Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked - Recommendations

Alt title: Densetsu Kyojin Ideon Hatsudou-hen

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End of Evangelion is an alternate ending to the Evangelion TV series (replaces episodes 25/26). In this powerful conclusion, the final battle against the Angels is fought, and questions are finally answered. The fate of the world lies with Shinji, but how will he act?

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valondar valondar says...

These mecha shows have been concluded, but there is felt a need to remake the ending as a big feature film. The result is a feature film that progresses inexorably and brutally to what can only be considered a highly bizarre climax. Ideon makes it a little more explicit as to the nature of these cosmic forces, but in either grim conclusion the state of mind of the mecha pilot can be of utmost importance.

I really enjoyed End of Evangelion but had my reservations about the way Be Invoked concluded (a little too silly for my picky and arrogant tastes), but even with those reservations I can't but concede that Be Invoked is a reasonable rec for this title and vice versa. A knowledge of the TV series the films are concluding - or at least the summary movie, in the case of Ideon - does not go amiss.

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valondar valondar says...

The epic showdown, the feature film conflagration and conclusion these two mecha franchises. Granted, Gundam continues to chug along as a franchise, but the feature film Char's Counterattack was conceived as the last word in that saga and it concludes the central narrative of the Universal Century timeline... while the Ideon film manages to conclude the saga for good in, well, a very finite manner.

Either film involves plenty of epic robot fights (moreso in Char's Counterattack), climaxes to long-running rivalries, and stuff blowing up (moreso in Ideon). Knowledge of the franchise beforehand is recommended if you want to see either film; one can probably get by on the summary feature movies if you don't want to trawl through old lengthy TV shows.

Space Runaway Ideon: Contact

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After colonizing the planet Solo of the Andromeda galaxy, earthling scientists uncover ancient mechanisms built by a lost nation from long ago. They find that these mechanisms can combine to create a giant mecha called Ideon. They name this vanished nation the Sixth Civilization as it is the sixth example of intelligent alien life the human race has encountered. What the earthlings do not realize, however, is that they are soon to encounter the seventh: the Buff Clan, humans from a world other than Earth who have come seeking a legendary power source known as the Ide. Fortuitously, just as first contact with the Buff Clan turns violent, the earthlings assemble Ideon and discover the ancient robot is powerful enough to protect them. But is Ideon in fact the power source of legend, and what is the extent of its might? The earthlings can only hope to discover the answer before it is too late.

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