A desire to avoid demotion through failure leads to combat a desire to achieve promotion through victory continues the campaign even after it has been made clear peaceful alternatives exist. The Buff Clan operate on a warrior ethic that rewards credited success with promotion in rank but failure can bring demotion just as swift. To the story's credit, there is a depthless cynicism that undermines what could have been a simple tale of good and evil. While these are recurring motifs in the 1980s mecha genre, Ideon lacks an overarching narrative - like Gundam's war - to tie together its string of robot battles. Our heroes spend a lot of time fleeing their opponents without a clear aim beyond escape and our villains have no broader objectives then defeating them. 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. Great stories, up to the standards of Ffloyd Gottfredson and Carl Barks.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. Which was published in Mickey Mouse 254, here: It's this one:Īnother recommended reading is this "noir" story: I would recommend, if you find it, Mickey Mouse Adventures (the late 1980s Gladstone series) issues 6, 7, 8, 9, which have presented an early masterpiece by Guido Martina and Romano Scarpa. Some of them have been printed in the US. :( Up to circa 1990.ĭisney comics "died" around the 1960s in the US, but the Italian authors produced from 1949 to 1990 over 40 years of masterpieces. We have not had the luck to see 1960s series like Astro Boy, Cyborg 009, Eighth Man or Gigantor, anyway (and almost nothing of Osamu Tezuka's early production as well). In Italy, it was the very first Japanese animation series released, and it was a true phenomenon. I know Nagai tried to market Grendizer in the US back then, but it wasn't a successful attempt. Bonus Track - Yakusoku ('Hotori-Tada Saiwai wo Koinegau' Theme) 4:03 Kanashii Hoshi (Cosmos Aika-/ Yami Kara no Te) 4:20ġ0. Hoshi o Yuku Mono (Hoshiboshitachi no Monogatari) 5:45Ħ. Marvel comics are fantastic! Here you go:Ġ3 - Yomigaeru Kyojin ġ4 - Ide No Hatsugen ġ6 - Toubou Wa Tsuzuku Ī2 - Yomigaeru Ide (The ressurection of Ide)Ī5 - Episode Synopsis music ~ theme of BaffukranĪ6 - The music that is played during commercial breaksī1 - The music that is played during return from commercial breaksī3 - Cosmos ni kimi instrumental (played during tragic battles)ī6 - Densetsu No Kyojin (Space Runaway Ideon Opening sung by Isao Sasaki)Ģ. Piccic, I had no idea Grendizer was released as Goldrake in Italy. I did my best to name each song according to it's meaning in the show but I'll look for a track listing a little later on. Well I tried my best guys, the 2 bottom OSTs had a japanese track list and I have no idea what they mean :(. Many thanks again, I hope we can keep talking a little… :) If you can post them in a message, I would appreciate a lot the Ideon tracklists: the Japanese titles get messed up in the mp3 tags, and I can't read them (probably they are not written in Unicode, I have a Mac, anyway). Me, I mostly grew up reading different comics, mostly classic Marvel and Disney (we have had the best Disney comics authors for over 40 years, here, when they stopped the great syndicate strips in the US). They are going to release Grendizer in DVD here in Italy, for the first time in 30 years. We had Goldrake (Grendizer) in 1978, and many of us saw it when they first aired it here in Italy (like me, although I remember very little of it). It's full of fans and admirers of Go Nagai's work, but of all Japanese animation in general. I am not an admirer of Tomino in particular: in Italy we had Gundam, but I think I never watched it. I have already had the opportunity of downloading the animated series, I just have to watch it.
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