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Posted: May 28, 2012
Two of golf's best short games took starring roles over the weekend as Titleist Brand Ambassador Zach Johnson and Pro V1x loyalist Luke Donald raised trophies on different sides of the Atlantic.
Trusting a Pro V1x golf ball and bag of Titleist equipment, Johnson captured his eighth PGA Tour victory Sunday evening at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial after a duel with fellow Titleist Brand Ambassador Jason Dufner (Pro V1).
Earlier in the day at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, Donald broke 70 for the fourth-consecutive round to win comfortably and regain the World No. 1 ranking.
Victories by Pro V1 players Roger Chapman (Senior PGA Championship) and Hiroyuki Fujita (Japan Tour) resulted in a four-win week for Titleist golf ball players around the globe.
Through the first five months of 2012, Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x players have combined for 65 wins across the worldwide professional tours, more than eight times the nearest competitor with eight and more than all competitors combined. A total of 7,953 players have relied on Titleist golf balls for their success in those same events, nearly six times the nearest competitor with 1,332 and more than all other golf balls combined.
Johnson's victory, his second in three years at Colonial, was the masterwork of a short game that currently ranks fourth in the PGA Tour's Scrambling statistic (66.23 percent).
Gaming three Vokey Design Spin Milled wedges, Johnson got his Pro V1x up-and-down 21 of 26 times over the four days on his way to a 12-under 268 victory total (64-67-65-72).
In Round 3, Johnson needed only eight one-putts in a front-nine 31 that also featured a chip-in birdie on No. 2. Only two players in PGA Tour history have played nine hole with less putts.
"My short game carried me," Johnson, 36, said after Saturday's six-birdie, one-bogey 65.
It marked the 16th victory for Titleist golf ball players through the first 23 events of the 2012 PGA Tour season.
Dufner, who had won twice in his last three starts, finished one shot back of Johnson at 11-under 269, as Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x players occupied 10 of the top 12 positions on the final leader board.
Five Titleist golf ball loyalists tied for fifth place at 5-under 275, including Titleist Brand Ambassador Chris Kirk (Pro V1x ), Rickie Fowler (Pro V1x ), Ryan Palmer (Pro V1x ), John Huh (Pro V1 ) and Harris English (Pro V1).
Titleist Brand Ambassador Ben Crane (Pro V1x) tied for 10th at 3-under 277 along with Pro V1x loyalists Jonathan Byrd and Jonas Blixt.
Of the 120 players in the field, 86 relied upon Titleist golf balls for their success, more than seven times the nearest competitor with 12. Titleist also led the field in iron sets (37); sand, lob and approach wedges (126); and putters (51).
Here's a closer look at Zach Johnson's Titleist equipment:
Ball: Titleist Pro V1xDriver: Titleist 910D2 9.5º (Diamana Blue 73)3-wood: Titleist 910F 15º (Motore Speeder VC 7.0)5-wood: Titleist 909F2 18.5º (ZCOM Pro 95)Hybrid: Titleist 909H 21º (Speeder 904HB)Irons: Titleist AP1 (4) and AP2 (5-9) 712 Series (Dynamic Gold)Wedges: Vokey Design Spin Milled 48º, 54º, 60V (Dynamic Gold)
• EUROPEAN TOUR: Luke Donald won for the sixth time in the last 15 months with his second consecutive victory at the BMW PGA Championship, the European Tour's flagship event.
His trademark consistency into and around the greens at Wentworth resulted in rounds of 68-68-69-68 for a 15-under 273 total and four-shot victory. Donald, who currently ranks first on the PGA Tour in scrambling (67.96 percent), was the only player to shoot all four rounds in the 60s.
"With his short game and him making 20- and 30-footers, he's tough to beat," one of his opponents said.
Donald played his final 13 holes in 5 under and without a bogey.
"To come and defend and get back to (World No. 1) is very sweet indeed," said Donald, 34. "I just needed to settle down a bit. This is a big week and I felt some of the pressure. I take a great amount of satisfaction. It means I am doing the right things – the hard work is paying off and I have a great team around me."
Pro V1x loyalist Paul Lawrie finished co-runner-up at 11-under 227 after closing in 6-under 66.
A total of 81 players in the field trusted Titleist golf balls for their success, three times more than the nearest competitor with 27 and more than all competitors combined.
• CHAMPIONS TOUR: Pro V1 loyalist Roger Chapman cruised to his first major championship title with a wire-to-wire victory at the Senior PGA Championship.
"It's the greatest day of my professional career," said Chapman, 53. "No question about that."
Chapman posted rounds of 68-67-64-72 at Harbor Shores for a 13-under 271 total, two shots clear of Pro V1 loyalist John Cook.
On Saturday, he rolled his Pro V1 in for five birdies over a seven-hole stretch on the back nine to give himself a five-shot cushion heading into the final round.
"It's the best feeling in the world," he said. "This is what we strive for, this is what we practice and work hard for."
In the end, Chapman topped a leader board that featured seven Titleist golf ball players in the top 10. Of the 155 players in the event, 109 relied upon Titleist golf balls for their success, more than six times the nearest competitor with 16 and more than all other golf balls combined.
• JAPAN TOUR: Hiroyuki Fujita (Pro V1) closed with a 73 to capture the Diamond Cup Golf 2012. Fujita finished at 14-under 274 and won by three shots over Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Pro V1x).
Last week's winner at the Totoumi Hamamatsu Open, Jay Choi (Pro V1x) tied for third at 10-under 278 along with Yauharu Imano (Pro V1x) and Hidezumi Shirakata (Pro V1x) .
The win marks the 13th JGTO victory for Fujita and his second of the year. He also captured the Tsuruya Open in April.
• NCAA DIVISION 1 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP: Titleist was the golf ball of choice at the NCAA Division 1 Women's Championship, where 115 players trusted the #1 Ball in Golf, more than 14 times the nearest competitor with 8, and more than all other competing golf balls combined.
Posted: May 24, 2012
Titleist Tour Rep Chris Tuten and Scotty Cameron Tour Rep Larry Silveira, two of our equipment experts working with players each week on the PGA Tour, recently checked in with Team Titleist to answer many of your equipment questions.
Chris and Larry shared a lot of great information and insight (as usual), while filming their answers inside the Titleist Tour Van. Check out the videos below.
Steve F. asks: Do players on the PGA tour typically have their irons bent to a stronger loft? It seems like these guys hit their irons incredibly long!
