Genocyber OST 1: 11. Genocyber

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

When anime had a blank check to go crazy with whatever idea sounded fun at the time. Good times.

[@memberofchat2825]

yeah, these days its all isekai trash

[@SIGNOR-G]

​@@memberofchat2825 its not just that. The style has changed too. For the worst.

[@memberofchat2825]

@@SIGNOR-G yeah the art style and character designs have become very generic looking. have i talked to you before? your profile pic and user name look familiar.

[@SIGNOR-G]

@@memberofchat2825 ahah probably. Your icon too isnt new to me. If you look mostly anime you wont find me unless you search these kind of old gritty anime.

[@SIGNOR-G]

@@memberofchat2825 You can find me in various 80s and some 90s anime. Its the only period of Anime i can digest

[@jspinac1]

Genocyber the OVA, was so controversial during the 1990s, I'm not kidding, nor trolling around, it happened. This OST Music was the kind of thing that inspired Teen Titans (2003-2006)

[@thematt523]

Jon Spinac I mean, it is ludicrously violent and mean-spirited, and features child molestation and child murder. And all with a pointless, nihilistic message about how irredeemable humanity is. Regardless of what you think about it quality-wise, that’s not exactly a thing 90s parents would approve of their kids watching.

[@thecactussword4304]

@@thematt523 Really? I interpreted the message as being one of how abuse and mistreatment of your fellow man sews seeds of your own demise. Elaine and Diana are treated like shit for most of lives, and both of them wind up destroying the world (Well, Elaine *in* Diana's body does, anyway.) simply because, at that point, everyone at the top of society doesn't give a shit about making the world a better place. This happens again in episode 3, albeit in a much more subtle way. When the final episode ends, panning up from the ruins of Arc De Grande, the city that treated any citizen below the highest echelons of society like animals to be used and mindlessly left out to die, all the way out to space... you hear the sound of a baby crying, as its mother comforts it. The first act of human kindness most of us receive, and one we all deserve. The Genocyber itself is a metaphor for the nameless, uncontrollable "mob" that kickstarts a revolution: the part of the human spirit that yearns to be freed from whatever bondages bind it. My point is, a lotta people just boil Genocyber down to it's heavy themes relating to how awful modern society is, without realizing its message of rising above the system, and becoming *better* than your environment is arguably just as prevalent.

[@spinosaurusstriker]

@@thecactussword4304 sooo, its the same as the other dude said.

[@thecactussword4304]

Did... did you even read what I wrote?

[@thematt523]

@@thecactussword4304 I did, but I feel you’re overthinking. If anything, the third episode is the LEAST subtle. This metaphor would make sense if Genocyber was more explicitly some self-proclaimed corrective to society (like Thanos) or the literal embodiment of human anger (like monsters in the Witcher). But...it’s not. It’s an immortal, omnipotent supernatural freak, created by some cruel scientists who made it because...why not? Nobody really rises above anything. These places are actually doing relatively fine. They’re places of cruelty and injustice, but they seem stable. There’s no indication that society is going to collapse if left to their own devices. Just that “the world needs to die”. Everyone in the world dies not because they were hoisted by their own petard in some sense of dramatic irony. It’s just a nihilistic, misanthropic message of “the world is filled with death and cruelty, so let’s just kill them all.” Whatever little bits of humanity are redeemable died along with everyone. I mean, even the couple at the end of the Ark de Grande are probably going to die. They are clearly hundreds of miles away from any form of civilization, and that’s if there actually ARE other people left on the Earth.

[@glacyitefreez4929]

I just watched Genocyber for the first time the other night and God DAMN. That shit was so fucking cool. It's one of my new faves now, can't believe I was sleeping on that gem this whole time. Prepare yourself for...THE GENOCYBER!!!

[@nexusdrop7863]

You need to rewatch it a few times to catch everything.

[@glacyitefreez4929]

@@nexusdrop7863 I mean I pretty much got it the first time through, it's not a very deep anime lol

[@nexusdrop7863]

@@glacyitefreez4929 The violence blew me away the first time.

