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Lensman

Lensman

Shadow of the Lens

19845.91h 47m

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.

Directed by Kazuyuki Hirokawa
Written by Edward E. Smith, Soji Yoshikawa
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Top Cast

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Kimball Kinnison (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Clarissa MacDougall (voice)

Chikao Ohtsuka

Chikao Ohtsuka

Pete Van Buskirk (voice)

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Nachi Nozawa

Worsel (voice)

Katsuya Kobayashi

Katsuya Kobayashi

DJ Bill (voice)

Seizo Kato

Seizo Kato

Lord Helmuth (voice)

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Eiji Kanie

Narrator (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata

Hidekatsu Shibata

Port Admiral Haynes (voice)

Koji Yada

Koji Yada

Greedle (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

LaVerne Thorndyke (voice)

Themes & Keywords

spacesuicide missionreptiliancrystalslave labor

About Lensman

Lensman is a animation, action, science fiction film released in 1984 exploring themes of space, suicide mission, reptilian, crystal, slave labor. Directed by Kazuyuki Hirokawa, it stars Toshio Furukawa, Mami Koyama, Chikao Ohtsuka. 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.

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