- MD Geist
Infobox animanga/Header
name = M.D. Geist
caption = DVD cover
ja_name = 装鬼兵MDガイスト
ja_name_trans = Sokihei M.D. Geist
genre =Adventure ,Mecha Infobox animanga/OVA
title =
director = Hayato Ikeda (M.D. Geist)Koichi Ohata (M.D. Geist II: Death Force)
studio =
episodes = 2
released = 1986 (M.D. Geist)
1996 (M.D. Geist: Director's Cut)
1996 (M.D. Geist II: Death Force)Nihongo|"M.D. Geist"|装鬼兵MDガイスト|Sokihei M.D. Geist is an
anime andmanga about a post-apocalyptic world. The series is extremely violent, often depicting graphic scenes of human dismemberment and evisceration.Geist (the main character) is MD-02, a "Most Dangerous Soldier", genetically engineered to function as a killing machine, but every one of the MDS units went homicidally insane; Geist was placed in
suspended animation in a stasis pod orbiting the planet Jerra."M.D. Geist" was released in the U.S. by
Central Park Media in 1992; two years prior, the company used Geist as the logo for their mainstream anime label U.S. Manga Corps. Curiosity by fans over U.S. Manga Corps' logo boosted domestic sales of the OVA and prompted Central Park Media to collaborate with co-creatorKoichi Ohata in producing a sequel. In 1996, Central Park Media released "M.D. Geist: Director's Cut", featuring roughly five minutes of additional footage - including a new introduction and epilogue that paved the way for the sequel. Months later, CPM released "M.D. Geist II: Death Force". In addition, the company commissioned Ohata to illustrate the comic book adaptation. In the U.S. in 2008, the Sci Fi Channel is scheduled to premier M.D Geist I and II during theirAni-Monday block at midnight E.S.T. September 29 and October 6, respectively.ynopsis
The Regular Army of the planet Jerra has been locked in a civil war with the rebellious Nexrum Army, who believe that Earth should not be involved in governing its extraterrestrial colonies. In response, the Jerran Army developed the "Most Dangerous Soldiers", which turned out to work too well; the MDS units attacked everyone, including their allies.
Geist's stasis satellite falls planetside and he awakens. He is found by a group of pirates, and kills their leader. Vaiya, a female pirate, is attracted to Geist's strength, but Geist shows no desire for her. Eventually, Geist and Vaiya are captured by the Jerran Army and pressed into service to stop the Jerran
doomsday weapon "Death Force" from activating.Like a black knight, Geist is equipped with powered armour (which will become his trademark), and goes into the Brain Palace with a group of Jerran commandos. Rather than deactivate the Death Force, Geist sets it off, unleashing an army of machines that consume living matter to replicate, condemning all life on Jerra to death in order to have an enemy he can fight.
M.D. Geist is followed by a sequel, M.D. Geist II: Death Force, which takes place after the Death Force has decimated most of Jerra's population, leaving a small group under the protection of a warlord called Krauser. Krauser is another MDS unit, MD-01, who has a technology that hides his mobile fortress from the Death Force. When he encounters Geist, an initial fight takes place, where Krauser 'defeats' Geist, throwing him from a bridge of the fortress. Some time after, Krauser and a Jerra army plan to unleash a "Jignitz Bomb," designed to wipe out the Death Force.
Again, Geist's programming overrides any shred of humanity he may have, and he leads the Death Force off to Krauser's fortress, leaving his commandos to be destroyed in the Jignitz Bomb's detonation. Although most of the Death Force is consumed in the explosion as well, a large number of the machines fall upon Krauser's fortress, while Geist confronts Krauser himself. Geist kills Krauser in hand-to-hand combat, while the Death Force consumes most of the refugees.
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