[@thomasnvsbrasilpe]

Deus nos ordena Amar ao Próximo, Suportar uns aos outros, Perdoar e Amar aos nossos inimigos/aborrecedores/irritadores. É Fácil? Sei que não. Mas deixa eu contar um segredo e uma info VITAL de SUMA IMPORTÂNCIA! Como nosso coração é pecador, ou seja, possui a essência da natureza contrária a de Deus, ou seja, nosso coração é inclinado a desobedecer e a não se voltar pras coisas de Deus, É POR ISSO q é ou se torna TÃO DIFÍCIL amar como Deus nos ordena, então o q nos resta e o que Deus quer de nós? Que a gente peça/clame a Ele que nos conduza, nos conceda e nos faça perseverar até obter um Coração NOVO disposto a AMAR - O CORAÇÃO DE CRISTO - um coração com A MESMA ESSÊNCIA do Amor e Pureza que Deus possui e assim nos dê condições de andar segundo as Leis do Amor do Coração de Deus que Deus exige de nós! E assim teremos e seremos como Deus!!! 🙏🏻🙌🏻🔥

[@lazaroiu.iulianlazaroiu.iu6330]

@@glacyitefreez4929 it's not a that it's a deep anime but it's a shitty written and unclear anime which feels like it's glued together with a tape in a rush. I doubt that you understood it if you say you "understood" it from the first watch.

[@jakephillips77]

Genocyber is worth watching for the music alone.

[@carrierscourgepylonlord4381]

There are so many protoss zerg vibes in Genocyber OVA and this is magnificent

[@memberofchat2825]

this song reminded me a lot of that song called "murder" from the berserk 1997 anime's ost

[@thundaground997]

"Its Time I Put You Out Of My Misery"

[@HarunoMaxwell6115]

THUNDAGROUND Omar Bernal "I hate you Elanie."

[@nerdicwarrior]

I've been looking for this one. It's from the final episode when Genocyber reactivates.

[@dumahdrummer654]

And correct me if I'm wrong but is it also used when the rebuilt vajranoid goes on the rampage

[@glacyitefreez4929]

That scene was so cool and so satisfying

[@danielgeometron]

Minha música favorita de Genocyber! (My favorite song of Genocyber!)

[@thomasnvsbrasilpe]

Eu gosto muito da Genocyde, mas esta e muito boa tbm.

[@thomasnvsbrasilpe]

Reminds me/Lembra-me MD GEIST 2 Xenogears Zone of The Enders Mega Man X's e Zero Breath of Fire 3 _____________________________ Assinat: Deus/Jesus seja SEMPRE LOUVADO pq é DIGNO de Toda Honra e Glória!!! Pq foi o Autor da nossa Salvação!!! Forte Abraço e Tudo de Bom com Jesus!!!

[@seelow733]

The best song of the soundtrack imho

[@smaaash94]

3:36 and beyond ❤

[@sayno2lolzisback]

Ah I've been looking for this! Thank you :) Personally I think this is the best track on the soundtrack, very intense :P

[@CaptainMagenta6]

By far my favourite Manga movie of all time.

[@VaatiOfDarkness]

+TheDarkPadre Can't say I agree with that...this was way too focused on blood and guts compared to masterpieces like Ghost In The Shell and Akira. (And 400 year timeskips...what)

[@LordProteus]

I agree, it had a lot of potential it could have reached if it focused more on Sci-Fi and Action aspects instead of focusing so much on being gory, disturbing and depressing.

[@foxmulder8955]

It would have been a rather boring generic sci-fi story without the extreme gore and violence tbh. I think it has more of an emotional impact this way.

[@bryanc7094]

Fox Mulder exactly

[@bryanc7094]

Genocyber stands with its hatred of humanity on a pile of corpses at the top like the way it should be🤟

[@edsilvas19]

Great anime and song. thank's

[@LotusGramarye]

And Elfen Lied is "moe kawaii fanservice desu" half the time as well. Shame anime are made for otaku rather than deranged salarymen.

[@egementanik2170]

An 80s anime film festival following the virus outbreak! What do you say? Let's get our passports and go to Japan.

[@Capo98y]

303 acid bassline

[@JeriDro]

very Front Mission-like

[@elviscochuelo3603]

EPIC

[@memberofchat2825]

i honetly dont get the hate for this anime

[@ermin6327]

when anime was good.

