Customer Reviews

MD Geist 1 & 2

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

If you like Sailor Moon, Escaflownes, Pokemon etc stay away from this video. However if you are one of the old Hard core fans who likes the Hard fight Animes of the past in which storyline and plot NEVER interfere with action then this is for you.

A hard hitting anime, this is defenantly a "GUYS WHO LIKE ANIMATED VIOLENCE" Anime.

If you want action and plenty of blood, then you'll probably like this. Great fight sequences and mecha designs too.

However, the plot is pretty weak. It's about a genetically enhanced super soldier who has gone nuts. With a superiority complex he is hell bent to destroy all human kind on the planet. The first part ends with MD Geist (the rogue super soldier)succeeding in releasing the Death Force after a bothched attempt by a human general to destroy him.

The second part picks up after the release of Death Force. The Death Force is a group of about 1 million mechas designed to destroy all humans. In this part, MD Geist's successor, MD Krausse fights for the humans against Geist's army. Like Geist, he is also genetically enhanced. However, he has somewhat of a God complex. His superpowers made him believe he is the saviour of the human race and that people worships him.

Picture quality is just ok. It could use a little clean up as I can spot a few grains here and there.

This DVD only has Dolby 2.0 recording. So no surround effects here ...

If you intend to get the movie, go for DVD instead of VHS. You get 2 movies for the price of one.

The biggest complaint I have heard about this film and its sequel are their lack of plot and I agree, but these films have some of the coolest action sequences and creative uses of violence I have ever seen. This is a movie to watch when you don't want to think, but just want to see an action-packed anime. The director of these movies is known for his futuristic, gory style (see Genocyber). With this film you either love it or hate it. I happen to enjoy it. If You are like me and like to see lots of action and blood like in "Fist of the North Star" you will love these movies, if you are the type of person who demands a lot of plot and character development, stay away.

Take uninspired voice acting, mix it with less than stellar animation and a nearly non-existent plotline and you end up with a repulsive anime called M.D. Geist. There isn't a character worth giving a care about in the entire movie-- but regardless of that "little" flaw, there is enough absurdly violent content to make fans of "Fist of the North Star" drool. Pathetically, the sequel is even worse....

2 1/2 stars if that was an option.

M.D. Geist has a reputation as one of the worst animes ever made. It's really not. It's far from good, but it's in the same class as a lot of mediocre 80s anime that was violent for the sake of being violent. As long as you take it in context, it's not wretched.

The plot is difficult to follow but has to do with Geist, a cloned soldier who pretty much kills everything in sight. The story is just an excuse for Geist to kill things. The battle sequences in the movie are actually pretty good and remind me of Fist of the North Star. Geist is really an incredibly unlikable character and is not a hero or even an anti-hero. He's basically occupying a space somewhere in between nihilist and spree killer. The first film, in an odd change of pace for anime, has a jazz soundtrack. The soundtrack is actually pretty good. The animation is very 80s and somewhat below par even for that. The central conflict in the movie is not clear and Geist's motives are nonsensical.

The second movie takes place after the first one. Evil robots called the Death Force have taken over the earth. A dictator who is also a super-soldier rules over an isolated city and is accompanied by a woman who met Geist in the first film. Geist appears and inexplicably kills things. That's pretty much it. The first movie is much better and the story in the second makes even less sense. On the plus side, Geist's motives are slightly more clear (battle makes him stronger, so that's all he seeks).

80s anime fans (esp. Fist of the North Star, Demon City Shinjuku, etc) may enjoy it. Everyone else can safely avoid.

This anime is pretty good in its on way if you understand it.Some of the senes are crazy.It is a good anime to have in your collection if you like hardcore violent anime.To me its worth it.

Anyone who says M.D Geist is horrible obviously isn't a man. Sure it may not be good in a "traditional" sense, but anyone who's a fan of classic 80's guy killing stuff won't be disappointed. For what it lacks in storytelling and any other boring hoo-hah it makes up for in face smashing blood and gore and did I mention this anime kicks all kinds of conventional behind? No romance, no TEEN DRAMA, no elfin knights of Moondocryer, just Geist, and his palm...crushing faces. I give it a 9/5! Oh btw, the dub is awful watch the subtitled version.

Every review is correct about M.D. Geist/M.D. Geist II, but also misses the target. There is a dark humor to Geist. Geist in many ways mocks the traditional anime hero. Almost every decision made by the main character is the opposite of what a hero is supposed to do. Most Anime super soldier stories are about the character trying embracing his humanity, falling in love and being a noble leader. Geist is not one of those stories. This is a character who turns down the love the beautiful woman, and does not protect her. He has no desire to gain his humanity. He is a shark in a sea of pirana. So he is not even really that evil, which might make his actions more palatable. In M.D. Geist II we are introduced to a character named Krauser who is another super soldier equal to Geist in skills. Kruaser looks at first to be the hero we expected Geist to be. Instead he is a monster in his own right with absolute power corrupting absolutely. If you like the darker side anime then M.D. Geist/M.D. Geist II is for you. The artwork is far from cutting edge but it is effective.

M.D. Giest is one of the most violent animes out there. It is a nessary addition to almost any collection. While the first movie on the disc shows its age, the second is the true gem. A fun gory blast of entertainment

ok i have to say that the plot and the charicters in this anime arent the damn point! - the whole point behind M.D. Geist was to make an anime that would leave the audience (in the theaters) with a total sence of discust. once it hit american shores however it wound up on the video renta's area to become a hidden treasue. i happen to like the fact that their was some one getting killed in almost every other scene, y because that boring ass love every one kiddie crap makes me wanna vomit!
if your looking for an anime that isn't about the same damn thing ( ie the hero and heroin traped in a mindless love/hate realtionship, inuyasha, blue seed, two name a couple) then get this anime or atleast check out gyenocyber, one of Mr. Ohata's other better known works