Dean R. asks: What are the differences in the irons and woods a pro uses versus the Average Joe? They attain more distance off their clubs than ones off the shelves. Thanks.
Charles H. asks: What loft driver does Zach Johnson normally play? (If you can provide shaft weight, stiffness, brand grip, etc.) Thanks.
Josh G. asks: What's the most common thing for a player to ask for at the Tour Van and which day is the busiest?
Ron N. asks: How light should my clubs be for a 75 to 80 mph swing speed? I am 70 years young and love the game.
Javier G. asks: I'm thinking of buying a set of SM4 Wedges (52, 56 and 60 degrees). I play on a course that is usually wet, mostly in the morning. Should I go with a lower or higher bounce? Fairways are tight and the ball sits down.
Brent S. asks: How often is putter loft/lie checked or altered by tour golfers? Does the putter bend during normal use, i.e. leaning on it while getting ball from the hole or from so much travelling? Noticed that some players that use a plumber neck are very careful not to support themselves on it. Thanks!
Tim T. asks: How different is PGA Tour golf now than it was when you were playing?
Posted: May 22, 2012
At last week's HP Byron Nelson Classic, Jason led the field in Greens in Regulation (80.6 percent) and finished second in Driving Accuracy (75 percent), making 19 birdies over the four rounds.
In this episode, Titleist Performance Institute co-founder Dave Phillips reveals a body preparation and motor skill for you to practice at home so you can achieve Jason's key move – the point at which he changes direction in his golf swing.
If anything you see is difficult to achieve or painful, please consult a local TPI Professional.
Posted: May 21, 2012
Titleist Brand Ambassador Jason Dufner charged to his second PGA Tour title Sunday evening in Texas in statistically-stunning fashion, just 22 days after winning his first.
Trusting a Pro V1 golf ball and a bag full of Titleist equipment, Dufner, 35, made a 25-footer for birdie on the 18th hole at TPC Four Seasons Resort, to capture the HP Byron Nelson Classic by one shot and lead a four-win week for Titleist golf ball players around the globe.
Following in Dufner's recent footsteps, Azahara Munoz (Pro V1) and Jay Choi (Pro V1x) each found the winner's circle on their respective tours for the first time, while Nicolas Colsaerts (Pro V1x) claimed the biggest win of his career in Europe.
Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x players have now combined for 61 victories across the worldwide professional tours in 2012, more than eight times the nearest competitor with seven and more than all competitors combined.
A total of 7,571 players have teed up Titleist golf balls in those same events, more than six times the nearest competitor with 1,235 and more than all other golf balls combined.
How to best sum up Dufner's week in the Lone Star State? Fairways and greens. (And birdies, too.)
Dufner, who closed in 3-under 67 for an 11-under 269 total, one shot ahead of Pro V1 loyalist Dicky Pride, put on a clinic when it came to his key golf stats.
Dufner, who carries new AP2 (712 Series) irons and Vokey Design SM4 wedges (54º & 60º), lead the field in Greens in Regulation at 80.6 percent.Using his Titleist 910D2 9.5º driver, he also ranked second for the week in Driving Accuracy, hitting 75 percent of fairways at TPC Four Seasons.
That all added up to 19 birdies (tied for first), including two over his final three holes Sunday.
On the par-5 16th, Dufner used his SM4 60º wedge to blast his Pro V1 out to 6 feet for birdie.
On the 18th, Dufner stood over a 25-footer for birdie with his Scotty Cameron GSS Circa 62 No. 2 Prototype in his hands.
You know what happened next.
"For some reason I had a really good visual on that putt. I don't read putts, I don't say to myself, that putt breaks a cup or two cups, I just try to see visually where I want the ball to roll, see it going in the hole visually, and that felt good," said Dufner.
"I really got locked into the line that I wanted and focused on making the putt, thinking about making a good stroke and about halfway there I thought it had a good chance."
Dufner broke through with his first PGA Tour victory April 29 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. A week later, he got married. As of today, he is No. 1 in the FedExCup Playoff standings.
"You probably couldn't dream it any better than what's been going on here. …," he said. "To win two events and get married in the span of 22 days, pretty remarkable."
Dufner was one of 102 players in the field that relied on Titleist golf balls for their success, more than five times the nearest competitor and more than all competitors combined. Titleist was also first in sand, lob and approach wedges (121); and putters.
Titleist golf ball players occupied four of the top six position on the leader board, including Titleist Brand Ambassador Marc Leishman (Pro V1x) and rookie Jonas Blixt (Pro V1x), who tied for third.
Here's a closer look at Jason Dufner's Titleist equipment:Ball: Titleist Pro V1Driver: Titleist 910D2 9.5º (Diamana 'ahina 60)3-wood: Titleist 910F 13.5º (Diamana 'ilima 80)5-wood: Titleist 906F2 18º (Grafalloy Prolite)Hybrid: Titleist 910H 19º (Project X PXi Steel)Irons: Titleist AP2 (712 Series) 4-PW (Project X PXi Steel)Wedges: Vokey Design SM4 54º, 60º (Dynamic Gold Spinner)Putter: Scotty Cameron GSS Circa 62 No. 2 Prototype
• EUROPEAN TOUR: Pro V1x loyalist Nicolas Colsaerts claimed his second-career European Tour title Sunday at Volvo World Match Play Championship.
The long-hitting Colsaerts, who captured his first career win at the 2011 Volvo China Open, triumphed on a severely windy day at Finca Cortesin, with winds gusting over 30 mph.
"It means everything. Where do I start?" said Colsaerts, 29. "… I played well in tough conditions. Wind like this, you know it's going to be very difficult."
Three of the final four players relied upon Pro V1x golf balls for their success. Colsaert's semifinal match with Paul Lawrie (Pro V1x) in the morning began with him losing the first four holes, but he then rallied to win on the 20th hole.
Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Pro V1x) dropped his semifinal match on the final hole.
• LPGA: It was an all-Pro V1 final at the Sybase Match Play Championship, where Azahara Munoz topped Candie Kung, 2 and 1, to win her first LPGA title.
After making the turn all square, Munoz took control of the finale by rolling her Pro V1 in for birdies on Nos. 11 and 12 to take a 2-up lead.
It was a lead she would not relinquish.
"It feels amazing," said Munoz, who sealed the win with a par at No. 17.
"I've been working really hard and I finally got it, so hopefully I can get many more, makes it easier."
