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Lensman
“Shadow of the Lens”
6.0 / 10• 1984• 1h 47m•PG-13• Japanese
AnimationActionScience Fiction
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Toshio Furukawa
Kimball Kinnison (voice)
Lead
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)
EK
Eiji Kanie
Narrator (voice)
Hidekatsu Shibata
Port Admiral Haynes (voice)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yoshiaki Kawajiri's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lensman is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
