Space Runaway Ideon

Épisode 1 - Resurrection of Ideon

8 mai 1980

Humanoid aliens known as the Buff Clan discover the Earth colony planet Solo, where archeologists have found 3 large armored trucks from the 'Sixth Civilization' a long extinct alien civilization. Karala Ajiba, daughter of the Buff Clan military commander heads down to Solo along with her assistant Mayaya and is pursued by her colleagues Gije Zaral and Damido Pechi. A panicked Buff Clan soldier attacks one of the Solo excavation sites, triggering an interstellar war. Seeking cover, some of the colonists including Cosmo Yuki, Kasha Imhof, Bes Jordan and Sheryl Formosa board the armored trucks, which combine to form the god-like mecha, Ideon, which fights off the enemy.

Épisode 2 - Destruction of New Lopia

15 mai 1980

The Ideon's 3 vessels revert to their normal forms after the battle is over and are equipped with powerful weapons under the direction of Bes. Bes later runs into Karala in the woods, mistaking her for a colonist. Gije leads an attack on Solo to rescue Karala, and totally destroys Solo's capital, New Lopia. Fleeing from the attack, a group of children including a baby, Piper Lou, board the Ideon, which finds the strength to fight off the Buff Clan once again. Sheryl meanwhile heads to the second excavation site, where a giant spaceship has been discovered.

Épisode 3 - Bursting Earth

22 mai 1980

Karala is reunited with Mayaya aboard the Solo Ship. Gije and Damido request help from their commander, Abadede, and launch yet another attack on Solo in order to rescue Karala. Bes discovers that Karala and Mayaya are actually Buff Clan aliens. During the ensuing battle with the Buff Clan, the Solo Ship rises from out of the ground.

Épisode 4 - Escape from Planet Solo

29 mai 1980

Épisode 5 - Infinite Power: Legendary Ide

5 juin 1980

Épisode 6 - White Flag of Betrayal

12 juin 1980

Épisode 7 - Escape from Null-Space

19 juin 1980

Épisode 8 - Battle in the Sandstorm

26 juin 1980

Épisode 9 - Burning Null-Space

3 juillet 1980

Épisode 10 - Suprise Attack of the Bajin

10 juillet 1980

Épisode 11 - Pursuit to the Ruined Planet

17 juillet 1980

Épisode 12 - Break Through the Enemy's Front

24 juillet 1980

Épisode 13 - Attack on the Alien

31 juillet 1980

Épisode 14 - Doku's Attack Strategy

7 août 1980

Épisode 15 - Plan for Retrieving Ideon

14 août 1980

Épisode 16 - Damido's Lethal Strategy

21 août 1980

Épisode 17 - Battle on the Ape Planet

28 août 1980

Épisode 18 - Betrayal on Ajian

4 septembre 1980

Épisode 19 - Gyamose's Special Command

11 septembre 1980

Épisode 20 - Battle the Devil Twins

18 septembre 1980

Épisode 21 - Sink the Enemy's Battleship

25 septembre 1980

Épisode 22 - The Legend Lives Again

1 octobre 1980

Épisode 23 - The Shocking Decoy Planet

8 octobre 1980

Épisode 24 - Strike the Infiltrating Guerillas

15 octobre 1980

Épisode 25 - Ideon's Counterattack

22 octobre 1980

Épisode 26 - Deadly Fight - Fear of Gel

29 octobre 1980

Épisode 27 - Infiltrate the Lunar Base

5 novembre 1980

Épisode 28 - Wrath of the Wave Gun

12 novembre 1980

Épisode 29 - Sparkling Sword

19 novembre 1980

Épisode 30 - Desperate Sniper

26 novembre 1980

Épisode 31 - Home Aflame

3 décembre 1980

Épisode 32 - Amidst the Flames of Fate

10 décembre 1980

Épisode 33 - Waft Area Gamble

17 décembre 1980

Épisode 34 - After the Meteors Fall

24 décembre 1980

Épisode 35 - Surfacing from Darkness

31 décembre 1980

Épisode 36 - Farewell, Solo Ship

7 janvier 1981

The crew of the Solo Ship decide to abandon it and make a deal with Marshall Franklin such that they can take refuge and the Solo Ship will be destroyed. However shortly after departing, Franklin betrays them and sends his troops to recover the Solo Ship and disarm the bombs on board. As the Solo Ship's crew rushes back to it, a Buff Clan fleet also arrives and a three way battle ensues, in which Franklin is killed. The Solo Ship's crew fails to disarms the bombs in time, but the Ide creates a protective barrier that prevents it from being destroyed.

Épisode 37 - Colony of Hatred

14 janvier 1981

The Solo Ship returns to the planet Ajian seeking refuge from the Buff Clan. Bes makes a deal with Ajian's leader, Commodore, such that the civilians of the Solo Ship will be allowed to remain on Ajian. Commodore conspires with a Buff Clan officer and instead ends up taking all of the civilians hostage, killing Sheryl's sister, Lin. Bes, Gije and the others rush back to save them and Sheryl ends up killing Commodore. Doba, unsatisfied with the performance of his officers, personally starts heading out to take on the Solo Ship and Ideon.

Épisode 38 - The Space Runaway

21 janvier 1981

The Solo Ship lands on the planet Steckin Star in order to rest before yet another battle. Harulu sends her forces there and a battle ensues. During the fighting Gije is killed and the Ideon goes berserk, slicing the entire planet in half with the Ideon swords.

Épisode 39 - In the Cosmos With You

28 janvier 1981

Karala and Joliver are transported to the Buff Clan flagship, the Bairal Jin. There, Karala encounters her father Doba, and reveals to him that she is pregnant with Bes's child. The Solo Ship and Ideon rush to the Bairal Jin to rescue Karala and Joliver. Although their shuttle is destroyed in the battle, Karala and Joliver are protected by the Ide and make it out alive. As the Solo Ship escapes, Doba demands his army to follow them. With the meeting between Doba and Karala ending up as a failure to reconcile the differences between humanity and the Buff Clan, the Ide wipes out both races.

Épisode 40 - The Ideon: A Contact

10 juillet 1982

Series compilation movie, leading up to the conclusive "Be Invoked".

Épisode 41 - The Ideon: Be Invoked

10 juillet 1982

The crew of the Solo Ship have become the outcasts of humanity. Being perused mercilessly by those in search of the Ideon, a weapon that they only hold on to as they know its power. However, that does not stop Karala’s father, Doba, from sending his most powerful weapons out on an all out suicide mission to claim the Ide. Judgement day is approaching for the Terran Humans and the Buff Clan, and now the Ideon has placed everyone’s fate in the hands of Karala’s unborn child.