Munoz was one of 43 players in the event that trusted Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls for their success, seven times more than the nearest competitor with six and more than all other golf balls combined.
• JAPAN TOUR: Jay Choi (Pro V1x) posted a bogey-free 7-under 65 to come from behind and earn his first Japan Golf Tour win by one shot at the Totoumi Hamamatsu Open 2012.
Choi closed out his final round with four one-putts and two birdies, including his winning birdie on the par-5 18th.
He finished at 16-under 272.
Kurt Barnes (Pro V1), who also closed with a 7-under 65, and S.K. Ho (Pro V1x) placed fourth and fifth, respectively.
• NATIONWIDE TOUR: Runner-up Cameron Percy (Pro V1) was one of 114 Titleist golf ball players at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, nearly 100 more than the nearest competitor with 19 and more than all competitors combined.
Titleist was also first in iron sets (49); sand, lob and approach wedges (180); and putters (66).
• KOREA/ONE ASIA TOUR: Titleist was the overwhelming golf ball of choice at the SK Telecom Open with 110 players, nearly 11 times the nearest competitor with 11 and more than all other golf balls combined.
Seven of the10 players who finished among the Top 10 and ties at the event relied upon Titleist golf balls for their success, including runner-up Sang-Hyun (Pro V1).
Posted: May 14, 2012
Titleist Brand Ambassador Kyle Stanley is tonight's guest on "Golf Fitness Academy presented by Titleist" (5:30 p.m. EDT on Golf Channel). Stanley, the winner of the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open, demonstrates how he builds physical speed and power in the gym to match the speed and power found in his Titleist golf bag.
If you want to learn how a PGA Tour champion improves his golf fitness, be sure to watch this episode of "Golf Fitness Academy."
As always, find your local TPI Certified Instructor at http://www.mytpi.com/FIND
Past episodes of Golf Fitness Academy can be found on iTunes at http://bit.ly/iTunes_GFA


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LIBERAL -- The Hays High School boys' golf team cruised to a regional championship Monday at Willow Tree Golf Course.
The Indians won the Class 5A regional meet with a team score of 311, earning its fifth straight trip to state.
Salina Central and Goddard-Eisenhower tied with 317, but Central took second based on each team's fifth man.
Hays High senior Ryan Unruh ran away with the individual regional crown shooting a 71 -- six strokes better than second place.
Junior Lane Clark took fifth with a 78, and sophomore Nathan Romme was eighth with an 80. Junior Kaden Beilman rounded out the team score, shooting an 82.
Freshman Payton Ruder and sophomore Cash Hobson also competed and recorded scores of 85 and 86, respectively.
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Most amputations are closed with stitches and/or staples, and take 1-3 months, on average, to heal. Many factors affect your healing rate, and you may need up to a year for adequate healing so you can be ready to use a prosthesis.
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is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
television series produced by
Sunrise (company)
is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios...
was created and directed by
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Yoshiyuki Tomino
is a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
, and was the series he produced immediately following his most famous work,
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam
is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
It first premiered on
TV Tokyo
TV Tokyo
is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...
from 1980 to 1981, followed by two feature films in 1982, and was later broadcast in Japan by the
satellite TV
Satellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...
is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...
from September 2006.
Its mechanical designs were created by
Kunio Okawara
Kunio Okawara
is a mechanical designer in the Japanese anime industry. A mechanical designer is similar to a character designer, but the design is for robots, ships, and other mechanical items found in a particular show. Okawara was the first in the industry to be specifically credited as a mechanical designer...
and Studio Submarine for the TV series, with additional designs by Higuchi Yuuichi for the animated movies. The characters were designed by
Tomonori Kogawa
Tomonori Kogawa
is a Japanese animator and character designer, often noted for his work in the 1980s with noted anime studio Sunrise.-Works:* Space Runaway Ideon - Character Designer, Animation Director* Combat Mecha Xabungle - Character Designer...
The series won the
is a Japanese anime and entertainment magazine which Tokuma Shoten began publishing in July 1978. Hayao Miyazaki's internationally renowned manga, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, was serialized in Animage from 1982 through 1994...
Anime Grand Prix prize for the second half of 1980.
Television Series
Space Runaway Ideon
begins in 2300, far enough in the future that mankind has begun colonizing other planets. On the planet Solo in the
Andromeda Galaxy
Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Andromeda. It is also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, and is often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula in older texts. Andromeda is the nearest spiral galaxy to the...
, a group of archaeologists had come across the mysterious remains of the Ideon—three large armored trucks with the ability to transform into a godlike
A mech , is a science fiction term for a large walking bipedal tank or robot, including ones on treads and animal shapes.-Characteristics:...
. They also come across a large spaceship, known as the Solo Ship. For six months they had diligently restored the machines but failed to get the giant tanks to move. Suddenly, a humanoid alien civilization known as the Buff Clan comes across Solo.
Karala, the daughter of the Buff Clan's military commander flies down to the planet against orders with her assistant Mayaya to investigate (her commanding officer, Gije, is reluctant with her, due to her standing and the fact that he once was a soldier under her father). She is pursued closely by comrades sent by Gije, but they lose sight of her. Assuming the "aliens" (Earthling colonists) have attacked Karala, the Buff Clan begins to attack. Cosmo Yuki, the
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-wearing protagonist of the series, and his friends Kasha Imhof and Deck Afta climb aboard the three tanks, which activate on their own, and, when they initially form the Ideon, fend off the first assault, repelling Gije's men.
This is a short respite, though, as another force is sent down soon after. Bes Jordan, leader of the sparse military force stationed with the colonists orders that the Ideon tanks be armed with missiles, but while that's happening the cities on Solo are obliterated by the Buff Clan soldiers. Gije and his partner Damido, meeting up with the leader of their expedition, Abadidi Gurimade soon launch more attacks on the planet Solo in an attempt to capture the Ideon (which they refer to as the 'Giant God'). The survivors flee inside the Solo Ship and Karala, who was mistaken by Bes as a colonist is let aboard as well. Other civilians who quickly get aboard the Solo Ship include Sheryl Formosa, a linguist studying the civilization on Solo, Sheryl's sister, Lin; Banda Lotta; three children: Piper Lou, Ashura Nobaku and Fard Maraka; mechanic Joliver Ira, pilot Hatari Naburu and Moera Fatima. The pilots Tekuno and Bento soon join Cosmo and Kasha as pilots of the Ideon's 3 parts and Moera soon replaces Bes as another pilot. Karala and Mayaya are soon discovered to be aliens and while Mayaya is shot to death, Bes has taken a liking to Karala and she is allowed to live, although Sheryl and others distrust her. Karala tells everyone of the Legend of Ide, a story of the Buff Clan's savior, who saved them with the power of Ide. The Buff Clan have searched the universe for this legendary existence, which is what powers both the Ideon and the Solo Ship.
