Audience reviews
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ichighost2234
Going into this, I expected a hyperviolent gore fest. The kind where you can turn your brain off and enjoy some good ol' '90s edginess. What I got instead was a confusing mess of utter nonsense. There is some of that touted gore and violence (which, if you don't like, you shouldn't be watching a series like this in the first place, getting offended is on you) but honestly, the rest of the show is just... boring. The ending leaves no satisfaction at all either, so you don't even feel like sticking it out for all five episodes is worth it. It fails on just about every selling point it was supposed to have (though MAYBE you could argue the first ep or two make some promises, the rest of the show completely fails to deliver). The violence and gore was surprisingly sparse despite the show's rep…
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Genocyber is considered to be the most explicitly grotesque and gory anime of all time. Having now seen it, I can't say I disagree. It was produced in 1994 by studio Artmic, best known for producing most of the Bubblegum Crisis franchise. It finished airing just a few days after yours truly was born.
It's another product of the 80s era of ultraviolent cyberpunk OVAs. The premise is pretty simple. Man creates some kind of new bioweapon, the Genocyber. It unsurprisingly gets out of control and the End Times™ ensue. I've lost count of how many 80s OVAs I've seen at this point where humanity meets a gruesome end with little to no redemption. It's amazing the kind of nihilism that gets instilled into the psyche of a people when they've got 2 nuclear cataclysms in their national history.
Among…
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i needed my first review to be about genocyber cuz it was my first ever gory-like anime that i've ever watched and even tho it sucks, its actually really good. ''I aint lettin' no fuckin' demon take me to Hell! Never!''
genocyber is very poorly animated and the first two segments are ass BUT the amount of brutal violence gives the masterpiece label a very plausible reason to exist. Even tho it is not the best anime ever, it really does its job to me very disgusting and trashy, which is a completely reasonable since i believe that is what the creators wanted it to be.
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Another OVA that (allegedly) was cut short in production, loosly based on an equally cut short manga by noted mangaka Tony Takezaki; this time directed by the man behind M.D Geist. Of the alleged planned 9 episodes, what is here is another beautifully violent slice of animated fiction. Over the course of the five episodes, Genocyber racks up what could possibly be the highest prospected kill count of any Animated feature, i assure you the title is no exaggeration. I would of course be be-miss to not mention the soundtrack, which leads to probably one of the most jarring disconnects between visual and audio you will probably ever see; its really good however, put it on your workout mix. If you're unsure, just watch the first episode, its the longest of the series and works rather substantia…
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I think there's a place for transgressive art. Two of my favourite books fall solidly within this description - 'American Psycho' by Bret Easton Ellis, saturated in extreme sexual violence though it is, is compelling and engaging; Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita' (to which the anime community owes a dubious debt for the terminology) is a beautifully written, if thoroughly disturbing work. One of my favourite anime, 'Made in Abyss' portrays a number of instances of absolutely horrific violence inflicted on children. So I firmly believe that the presence of transgressive themes and content - including extreme violence and gore - need not preclude a work from being deemed worthwhile or even of being deemed great.
And believe me: 'Genocyber's reputation for being one of the most extreme gore-anim…
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Genocyber, the missunderstood masterpiece.
I'm not much of a reviewer, but seeing the low score that this OVA has on MAL, I couldn't help but put my own opinions down in words, in hopes that I get at least one other person to actually watch this.
If you want an incredibly deep and well thought out plot, save yourself the trouble and go watch something else.
However, if you enjoy violence and horror, please give this a chance.
The plot, while somewhat interesting, is barebones and pretty much just an excuse to move from one bloody scene to the next.
Genocyber offers an incredibly violent and dystopian vision of cyberpunk, in the vein of oldschool 80s OVAs.
Make no mistake... While it was released in '94, Genocyber is 80s as hell, from the cyberpunk aesthetics and drawing style down to the…
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Genocyber is a polarizing anime. It's filled with gratuitous gore, especially in the first two episodes which people are most likely to watch first. It's also insanely low budget with a dated looking art style (even for the time it was released) and even cheaper looking animation. The story is confusing to say the least and has a huge time skip which doesn't help. In my opinion, all of this only adds to the charm of the show! I'll admit I am a sucker for exploitation and low budget films/TV shows, and this also carries over to anime. Give me trashy schlock and I am pretty much guaranteed to unironically enjoy the heck out of it. If any of this show's "flaws" bother you a lot or you can't handle it, than don't watch it. Otherwise, try Genocyber out and be prepared for mindless fun!
