![]() Ideon explodes and destroys what's left of Buff Clan army, since even before that, it generates a swarm of meteors that wreck Earth and Buff Clan homeplanet (destruction of other Terran colonies is Handwaved), so all sentient beings on both planets are destroyed. In The Movie, Buff Clan stages the final assault on the Solo ship and Ideon, this time with a planet-destroying Wave Motion Gun. Enough so to completely wipe all of them out. It also becomes apparent that Ideon has a will of its own and that it is displeased with the humans' wars and infighting. Towards the end of the series, every known army in the universe gangs up against the Solo crew. Along the way, many folks die and the Solo ship screws up their relationships with other Terran colonies and the Earth itself, all of whom now want Ide for themselves. This results in a rather monotonous Strategy Of The Week as Buff Clan (unsuccessfully) employs increasingly more devastating technologies and renowned military commanders to bring down the Solo ship and get their hands on Ideon. The ship and the robot contain the so-called Ide, a source of infinite energy, which a militaristic alien-but-actually-human civilization of Buff Clan is after. A group of Terran colonists on a remote planet find a Cool Starship and three bulky starfighters that combine into a Super Robot. So, for those of you who seek a comprehensive plot summary of the series, here is one. Heck, it's probably best known today as the absolute heavyweight champion of the Kill'Em All trope. Due to its angsty and bizarre ending, it is often cited as close inspiration for Neon Genesis Evangelion. The last 4 episodes were made into the movie Be Invoked. As with its sister series it had its run cut short, it was planned for 43 episodes but got pulled after 39. Space Runaway Ideon (aka Densetsu Kyojin Ideon, Legendary Giant God Ideon) was the project that Yoshiyuki Tomino worked on directly after Mobile Suit Gundam.
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