The Solo Ship soon flees the planet Solo using its powerful DS Drive engines and after a fight in sub space with the Buff Clan arrive at the Planet Saurus Star. Bes, Cosmo and the others confront Gije in a powerful Dogg Mack Mobile Suit and later in man to man fighting. Abadidi receives orders from above - Karala's elder sister Harulu that they no longer have to worry about harming her and could kill Karala if need be, since she has ashamed the Ajiba family by associating with the humans. The Buff Clan force chases the Solo Ship to the planet Crystal Star where Abadidi heads out himself in a Dogg Mack. His attempts to destroy the Solo Ship with giant winged creatures known as Bajins backfires and it is he who is killed by them. With Abadidi dead and Damido injured Harulu herself heads to the front. Arriving on the planet Ruins Star, Karala tries to make peace with her sister but is humiliated by Harulu's underlings. Things get even worse for her when Banda Lotta, upset by all the harm the Buff Clan has caused tries to kill her but folds under pressure. Karala willing to die impresses everyone on the Solo Ship with her strength.
The Solo Ship arrives at an Earth base where Cosmo meets Camyula, a female officer who reminds him of his mother. She soon dies right in front of him which renews his desire to fight. Damido, now recovered makes one final attempt to destroy the Ideon but is killed as well. The Solo Ship heads to the planet Ajian and when Gije attacks the planet the Ideon uses its powerful Black Hole Cannon, which prevents the Buff Clan's missiles from hitting the planet, but destroys a lot of the planet as well. Gije heads back to the Buff Clan homeworld as the Solo Ship travels to the planet Flag Star. The Solo Ship and Harulu's Dorowa Zan meet in space and the Dorowa is destroyed. Harulu flees in an escape capsule and meets up with Daram Zuba, a former lover and member of the Ome Foundation, which is plotting with Harulu and Karala's father, Doba, to overthrow the Buff Clan Emperor. With Gije with him Daram now becomes the main adversary of the Solo Ship as it goes to the planet Kyaral. There Cosmo meets Kitty Kitten who desires for the Solo Ship to flee since it will bring nothing but more heartbreak to their wartorn planet. Kitty is shot to death soon after by Daram and Cosmo is injured, saved only by a blood transfusion from Karala.
The Solo Ship, still pursued by Daram approach Earth but find that their fellow Earthlings will not welcome them. Sheryl and Joliver head to the moon to use the Earth Military's powerful Gloria computer and discover that the power of Ide is infinite. The Solo Ship is attacked yet again and the Ideon uses its newest weapon, the Ideon Gun to defend itself. The 3 children sneak aboard the Ideon in their latest battle with the Buff Clan's Barume Baram Mobile Weapon but this becomes an unforeseen benefit as the reaction of the children in danger make the Ideon even more powerful and yet another weapon, the Ideon Sword is revealed. Gije, abandoned by Daram meets Sheryl and sneaks aboard the Solo Ship. Few trust him even after he kills Daram in a battle on Earth. The Earth military completely rejecting them, the Solo Ship flees without a home to go back to.
The Buff Clan continues to send high ranking Buff Clan Officers after the Solo Ship, but all fail. Moera is killed in battle to the distress of everyone, especially medic Rapot. Gije takes his place as one of the Ideon's pilots. The Solo Ship returns to Ajian who now despises them for what happened earlier in the series and their military leader takes hostages, killing Sheryl's sister Lin before he is stopped. The Solo Ship flees to the planet Steckin Star and Gije is killed when the Ideon is heavily damaged. The Ideon continues to get more and more powerful as the battles and deaths escalate and the Ideon chops the entire planet in half as it makes its escape.
Be Invoked
With repeated failure by his military leaders, Doba Ajiba himself heads out on the Buff Clan flagship, Bairal Jin along with the Ome Foundation leader, Gindoro. The Buff Clan is quickly finishing its work on the Ganda Rowa, a powerful warship that might be even more powerful than the Ideon. Karala and Joliver suddenly find themselves transported to the Bairal Jin and are caught by Doba and his men. Karala reveals that she is pregnant with the child of an Earthling's (Bes's) to the shock of everyone and they make their escape. The Solo Ship heads there to save them and do as Karala and Joliver survive despite their ship being shot down. The Solo Ship flees under pursuit of many Buff Clan troop and Harulu sends out her top fighters, Tororof and Kilarul in the Zanza Lubu. Sheryl, knowing that the Ide desires to protect children brings out Piper Lou onto the deck of the ship in order to strengthen the Ideon and the force of the Ideon gun blows her right off the ship to her death, reuniting her with her beloved Gije. Karala saves Piper Lou and the Solo Ship escapes from them, for now.
On the bridge of the Solo Ship Karala reveals to everyone else that she's pregnant, with a child that Cosmo and the others call a Messiah. Kilarul and Tororof head back to Harulu telling her that Karala and her unborn child are whats manifesting the Ide so she decides to both prevent its birth and stop this from happening by killing Karala. The Zanza Lubu is destroyed in battle but the three make their way on to the Solo Ship. Tororof is killed by Banda Lotta, who is killed shortly after by Kilarul. Karala reveals herself and is shot in the face by Harulu, who flees immediately after. It isn't long before the two of them are annihilated by the Ideon's powerful Gun.
Meanwhile, meteors strike both the Earth and the Buff Clan Homeworld reducing them to uninhabitable wastelands. Gindoro, afraid of the Ideon wants to flee and refuses to listen to Doba, getting shot to death for it. Doba, angry with the deaths of his daughter has the Buff Clan military force continue to attack the Solo Ship as it approaches the Ganda Rowa. In the ensuing battle Kasha is killed by debris and Buff Clan soldiers make their way to the Solo Ship bridge, killing Hatari, Rapot, Ashura and Fard. Bes is shot in the neck and dies soon after. Doba doesn't care about sacrificing everyone's lives as long as the Ideon is destroyed and is killed by his own soldiers because of it. The Ideon grapples onto the Ganda Rowa which fires, killing everyone aboard both the Ideon and the Ganda Rowa, and destroying the Solo Ship. The Ideon and Gando Rowa are also destroyed, creating an epic blast that grows larger and larger, engulfing and destroying the surrounding planets...
