A desire to avoid demotion through failure leads to combat a desire to achieve promotion through victory continues the campaign even after it has been made clear peaceful alternatives exist. The Buff Clan operate on a warrior ethic that rewards credited success with promotion in rank but failure can bring demotion just as swift. To the story's credit, there is a depthless cynicism that undermines what could have been a simple tale of good and evil. While these are recurring motifs in the 1980s mecha genre, Ideon lacks an overarching narrative - like Gundam's war - to tie together its string of robot battles. Our heroes spend a lot of time fleeing their opponents without a clear aim beyond escape and our villains have no broader objectives then defeating them. What also hinders Ideon, besdes the bland adherence to formula, is a lack of direction. The Ideon typically battles mecha half its size, and the antagonists renewed optimism each episode that their new plan will finally bring victory makes suspending disbelief difficult. but what makes the mecha cool as a concept wrecks a lot of the show's early tension. It is huge and has a seemingly limitless energy and capacity for destruction. It's a little moment and one that caps off an episode of random robots punching each other, but it's questions like this which drive what basically works in this series.Įven by the standards of mecha anime, the Ideon is a formidable robot. He wonders idly why people who created such incredible technology no longer exist. StoryOur protagonist Yuuki Cosmo is gazing out at a sunset framed by the Ideon and the Solo Ship, those seemingly invincible relics of the deceased Sixth Civilization.
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