In the distant future, mankind has colonized other planets in the universe. While many planets lived in peace, the planet Jerra has been ravaged by decades of war. Geist is an M.D.S. (Most Dangerous Soldier), an enhanced human with unsurpassed combat capabilities and an insatiable lust for battle. Because of his uncontrollable nature, Geist is cryogenically frozen and locked in a satellite. Several years later, the satellite crashes and Geist wakes up from his sleep to engage in another war. This time, to help the army stop the planet's central computer from activating a doomsday device that will lead to total annihilation of all life on Jerra.
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ZeroEnigma
You've just had your lunch money stolen for the eighth time this week, your Dad's out on a 'business trip', and Rage Against the Machine isn't around for you to pour your angst into today. Welcome to the 90's, jerk face. Sit your ass down on that water-bed, slide this burnt VHS you got from Gerald on into the TV, and experience a journey into the most fantastic slice of storytelling gold since Tolkien, Lucas, and Henson got together to create Lord of The Star Labyrinth. Oh, they didn’t? TOO BAD MD GEIST TIME. 1. THE STORY: I’m not going to ruin anything for you, butGeist shrugs narrative structure of yesteryear because, well, it is too bad ass for that. Bam! People are dying! Bam! Welcome to Fist of the North Star minus ATATATATATA. Bam! Geist is naked, and you know he’s the hero, because he’s the hardest dude around.
See, MD Geist achieves something most anime can’t even dream of. Exposition is for the weak. You see Geist, and you know Geist. Appearances are what makes this, and you don’t need some family history to let you know anything, okay? The story is like an eight-course-meal when you only ordered seven. It’s so much, and all you can do is accept it, because, secretly, you wanted it all along. It comes naturally, and isn’t hard to stomach in the least.
Otherwise, Geist presents several glimpses at dystopian post-apocalypse society, questions the superficiality that the movie indoctrinates us to (OH, MIND BLOWN, RIGHT?), and even constructs masculinity in such a way that has us wondering at the end if our drive for power—which is greater than sex—will ultimately destroy us. Amazing. Potent. Far beyond what any moe~moe or typical shonen could hope to ever achieve.
2. THE ART: Not a single frame is wasted in the rich portrayal of Geist’s Most Dangerousocity. You see, back in the nineties/late eighties, there was this idea that people should look, well, like people, and tech should look like tech, and everything should be this detailed, amazing experience. This gave life a meaning, because you could take a break from the dreary ad nauseam of reality and escape into this believable, hyper-realistic, super-awesome world of beauty, blood, and intrigue. The designs for the robots, suits, weapons, and characters are so top-notch, well done, and just fun to see. It’s all like imagination made real, like what anime should aspire to. Nothing is left to imagination—Fire is fire. Blood is blood. Geist is a man. Bishoujos go home. As I mentioned earlier, the art even mirrors an ever present question throughout the plot: Nothing is what it seems. The Charismatic Hero? He’s actually Geist. The Scandalous Babe? She’s actually a weak woman, wishing only to be loved. See, characters are far more complex than what’s exterior, and the way that looks play into the plot mirrors the murkier aspects of society.
3. SOUND: Despite the dub of this being made of gold, I’m going to tell you to watch this subbed. Why? Norio Wakamoto is Geist, the most powerful man in the universe. If you don’t know Norio, well, he’s the most powerful seiyuu in the universe. But, hey, if that isn’t enough, this OVA also features the most inspiration, well-made tune in anything, ever. If you haven’t heard Merciless Soldier, time for infinite Youtube. Because you’ll want to listen to it more than once. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised that Norio got his voice from being inspired by that song.
4. CHARACTER: Geist is the Most Dangerous. I don’t need to say anything else. Honestly, if Char Aznable grew a pair and became the most dynamic wastelander with a purpose, you’d have a weakling version of Geist, who is, essentially, this dual character of Christ and the Antichrist. Reborn in flames, making this journey, purging the sinful… Think about it, man.