The naked souls of everyone, Buff Clan and Earthlings peaceful at last, ascend through space. Bes and Karala's baby, the 'Messiah', leads everyone to a new planet in the universe.
Popular response
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam
is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
before it, the series originally met with rather low ratings and was cancelled after only 39 of its scheduled 43 episodes aired. As a result, the producers were forced to insert a short segment at the end of the final episode that ended the series in the middle of the action. Demand for a release of the final unaired episodes followed the show's cancellation, and two movies were produced to end the series.
The two movies,
The Ideon: A Contact
The Ideon: Be Invoked
, were produced by
is a Japanese company that designs, licenses and produces products focusing on the kawaii segment of Japanese popular culture. Their products include stationery, school supplies, gifts and accessories that are sold worldwide and at specialty brand retail stores in Japan...
and released as a double bill by
is a Japanese movie studio and production company for kabuki. It also produces and distributes anime films. Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada...
in 1982.
A Contact
featured clips from the first 32 episodes of the TV series interspersed with newly animated footage. In addition a few new scenes, the movie also created new death scenes for character such as Damido, Mayaya and Daram.
Be Invoked
featured a modified version of the final episode of the TV series (removing the ending sequence), in addition to those episodes that never aired, finishing off the
saga once and for all.
"Kill 'em All"
An Apocalypse is a disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind in an era dominated by falsehood and misconception, i.e. the veil to be lifted. The Apocalypse of John is the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament...
ending of
Be Invoked
was unexpected by many and cemented director Yoshiyuki Tomino's "Kill 'em All" reputation. Characters on both sides of the final fight were given gruesome and shocking death scenes: a very young character being decapitated by gunfire, for instance, was seen as particularly shocking at the time.
Be Invoked
features the destruction of the Ideon, the death of the entire cast, and a large planet, which resembles
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...
. Their reincarnation is also shown, as fits the series' themes of death and rebirth.
Amusingly, Tomino himself has stated in an issue of
Newtype (magazine)
is a monthly magazine publication originating from Japan, covering anime and manga . It was launched by publishing company Kadokawa Shoten on March 8, 1985 with its April issue, and has since seen regular release on the 10th of every month in its home country...
that although
is one of his favorite works, he himself wonders sometimes how he could come up with such a depressing ending at the time. Tomino tended to do this often because he often wished to never make sequels to his work. Although usually in his mass death endings there is at least a chance for a follow-up, this cannot be said about
The influence of
on Japanese animation, despite its rough beginnings and infamous ending, has been considerable. At one time it was rated #10 among the greatest anime series as compiled by famous anime magazine
is a Japanese anime and entertainment magazine which Tokuma Shoten began publishing in July 1978. Hayao Miyazaki's internationally renowned manga, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, was serialized in Animage from 1982 through 1994...
(counting popularity, influence, and opinion). On the other hand, the series has never been very popular, even among Japanese mecha fans.
Space Runaway Ideon
is a predecessor-of-sorts to
Hideaki Anno
Hideaki Anno
is a Japanese animation and film director. Anno is best known for his work on the popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. His style has come to be defined by the touches of postmodernism that he injects into his work, as well as the thorough portrayal of characters' thoughts and emotions,...
Neon Genesis Evangelion
and deals with many of the same issues. The
Neon Genesis Evangelion
series also ends in a similar fashion, with two theatrical releases: the first part (
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
is the first movie in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. It consists of two parts, Death and Rebirth, respectively. It was released, along with the follow-up, The End of Evangelion, in response to the success of the TV series and a strong demand by fans for another ending...
) being composed largely of clips from the already-released episodes, and the second part (
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
is the first movie in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. It consists of two parts, Death and Rebirth, respectively. It was released, along with the follow-up, The End of Evangelion, in response to the success of the TV series and a strong demand by fans for another ending...
The End of Evangelion
The End of Evangelion
is a 1997 Japanese animated science fiction film written and directed by Hideaki Anno along with Kazuya Tsurumaki; it ended the anime releases in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise until the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy remakes were announced in 2006....
) made up of new animation devolving into apocalyptic territory much like that of
Be Invoked
, right down to overtones of
Reincarnation best describes the concept where the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, is believed to return to live in a new human body, or, in some traditions, either as a human being, animal or plant...
In many ways,
was a first of its kind. It has been considered to be the prototype of the modern dark and twisted science fiction anime such as the above-mentioned
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Akira (film)
is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, and starring the voices of Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama and Taro Ishida. The screenplay is based on Otomo's manga Akira....
and Tomino's own bleak
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
is a television anime, part of the Gundam series and a sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam. The show was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, while the series' mechanical designs is split amongst Kunio Okawara, Mamoru Nagano, and Kazumi Fujita...
. Although it is debatable as
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam
is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
is often considered the first anime to show a truly grittier side of science fiction,
undeniably has a very distinct presentation and plot style which had never been seen before, specifically with the series' emphasis on making the audience feel for the characters and their struggle against a hopeless scenario as opposed to just watching the Ideon do battle or feeling for the overall theme.
The Ideon
The titular
A mech , is a science fiction term for a large walking bipedal tank or robot, including ones on treads and animal shapes.-Characteristics:...
was designed by Kunio Okawara. One of the most notable features of Ideon was the power of the robot, which was more powerful than anything else in
Super Robot
Super Robot
is a term used in manga and anime to describe a giant robot or mecha, with an arsenal of fantastic super-powered weapons, extreme resistance to damage unless the plot calls for it, sometimes transformable or combined from two or more robots and/or vehicles usually piloted by young, daring heroes,...
shows at the time.
The Ideon is portrayed as a very destructive device in terms of raw destructive power. Although it is, at first, a rather humble weapon in comparison to other mecha, brandishing only an array of missiles and a double barreled energy cannon called the Glenn Cannon on its abdomen as well as limited melee and defensive shields, this changes gradually as the series progresses and the protagonists delve further into the Ideons' secrets.
The Ideon's overall performance increases to incredible heights of speed, durability, and power; even its most basic weapons increase their potency dramatically such as the cinematic "All Missiles" attack where all of the Ideon's now Ide-powered missiles are launched simultaneously at great speeds destroying literally fleets of ships in one attack. Without a doubt, Ideon's destructive power reaches godlike status when three distinct weapons are discovered:
Black Hole Cannon
, which as the name implies, creates a miniature black hole capable of massive destruction. This weapon is only used once in episode 18.
