The director and animators also don’t flinch from using interesting style choices throughout. There have been individuals who have listened to this movie’s music and weren’t even aware it came from an anime such as this, it is so grand in scale and style. The music delivers regarding of what the scene calls for, whether it’s thrilling battle music, more somber themes or something else. The epic scenes in the movie are made all the more so by the music supporting them. The music of this movie is also breathtaking. Admittingly, I’m a biased fan of late 70’s and 80’s anime, but I think the animation quality here really stands up, even today. The franchise’s character designer/animation director Tomonori Kogawa truly does a great job here and I’ve heard that he personally animated significant parts of this movie on his own. The animation of the movie is quite strong, significantly surpassing that of the series (significant portions of the final episode, which appear in this movie were reanimated). Technically the movie truly shines in several respects. It greatly builds upon the characters and storyline from the TV series. This movie is the highlight of the Ideon in pretty much all respects. It provides a conclusion ending to the franchise. Be Invoked provides us with an edited version of the final episode of the TV series (with the ending sequence removed) and those final 4 episodes of footage that never got created. The depth of character development can’t be matched with the brief compilation movie and said movie leaves things out, enough so that you will be confused by certain aspects of this movie. My recommendation would be to watch the television series. As a viewer you have the option to either watch that movie before seeing this one, or watching the first 38 episodes of the television series. The first, A Contact, is a compilation movie covering the majority of the series. Thankfully the show’s staff were provided the opportunity to finish the story with a pair of movies. As such those final 4 episodes were never produced, and the final episode of the series ends right in the middle of the action with a very brief and disappointing end sequence. The show’s staff tried for the same with Ideon, including even storyboarding the final 4 episodes, but were unable to get the extension. 4 episode extension to finish the series. The show’s director and much of the crew had been involved with the show Mobile Suit Gundam, which had suffered a similar fate, but had been provided with a Originally intended to last a full year, the show got cancelled after 39 episodes. Space Runaway Ideon was a television series that aired from 1980 to 1981. In my eyes this is one of the best anime movies of all time and still is today, almost 35 years after its release.Ī little bit of background is necessary coming into this movie. The Ideon: Be Invoked is the thrilling conclusion to the Space Runaway Ideon franchise. Unlike in, say, Victory Gundam, the deaths are hard-hitting and emotionally draining rather than mildly ridiculous. No-one is safe, from children to pregnant women and countless others - and it is the matter-of-fact way in which both sides kill indiscriminately - sometimes without even the chance to prevent the deaths - which contributes to the bleakness. Tomino uses this giant, mysterious, screen throughout both movies as a a constant visual reminder of the relationship between man and machine and as the events of Be Invoked get bleaker its constant lighting becomes representative of humanity's loss of control.īe Invoked has a reputation for being one of Tomino's more violent works and that's certainly the case. The sound effects provide a sense of dread and threat - while the sound of, say, the G-Stone firing up would make you excited to see the heroes win, the sound and sight of the Ide Gauge is much less enticing. The sound is fairly minimalistic, which makes the moments with music hit a lot harder. The hope for peace hinted at in A Contact is quickly wrecked and the audience are drawn into watching the universe spiral towards its ultimate fate in a bleak, horror-like film. Then it gets going with its own plot, and it's a hell of a ride. around where the series and A Contact end, with a credits sequence introducing the events not shown as in-depth in the first film as in the series - such as the Ideon Sword, and Cosmo's relationship with Kitty. The essential idea behind The Ideon is that it subverts the idea of super robots being man's servants against an alien menace by giving the titular robot a form of mind of its own, and removing the element of human control. However, if you have the context needed from having watched the preceding events, Be Invoked is a truly excellent ending to the show. It's not recommended you watch this film without having seen either the full series or the first movie. It is difficult to write a review of The Ideon: Be Invoked without also writing about A Contact.
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