The Ideon: A Contact is an anime film that premiered in summer 1982, produced by Sunrise.

About the production: the story comes from an original script, the film runs about 85 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are drama, mecha and sci-fi, with themes such as Aliens, Lost Civilization, Fugitive and Real Robot.

On AniList, The Ideon: A Contact has an average score of 59%, an average score, and appears on 2,439 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: THE IDEON: Hatsudou-hen.

A movie recap of the Space Runaway Ideon TV Series. Humanity's pursuit of knowledge leads them to the planet Solo, where they find mysterious remains of a long dead alien civilization, including the 3 part super robot 'Ideon', and a powerful warship. Using these, the Earthlings sent to investigate the ruins defend themselves in their constant conflicts against powerful aliens called the Buff Clan, who are in pursuit of 'Id', the mysterious energy that powers the Ideon. (Source: Anime News Network)

Official synopsis from AniList.