And it is supposed to be detailed in the finale movie. The conclusion is too abrupt but still works. Within the later parts even the mandatory repetitive action scenes start to look good (even appealing despite the impression of a human squashing flies). It all becomes good once the series reaches its last third, culminating in the last three or four episodes (despite the very fast pace it takes then) who offer improvements everywere. For the mechas, despite the toy aspect of the titular robot, everything else is well done: be some alien machines evocating War of the Worlds or the fact the Buff Clan's style is easy to discern.Īfter that the story finally develops a little and tries to retain your attention by speeding up (a bit), while the drawings get slightly better. On the other hand, you can exploit this part to grow accustomed to the characters. I'm even sure the time management for the two-three last episodes could have been better, had he not been stubbornly expecting a four episodes supplement.ĭespite an interesting start showing the beginning of a mystery, frictions between relatively close cultures and between individuals (who suffered from low quality drawings or animation), it sadly reveals its super-robot episodic origin rapidly by being excessively slow: the first chunk (12-13eps) of the series is far too stretched out (what we see is interesting but drown in weekly skirmishes). The end could have easily been developed on a few more minutes, had the rest of the episode contained less (easy to skip) action. Tomino really dislikes to compromise about shows duration. The preview talked about a new big bang but rather than terminating the whole universe, it looks like the Ide decided to erase both human species since they weren't able to live together? Why do we see only the crew's souls be scattered like that?ģ.5+/5 Just why did the Ide save Karala and Joliver to kill them minutes later?! Simply press the button/baby immediately I guess calling this the predecessor to Evangelion isn't too far fetched. What? Did Ide just hit the reset button on humanity? Seemed like the show was cancelled before the anime could conclude, according to what I read, which might explain the abruptness. Though, they truly were broken mentally by the end of the series, just in varying levels of visibility.īut yeah, uh.that ending. While the crew had momentary outbursts where they broke down, the parts where they acted like being attacked was natural spoke a lot more. At some point, they acted as if getting attacked was routine. I think the worst part about this scenario is how the Ideon crew eventually got used to living on the Ideon. If anything, the main characters had it the worst, where they've been constantly attacked and alienated throughout the entire series. To be fair, this is quite indiscriminate, where no one is safe. However, it's also convenient in how it acts with great precision to enact events throughout the series. The Ideon itself seems capable of manipulating fate to some respects in order to ensure its own survival. As such, the Buff Clan kept attacking the Ideon, which, ironically, made the Ideon stronger and stronger. I recall a conversation where the Ideon crew pondered if the Buff Clan were afraid of the Ideon, wondering if they would ever come after the Buff Clan directly and completely annihilate them. Perhaps at first they wanted to possess the mecha, but at some point it got too powerful for them, thus they decided it was too powerful to leave around. At times they want to capture the Ideon, while at others they're out to destroy it. Also, I can't quite understand their intentions. Do they have infinite resources or something? I figured they were, as by their name, a clan with maybe a fleet or three to their name, but they seem to have an entire armada, large enough to conquer solar systems on a whim. That being said, throughout this anime, I couldn't understand how the Buff Clan could keep chasing the Ideon. It's a ship of tragedies and great misfortunes. It causes death and destruction wherever it goes. I mean, it was made explicit the past few episodes, but it was really hammered in this final episode. It constantly pushes the plot forward, regardless of what the main characters want. You know, perhaps the Ideon is the villain of the show.
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