Ideon Sword
, a beam of pure light emitted from each of Ideon's hands. While the beam's destructive power is immense (even cleaving an entire planet in half at one point), its most peculiar quality is its length. While adjustable, the maximum length of the sword is depicted as being quite possibly infinite. It first appeared in episode 29.
Ideon Gun
(a.k.a. the Wave Leader Cannon), a massive blue cannon directly powered by the Ideon's Ide energy to produce an enormous white wave of energy which destroys literally anything in its path in a forty five-degree angle, including star ships and planets. This cannon's initial use is so awesome that the crew are very wary of using it. It first premiered in episode 28.
Buff Clan
The Buff Clan are humanoids native to the planet Buff in the Gido Nebula of the Andromeda Galaxy. Throughout the series they use a variety of war vehicles and robots called
Heavy Mobile Mecha
. These forces are listed in order from appearance and all of them are capable of flying.
Gataman Zan
: A tan capital ship, it is the primary attack ship that hounds the Solo Ship throughout the series.
: Tan saucer-like ships used for aerial combat in atmospheres that are armed with a pair of beam cannons and a pair of machine guns.
Dekka Bau
: Purple aerial fighters armed with missile launchers in their sides, four lasers on their tops, a single warhead on their front, and a machine gun on each wing.
Gil Bau
: A purple variation of copelas armed with a pair of beam guns, electromagnetic cables with hooks, and missiles from the underside.
Giran Dou
: A gray tripod heavy mobile mecha equipped with a particle launch in its "eye" that fires green energy rings and has missile launchers for hands.
Dogu Mack
: A blue tripod heavy mobile mecha equipped with an electric whip for the right arm, a pincer claw for the left arm, a pair of laser cannons on the head, a 4-tube missile launcher in the torso, and a detachable pod. It is one of the only heavy mobile mecha not to be duplicated or mass produced.
Gram Zan
: A white battleship armed with missiles and uses a space null drive. It only appears in episode 9.
Dorowa Zan
: A forest green capital ship that joins the Gataman Zan. It possesses a null space drive and is armed with scattering beam cannons on its underside and missiles.
Zlow Jick
: Purple star fighters with tiny remote recon planes, machines guns, and can store three attack pods on itself. These pods are armed with a 4-tube missile launcher, a pair of beam guns, can emit tracking devices, and later given electromagnetic hook cables identical to gil baus.
Zig Mack
: Brown bipedal heavy mobile mecha that resemble the Goggs from
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam
is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
armed with three particle cannons in the torso, pincer claws that when used are literally referred to as the '"Claw Attack", and later are armed with a particle launcher identical to the Giran Dou.
Gondo Bau
: Green space fighters armed with a pair of 4-tube missile launchers, a pair of beam guns on the underside, and eight electric claw-like anchors that emit electricity.
Sades Zan
: A jade green battleship armed with beam cannons that briefly joins the Gataman Zan and Dorowa Zan for only two episodes.
Rogg Mack
: Green shelled variations of the zig mack armed with missiles from their shell, can emit electricity upon ramming opponents, and can fire yellow lasers from its four "eyes". They are also much faster than other heavy mobile mecha.
Ganga Lubu
: Purple tripod heavy mobile mecha used by mercenaries armed with missiles and beam cannons in the torso and the left arm is a 5-tube missile launcher that can also launch electric cables. The beam cannons are made of Dovian Particles which deteriorate force fields.
: Silver aerial fighters used by mercenaries armed with underside missiles.
Gabro Zan
: A green battleship used by mercenaries armed with missiles.
Dero Zan
: A tan battleship armed with missiles. It only appears in episode 25.
Garowa Zan
: A replacement of the Gabro Zan armed with lasers.
Galbo Jik
: Gray heavy mobile mecha armed with missiles,lasers, two pairs of grapple claws, and a sonic beam called the Gel Beam that destroys brain cells. They also split into three parts.
Barume Baram
: A purple unmanned heavy mobile mecha that could split and crush opponents with a gel zone much like that of Galbo Jiks and is said to have a gel barrier. It was never duplicated or mass produced.
: Green bipedal walkers resembling shelled rogg macks armed with a pair of beam guns, an enhanced particle cannon, missiles from the back, and electric cables. They also proved to be extremely agile.
: A green heavy mobile mecha similar to the galbo jik armed with four cables that drain energy and are protected by an energy field.
Gadomowa Zan
: A green capital ship that chases the Solo Ship once it is forced to leave Earth and is armed with missiles from its underside and a pair of beam cannons on each wing.
Killot Zan
: A white supply ship armed with five beam cannons and missiles and possesses a null space drive.
Gido Mack
: Teal ship-like heavy mobile mecha armed with four grapple claws and missiles along the midsection. They also split in half.
Bairal Jin
: An extremely large fortress-like ship armed with gun turrets, missiles, and lasers all over itself. Its overall size is comparable to that of a megalopolis.
Gita Zlow
: Small green battleships armed with missiles and a double barreled energy turret on the bridge.
Gadal Rou
: White aerial fighters armed with electromagnetic hook cables and a pair of beam guns at the nose.
Zanza Lubu
: A silver variant of the Ganga Lubu that appears in
Be Invoked
. It is only armed with pincer claws.
Links to Gundam
Space Runaway Ideon
shares a number of similarities to Tomino's
Mobile Suit Gundam
series. As well as similar initial fates for both series (cancellation followed by films – though
never became a long-running franchise as
The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....
did), there are several broad similarities in the make-up of the characters and some reused plot devices (such as a teenage electronics expert climbing onboard a powerful robot when his home colony is attacked by aggressors).
More explicitly, Tomino included several references to his previous work - a Haro appears in an exploding Solo colonist fighter in the second episode (as a side note, this same footage is used in episode 18, but the Haro has been painted over);
Amuro Ray
Amuro Ray
is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Char's Counterattack, voiced by Tōru Furuya , Brad Swaile , Michael Lindsay and Matthew Erickson is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Mobile...
makes an appearance in episode 6 as the Solo Ship's crew gather to plan their next move; in episode 7 Karala refers to a nebula named the "Gundam Nebula"; in episode 9, another Haro appears as some dinosaurs explode; in episodes 7, 13 and 19 a Haro can be seen rolling around on a table as the ship shakes; in episode 18 a poster of
Char Aznable
, born is a fictional character from the Gundam franchise. He is originally one of the main antagonists in Mobile Suit Gundam and later becomes one of the protagonists of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. In his final appearance in Char's Counterattack, he assumes leadership of the Neo Zeon movement,...
is seen on a bedroom wall, a few seconds later as the room explodes a pair of Haro can be seen flying around the room.
