{"product_id":"the-ideon-伝説巨神イデオン-接触篇-発動篇-1982-original-japanese-2-sheet-eki-mae-station-front-billboard-poster-holy-grail-rarity-original-1982-japanese-theatrical-release-campaign-c-157-5-215-9-cm-62-85-in-unused-unrestored","title":"“SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON: Contact \/ Be Invoked\" (1982) – ORIGINAL JAPANESE B0 x 2-SHEET “EKI-MAE” STATION-FRONT BILLBOARD POSTER – HOLY GRAIL RARITY  | Original 1982 Japanese Theatrical Release Campaign | c. 157.5 × 215.9 cm (62 × 85 in) (Unused)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"168a00ab-f303-40d0-b010-909ec69ae237\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"c2355990-7034-44de-b5b9-32b212497045\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-4-pro\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"47\" data-end=\"422\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"47\" data-end=\"346\"\u003e“SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON: Contact \/ Be Invoked \/ 伝説巨神イデオン 接触篇・発動篇” (1982) – ORIGINAL JAPANESE 2-SHEET “EKI-MAE” STATION-FRONT BILLBOARD POSTER – HOLY GRAIL RARITY | More Than Double the Already-Super-Rare B0 Eki-Bari Size | Original 1982 Japanese Theatrical Release Campaign | c. 157.5 × 215.9 cm (62 × 85 in) (Unused \/ Unrestored)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"1355\"\u003eA monumental original Japanese station-front billboard poster for the paired theatrical films SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON: Contact and SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON: Be Invoked, released together in Japan in 1982. This is not the already rare \u003cstrong data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"625\"\u003eeki-bari\u003c\/strong\u003e station poster format, but something even more extraordinary: a giant \u003cstrong data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"741\"\u003e2-sheet “eki-mae” \/ station-front display\u003c\/strong\u003e measuring approximately \u003cstrong data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"799\"\u003e157.5 × 215.9 cm (62 × 85 in)\u003c\/strong\u003e when the two sheets are combined. According to the source notes and the reverse markings in pencil, this example was intended for billboard installation at the \u003cstrong data-start=\"950\" data-end=\"983\"\u003efront of a station in Nagasaki\u003c\/strong\u003e, printed on \u003cstrong data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1030\"\u003ethick stock for direct pasting\u003c\/strong\u003e rather than for ordinary lobby display. The reverse pencil notation \u003cstrong data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1121\"\u003e“駅前分”\u003c\/strong\u003e literally indicates station-front allocation\/use, and the reverse title stamp is exactly the kind of operational marking collectors hope to see on authentic utility display material of this kind. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"2289\"\u003eFor collectors, this sits beyond the already elite echelon of Japanese large-format paper. Standard theatrical posters survive; even large public-display formats occasionally surface. But this \u003cstrong data-start=\"1550\" data-end=\"1582\"\u003eeki-mae station-front format\u003c\/strong\u003e is a different class altogether: an enormous working-advertising piece made for a prime commuter location, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1690\" data-end=\"1769\"\u003emore than double the size category of the already famous B0 eki-bari format\u003c\/strong\u003e. This copy survived only because it was a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1847\" data-end=\"1876\"\u003espare that was never used\u003c\/strong\u003e. Once posters of this kind were glued to a station-front billboard, removal in one intact piece was effectively impossible. No official print records are known, but production would have been tiny from the outset—very possibly \u003cstrong data-start=\"2144\" data-end=\"2175\"\u003efewer than 50 complete sets\u003c\/strong\u003e for major flagship locations.\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2291\" data-end=\"2333\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2334\" data-end=\"2372\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2334\" data-end=\"2372\"\u003eDate \u0026amp; Japanese Theatrical Release\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2374\" data-end=\"2869\"\u003eSunrise’s official film pages list both SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON: Contact and SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON: Be Invoked as opening on \u003cstrong data-start=\"2448\" data-end=\"2465\"\u003eJuly 10, 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e, distributed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2482\" data-end=\"2494\"\u003eShochiku\u003c\/strong\u003e. The films served as the theatrical culmination of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2550\" data-end=\"2573\"\u003e1980–1981 TV series\u003c\/strong\u003e, which Sunrise lists as running for \u003cstrong data-start=\"2610\" data-end=\"2625\"\u003e39 episodes\u003c\/strong\u003e. Contemporary film coverage also notes that the two movies were released together, with \u003cstrong\u003e(Contact)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"2714\" data-end=\"2721\"\u003e接触篇\u003c\/strong\u003e condensing the story and \u003cstrong\u003e(Be Invoked)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"2747\" data-end=\"2754\"\u003e発動篇\u003c\/strong\u003e providing the ending the interrupted television run could not fully deliver. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2871\" data-end=\"2913\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2914\" data-end=\"2955\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2914\" data-end=\"2955\"\u003eThe Film \u0026amp; Its Place in Anime History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2957\" data-end=\"3542\"\u003eCreated by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2968\" data-end=\"2988\"\u003eYoshiyuki Tomino\u003c\/strong\u003e (then credited as \u003cstrong data-start=\"3007\" data-end=\"3015\"\u003e富野喜幸\u003c\/strong\u003e) with \u003cstrong data-start=\"3022\" data-end=\"3039\"\u003eHajime Yatate\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ideon is one of the key Sunrise mecha works of the early 1980s and belongs to the same crucial creative period that followed Tomino’s breakthrough with \u003cstrong data-start=\"3193\" data-end=\"3215\"\u003eMobile Suit Gundam\u003c\/strong\u003e. The theatrical pair is especially important because it marks the point where the television project was transformed into a definitive feature-film event, making original first-release campaign paper for these two films highly significant within both anime and Japanese poster collecting. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"3544\" data-end=\"3586\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3587\" data-end=\"3603\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3587\" data-end=\"3603\"\u003eDesign Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3605\" data-end=\"4601\"\u003eThe artwork is spectacular in this giant format. The lower sheet centers the crimson \u003cstrong data-start=\"3690\" data-end=\"3699\"\u003eIdeon\u003c\/strong\u003e in a burst of radiating white energy, while the upper section expands into a vast science-fiction landscape of towering structures, platforms, small craft, and combat movement. The blue lower banner carries the huge red \u003cstrong data-start=\"3920\" data-end=\"3928\"\u003eイデオン\u003c\/strong\u003e title and portrait panels of the principal characters, while the combined billing \u003cstrong data-start=\"4011\" data-end=\"4024\"\u003e接触篇 \/ 発動篇\u003c\/strong\u003e makes clear that this was created for the twin-film campaign rather than the TV series alone. In visual terms, it is exactly the sort of image that benefits from extreme scale: bold, architectural, and instantly legible from distance in a major public setting. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"4603\" data-end=\"4645\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4646\" data-end=\"4681\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4646\" data-end=\"4681\"\u003eAbout the Creator \u0026amp; Visual Team\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4683\" data-end=\"5330\"\u003eSunrise’s official credits name \u003cstrong data-start=\"4715\" data-end=\"4735\"\u003eYoshiyuki Tomino\u003c\/strong\u003e as original creator and overall supervisor, with \u003cstrong data-start=\"4785\" data-end=\"4807\"\u003eToshifumi Takizawa\u003c\/strong\u003e directing the films. The core visual staff includes \u003cstrong data-start=\"4860\" data-end=\"4879\"\u003eTomonori Kogawa\u003c\/strong\u003e for character design and animation direction, \u003cstrong data-start=\"4926\" data-end=\"4944\"\u003eYuichi Higuchi\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"4949\" data-end=\"4962\"\u003eSubmarine\u003c\/strong\u003e for mechanical design, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"4990\" data-end=\"5010\"\u003eMitsuki Nakamura\u003c\/strong\u003e as art director, with music by \u003cstrong data-start=\"5042\" data-end=\"5061\"\u003eKoichi Sugiyama\u003c\/strong\u003e. For collectors, these are important names: even where a separate commercial poster illustrator is not explicitly credited on the sheet, this is the creative team responsible for the unmistakable Ideon world the poster visualizes. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"5332\" data-end=\"5374\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5375\" data-end=\"5442\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5375\" data-end=\"5442\"\u003eThe “Eki-Mae” Station-Front Format and Why It’s So Hard to Find\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5444\" data-end=\"6296\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the key point of the listing (!)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Collectors already know the rarity of large Japanese \u003cstrong data-start=\"5535\" data-end=\"5547\"\u003eeki-bari (c. B0)\u003c\/strong\u003e station posters. This piece is not merely that. The reverse pencil notation identifies it as \u003cstrong data-start=\"5641\" data-end=\"5648\"\u003e駅前分\u003c\/strong\u003e—literally a \u003cstrong data-start=\"5661\" data-end=\"5693\"\u003estation-front allocation\/use\u003c\/strong\u003e—pointing to an even more exceptional billboard-scale format intended for display at the front of a station rather than on a more standard station posting panel. It was made on \u003cstrong data-start=\"5870\" data-end=\"5891\"\u003eheavy paper stock\u003c\/strong\u003e, meant to be pasted directly to a billboard surface, and the supplied provenance places it in \u003cstrong\u003eNagasaki\u003c\/strong\u003e, exactly the sort of high-traffic urban location where such an enormous campaign piece would have been worthwhile. Because these were functional advertising objects, not collectibles, survival is dramatically lower than even other rare Japanese poster formats. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"6298\" data-end=\"6340\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6341\" data-end=\"6361\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6341\" data-end=\"6361\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6363\" data-end=\"6463\"\u003eOverall presentation: \u003cstrong data-start=\"6385\" data-end=\"6462\"\u003eremarkably strong for an unrestored, never-used billboard-format survivor\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6465\" data-end=\"7274\"\u003eThis example was a \u003cstrong data-start=\"6519\" data-end=\"6568\"\u003espare and was never pasted for public display\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is almost certainly why it exists today. It remains \u003cstrong data-start=\"6628\" data-end=\"6642\"\u003eunrestored\u003c\/strong\u003e and in its original multi-fold state across the two sheets. From the front, the colors remain bold and the display impact is extraordinary. Visible condition points from the photos include the expected fold lines, age toning, scattered foxing\/spotting most noticeable on the reverse and in the blank margins, and light handling\/storage wear consistent with age and original distribution. Crucially, it does \u003cstrong data-start=\"7050\" data-end=\"7057\"\u003enot\u003c\/strong\u003e show the destructive signs one would expect from a copy actually used as pasted station-front advertising. The reverse \u003cstrong data-start=\"7177\" data-end=\"7186\"\u003e“駅前分”\u003c\/strong\u003e pencil notation and title stamp remain present. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7276\" data-end=\"7666\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"7276\" data-end=\"7307\"\u003eAuthenticity \/ format note:\u003c\/strong\u003e presented as an original \u003cstrong data-start=\"7333\" data-end=\"7370\"\u003e1982 Japanese theatrical campaign\u003c\/strong\u003e station-front billboard poster, comprising \u003cstrong data-start=\"7414\" data-end=\"7437\"\u003etwo original sheets\u003c\/strong\u003e designed to form one complete giant display image when joined. 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