5. ENJOYMENT: There is not a single second of this that isn’t amazing. At one point, Geist guns out this robot’s window and stabs the pilot in the face. WITH A GRENADE ATTATCHED TO THE KNIFE! Hardcore doesn’t begin to describe what’s going on here. Every movement is so quick, so amazing, and so unlike the last. Geist’s journey becomes our own, and it’s an amazing adventure, allowing escape from the corrupt politics of the early 90’s and into a world where those same politics are shut up by a jack-knife to the face.
6. OVERALL: MD Geist is one of those rare masterpieces that manages to humbly whirl its fingers, sleep through class, and make a solid three-point-five GPA. Geist is a tearful journey through society itself, following what represents unlimited choices, ending in a way that’s never pandering to fans, never giving up on its true intent. If you’re tired of the tedium that is anime nowadays, or, heck, life nowadays, give MD Geist a go. It’ll flip turn upside down your entire forty minutes of life spent worshipping it with your eyeballs. At the least, it’ll transport you to those days of yore, where everything was simpler, strong men fought stronger men, and life was meant to be enjoyed.
StarfleetCpt
Wow, I'm honestly surprised that this is the first review for M.D. Geist on MAL. Particularly surprised considering how old, "well-known" and (in)famous this particular one-episode OVA is. M.D. Geist is really not any better or worse than most of the subpar anime series that was released to the U.S. from the early 80's to the early 90's. In some circles, it's particularly infamous but not so much for what it actually is or how bad the story is, but more on that later. Story: 5 (Medicore) The story begins in the far future, where humanity has colonized space. One of the planets, Jerra, lost contact with Earthand civil war broke out between a grassroots rebellion and the ruling planetary government. To counteract the rebels, the government created the M.D.S., or Most Dangerous Soldier (yeah, seriously) program, which would create bio-engineered soldiers capable of taking on any mission. The first fully capable soldier from the program, M.D. Geist, was so unstable he was locked away on an orbiting satellite until it crashed into the planet's surface, unleashing Geist upon a divided and war-torn world.
Of course it's easy to make any work sound cliche through a basic, boiled-down premise, but with M.D. Geist, that's all you get. A "twist" thrown in is that Geist is more interested in chaos than actually helping either side establish order, but as any M. Night Shaymalan fan can tell you simple twists wear thin real quick. A legitimate twist does come at the very end, way too late to salvage anything. The story is certainly not going to carry this OVA at best and at worst, is just downright bizarre and disturbing.
Art: 5 (Medicore
And neither is the art style, which as far as I can tell is completely unremarkable compared to contemporary works. There's not much to say about this category, so we're moving on.
Sound: 2 (Dreadful)
The sound or music quality isn't really all that spectacular, but neither is it really all that bad. What really brings it down, however, is the voice acting, which is a nice segue into....
Character: 3 (poor)
Actually, the characterization of Geist isn't all that bad. His voice actor (who is otherwise most notable for providing the voice for background or minor support characters, and sadly passed away a number of years ago) remarkably carries off a tone not unlike Vin Diesel's performance in Pitch Black, perhaps all the more appropriate given just who Geist is. Geist is a very one-dimensional character, but when all you crave is wanton chaos and destruction, it's easy to let that one slip by. However, this all at best makes him a rather average if not interesting character, and the rest of the cast and voice acting is simply dreadful. At the top of the list is Freya, whose character model is actually pretty damn sexy for what we're dealing with, but is a completely flat, unmotivated character whose actions are performed solely to remind the audience that she's not a zombie, and worst of all, her voice actor is just atrocious. Seriously - I had to listen to someone drag their fingernails across a chalkboard as therapy after listening to her grating work. Though at least she probably still had a lot of employment in the past eight years or so - going to places like Abu Grahib and Guantanamo Bay where her voice no doubt provided valuable interrogation work. Geist and Freya are the only two characters the OVA wants you to care about (but not the audience) which probably is the reason why all the other characters to appear are either mind numbingly bland or have bizarre character designs whose only purpose is to remind us of how stupid 80's fashion accessories were. Oh yeah, they also have another purpose - to die horribly.
