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.
Unfortunately the movie Space Runaway Ideon: Contact is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Director |
| Visual Effects | Yuichi Higuchi | Mechanical & Creature Designer |
| Sound | Koichi Sugiyama | Music |
| Art | Mitsuki Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Directing | Ryoji Fujiwara | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Ryoji Fujiwara | Storyboard Artist |
| Writing | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Original Film Writer |
| Directing | Toshifumi Takizawa | Director |
| Visual Effects | Ichiro Itano | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshinobu Aohachi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Narumi Kakinouchi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naoyuki Onda | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masayuki Yagi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Eiichi Endo | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Saburo Sakamoto | Animation Director |
| Writing | Sukehiro Tomita | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hiroyasu Yamaura | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyuki Kubooka | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akemi Kobayashi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Moriyasu Taniguchi | Animation Director |
| Writing | Yuuji Watanabe | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Tsuneo Ninomiya | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiteru Kobayashi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Kitazume | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshiki Hirano | Animation |
