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.