Enjoyment: 5 (Medicore)
Really, the massive amounts of gore being splattered against everything is probably actually the most enjoyable aspect, and perhaps the only reason why this OVA is worth watching. Otherwise, this work just comes off as bland as everything else in it.
Which gives M.D. Geist an overall score of:
4: Decent
Yup, it's...decent. Just...decent. Come for the blood and guts (you'll probably find it so over the top you just can't help but enjoy it) and admittedly pretty good action scenes, stay for the...well there's nothing to stay for.
Fun facts: This was, bizarrely enough, the favorite anime of John O'Donnell, who happened to be none other than the CEO of Central Park Media, one of the largest distributors of anime in the English speaking world during the 80s and into the early 90s. So enthralled was he with M.D. Geist that he made Geist a part of the logo of CPM at the beginning of every anime intro that was licensed by them and even bought a rare vinyl record of the OST. And in the ultimate show of love for a particular anime, he and CPM funded and commissioned entirely on their own a sequel, M.D. Geist II: Death Force, of which you can read about in my review of that work. More information on both the sequel and John O'Donnell's bizarre love affair can be found at Justin Sakis' "Buried Garbage" column at Anime News Network.
Dhraiauvessillus
MD Geist is awesome! It's a unique film. MD Geist is a very unusal lead. He is one of my most favourite characters ever in anime. MD Geist has a fairly simple, straightforward, story, and works well because of it. There is no need to be overcomplex, when you can have a badass lead and well written, but straightforward, characters. It's nihalistic, dark, and straightforward. MD Geist is the complete opposite of wussy boy anime males. The total and utter opposite. Handsome, powerful, and masculine. He does nothing you might expect, including when it comes to the female lead.He likes killing, and nothing diverts him from it.
You'll never think of combat knives in the same way again, once you watch it.
Nothing is what it seems.
The female lead, Vaiya, is not what she seems.
Even the 3 bandits she works with are unusual. At one point they display uncommon good sense. You think they're going to be meatshield fodder. and they do the exact opposite.
The twist at the end is surprising, and good.
The music absolutely awesome! I love the music. It's some of the best music in any anime, ever.
You should definately watch this anime. It's awesome!
LIQfilms
MD Geist: The Most Dangerous Geist was an atrocious one episode OVA series from the mid-80s and tries to be super MANLY without having anything interesting or even all that much bad-ass-ness contained in the show. It feels like a Chinese bootleg of Fist of the North Star and saying that is truly an insult to Kenshiro's unrivalled manliness! If you look at the photo for Genocyber, it proudly displays that it was directed by the same guy who directed this piece of trash. Why in the holy mother of hell did they believe this was a selling point was way beyond me. If Ihad worked on this travesty, I would've wanted to track down every known copy in existence and destroy it with a sledgehammer.
MD Geist tries so hard... SO hard to be an edgy rule of cool bad-ass show set in a post-apocalyptic future in which the populace fights just to remain alive that it's almost comedic in that sense. The entire show reeks of trying way too hard and as a result, all of the characters feel so flat and one dimensional. The main character who is simply known as 'Geist' is an insane war hungry monster who travels from place to place looking for a place of war and death. The character is both dull in personality and appearance but also a dickhead too. How do I know this? At the very end of the episode, he activates something that is known as the "Death Force" in which thousands of evil, killer robots are unleashed onto humanity resulting in a giant genocide which rivals the likes of Genocyber. Jesus...did this director seriously have a boner for Genocide? We also learn that the main reason why this absolute jack-off activated this thing was that he wanted to continue the fight and have some worthwhile opponents to fight 'cause to hell with all the women and children who were brutally massacred! As long as Geist can fight that's ALL that matters. Man, right? Fuck this guy.
