History Anime / MDGeist

* ObviouslyEvil - The Death Force swarm robots look like demons, devils, gargoyles, robot ponies, and some other evil looking things.

* SoundtrackDissonance - In the first OVA most of the battle scenes have cool but really unfitting music. Especially in the final battle. Then ther are the tracks "Violence of the Flame" that plays right after the screen fading to black with alarm sirens wailing loudly and a character screaming in terror. And after that, "Merciless Soldier". While the lyrics make themathically sense for both songs, you'd think that these tracks would be used to celebrate the protagonist for defeating some gigantic menace and making everything alright, not for [[spoiler: condemning an entire planet's biological life to death and mentally breaking a female character.]]

** Might count for {{PointlessDoomsdayDevice}} because it would be more convenient for the machines to target armed forces that are not part of the Earth loyalists, in that way Nexrum could be wiped out without the planet's resident population being completely obliterated alongside all kinds of infrastructure, which would cut down on the subsequent work needed to destroy the Death Force after their mission completion by extraplanetary Earth forces and the need to rebuild the entire ecosystem and infrastructure all over, and to repopulate the planet.

* FaceHeelTurn - [[spoiler: While he definitely never was a "good guy", Geist's decision to wipe out the entire human and animal population of Jerra by re-activating the just deativated Death Force swarm in order to create strong enemies for himself to fight against definitely qualifies, especially since it seems like he randomly decided on doing it at the final minutes of the OVA.]]

* [[ShootTheShaggyDog Mutilate The Shaggy Dog's Owners With The Shaggy Dog, Then Shoot The Shaggy Dog And Walk Away Into The Sunset]] (Occurs as Geist activates the Regular Army's doomsday weapon, Death Force, then proceeds to dismantling it, however this was done strategically in order to kill off all or any Nexrum/Corporate forces, which occurs successfully, as Geist also manages to kill Krauser + destroy the last Nexrum stronghold, regardless of the fact that it is the last Human stronghold. Note that during a conversation between the Nexrum Commander and Krauser, it is mentioned that the Earth is waiting to re-claim and populate the planet, in other words, the humans on the planet are left to their own devices. This would essentially imply that Geist is fighting for the Earth/Regular Army, as can be seen from both the Mangas/Comics and the actual OVA). The whole thing doesn't make much sense really if you think about it though, because we've seen that Death Force robots being controlled by Earth forces, however apparently that doesn't apply to the swarm itself. It is also quite an unefficient battle plan to deploy a certain weapon to kill your enemies and then deploy another weapon against that previously deployed weapon to destroy it, so why the Earth forces don't make their move towards Jerra after Death Force gets released, no one can say.

* HeyItsThatVoice!- NorioWakamoto is Geist himself in the 1986 version. He got [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] later by KazuhiroNakata, who would reprise the role in Death Force.

* PoweredArmor - Worn by Jerran soldiers, and a black one is doned by Geist after he acquires it from a dead soldier. In the sequel, they can fly and Krauser wears a white colored armor. It seems that all MDS' initially had one.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism - Extremly cynical to the point of being nihilistic, which a few people find appealing.

* AnimationError - Lots in the original cut of the first OVA. A non-exhaustive list includes strange lighting, objects (or characters) teleporting or disappearing, limbs moving in strange ways, multiple coloring errors on one object, drawing errors, and ''one of the dead characters' corpse levitating in the air for a second.'' The generally horrendous animation is one of the things that made MD Geist infamous. See also Off Model below.

* VillainProtagonist - Geist is either this or a SociopathicHero. You can make a case for MD Krauser in the sequel too; he's the designated villain, but at least he's "less evil" than Geist and there are points where the OVA suggests "shifting protagonistim" onto him..

* TheDreaded - MD Geist stands for "Most Dangerous Geist" and he "fought so extraordinarily ferocious taht he was regarded as dangerous and imprisoned on a satellite."

** Why is Jerra so important anyway? From what the first OVA shows it's just a barren desert planet inhabited mainly by soldiers, ''The Road Warrior'' style bandits, and killer robots.

* GratuitousEnglish - In the tracks "Violence of the Flame" ("DANJERAS! MOST DANJERAS!", "IS DA ONLY CRAYZEE GAAAME") and "Merciless Soldier" ("CAN STOP! HE JUST A SOULJA", "WHEL A YOU", "WHO A YOU"). Also Geist is always called "Misutaa" Geist by most characters for some reason.

* ObviouslyEvil - The Death Force swarm robots look like demons, devils, gargoyles, and some other evil looking things.

* PoweredArmor - Worn by Jerran soldiers, and a black one is doned by Geist after he acquires it from a dead soldier. In the sequel, they can fly and Krauser wears a white colored armor. It seems that all MDS' had one.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill - Geist kills a mecha pilot by stabbing him in the head with a knife ''that has a hand grenade attached to its handle''.

