History Anime / MDGeist

** The generally horrendous animation is one of the things that ''made'' MD Geist infamous. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2008-10-02/buried-garbage-m.d-geist Even the animators who worked on it are said to have hated it]].

[=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.

* TheAbridgedSeries: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/thehawkcbm?feature=mhee MDA Geist: Most Dangerous Abridged ]] ''

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Applies to Vaiya, [[spoiler: until he leaves her to die in the end.]]

* InfantImmortality: Averted in the second OVA. [[spoiler: This causes a HeroicBSOD from Krauser.]]

* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: Very, very serious, despite the [[{{Narm}} horrible acting]].

* AntiHero: Geist is a major Type V. [[spoiler: However he later becomes a VillainProtagonist in the sequel]].

* ApocalypseHow: Type 3a. Occurs as Geist activates the Regular Army's doomsday weapon, Death Force, then proceeds to dismantle it. However, this was done strategically in order to successfully kill off all Nexrum/Corporate forces left and destroy their last stronghold.

* {{Expy}}: While wearing shades Geist really looks like Quattro Bajeena from Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam. Without them, he looks more like Rutger Hauer.

* {{Expy}}: While wearing shades Geist really looks like Quattro Bajeena from MobileSuitZetaGundam. Without them he looks more like Rutger Hauer.

* {{Expy}}: Geist really looks like Quattro Bajeena from Zeta Gundam.

* BloodKnight: Geist, to the point he would rather [[spoiler:unleash the Death Force to remain occupied.]]]]

* GratuitousEnglish: In the songs "Violence of the Flame" ("DENJARAS! MOST DENJARAS!", "IS DA ONLY CRAYZEE GAAAME, IS DA ONLY FOOLISH 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.

* HumanPopsicle

* NoPlotNoProblem: The original 1986 doesn't have any real ''story'' persay. 23 year old director Koichi Ohata and 22 year old writer Riku Sanjo (who supposedly wrote it for free) didn't so much want to tell a story as they wanted to string together a bunch of action scenes that they thought sounded really cool. The director's cut tries to repurpose the footage into a semblance of a story, with emphasis on tries.

** It becomes somehow fitting if you consider it to represent [[spoiler:Geist's views on the events.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: MD Krauser may have good intentions (more or less), but he's still not much better than MD Geist.

** MD Krauser also counts. He has good intentions and wants to protect his people, However he has a huge ego problem and a messiah complex.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Krauser. Even though he rescued all those people and kept them save from the wasteland, the plot implies he's just a narcissistic tyrant who only rescued them so he could be worshipped like a messiacal figure while not actually caring about his people, and it's also implied his people work under hard labour. However it's never really made clear if he genuinely has good intentions or not.

* ArmorIsUseless: While the powered armor Geist wears is obviously useful, other characters seem to not benefit that much from them, like the Fightech Commandos. All powered armors have strange helmets which mostly leave the character's eyes or part of the face in the open, too. PoweredArmor soldiers do not have any sort of visors or targeting indicators as well.

* {{Fanservice}}: Not only does Vaiya appear topless once, but Geist also appears naked. And then there's ''all the mecha designs''.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxHgVBpKNEo DENJARASU!]] [[GratuitousEnglish MOSUTO DENJARASU!]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome MOYASE HONOO NO BAIORENSU!]][[note]]Dangerous! Most Dangerous! Burning raging fire of violence![[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxHgVBpKNEo DENJARASU!]] [[GratuitousEnglish MOSUTO DENJARASU!]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome MOYASE! HONOO NO BAIORENSU!]][[note]]Dangerous! Most Dangerous! Raging fire of violence![[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxHgVBpKNEo DENJARASU!]] [[GratuitousEnglish MOSUTO DENJARASU!]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome MOYASE! HONOO NO BAIORENSU!]]]]

[=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.

* {{Jerkass}}: Geist is a '''sociopathic dick.'''

* AntiHero: Geist either fits into Type IV or Type V (or he might just be a villain). MD Krauser in the sequel.

* BadAss: Like it or not, Geist and Krauser are huge badasses, as is Colonel Krutz from the first OVA.

* RuleOfCool: MD Geist isn't so much a "story" as more of a showcase of HumongousMecha, StuffBlowingUp, Geist being a {{Badass}} and cool music.

* GratuitousEnglish: In the tracks "Violence of the Flame" ("DENJARAS! MOST DENJARAS!", "IS DA ONLY CRAYZEE GAAAME, IS DA ONLY FOOLISH 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.

* DecoyProtagonist: The first scene after the opening credits involves a character wearing Geist's iconic armor before he gets ambushed and killed by Golem's gang. - It turns out this isn't Geist himself but the previous owner of the armor before Geist himself shows up and usurps Golem's leadership.

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

* HeroAntagonist: Colonel Krutz. He's demonstrated as a courageous soldier concerned about his subordinates. He also isn't too fond of the Earth government's secret planet-destroying doomsday weapon, and opposes the usage of MDS from the beginning. The only questionable action he does is to sic the Final Terminator on Geist, and gets his skull crushed by Geist for his efforts.

* LargeHam: Krauser in M.D. Geist II is gloriously hammy.