022

rooster_

Recommended

Nowadays Ideon may come off as a heavy-handed allegory for nuclear warfare and the apparent inevitability of human conflict, but Be Invoked--a feature film that provides the original series with a final arc and ending, instead of the rushed final episodes prompted by the show's cancellation--continues to be one of the most emotionally devastating and spiritually aspirational anime. The fact that Ideon began as a transparently toyetic mecha franchise, which is still reflected in many of its designs, doesn't detract from how seriously the story takes itself, its characters, and its message. The violence pulls no punches, even when children are involved, and this is ...

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Apr 10, 2022

Spirit_Chaser

Recommended

There will be spoilers as there is no other way I can do this.

When I first watched Ideon with the series, I sat in awe of the marvel of the Ideon itself. A giant sentient being with unlimited power. Still, there was always something that didn't feel right from the start. It's the lyrics to the opening. As much as I felt grateful for it saving the cast time and time again, something didn't feel right. Something felt eerie, or even disturbing, about the Ideon. Soon enough, it's shown that this is a monster, and no one from Captain Bes's ship wanted it anymore soon ... after. But they, along with the Buff Clan itself, were trapped in the Ideon's web. In a way, it felt as if the Ideon played them all like toys for it's amusement. Whether they wanted to or not, they would all spiral into madness and fail the Ideon's test, receiving divine judgement by the end as it destroyed all of them and restarted existence itself.

I experienced levels of horror during this movie that not even Monster can touch. Seeing my beloved cast get their heads melted off, guts destroyed, shot in the face, obliterated by shrapnel, incinerated, go literally insane, and thrown into space was an experience that left me so shaken, that even now, after the fact, I feel I have to write this review as a form of therapy.

No one survived. And yet, there is a beauty to this story as powerful as the fear it put into me. The entire cast found peace, and resurrected by the end.

Everyone who's watched both knows that Neon Genesis Evangelion screams Ideon. Ideon must be acknowledged and watched for it's impact in the 90s era of anime with that series. Anime would be very different if it weren't for the hands of the Ideon: that which molded Evangelion.

Of all the Tomino protagonists, I've watched, from Amuro, to Kamille, to Judau, I place Cosmo above them all. His life was a nightmare; underserving. Having everyone you love die in front of you over the course of 39 episodes and a movie one by one, while having to endure it and keep fighting to survive left me feeling a deep respect for his strong will and determination. He doesn't fight with unsurety; he fights knowing he will win. Even when he had nothing left to lose, he still brilliantly and courageous paved his own destiny until the very end. His iconic moment was when he lost his mother figure, and let out a scream so loud that even the Ideon screamed with him. Even Hideaki Anno would harvest this moment with Shinji.

This is a movie that really left me thinking. Besides Cosmo, Kasha is the second character that really started to grow on me, even more so after watching all this. Her honesty and logic seemed almost flawless, and yet caused her more frustration than anything else.

They say they don't make them like they used to. I think it's a matter of the time period. Ideon is product of it's time. Today it wouldn't be possible as future generations think differently now, and the masters of older anime are for the most part no longer here. It doesn't mean that anime has hit a low. Among the ocean of degeneracy that exists, there is still wonder to find if you really look for it. There will always be something sincere like Space Runaway Ideon tomorrow. Maybe they won't be widely acclaimed or known in the West that much, but they'll be there. Even so, I will appreciate the Ideon experience because it invoked emotions out of me that I didn't think were possible.

The Ideon wasn't necessarily instigating. It questioned intelligent life because of humanity's inevitable urge to go to war with itself eternally. To the horror of the Ide, the war mongering never ended. It watched as the fighting destroyed planets, killed off animals, and put fear and terror into the young and innocent. There's no denying that mankind is a creature that has it's own extinction plan built into it as a price to have intelligence. Intelligence, as important as it is, gives people the realization that they want power and to rule with it, and all that corrupts. Regardless, the Ideon still gave them a second chance. War will never stop until the last shot that is able to be given is taken. Humans won't ever put an end to war until war itself put's an end to them.

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