Even if we view this character from an asshole perspective Geist is still not endearing in the slightest. He fails at being a bad-ass in the same vein as someone like Duke Nukem. He has no charisma, no character; he doesn't have the insanely over-the-top fighting style of Kenshiro nor does his character have any psychological aspects like Guts. He is a thirteen-year-old's interpretation of what a bad-ass guy should be and it fails horribly. The character has no motivation aside from finding new people to kill so the narrative has no narrative investment or engagement. Hell, the plot is incredibly inconsistent anyways featuring characters with no purpose and the tone is so cynical to the point that it borders nihilism. Vayia, the other main character, sort of, it literally defined by the fact that she wants to have sex with Geist... great character, right? I know that she wants to manipulate him into lusting after her body since he would be able to protect her, but this idea is only mentioned in passing and seems more so an excuse just to get a naked chick in there. She is a pair of walking tits. That's it.
I realise that these people are living in a world in which morality has completely gone out the window but it still doesn't make the narrative any less broken or the characters any less retarded. The fight scenes and animation is terrible with no shortage of arm amputations and scenes of people being ripped apart and crushed albeit nowhere near the levels of Genocyber. Whenever anyone's arm gets cut off, it looks like they used a god damn paint tool or something to draw the blood gushing out of the wound; it looks awful. Moreover, the character designs and general look for this show is so god damn unappealing. Trust me, if your eyes could puke, they would. The music was typical 80s rock music which, in all honesty, does a decent job. It's nothing great but it's decent at the very least. What's worse is that this show did actually get a sequel....in 1996 that is. A full ten years! And the sequel actually looks worse than the original!. How in the hell did they manage to achieve that? It's almost god damn impressive! Why on God's green Earth did they decide to make a sequel to this piece of garbage is beyond me especially when it came out ten years later when all of the niche fan-base it may have had died out completely.
Despite all of this show's failures, it is quite the quintessential "so bad it's good anime". The terrible writing, awful English dub and insane plot points make for a show in which I couldn't stop laughing at. Everything is so stupid, so asinine, so ridiculous that I found myself bursting out with laughter at every line delivery and at every fight scene since they were all so bad. This doesn't make the show good, not by a LONG shot but at the very least you can have fun with it. Much more fun than Genocyber anyway...
(Part of LIQfilms 12 Days of Christmas - Day 2)
literaturenerd
Most anime fans have heard legends about some TERRIBLE anime that was floating around video stores in the late 1980s. The legend of MD Geist! My friends, I have seen MD Geist, and it was bad. It was REALLY bad. The plot, characters, animation, voice acting, was all absolute shit! At least good old Geist has that awesome 80's power metal to listen to while carving up random dudes. This isn't as terrible as Kite, because MD Geist has no illusions and knows exactly what it wants to be. It wishes to channel the spirit of other big, dumb, 80s action films like Commando andRambo 3. Geist is like watching a Rambo movie that was animated by children, written by a mentally handicapped man, and directed by a chimpanzee. Overall, I wouldn't waste your time watching the whole thing, but maybe go to youtube and find a few clips to laugh at.
JuicyBuddha
You can't go wrong with violence. Add a few squashed heads, some bloodspray and a few impalements, and the entertainment value of even the most mundane stories gets jacked up a notch or two. MD Geist is somewhat of an infamous title, partially because it has its fair share of gooey, squishy, splashy gore and partially because of its banal story which has earned it the title of "worst anime ever" in the minds of some critics. MD Geist is not quite that bad, but it proves, surprisingly enough, that even gratuitous lazers and head-crushing aren't enough to make a good anime. Story: 2 MD Geist startsout with a fairly cool Mad Max turned cyberpunk vibe, as mecha and soldiers in powered armor slaughter each other with various machine guns, lazers, and cybernetic appendages. Our hero, Geist, is then seen wandering around the desert beating up random buff dudes clad in lots of spikes and leather, and before long finds himself the leader of a biker gang. It's all down hill from there.
After jumping into some random fight and beating up a bunch of mini mecha with spears and knives (srsly!), Geist decides to play soldier and joins the army. There's some random briefing about a doomsday device and suddenly Geist and four or five other soldiers are attacking a heavily-guarded fortress swarming with mecha. Yeah, you guessed it, Geist kicks a bunch of ass, fights a main boss, and after a totally random plot twist the show's over.
