History YMMV / MDGeist

* VindicatedByHistory: Back in the day ''MD Geist'' was easily one of the biggest punching bags for Western anime fans in regards to it's quality due to how snobbish the community can be. Not helping was [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2008-10-02/buried-garbage-m.d-geist the ANN article by Justin Sevakis]], which helped paint public opinion for years. As time would go on people who liked the OVA started to speak up and even those that didn't pointed out how it's an interesting relic of a bygone era in anime. Others have pointed out that there's far worse anime out there than ''Geist'' before and after it's release, even among more professional work. Nowadays, it is generally regarded as enjoyable shlock, comparable to the 80s action and horror that inspired it.

** For that matter, ''MD Geist II'' is significantly prettier and, while perhaps [[MindScrew a little less coherent,]] certainly more original than the first OVA's "what if there was a bizarro-world version of ''Fist of the North Star''" HighConcept.

** While Kageyama didn't come back for ''Death Force'' it more than made up for it with Yoshiaki Ohuchi's songs -- ''The Moon is Crying'', ''End of Desire/Answer Again'', and Ohuchi's own take on ''Violence of the Flame''.

** While Kageyama didn't come back for ''Death Force'' it more than made up for it with Yoshiaki Ohuchi's vocal songs -- ''The Moon is Crying'', ''End of Desire/Answer Again'', and Ohuchi's own take on ''Violence of the Flame''.

** While Kageyama didn't come back for ''Death Force'' it more than made up for it with Yoshiaki Ohuchi's vocal songs -- ''The Moon is Crying'', ''End of Desire/Answer Again'', and a remixed ''Violence of the Flame''.

* VindicatedByHistory: Back in the day ''MD Geist'' was easily one of the biggest punching bags for Western anime fans in regards to it's quality due to how snobbish the community can be. Not helping was [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2008-10-02/buried-garbage-m.d-geist the ANN article by Justin Sevakis]], which helped paint public opinion for years. As time would go on people who liked the OVA started to speak up and even those that didn't pointed out how it's an interesting relic of a bygone era in anime. More and more people have also pointed out that there's far worse anime than ''Geist'', even among more professional work. Nowadays, it is generally regarded as enjoyable shlock, comparable to the 80s action and horror that inspired it.

* VindicatedByHistory: Back in the day ''MD Geist'' was easily one of the biggest punching bags for Western anime fans in regards to it's quality due to how snobbish the community can be. Not helping was [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2008-10-02/buried-garbage-m.d-geist the ANN article by Justin Sevakis]], which helped paint public opinion for years. As time would go on people who liked the OVA started to speak up and even those that didn't pointed out how it's an interesting relic of a bygone era in anime. Indeed, plenty of people have pointed out that there's far worse anime than ''Geist'', even among more professional work. Nowadays, it is generally regarded as enjoyable shlock, comparable to the 80s action and horror that inspired it.

* VindicatedByHistory: Back in the day ''MD Geist'' was easily one of the biggest punching bags for anime fans in regards to it's quality due to how snobbish the anime community can be. Not helping was [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2008-10-02/buried-garbage-m.d-geist the ANN article by Justin Sevakis]], which helped paint the public opinion of people for years. As time had gone on people who actually liked the OVA started to speak up and it built up an unironic cult following devoted to getting as much information on it out as possible. And even those that didn't entirely like it pointed out how it's an interesting relic of a bygone era in anime. Nowadays, it is generally regarded as enjoyable shlock, comparable to the 80s action and horror that inspired it.

* VindicatedByHistory: Back in the day ''MD Geist'' was easily one of the biggest punching bags for anime fans in regards to it's quality due to how snobbish the anime community can be. [[[[Not helping was the ANN article by http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2008-10-02/buried-garbage-m.d-geist Justin Sevakis]]]] which helped paint the public opinion of people for years. As time had gone on people who actually liked the OVA started to speak up and it built up an unironic cult following devoted to getting as much information on it out as possible. And even those that didn't entirely like it pointed out how it's an interesting relic of a bygone era in anime. Nowadays, it is generally regarded as enjoyable shlock, comparable to the 80s action and horror that inspired it.

* VindicatedByHistory: Back in the day ''MD Geist'' was easily one of the biggest punching bags for anime fans in regards to it's quality due to how snobbish the anime community can be. [[Not helping was the ANN article by http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2008-10-02/buried-garbage-m.d-geist Justin Sevakis]] which helped paint the public opinion of people for years. As time had gone on people who actually liked the OVA started to speak up and it built up an unironic cult following devoted to getting as much information on it out as possible. And even those that didn't entirely like it pointed out how it's an interesting relic of a bygone era in anime. Nowadays, it is generally regarded as enjoyable shlock, comparable to the 80s action and horror that inspired it.