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Some people say this is a classic (Also an "oldie" and a "goodie") and some people say it's crap.
You know what I think?
It's both.
Now if ya'll have read my other reviews (Which you probably haven't) you know I've watched stuff a 10-13 year old shouldn't watch(Corpse Party, Kuzu no Honkai), and I'm adding this next on that list.
I never really would give myself a specific reviewer name, but if I did, for now it would be "Strange-Pre-Pubescent-Girl-That-Watches-Stuff-She-Ain't-Supposed-To
or SPPGTWSSAST
lets just pronounce that as Suh-Pudge-Gut-Wih-Sassed
(That name won't last long tho)
But anyway, reason why I think it would be both a piece of crap and a classic
or what I like to call a crappy classic, is that it had potential.
While me being the dumb child I am could only follo…
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Ah, the eighties ... I think the fine wine meme was coined for this time period. Ok, Genocyber came out in 1993, but it still got this eighties vibe. But enough of the introductionary small talk. The second part of this review is mostly my interpretation of it, without going deep into story details, but you might want to skip it if you haven't seen the OVA, as I wouldn't want to diminish your viewing experience.
First Part.
Story: 8/10
Many hidden gems of insight and story telling brilliance hidden beneath mountains of gore. If minimalistic cyberpunkesque story telling is not to your liking, you won't enjoy this one. This OVA is in no way subtle (at least at first glance), so expect the sledgehammer.
Art: 9/10
I am a sucker for old school anime, and this one really nails the (albeit l…
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After seeing both of Kouichi Ohata's infamous "cult classic" OVAs (this and MD Geist) I am convinced that they've either missed their target audience by a landslide or are just something of an acquired taste. Genocyber, much like MD Geist, is a pretty solid, up-front and down to earth OVA featuring tons of gory bits and a somewhat hamfisted story. If this, along with a plethora of body horror sounds good to you, you should have a go at Genocyber.
Genocyber's story is cut into three acts. A ridiculously powerful bio-weapon, the eponymous Genocyber, is created by a military research organization called the Kuryu group. The fused consciousnesses of two young girls lying within this beast are (for the most part) eager to use its devastating power to rebel against the whole world, and the wor…
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On the first day of Christmas, I reviewed a shitty show...
Since Christmas is fast approaching I thought I would spread some festive cheer around MAL and what better way to do this than to make 12 consecutive reviews on terrible shows from past years and decades! So gather around kiddies; Papa LIQ is gonna tell you a tale of a little show called Genocyber!
Genocyber was a short five episode OVA from the early 90s and is often considered to be one of the goriest anime ever made! Way before Elfen Lied or Akame ga kill made death and bloodshed popular for mainstream anime narratives, Genocyber makes both of these shows look like pussies with no shortage of people being ripped apart, blown-up or cut into tiny pieces. While this does sound great for anybody who loves bloodshed in anime, the s…
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I’m going to avoid arbitrary numbers since that doesn’t help you understand what I watched or what I’m trying to say. Genocyber is a series I picked up from a list of anime (I don’t remember where) and usually when I go digging for obscure series I’m met with mixed feelings. Often times this digging will lead to hidden gems that I get a chance to appreciate now that I’m an adult. Genocyber isn’t really a hidden gem so much as it’s a fossilized turd. And by that I mean it aged poorly and I’m not too sure if there was any meaning buried in the tremendous amount of gutting and violence. It can get bloody at times.
I found that there were moments that were legitimately uncomfortable for me to sit through, due to filming, audio engineering, etc. That’s something I will add to its credit, is th…
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Overview:
Genocyber is famous among hardcore otaku as being one of the goriest anime ever made! Does that make it good? Unfortunately...not really. Genocyber had decent art, a cliche but workable premise, and a writer that was completely insane, but had some good ideas rattling around somewhere deep in the back of his brain. Unfortunately, this 3 part OVA is one giant train wreck where each portion is progressively worse than the last. The first part was bad, but you can almost see what the writer wanted to do and you can tell he IS trying. The second part is much sloppier, abandons all effort or even pretension of trying to be decent, and the 3rd is just...WOW did that suck!