The story is tired and generic, but unfortunately that is the least of its worries. The main issue here is that it doesn't make any freaking sense. What's up with the random doomsday device, and why is the government of earth entrusting its future to four or five mooks and some random biker who just joined the army for the lulz? No wonder they're getting their asses kicked. Of course, you could argue that a show like MD Geist doesn't need a decent story, but there are other ultraviolent shows (Ninja Scroll, Guyver, Hellsing Ultimate), that not only make sense but have a badass story as well, so that's no excuse.
Art / animation: 7
MD Geist is an old series, but it looks pretty good. It has its fair share of still shots but that is typical of low-budget anime. The art itself looks quite good, fortunately. The mecha and powered armor designs are cool, and the landscapes have an appropriately gritty, desolate feel, especially the urban environments. The character designs show a suitable 80s attitude and the fights are animated decently.
Sound: 8
The characters in MD Geist are supposed to be cardboard cutouts of badassery and the seiyuu do an acceptable job. No Oscar material here, obviously, but nothing to complain about, either. The various machine sounds, explosions, and dakka dakka all sound great, and the velveetalicious 80s rock soundtrack fits the mood to a T. Again, it's nothing mind-blowing but it works.
Characters: 4
Nothing to see here, folks. MD Geist's characters are all wallpaper, including the hero. They are completely lifeless and completely uninteresting, except when they are kicking ass.
Geist is supposed to be a complete psycho hell-bent on destruction, but until the ending he just comes off as an ambitious guy with hardcore ninja skills. Geist is more or less rational and in control of his emotions for most of the OVA, as shown by his resistance to Vaiya's seduction and his manner of carrying himself during the encounter with the soldiers. For that reason the ending comes off as pretty contrived and stupid, even though it sounds cool on paper.
Vaiya, the 80's T & A, is also pretty dull. She's basically a manipulative bitch who tries to use Geist and fails. You won't care, trust me. The soldiers are just there to get their asses kicked and move the sorry excuse for a story forward. Nothing to like, nothing to hate either, really.
Enjoyment: 4
In theory, MD Geist is all about kicking ass and turning futuristic soldiers into piles of gibs. And to a certain extent, yes, it delivers. There are some cool moments, such as the scene when Geist jumps off his bike and impales a mobile suit pilot through the cockpit with a fucking spear. That's right, a fucking spear
Too bad the fights make up only about 35% of screen time, because the rest of the show is a black hole of stupidity and emptiness which will surely eat away at your brain cells. Furthermore, the end boss battle is not that great. Geist's creators possibly put slightly more thought into this battle than they did into the preceding scenes, but by then I was enraged by the nonsense story, and I sure as hell expected more than a WWF match with robot armor to make it worthwhile. There's just too much filler (or "story," as some would have it) in between the fighting, which makes Geist frustrating as hell to watch.
So in practice you are watching a 45 minute OVA for about 15 minutes of decent fighting. That is half an hour of time spent watching boring characters and a completely useless plot develop. You could spend that time flying a kite, saving starving ethernopians, inventing time travel, or for god's sake at least watching something that doesn't suck.
Overall: 4
MD Geist isn't the worst anime I've ever seen, it's just pointless. The story is godawful, the characters are dull, and even the battles and violence are fairly unimpressive. Avoid unless you're really bored or have a fetish for violent 80s anime.
nyuulucy
Unfortunately I have only been able to watch a dubbed version of MD Geist. The dubbing for MD Geist is the worst dubbing I have ever seen. Even the old Godzilla dubs didn’t seem as if the intent of the voice actors and their director had been to ensure no one would be willing to sit through the entire thing. So atrocious are its subtitles I find it difficult to believe it had been anything other than willful. The show was likely bad on its own but I will never know unless I can find a good subtitled version. So absurdly bad is the dubbingthat I can honestly say the show is significantly better if you mute it; no matter what your imagined dialogue is it will be better than the mockery the dubbers saddled it with.
