

Space Runaway Ideon: Contact
1982, Japanese. Directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino & Toshifumi Takizawa.
A movie recap of the Space Runaway Ideon TV Series. Humanity's pursuit of knowledge leads them to the planet Solo, where they find mysterious remains of a long dead alien civilization, including the 3 part super robot 'Ideon', and a powerful warship. Using these, the Earthlings sent to investigate the ruins defend themselves in their constant conflicts against powerful aliens called the Buff Clan, who are in pursuit of 'Id', the mysterious energy that powers the Ideon.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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IDEON: watch order
Cast & crew
- Yoshiyuki TominoDirector
- Toshifumi TakizawaDirector
- Yoko AsagamiHarulu Ajiba (voice)
- Banjo GingaDamido Pechi (voice)
- Koichi HashimotoBento Marasu (voice)
- Kazuo HayashiGije Zaral (voice)
- Kazuhiko InoueHatari Naburu (voice)
- Takkô IshimoriDoba Ajiba (voice)
- Seizo KatoGindoro Jinma, Zou Habel Gande (voice)
- Shôjirô KiharaDaram Zuba (voice)
- Tatsuya MatsudaDeck Afta (voice)
- Yuri NashiwaTolorof (voice)
- Keiko OzakiKilarul (voice)
- Hideki SasakiMoera Fatima (voice)
Details
- Released
- 10 July 1982
- Original title
- 伝説巨神イデオン 接触篇
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Sukehiro Tomita, Hiroyasu Yamaura, Yuji Watanabe
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Space Runaway Ideon: Contact runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Who directed Space Runaway Ideon: Contact?
Space Runaway Ideon: Contact (1982) was directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Toshifumi Takizawa and stars Yoko Asagami, Banjo Ginga, Koichi Hashimoto.