What is MD Geist's status in Japan? Does it have a fanbase?

Non-existent. It's meme status in the west is the only reason it's known at all.

>>14678241

It's also the logo for US Manga corp

>>14678248
Case in point as that is a big part of the meme.

>>14678226
>Does it have a fanbase

This is something that's been on my mind for a while, but I highly, highly doubt that almost any of the older obscure OVAs that American and other Western anime watchers obsess about have the same status, or any status, in Japan.
They're just cheaply made one-offs that are usually very unsuccessful (there's a reason why the OVA boom died before it ever got going), bad, and hard to find.
I think only Americans have this obsession with older, lesser known stuff. It's strange.

>>14678260
Is it really a meme when it's moreso the result of a fanboy that really likes it beyond reason?

>>14678285
Because it isn't "lesser known" in the West.

>>14678241
>meme
>implying my life for Geist isn't one hundred percent sincere

>>14678226
Listed under "Shit Hironobu Kageyama did the music for for some fucking reason", along with Apocalypse Zero.

>>14678339
The the head of a company obsess over a show like THIS to the point that he would make the silhouette of its protagonist the logo of his company IS the joke.