While the nature of the dubbing makes reviewing the content of MD Geist difficult I will make an attempt. The standard super soldier fare has been taken a bit more over the top than usual in MD Geist. The characters and the plot seem absolutely clichéd and predictable until I reached the end, the end was not what I had expected and I laughed for a good ten minutes and was forced to reevaluate the rest of the show. Unfortunately any realistic evaluation of the dubbed version is essentially impossible.
fuddles
With this film i came to anime, specially to endtime and scifi. Its not the best animemovie i ever saw, but it is my base for all my anime ratings. Its a classic movie, good style, many gore and violence. Something between Mad Max, Dune and Gundam Wing. Ok, if not everybody think this is a good movie, but fans of the last days will love it.
Danno
In the year 2013, we have cutesy schoolgirls with high pitched voices, large eyes, and hair that comes in every colour of the rainbow. The 1980s had a different standard for "generic anime", though. That is, emotionless characters that do cheesy things, outdone only by the cheesiness of the overall story. '80s mecha? Check. Translators didn't bother changing the Japanese text to English? Check. Obligatory '80s anime sex scene? Check. Uninspired voice actors? Check. I swear some of the sound effects were stolen from lightsabres and lasers from Star Wars. Medical Doctor Geist is easily the worst doctor I've ever seen. All he does is kill peopleand crush their faces. Does he have any idea how difficult it is to put an eyeball back in its socket?
MD Geist fought a lot of guys, but I honestly don't know what he accomplished or why he was fighting them in the first place. He's a rebel without a cause. The enemy bosses had no motive or backstory; neither did Geist, for that matter. It felt like it really didn't matter who won. Oh, there was also this bossy woman who thought she had some role in the story. I really wish Geist would've finished her off.
This anime only has two good points.
1. It has typical '80s anime music.
2. It can be funny if you make fun of it with friends while watching.
Turkot123
This is one of those 80s OVAs that I think is underappreciated and misunderstood. It does what it's supposed to do. This OVA is not for people who like sweet romance and moe bullshit. It's masculine, powerful, brutal and almost nihilistic. Protagonist might not have any character development, but that's the point. He's a genetically modified human who was made for only one purpose, to kill. He doesn't care about women, or friendship. He just to kill and eternally prolong the state of war. The ending really captures the spirit of his character, but I won't spoil anything. The music is good, the graphics aregritty and brutal. In the 80s anime studios weren't scared to experiment, meanwhile about 95% of today's anime series are the same thing recycled over and over again. I enjoyed it very much and recommend it to real men like me.
young_kappa
Do you want an absolutely batshit crazy and over the top anime? Then this is just what you're looking for. M.D. Geist is widely regarded as a poor production from an objective standpoint, which is true, but it's somewhat understandable due to its status as an experimental work and beyond that there's no doubt about it, it's one of the most solid and right down to earth OVAs I've seen from a time period where animated works were simply a lot more golden, it shines and it doesn't try to be anything that it isn't. It's just fun and gory mindless action, with some absolutelyspectacular design work to boot. It does what it aims to do really well and it really doesn't need great characters or story to make it as enjoyable as it already is, at all. It's the spitting image of any dumb testosteroney 80's action film, which I see nothing wrong with. Whether you'll feel the same or not after watching, it's just under 50 minutes, so I would say checking M.D. Geist out when you've got a moment is not a waste of your time at all. I could go on, but there's not much else that needs to be said.
coolfreeman
This motherfucker right here, this is the good shit. This shit goes hard, it rules. M.D Geist is pure artistic spirit, even its faults deserve praise, the little that there are. 40k fucking WISHES it could have space marines as cool as Geist, the ultimate warrior. There will never be another anime like this and its a fucking crime. PERIOD. You will see people argue how its an overhyped, "so bad its good" ancient piece of transitionary animation fiction, a relic of the past to be forgotten. And i tell you now, that those people are not to be trusted. They would tell you that Violence Jack is totalgarbage; after which they throw the tape into the river. Would you trust a man like that? Because you should'nt, they the are the enemy of art. They will praise Miyazaki and Oishii for all eternity, who while respectable artists, are to professional to truly create something as unique as M.D Geist.
kingw0rm
This show is kinda a mess. I don't even know where the begin. I feel as if this kind of show is only fun if you are watching it with some friends and making fun of it, throwing popcorn at the TV, and then muting it and adding in your own voices. First of all, at the end of the show Geist gets some sword out of nowhere, where does it come from? Biggest plot hole in anime history. Where did that sword come from? The world may never know. There's no reason to put an unnecessary sex scene. What was the point of that scene, seriously?I couldn't take the show seriously after that.
