Lensman

Jun 7, 1984

1h 47m

★ 5.9

Shadow of the Lens

Overview

In this animated adaptation of E. E. Doc Smith's groundbreaking science fiction serial "Grey Lensman" from the 1930s-1950s, Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companion, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was dying, he mysteriously passed on the Lens to Kim. With more companions to come by, Kim must find out the purpose of the Lens before the Boskone dynasty does.

Genres

Animation

Action

Science Fiction

Production Companies

TOHO

EE Doc Smith MK Company

MK Productions Ltd.

Madhouse

Kodansha

Lensman Trailers

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Cast

Kimball Kinnison (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Clarissa MacDougall (voice)

Mami Koyama

Pete Van Buskirk (voice)

Chikao Ohtsuka

Worsel (voice)

Nachi Nozawa

DJ Bill (voice)

Katsuya Kobayashi

Lord Helmuth (voice)

Seizô Katô

Narrator (voice)

Eiji Kanie

Port Admiral Haynes (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata

Greedle (voice)

Koji Yada

LaVerne Thorndyke (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Henry Henderson (voice)

Masaharu Satô

Blakeslee (voice)

Yasuo Tanaka

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