History YMMV / SpaceRunawayIdeon

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' (or alternatively, CosmicHorrorStory).

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Cantata Orbis", the closing music from ''Be Invoked''. Though we must consider on how ironic the lyrics meant, as how it portrays [[spoiler: glorification of life and God]], all the while [[spoiler: when all the characters are already dead in the end]].

** They're more than likely meant to invoke the look of alien warlords from the days of Flash Gordon and other 30s serials.

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Everyone dies in the most cruel and tragic way, including women and children, after which the explosion of Ideon destroys a huge chunk of the galaxy. And then... the child of Karala and Bess becomes a real messiah and leads the souls of the dead supporters of her mother and father to the newly reborn Earth, where they will be reborn in the new world as Gundam characters. Yes, this is also MindCrew as it sounds.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Cantata Orbis", the closing music from ''Be Invoked''.

* HilariousInHindsight: So, as Ideon and Franshise/{{Macross}} essentially have the same idea, but told it in a tragic and correspondingly optimistic way, it can be quite fun to watch the first brutally scoff at the idea of ​​PowerOfLove victory over xenophobia and the war between two different peoples.

* HilariousInHindsight: So, as Ideon and Franshise/Macross essentially have the same idea, but told it in a tragic and correspondingly optimistic way, it can be quite fun to watch the first brutally scoff at the idea of ​​PowerOfLove victory over xenophobia and the war between two different peoples.

* TropeCodifier: For the philosophical SpaceOpera with GainaxEnding and DownerEnding. For the latter, this is probably one of the most vivid and memorable examples in anime, taking into account the eastern tragedy and sadness.

* NarmCharm: Even now, fans can't decide if Cosmo's massive afro is really hilarious or really awesome.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: Reviewers on the Internet have pointed out how Buff Clan generals' uniforms resemble [[HilariousInHindsight stereotypical Elvis impersonators' outfits.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Mechas called the Dogg Mack and [[ZeroWing 'Take off every Zigg Mack']].

* NightmareFuel: A lot of the deaths in the show, and especially the movie Be Invoked, are pretty gruesome, but what takes the cake is [[spoiler: the death of [[HeartwarmingOrphan Ashura]], who [[OffWithHisHead gets her head cleanly blown off.]] ''And she's a kid of a mere 5 years.'']]

* EarWorm: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuCqEEaX8Es Fukkatsu no Ideon]]," the ([[SoundtrackDissonance rather peppy]]) opening.

** Frequently, Doba's manly-tears-closeup near the end of Be Invoked is a standard [[ImageBoards imageboard]] reply to something awe-inspiring.
* NightmareFuel: A lot of the deaths in the show, and especially the movie Be Invoked, are pretty gruesome, but what takes the cake is [[spoiler: the death of Ashura, who gets her head cleanly blown off. ''And she's a kid of a mere 5 years.'']]

* SoOkayItsAverage: The movie is really the main reason this show stays on the map, as it was where most of the over-the-top violence and the KillEmAll ending actually played out. The actual show isn't terrible, but the episodes are StrictlyFormula and rather cliché-ridden, and the animation budget wasn't exactly huge.

* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job breaking the universe heroes]]: Well duh.

* NightmareFuel: A lot of the deaths in the show, and especially the movie Be Invoked, are pretty gruesome, but what takes the cake is [[spoiler: the death of Ashura, who gets her head cleanly blown off. ''And she's a kid of a mere 5 years.'']]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: A lot of the deaths in the show, and especially the movie Be Invoked, are pretty gruesome, but what takes the cake is [[spoiler: the death of Ashura, who gets her head cleanly blown off. And she's a kid of a mere 5 years.]]