The sound was pretty meh. I could have sworn they stole half the sound effects from Star Wars, not to mention the cheesy 80's anime music that doesn't accomplish anything in regards to building a mood. The voices were horrendous, you could the actors didn't care and the translation by Pamela Parks is clearly not a translation but an interpretation, because she was most likely too lazy to actual translate it or the studio was paying her slave wages to do nearly nothing and couldn't afford a real translator.
Honestly I'm really glad I never watched this anime. My friend told me all about it so I was able to not watch it and write this review to warn you to do the same.
Coughin_Nail
If NGE fans get to say that detractors just "don't get it" then people adding this OVA to Worst Anime lists are in the same boat. I wasn't expecting much from this show, but, what I found was deeper than I had expected. Geist has no time to waste on needless words, this forces you to actually pay attention to what you see on screen. Upon his release, he spies a broken pocket watch on the ground. He picks it up, and destroys it with a smile. Watch for that smile,it speaks volumes more than any internal monologue could have. Geist is a battlefreak. All he thinks about, all day, every day, is the next battle, fire, blood, explosions. This is how they made him. Every action is weighed and measured by how much fighting it will bring. Geist shows, for example, the ability to delay his battle lust gratification in order to set up even greater battles later when he ||joins the remnants of the regular army on their mission to stop the doomsday robot army from being unleashed|| Sure, Geist could have slaughtered them all immediately, but he held back knowing that these weaklings would lead him to a real challenge.
When the sleazy biker lady tries to seduce him, Geist is busy staring at the ceiling, thinking about battle. He doesn't even glance at her, she doesn't exist to him until he thinks to ask her tactical questions. She strips. He's still staring at the ceiling, fighting battles in his head. She crawls on top of him and tries to kiss him. He's STILL staring straight up at the ceiling, until finally she annoys him and he flings her to the floor, saying that he values only what's in her head, and doesn't care about the rest. Remember, this was the 80's, the hero never turned down an opportunity to get it on, but not Geist.
At the end, the crisis is averted, the world is safe, or as safe as it ever was, then Geist does something that completely turns the "soldier betrayed by his own" trope on its head, proving that maybe those that locked him away weren't wrong to do so, and that literally nothing matters to him except the next fight.
I think the fact that Geist was created to be a completely battle obsessed killing machine actually makes him a deeper character than anyone gives him credit for. It's just that ALL of his depth is wrapped up in fighting. You have to watch him for unspoken cues. True, the side characters aren't particularly well fleshed out, but let's be real, it's only a 47 minute film.
I really wanted to just break down the whole movie here, but tried to restrain myself while still making some points that I felt get ignored in the rush to put down MD Geist.
The sound track is very low budget 80's, but I don't think that's such a bad thing. The animation seems fine for the era, not stellar but it kinda fits.
All in all I found Geist to be an interesting take on the "super soldier thrown away by his government" stories that were popular in the 80's and early 90's and enjoyed it immensely.
DISKOWN
Soukihei MD Geist is way better than it should be. The overall narrative is simplistic and sometimes incoherent, but that doesn't matter. The characters are more complex than they are at first glance, and by the end subvert all expectations. The Ova is well paced with action throughout, but still leaves enough down time so as it does not become repetitive. The animation is well done throughout, never feeling dated. The design of the “Fightechs” (exoskeletons) is rather unique as is the other machinery used in the anime. And, the music fits extremely well with the visuals. Overall,even with a lackluster story, Soukihei MD Geist is definitely worth watching.