Background:
The star of today's review is writer Sho Aikawa. Today he is fondly remembered for Martian Successor…
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i wish i could just review the first one, because the first is real nice and then it gets worse and worse so the score has to be down, it would be a 9 if it was just the first one, so i recommend watch the first one, n not any of the others, the first one had a solid script, nice animation and some freaky stuff that will make u wanna romance urself.
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Released in 1993, Genocyber is a heavily reworked adaption of a short lived and abruptly cancelled manga of the same name.
Although the series itself as a whole is a fairly unwieldy, inconsistent mishmash of episodes, the arcs split into their own selves result in some shades of genuine genius clashing with unfortunate mediocrity.
The first (and most well known) episode consists of two sisters, one that has artificial limbs and the other incapable of speech. Although there are elements of Akira and other grim dystopian works of fiction, this particular episode succeeds in creating a gritty, nightmarish vibe with easily the nastiest and most violent usage of on-screen splatter in an anime, something many have yet to trump. It also has a nihilistic yet well made soundtrack that echoes Brad…
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It's a shame that Genocyber is seen as a single series of OVAs when there are three separate stories told over the five of them (1, 2-3, 4-5). If I were only reviewing the first OVA, i would give it a score of 9/10, because I think it's incredible. I saw it when I was 10 or 11 years old the first time and it marked me for life, and seeing it again recently some thirteen years later I can appreciate its awesomeness. Not only is the animation superb and the transformations of characters gruesome and original, its occasional use of CG and live-action footage of a brain getting crushed inside a skull was ahead of its time. I love the music, I love the characters, the premise is great... The only thing I've seen that might surpass it in over-the-top devastation of a city and its denizens is Aki…
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A lot of people seem to hate this for some reason, but I personally loved it. Sure the story is confusing and almost non-existent, and each story arc is pretty much completely stand-alone, which is sort of reminiscent of Heavy Metal, in which the only thing tying the stories together is the Loc-Nar (or in this case, Genocyber). There is an overall story arc but the connection is tenuous at best.
What I really enjoyed was the art direction, especially in the first episode. The cost-cutting techniques like the still images and clay models actually enhance the atmosphere and make it unique and one-of-a-kind. Not to mention the explicit detail in the blood and gore (again, pretty much only well done in the first episode).
And then we move on to the sound...the sound effects are those very fa…
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I'm not a big fan of Koichi Ohata. I thought that MD Geist was laughably bad, that MD Geist 2 was horrible, that Cybernetic Guardian was forgettable, that Ikkitousen was laughable but a bit of a guilty pleasure, and that Burst Angel was mediocre but had its moments. He has yet to do anything that I truly enjoyed, nevertheless, I have derived some enjoyment from his works, on one level or another. Nothing, however, prepared me for Genocyber.
The story in Genocyber is...poorly told, at best. Scenes skip around with reckless abandon, never staying too long on any single point long enough for the viewer to get a feel for what's going on why its worth caring about. It also skips ahead, in the last two episodes, about two hundred years.
Considering that this is an OVA from the mid-90's, I'd e…
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Although most viewers who have seen this anime, Genocyber, either degrade it as poor quality or average, I would personally say that this anime can be seen as a masterpiece. It tells of a story of a young girl who forcefully is manipulated by science and her life changes forever. She must face her own internal memories, as well as those who could plunge the world into destruction. Eventually, man is too greedy and in the end, the world is nearly destroyed because of his arrogance and his miscalculation of his own intellect, and that he brought Genocyber into the world. This humanoid would virtually vanquish everything because of the young girl's misunderstanding of the world's misfortune. The ending is quite confusing and the main characters' fates are ambiguous, and deems a mysterious atm…
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Okay how can I put this, my first impression was aw my ending impression was blah! Does that pretty much sum it up for you? First of all, the story is similar to an H.P. Lovecraft story, so I was hoping for a really great anime. I guess if I had no expectations I might of, this is just a maybe, liked it in some way. They took a great idea for a plot and did nothing with it. There just wasn’t anything to it. The series is divided into different stories and only the last part I didn’t have to force myself watch. I guess because they brought in these two characters, Mel and Rin, for some reason I liked. To me they brought a little something special to this nothingness anime.
The character development was bad. I didn’t really feel anything for the characters except for Mel a…
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