[=MD Geist=] was an experimental SuperSoldier known as an MDS (most dangerous soldier) locked away in suspended animation on a satellite hovering over the planet Jerra. After making his escape, Geist is involved in a few violent skirmishes in which he slaughters everyone who has attacked him in a spectacular, over-the-top fashion, before being recruited by a group of Commandos and asked to go with those commandos to Brain Palace to prevent the Death Force from being released. Once the mission has been completed, Geist decides that he will release the Death Force himself upon the hapless citizens of Jerra.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited - Vaiya tries to seduce Geist in bed during the first {{OVA}}, but he pushes her out of bed, rejecting her under no uncertain terms. "Get out of here; I'm done with you now". He still continues to follow her during the {{OVA}} until he betrays her by releasing the Death Force.
* AntiHero - Geist either fits into Type IV or Type V. MD Krauser in the sequel.
* ArtEvolution - The art style in {{MD Geist}} is completely different from the art style of {{MD Geist}} II, which is not surprising considering the sequel came 10 years after the original.
* BadAss: Like it or not Geist, and Kauser, are huge bad asses. Also Colonel Krutz from the first OVA.
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding]] - Weirdly enough. [[spoiler: Vaiya, Eagle, and other survivors managed to escape the massacre, with the "MD"s dead or possibly missing]]
* BlackAndGrayMorality

* CrapsackWorld - The planet is locked in civil war between the Regular Army, and the rebelling Nextrum (Corporate forces aka "Wall-Street types", but in Space). [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven in the sequel where the Death Force rampages through the planet, leaving only one human stronghold left]]

* [[ShootTheShaggyDog Mutilate The Shaggy Dog's Owners With The Shaggy Dog, Then Shoot The Shaggy Dog And Walk Away Into The Sunset]] (Occurs as Geist activates the Regular Army's doomsday weapon, Death Force, then proceeds to dismantling it, however this was done strategically in order to kill off all or any Nexrum/Corporate forces, which occurs successfully, as Geist also manages to kill Krauser + destroy the last Nexrum stronghold, regardless of the fact that it is the last Human stronghold. Note that during a conversation between the Nexrum Commander and Krauser, it is mentioned that the Earth is waiting to re-claim and populate the planet, in other words, the humans on the planet are left to their own devices. This would essentially imply that Geist is fighting for the Earth/Regular Army, as can be seen from both the Mangas/Comics and the actual OVA).

* PoweredArmor - Worn by Jerran soldiers, and a black one is doned by Geist after he acquires it from a dead soldier. In the sequel, they can fly and Krauser wears a white colored armor.

* [[ShootTheShaggyDog Mutilate The Shaggy Dog's Owners With The Shaggy Dog, Then Shoot The Shaggy Dog And Walk Away Into The Sunset]]

* CrapsackWorld - The planet is locked in civil war between the Regular Army, and the rebelling Nextrum. [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven in the sequel where the Death Force rampages through the planet, leaving only one human stronghold left]]

* OnlySaneMan - In the sequel, MD Krauser claims he is this saying that he was the only MDS who could control himself because only he had normal judgment. He contrasts himself to Geist whom he claims was "an absolute failure and an insane beast incapable of controlling himself." Then again, he tends to show violent outbursts as he happened to be explaining all this while grabbing a guy's face. [[UnreliableNarrator Not to mention, he seems to be a nutcase on a power trip.]] Plus, [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy given the nihilist nature of this short 2-part OVA series...]]

* RobotWar - Triggered ''[[MoralEventHorizon intentionally]]'' by Geist.

* OnlySaneMan - In the sequel, MD Krauser claims he is this saying that he was the only MDS who could control himself because only he had normal judgment. He contrasts himself to Geist whom he claims was "an absolute failure and an insane beast incapable of controlling himself." Then again, he tends to show violent outbursts as he happened to be explaining all this while grabbing a guy's face. [[UnreliableNarrator Not to mention, he seems to be nutcase on power trip.]] Plus, [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy given the nihilist nature of this short 2-part OVA series...]]

** To be fair, Geist's entire motivation is that he's an asshole. Krauser, as unstable as he is, is a fair margin better than that.

* AntiHero - Geist either fits into Type IV or Type V, [[YourMileageMayVary depending on your viewpoint]]. MD Krauser in the sequel.

* VillainProtagonist - Geist is either this or a HeroicSociopath. You can make a case for MD Krauser in the sequel too; he's the designated villain, but at least he's "less evil" than Geist and there are points where the OVA suggests "shifting protagonistim" onto him..

* {{Narm}} - The dub especially.

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding]] - Weirdly enough. [[spoiler: Vaiya, Eagle, and other survivors managed to escape the massacre, with the MDs dead or possibly missing]]

* CrapsackWorld

{{MD Geist}} is a one-shot {{OVA}} that was virtually ignored during its original Japanese release in 1986, but acquired a cult following among American anime fans when it was dubbed in English by CentralParkMedia during the early 1990s. It still has a small following of fans who enjoy the anime's pervasive nihilism. And a few other fans enjoy it for being SoBadItsGood.

{{MD Geist}} was an experimental SuperSoldier known as an MDS (most dangerous soldier) locked away in suspended animation on a satellite hovering over the planet Jerra. After making his escape, Geist is involved in a few violent skirmishes in which he slaughters everyone who has attacked him in a spectacular, over-the-top fashion, before being recruited by a group of Commandos and asked to go with those commandos to Brain Palace to prevent the Death Force from being released. Once the mission has been completed, Geist decides that he will release the Death Force himself upon the hapless citizens of Jerra.

{{MD Geist}} was followed by a sequel, {{MD Geist}} II: Death Force, in which creator Koichi Ohata (credited in the original as co-director due to his inexperience, despite having actually directed the OVA) takes full directorial control. It picks up some time after the conclusion of the first {{OVA}}, in which most of the people of Jerra have been wiped out, with the few remaining survivors holed up in a sanctuary, protected by the warlord MD Krauser. MD Geist and MD Krauser do not like each other, so naturally they have a FinalBattle.