Tomino's appearance in the series would be near the end of "Be Invoked", appearing in a spacesuit on the Solo Ship's bridge with storyboard illustrations in his hands. Fittingly, Tomino himself is killed in the film.
Cosmo Yuki
Yoku Shioya
Yoku Shioya
is a Japanese voice actor debuting in Umi no Triton . Recently he has done some voice directing in such anime as Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls. His real name is Tsubasa Shioya...
Bes Jordan
Hideyuki Tanaka
Hideyuki Tanaka
is a Japanese voice actor. He is a graduate of the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He is most known for his roles in Dokaben , Kinnikuman , Captain Tsubasa , Touch , Saint Seiya , Metal Gear Solid and Slam Dunk .-TV Anime:*Akagi...
Kasha Imhof
Fuyumi Shiraishi
Fuyumi Shiraishi
is a Japanese voice actor.-Voice Roles:*Ashita no Joe *Osomatsu-kun 1966 *Obake no Q-Taro 1985 *Kaibutsu-kun 1968 *Mobile Suit Gundam 1979-1980 *Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 1985...
Karala Ajiba
Keiko Toda
Keiko Toda
is a Japanese actress and seiyū. Her most famous role is being the voice of the children's hero Anpanman on the long running anime Soreike! Anpanman...
Sheryl Formosa
You Inoue
You Inoue
, also known by her stage name , was a Japanese voice actress. Inoue was diagnosed with lung cancer in late 2001, underwent treatments during 2002, and her condition deteriorated rapidly in the last month of her life....
Gije Zaral
Kazuo Hayashi
Kazuo Hayashi
is a Japanese actor and Japanese voice actor from Tokyo. He is affiliated with Theater Echo, and is skilled in Buyō.-Television animation:*Ippotsu Kanta-kun *Legendary Giant God Ideon *Pocket Monsters...
Deck Afta
Tatsuya Matsuda
Lotta Banda
Eiko Yamada
Moera Fatima
Hideki Sasaki
Rapoh Famu
Kimiko Tsuruta
Lin Formosa
Keiko Yokozawa
Keiko Yokozawa
, born September 2, 1952 in Niigata, Japan, is a Japanese seiyū.She is most known for the roles of Dorami , Mami Sakura , Benio Hanamura , and Sheeta -External links:...
Ashura Novak
Masako Matsubara
Fard Malaka
Sanae Takagi
Sanae Takagi
is a Japanese voice actress who works for Aoni Production. She is married to voice actor Naoki Tatsuta.-Major roles:*Tsukino Ikuko, Grape , and Hell Ant in Sailor Moon*Bibimba in Kinnikuman Nisei*Chiyo in Mobile Suit Gundam*Jane in Akage no An...
Joliver Ira
Shiozawa Kaneto
Harulu Ajiba
Youko Asagami
Doba Ajiba
Takkou Ishimori
Damido Pechi
Banjou Ginga
Daram Zuba
Shojiro Kihara
Gindoro Jinma
Seizō Katō
Kitty Kitten
Rumiko Ukai
Rumiko Ukai
is a Japanese voice actress best known for voicing Frau Bow in the original Mobile Suit Gundam. She is a member of 81 Produce.-Voice Roles:*Frau Bow in Mobile Suit Gundam *Kitty Kitten in Space Runaway Ideon *Miyuki Tokita in Brigadoon...
DVD releases
The home video releases of Ideon have all had very limited production runs. The series' first DVD box was overproduced, resulting in many units that did not sell even years after the release, so the second boxset and movie boxset had much fewer units produced. As a result, they sold out quickly and it was not uncommon to see the second boxset alone command a price of over 80,000 yen used on such websites as Yahoo! Japan auctions or amazon.co.jp, or all three boxsets sell for over 120,000 yen (over $1,000 USD), a remarkable feat for 38 episodes and 2 movies. (For reference, the retail price on the 153 episode Dragon Ball boxset sold new for 100,000 yen, $800 USD.)
In 2006 Ideon was re-released on single DVDs, but the singles, like previous Ideon releases, went quickly out of print due to a low production run.
The series has no Western license as of 2011.
Super Robot Wars Video Games
The titular mecha, characters, and other aspects of
Space Runaway Ideon
also make appearances in two of the
Super Robot Wars
Super Robot Wars
is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Banpresto, which is now a Japanese division of Namco Bandai. The main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime, manga and video games, allowing characters and mecha from different titles to...
series of anime mecha crossover video games:
Super Robot Wars F Final
3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha
Reflecting its status in animation, the Ideon is considered one of the most powerful mecha ever featured within the "SRW" games. Ideon has a gauge, known as the "Ide Gauge", which increases as Ideon is attacked. As the Ide Gauge rises, Ideon's general capabilities increase dramatically (including Ideon's "EN" becoming infinite) and the unit unlocks three weapons: Zen-houi (All Directional) Missile, Ideon Sword, and Ideon Gun (the latter two are available in both a "normal" version and a MAP version). The Ideon Gun is particularly powerful; along with an attack power of 9999, enough to destroy most lesser enemies in one hit, the MAP version has a massive blast radius which often almost covers the battlefield. It is one of the most dangerous attacks in the
Super Robot Wars
series. However, when the Ide gauge reaches the maximum level, the Ideon becomes uncontrollable and goes berserk, destroying the universe by self-destructing, which means the end of the game. Hence, while absorbing attacks can rise the Ide Gauge and let the player to use those devastating weapons, there is a great risk that the Ideon will be attacked for too many times and go berserk.
Although rather difficult and dangerous to use in
Super Robot Wars F
, in
3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha
the Ideon is possibly quite overpowered due to its massively increased ease of use. The 'berserk' system is also removed.
