Film

Lensman

1984 · 1h 47m · Animation · Action · Science Fiction

Shadow of the Lens

IMDb

6.4

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.

Toshio Furukawa

Kimball Kinnison (voice)

Mami Koyama

Clarissa MacDougall (voice)

Chikao Ohtsuka

Pete Van Buskirk (voice)

Nachi Nozawa

Worsel (voice)

Katsuya Kobayashi

DJ Bill (voice)

Seizo Kato

Lord Helmuth (voice)

Eiji Kanie

Narrator (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata

Port Admiral Haynes (voice)

Koji Yada

Greedle (voice)

Takeshi Aono

LaVerne Thorndyke (voice)

Masaharu Sato

Henry Henderson (voice)

Yasuo Tanaka

Blakeslee (voice)

Masashi Hironaka

Computer (voice)

Michitaka Kobayashi

Operator (voice)

Shingo Kanemoto

Zwilnik (voice)

Tadashi Nakamura

Gary Kinnison (voice)

• Yoshiaki KawajiriDirector
• Kazuyuki HirokawaDirector
• Soji YoshikawaWriter
• Edward E. SmithNovel
• Iwao YamakiDirector of Photography

Release date

June 7, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

PG-13

Genres

Animation, Action, Science Fiction

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