[@dorianm.1419]

Good = brutal?

[@k00lkidz4]

@@dorianm.1419 yes

[@memberofchat2825]

@@dorianm.1419 yes, also the animations was so good.

[@Nabo00o]

wow, the track 'Tranquil' from Age of Wonders never feel the same after having heard this...

[@LanceHyena]

Pretty late to reply, but the new Berserk movies has some pretty intense violence. Not so much for fanservice unlike Elfen Lied or Gantz. Blue Gender though is a 1999-2000 anime, mecha-horros, things like that. Ohata supervised it as well.

[@jairojairo1522]

Thanks a lot!!!!

[@9chard_kun]

Reminds Atomaders Stage 1 OST

[@elviscochuelo3603]

what musical genre would this be?

[@memberofchat2825]

uh kino?

[@geeksnotdead666]

Darksynth i guess.

[@Micah2oo4]

If you want the "Special Ability, with no moe/fanservice" I reccommend "Night Head Gensis" and "Ghost Hound". However neither of them are as violent.

[@GoGasgano]

misspelled jojo's bizarre adventure

[@NeoDragonCount]

Give me rights to Genocyber and I could remake it into something glorious; that entails removing majority of the gore, making the story more coherent and giving it actual substance.

[@VaatiOfDarkness]

+NeoDragonCount The manga seemed more promising, shame this OVA just became another overly violent piece of crap like so many of the era.

[@NeoDragonCount]

VaatiOfDarkness I actually read the first issue of the manga and, in all honesty, I think it looks promising, so I might return to it later.

[@VaatiOfDarkness]

Really, though, what I hate is when you see these violent OVAs from the 80's and 90's, but they just waste any potential they might have had. Angel Cop could have been a hard-hitting conspiracy anime with some actual social commentary, not a blood/gore fest with a weirdo transvestite-like American psycho Brigette Nielsen lookalike with one tit hanging out as our main villain.

[@ayylmao575]

>Removing the majority of the gore No, that's a fucking bad idea, you can still have substance and have gore at the same time, and it wouldn't be Genocyber if it didn't have ludicrous violence.

[@VaatiOfDarkness]

I guess if they had managed to focus on a more coherent narrative (and no stupid time skips...) I might have enjoyed it more. I mean, I love Akira despite some rather gruesome visuals (well, mostly Tetsuo's mutation), but Genocyber was a little too heavy on the gore and too little on any...substance to be enjoyable. It wasn't even enjoyably bad aka Angel Cop, which at least had hilarious swearing. "You crazy self-righteous fucking lunatic!" "Fuck and PISS!" "Alright, buttfuck, that's enough speech making for now!" And also, Angel towards the end says: "If this is justice, then I'M A BANANA!"

[@Astartes40000]

The soundtrack was the only good thing about this OVA

[@ayylmao575]

Yeah, the soundtrack is great, I like the OVA by itself too however.

[@Astartes40000]

Ayy Lmao I want to like the OVA more but idk... I thought the plot was confusing and didn't make any sense most of the time. The setting and initial idea is cool though so that could have been solved with some better world building.... I'm not opposed to gore but the violence in Genocyber hit a level that was too much for me. I didn't disturb me but it was so senseless to the point that I couldn't have fun with it. I thought the animation could have been better too. A lot of the fight scenes were very disjointed and I felt like the animation quality was really choppy. But that's all just my opinion. I wish I could enjoy it more but don't let my opinion keep you from liking it.

[@ayylmao575]

Astartes40000 Yeah, it was mostly the plot that kept the OVA from being great, although they could have also explored the world, and some character development, or at least have more than one character appear consistently. Eh, I liked the violence, it was disturbing at times but it was disturbing in a good way, like in a horror movie, and it was animated and detailed well, especially for an old anime. I liked the animation, it was choppy but it didn't really bother me, and no worries mate, I can see why people wouldn't enjoy this.

[@Astartes40000]

I watch a lot of old school stuff so age doesn't really factor in all that much for me personally aha. Speaking of which, if you like Genocyber you may enjoy M.D. Geist. Maybe you've already seen it but I rec that you check it out.

[@ayylmao575]

Astartes40000 I've already heard of it, but I haven't had the chance to watch it, seems interesting though.