3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha
, the apocalyptic ending of
is one of three possible endings in the game and is arguably the worst of them all. This ending is triggered during scenario 56, the final
scenario. If a certain decision is made by the player, the tragic events of the
finale play out with an unavoidable conclusion. All pilots on your force even state comments of hopelessness as they attack anything when this ending is triggered, to further the feeling of dread upon the horizon. This ending is only available upon the second playthrough, and while it is something most players should see at least once, it also ends the overall game earlier than usual (The actual game length is 60 levels), and also doesn't count as a finished game, so it is recommended in most cases that this ending be avoided. The only significant benefit of seeing this ending is getting a glimpse of Messiah, the unborn child of Bes and Karala who in
Be Invoked
, guided the dead cast towards an ambiguous recreation of the universe.
The Ideon also appears in a non-canon crossover manga with Gundam,
Mobile Suit Vs. Giant God: Gigantis' Counterattack
, with story and artwork by Yuichi Hasegawa. In this story, set in
Universal Century
Universal Century
is the original timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. The official English name U.C. is often used instead in recent production like MS Igloo and Master Grade model instructions and official pages is the original timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. The official English name U.C....
0090, the Federation sends
Amuro Ray
Amuro Ray
is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Char's Counterattack, voiced by Tōru Furuya , Brad Swaile , Michael Lindsay and Matthew Erickson is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Mobile...
to recruit Judau Ashta to help deal with a group of Zeon remnants. While this seems routine, the Zeons have uncovered what they call the "Giant God", namely the Ideon (which is never actually called Gigantis nor Ideon within the story). While investigating, Judau learns that the Zeons are planning on using Mineva Lao Zabi's
A Newtype is theorized to be the next stage of human evolution in the fictional Gundam universe. This minor but groundbreaking metamorphosis is usually expressed as a heightened mental awareness, the result of an evolutionary adaptation to life in space....
powers to awaken the Giant God and get their revenge. Unfortunately, it goes out of control and begins attacking anything in sight. As Judau infiltrates the Giant God, Amuro (along with
Char Aznable
Char Aznable
, born is a fictional character from the Gundam franchise. He is originally one of the main antagonists in Mobile Suit Gundam and later becomes one of the protagonists of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. In his final appearance in Char's Counterattack, he assumes leadership of the Neo Zeon movement,...
) fight to distract it. As he nears Mineva, the spirit of Karala and her baby appear, explaining that Ideon remade the universe because it hoped that a new type of human - namely,
A Newtype is theorized to be the next stage of human evolution in the fictional Gundam universe. This minor but groundbreaking metamorphosis is usually expressed as a heightened mental awareness, the result of an evolutionary adaptation to life in space....
s - would be the universe's salvation from war. But since this turned out not to be the case, the Giant God was set to remake the universe again. Judau also learns that he is the
Reincarnation best describes the concept where the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, is believed to return to live in a new human body, or, in some traditions, either as a human being, animal or plant...
protagonist Cosmo, and violently opposes this plan. With Amuro's help, he manages to free Mineva and shut Giant God/Ideon down before it can do any more harm.
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Yoshiyuki Tomino
is a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
's name comes up in the story, as Amuro explains the myth of Giant God (the events of the Ideon series) to Judau, suggesting that he exists in the Gundam world.
Other anime series
The character designs of Cosmo, Kasha, Gije, and Harulu were reused in the completely unrelated Korean animation
See also
List of Space Runaway Ideon Episodes
List of Space Runaway Ideon Characters
External links
designs at Gears Online
The Ideon
Guide at Counter-X.net
at Mecha & Anime HQ


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On October 9, William Kennedy delivered the following musing on his career and on journalism today to mark the 40th anniversary of the journalism program at SUNY Albany, where he taught until 1982.
I was not privy to the arrival of the Journalism Program at the University at Albany, and I heard it had a somewhat uncertain birth. The program as Bill Rowley conceived it was pragmatic, professional, idealistic, literary, and peppered with journalists from the real world of news reporting. This opposed another idea that was on the table in the English Department: to present journalism as a textbook course, with excursions into municipal history, the history of journalism and who knows what else? Bill's idea prevailed, I don't know why, but he was a persuasive and insistent fellow. He wanted his students to step lively into their journalistic careers after graduation, but also to be educated in history, politics, literature, and, above all, to know how to write when they did so.
Bill was my colleague in the 1950s when we were on opposition Albany newspapers, he on the Knickerbocker News, a Gannett paper, and me on the Times-Union, a Hearst paper. We covered stories together, and I always admired Bill's intelligent reporting. One day the two of us interviewed General James Van Fleet at the Albany Airport after he had left his command in the Korean War, and a picture of the three of us appeared in the next day's paper. I don't remember anything Bill or I wrote about that day, because that picture has blocked out all talk of the war, and that historical moment is now about our hats. The general wore a dark homburg. Bill and I wore reportorially stylish fedoras. I invoked the memory of these images in my speech when Bill retired from teaching in 1984. I wrote the speech as a news story and I'll quote you my lede:
At his retirement party yesterday at Alumni House on the campus of the State University at Albany, William. E. Rowley, veteran newsman and professor of journalism, was not wearing a hat.
What I didn't know about Bill back when we were on the papers was that he was slowly taking off his reporter's hat after all his years in journalism to become a teacher. The story goes that one day he told his managing editor that he was getting ready to leave the paper to teach at the brand new State University. His editor smiled but then wondered a bit condescendingly, did Bill really have any academic chops? Bill, always low-key, said he sort of did: a BA from Harvard, taught history at Amherst, now finishing his PhD dissertation, also Harvard. And then off he went, away from the ink-stained wretches in the city room and into the tweedy corridors of the University's English Department.
After a few years of teaching English and a journalism seminar, Bill in 1973 designed an expanded plan—for a second field in journalism, 18 credits, to begin in the spring semester of 1974. He admitted this might seem somewhat vocational, but it would be executed "in the context of a liberal arts education." Bill's field was history, and his marvelous Harvard dissertation on the immigrant Irish as they lived in Albany between 1820 and 1880 is a scrupulous piece of reporting and also an illumination of the politics and class conflicts of the age. He brought reporters, editors and TV people to his class, on some days mounting exposes of corrupt Albany politicians, but by semester's end bringing in some of those targeted politicians to let students attack them with questions and give the pols a chance to rebut.
Bill was politically frantic—probably the most ardent fan ever of I.F. Stone, the independent political pamphleteer. He was a radical on Vietnam, a civil rights fanatic, and at age 89 he was still teaching writing and history to convicts in the Coxsackie prison and attending anti-war rallies in his wheelchair.