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While he initially seems like he's Tomino throwing his hands up at critics of Amuro from Gundam (who would likely go on to whine about Shinji in Eva) with how eager Cosmo is to pilot his giant robot, the curtains start to slowly get peeled back showing that Cosmo undergoes some very real trauma from his experience as a pilot and also has the potential for being a downright bad person at times, being a dramatically more complicated character in the long run.

Even Cosmo himself bucks a lot of trends.

#Space runaway ideon be invoked eng sub movie#

Equally important to Cosmo is Bes Jordan (who seems like he's the show's Bright Noah before it becomes apparent that he's effectively the co-lead among others) the commanding officer aboard the Solo Ship, Karala, the Buff Clan rebel who joins up with the crew of the Solo Ship, Sheryl, the scientist who helped to discover the Ideon in the first place, and even Gije, the Buff Clan ace who seems like the closest thing the show has to a Char (though he is so much more), all of whom play critical roles in the show (with the finale of the show and the entire impetus of the movie actually being based more around the actions of Bes and Karala). While you could pin down Cosmo Yuki as the closest thing to the show's main character, being the character who is most prominently featured in the opening and fills the traditional role of the young boy pilot, the entire cast of. While the intro of the show seems hopeful and poppy as any other mecha anime of the time, you can get a real sense of the underlying themes in the show, which become even more apparent at the end of each episode with the show's ending.ĭue to the nature of how, Ideon has a very expansive cast of characters. While some last more than others, in the end, nobody is really spared from this harsh reality. While other animes of the time (and even since) treated character deaths as a major deal, Ideon makes it clear that death can come for any character at any time. While you would easily confuse the setup and overall trajectory of the show with 1982's Macross (which actually shared some crew and helped to cement the Itano Circus barrage of missiles that started with Ideon), these shows couldn't be any different. What starts as a hopeful encounter between two distinct pockets of humanity from far flung reaches of the universe quickly devolves into a desperate chase throughout the universe.

If you thought Gundam was dark in its outlook, Ideon is downright bleak in the end.