Japan Synopsis
装鬼兵MDガイスト
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. As a result Geist was placed in suspended animation in a stasis pod orbiting the planet Jerra until it crashed several years later, awakening him and bringing him into another war on the planet.
The 1985–1987 Japan Window
100 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. M.D. Geist sits at position #93.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when M.D. Geist premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,339 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (5th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #512 of 566 (top 90%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Zero Gravity Management |
| Runtime | 45m |
| Release Date | August 13, 1986 |
| IMDb | tt0215948 |