Voivodian
An absolute masterpiece; at what it is supposed to achieve. This infamous ova hilariously fails at story, characterization and apparently even the art sucked before the director's cut. I'm lucky to have seen the director's cut first. I do not see a steaming pile of shit when I watch M.D. Geist; I see a masterfully crafted piece of sci fi action schlock. Seeing all the impractically over the top mechanical designs clashing with each other both in universe and aesthetically set to kick ass synth laden jazz fusion is an absolutely killer combo. The final fight scene also stands out; its like a three tiered final boss fromone of those ridiculously hard NES games, and just as intense.
Finally, Geist himself is an absolute asshole which does manage to differentiate himself from all the other stoic anime protagonists of 80's anime. He really serves as the perfect character to show us just how deliciously fun mindless anime hyperviolence is!
So set aside all pretension and recognize that this is 80's action anime at its most focused and entertaining. The soundtrack really rocks too.
carnage_panda
This show falls into the "so bad it's good" category. MD Geist is a product of its era. During the heyday of Arnold making action flicks, this came out to cash in on that genre. This show follows the protagonist Geist as he murders his way through an OVA. Geist will attempt to kill anything that gets in his way. That includes humans, motorbikes, cars, airplanes, and whatever else. Very quickly into the show it will become apparent that MD Geist operates on a rule. The main protagonist of the show seems to be self-aware of that rule. The rule in MD Geist is that if you talk,you die. I suppose I should spoiler tag that. Any character that utters a line of dialogue in this show is fair game to die immediately and brutally. It would probably be a very poor idea to play a drinking game to this premise, by the way. My friends and I dubbed this the "Geist rule."
By the end of the movie Geist runs out of things so he unleashes the super lethal "Death Force" (lulz) out of imprisonment so he can kill them too.
Honestly if your idea of building a super soldier program includes guys that get stuck so deep in homicidal mania that they have to unleash killer robots to get their rocks off, then your plan is probably a bad idea.
animegorey
The story is a pretty cool concept, but they leave alot to be guessed at. Plot is pretty vague and if you watch it as a story about a psycho who somehow has the ability to operate any mecha armor better than anyone else, you won't be too disappointed. He is a crazy psycho killer, and he's in an anime with pretty bad animation by today's standards. But, he kicks ass in pretty cool action sequences and it has it's gorey moments. It has pretty cool mecha battles and some profanity and nudity which is typical of alot of early 90's anime. Check it outbefore purchasing as it may not be your style if you like GunSword or Gasaraki for their mecha.
Watch100Animes
Pointless. I could end the review there. MD Geist has some extreme, mind-numbing blandness and is a total waste of Hironobu Kageyama's musical talents. MD Geist is a poor imitation of what would be fun in an anime set in a dystopia, and unfortunately, it is not even amusing in a "so bad it's good" way. There is not one time in the 50 minutes of the "director's cut" that there is any reason to care about what's happening other than some decent action scenes that carry little meaning. The characters are non-existent. The story seems like a tech demo or music video with how poorlyit gets across any themes or ideas, just an excuse to go from one set piece to another. The main character is a bog standard edge lord without a personality. Who else is there? His love interest is brain-dead. The nude scene was unnecessary and pathetic. Every other character is more-or-less cannon fodder.
While the action and visuals are neat, they are not impressive. For 1986, this certainly looks good but is not artistically pleasing or particularly imaginative. It has not aged well. Also, the designs seem random due to the poor fleshing out of the lore and plot. It's a strange mixture of futuristic mechs and pre-technology barbarians. Once again, it seems like someone's misconception making this about what would be entertaining without any idea how to execute it well.
The one notable thing in the story is the twist ending that comes out of nowhere. However, where it ends, it's another pointless aspect of the whole production. Nothing fun comes out of it as it happens right at the end of the story before it can have any effect.
While it is short, besides some excellent music from Kageyama (though very much wasted here) and some okay action, I cannot recommend watching this movie. The story might be among the worst I have seen in an anime, which is saying something with all I have seen. Importantly, no, it is not funny. Either nobody cared or knew what they were doing when producing this to make it coherent. I had much more fun writing this scathing review than watching this trash.
