During an intense exchange of fire between the Solo Ship's crew and the Buff Clan, Kasha meets her fate after shrapnel from an explosion tears into her.Ī linguistic scholar who had been investigating the Sixth Civilization on the Planet Solo. She is also one of the people most critical of Karala early in the series.Īs Ideon draws to a close, Kasha relinquishes her piloting duties of the Ideo-Buster to Deck so she can remain aboard the Solo Ship and protect Karala. Like Cosmo, she at times conflicts with the opinions on the adults on the ship. Although a good pilot, Kasha is quite hot tempered and aggressive which can get her in trouble at times. Kasha becomes the main pilot of the Ideo-Buster/Sol-Amber. Shortly after he dies along with everyone else as the Gando Rowa's incredible power destroys the Solo Ship.Ī teenage girl who was friends with Cosmo on Solo, Kasha quickly becomes involved in the fighting when the Buff Clan launch their attack on Solo. Though shot in the waist and in the neck, gradually bleeding to death, he remains the only person "alive" on the ship. In the final battle between the surviving Solo colonists and Buff Clan,Bes remains fighting against invading squads of Buff Clan troops onboard the Solo Ship. The two eventually fall in love and Karala becomes pregnant with Bes's child, although it is never born due to her death. Although he occasionally quarrels with Cosmo and Sheryl, Bes is well liked and respected as the leader of the Solo Ship.īes develops a crush on Karala immediately upon meeting her and is quick to support her, even early in the series when she is distrusted by others among the Solo Ship's crew. Although Bes initially piloted the Ideo-Nova/Sol Vainer, he retires from piloting when it becomes apparent that younger pilots have more success with piloting the Ideon. With nothing left to lose, Cosmo conducts a last ditch attack against the Gando Rowa and the Bairaru Jin, resulting in the destruction of both the Ideon, Gando Rawa, Solo Ship, and much of the Buff Clan fleet.Īn Earth soldier stationed on Solo who becomes the captain of the Solo ship after the Buff Clan attack. With half his friends now dead and the situation gradually becoming bleaker, Cosmo's distraught turns into pure rage and determination, becoming the Ide's physical medium for its grim final purpose. Although he has an occasional fight with Bes, Cosmo is a well respected member of the Solo Ship crew. He is the pilot of the Ideo-Delta/Sol Conver, and the lead pilot of the Ideon in its combined form. Originally a teenager who lived on Solo with his archaeologist father, Cosmo is thrust into the role of mecha pilot when the Buff Clan attack Solo. Here’s the basis for “Batty Boyz”: a random slice of incidental music titled “Arrows From the Buff Clan” from the second Space Runaway Ideon OST.ĭOOM really doesn’t do much with the track, aside from chopping it up now and then and adding a fucking Jeff Dunham sample.Cosmo Yuki is the male lead of Space Runaway Ideon. The main reason I remember Space Runaway Ideon isn’t because of its mecha-action though it’s for the incredible, classy-retro, Lalo Schifrin-esque soundtrack, composed by Koichi Sugiyama, who would become famous for scoring the massive RPG franchise Dragon Quest. Thank god for torrents (or, in my case, bootlegged VHS tapes). Probably not, considering the quintessential early-80s mech anime, though famous in Japan, has never been released in the states. The repetitive, retro string jabs sent my mind spiraling back in time to my own geek-loving teenage years. I was initially preoccupied with whether the track was actually homophobic - a topic that’s worthy of its own feature - but I soon started registering the beat alone. So no, DOOM rapping about Batman slobbing Robin’s knob seemed like fair game in our modern cultural climate. After all, superheroes don’t belong to the realm of pimply-faced 14 year olds anymore they’ve taken a step back from geek culture to be embraced by the mainstream. The red flags didn’t go off immediately, though. When did I know for real that MF DOOM was a nerd? While listening to the track “Batty Boyz” from last year’s Born Like This, where he goes on a three-minute rant about the latent homosexuality in the superhero genre.
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