M.D. Geist: Death Force

Geist has already won before the story even starts. He activated the Death Force — a planet-wide army of autonomous killing machines — and watched civilization on Jerra collapse. Now he wanders the ruins dismantling those same machines, one by one, seemingly out of boredom or maybe some twisted sense of closure. That's the setup for M.D. Geist II: Death Force, a single-episode OVA that picks up in the smoking aftermath of the first entry and doubles down on everything that made it notorious. The real tension kicks in when Krauser shows up — another M.D.S., same genetically engineered killing machine classification as Geist, but with a different angle. Krauser has built a human sanctuary and positioned himself as the last hope for whatever's left of mankind. Two apex predators, opposite philosophies, one ruined planet. The show doesn't pretend to be subtle about any of this. It's brutal, bleak, and drenched in that specific late-90s OVA atmosphere — chunky mecha designs, heavy shadows, a soundtrack that leans into the dread. If you've watched Genocyber or Violence Jack and appreciated that era's willingness to go completely dark without blinking, this sits comfortably in that same space. Fans of apocalyptic military sci-fi with a nihilistic edge, think Apocalypse Zero territory, will find something familiar here. It's a short watch, and it's not trying to redeem anyone or wrap things up neatly. Sometimes that's exactly what you're in the mood for.