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I think this might be a real life reference. Is there a real life counterpart
to the Idepon series that is being talked about in shirobako?


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What is Idepon in Shirobako a reference to?


if anything, it reminds me of "captain earth" that came out during the summer.
in that there was infinite energy and the strength of hope as well and other
similarities but obviusly the name is way off


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It's a reference to Space Runaway Ideon.


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It's a reference to an Anime of the early Real Robot genre called _Space
Runaway Ideon_.

> _**Space Runaway Ideon**_ (伝説巨神イデオン _Densetsu Kyojin Ideon_ , lit.
> _Legendary Giant Ideon_ , also _The Ideon_ ) is a 1980 anime television
> series produced by Sunrise, created and directed by [Yoshiyuki
> Tomino](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Tomino), produced immediately
> following his most famous work, [_Mobile Suit
> Gundam_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam).
>
> [...] At one time it was rated #10 among the greatest anime series as
> compiled by famous anime magazine Animage (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's _**Neon
> Genesis Evangelion**_ and deals with many of the same issues.
>
> [...] 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 Ideon never became a long-running
> franchise as Gundam did), there are several broad similarities in the make-
> up of the characters and some reused plot devices. [...]
>
> Wikipedia: [Space Runaway
> Ideon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Runaway_Ideon)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jxcpN.jpg)


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