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Holistic Guidance - M.D. Geist - Director's Cut and Death Force (Collector's Series Edition)
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $120.00
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Us Manga Corps Video
Starring: David Fuhrer, Greg Stuhr, Vincent Bagnall, Joan Baker, Roxy Max Kaplan
Directed By: Koichi Ohata, Hayato Ikeda
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781586641986
Format: Animated
ISBN: 1586641980
Label: Us Manga Corps Video
Manufacturer: Us Manga Corps Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Us Manga Corps Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-09-10
Running Time: 93
Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
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Editorial Reviews:
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Classified as too unstable, the genetically engineered soldier, Geist-02, was imprisoned aboard an orbital satellite. When the men that created him unleash a doomsday device that will destroy all life, Geist-02 must return to save the world that tried to destroy him!
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Oldschool.
Comment: This is one of those animes that can't be judged by today's standards. The first was released in 1986, and to appreciate it you've got to pull yourself away from all the Love Hina-Tenchi-cute robot girl and overly dramatic series like Naruto. While it isn't the best out there, it's a good piece to own if you grew up on anime from this era. Gritty and gorey.
So, when you're watching this, forget the year 2000 or so date that this package has and remember that it is in fact from 1986.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Price is What Saves It
Comment: If it wasn't for the low price tag, this movie would have gotten a one from me. Why, because it's the worst anime I've seen since Kai Doh Maru, and the bad thing is is that it's a two part series. The price makes it collectible, at best.
Basically, M.D. Geist follows a maniac as he tries to go about destroying the world to get revenge for being imprisoned. The problem is, M.D. Geist already takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. So the story, because of that, is pretty useless. As a revenge story, it fails because the main enemy doesn't have a real enemy. The animation quality sucks. And the characters' motivations are chaotic, making it impossible to get a grasp on any of them.
How Koichi Ohata became a legendary director I'll never know. All of his anime is bad (Genocyber, Cybernetics Guardian) with the exception of Burst Angel, and that's only good because GONZO is the studio that made helped produce it, and they only make quality stuff (and truthfully, Burst Angel isn't what I expected from GONZO).
This is a dreadful anime that doesn't come close to any other anime created at that time. Unless you're a collector of anime, I'd recommend something else instead, like Bubblegum Crisis 2032-33 or Vampire Hunter D, both of which were made about the same time but with the quality that M.D. Geist lacks.
Customer Rating:
Summary: M.D. Geist - Director's Cut and Death Force
Comment: Great Movie you will want to watch it again and again.A anima lover must have.watch and judge for yourself.MD GEIST A CYBRONIC HUMAN IS 1 WHO DELIVERS AN ASS KICKING TO MECH'S ROBOTKILLING MACHINES.UNSTOPPABLE,MOST DANGERIOUS,NUFF SAID.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Eh.
Comment: M.D. Geist was one of the first anime I saw, when I was, oh...12, I think. At the time I thought it was "OMG TEH COOLST THINGEVAR!!1111". So, having now re-watched the first, and watched second one, do I still hold that opinion? Nah. Let's make no mistake, these films aren't that good, in certain areas, although I'm not entirely sure whether the horridness of the first one is all Koichi Ohata's fault.The animation on the sequel is better by far, but relies entirely too much on single scenes that have little movement. But at least they improved Vaiya's character design...*Shudders* However, Ohata's designs on fighting suits and mechs are utterly kick-ass cool, and somewhat insect-like at times. The dub isn't that good either way on both films, and Geist himself sounds too deep in the second one. The Japanese actor for Geist did a admirable job, however. The storyline is a little cluttered, but believable. And yes, every character pursues their own goals and greed. If you like ultraviolence or something a little different, I recommend this. Just be advised that not everything is perfect.
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Summary: One of the worst movies of all time...
Comment: .... and that right there is the only reason to ever watch it. I don't consider myself a huge anime fan, I enjoyed Akira and Cowboy Beebop, I gag whenever anyone mentions Dragonball Z. This movie, though, is a monstrosity. It starts out with about 12 minutes of text scrolling on the screen before any actual animation takes place. Even after the excrutiatingly long text bonanza, things rarely move, instead, characters kind of shake between two frames of animation, or the camera simply zooms or swipes over a crudely painted image. All of the blood and gore is crude, it's your usual anime head-exploding stuff, although there is a particularly interesting scene where a guy's eyeball pops out of his head and lands right back into his socket. If you can imagine this happening in four frames of animation, you should consider animating MD Geist III. The first fight scene is quite possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen. I'll give you a run down (Just imagine 80's porno music in the background): MD Geist- Okay, you want to fight. What are the rules?
Huge African American Stereotype- Only one rule (looking directly into the camera) TO KILLLL!!!!! The fight scene that follows is possibly one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I won't ruin it for you, but just as a hint: expect dialogue from a man with his arms cut off and a knife jammed into the side of his head.
The dubbing is some of the worst I've ever heard, it sounds like a bunch of high school students nervously grumbling into a walkie-talkie. Scratch that, make that high school student, because I'm pretty sure the same person does the voice for everyone.
Oh yeah, there is pointless nudity scene, and seeing as how the animation looks like the old GI Joe show, this might satisfy some 12 year old who always dreamed of saturday morning cartoons in the buff.
Well, as for plot, just forget it. As for animation, I've seen better animation from my Grandma slowly handing me Christmas cards. And it's made in 1996!! Inexcusable!!!!!!! As for laughs, I definitely reccomend this movie. Just make sure that you DVD remote is equipped with a "Fast Forward" button for all of the long "dramatic" pauses. Rent it.
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