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Lensman

1984-06-07 · 107 min · ★ 6.0

Animation · Action · Science Fiction

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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Directors
Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Production companies
TOHO, EE Doc Smith MK Company, MK Productions Ltd., Madhouse, Kodansha
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Toshio FurukawaToshio FurukawaKimball Kinnison (voice)
Mami KoyamaMami KoyamaClarissa MacDougall (voice)
Chikao OhtsukaChikao OhtsukaPete Van Buskirk (voice)
Nachi NozawaNachi NozawaWorsel (voice)
Katsuya KobayashiKatsuya KobayashiDJ Bill (voice)
Seizo KatoSeizo KatoLord Helmuth (voice)
Eiji KanieNarrator (voice)
Hidekatsu ShibataHidekatsu ShibataPort Admiral Haynes (voice)
Koji YadaKoji YadaGreedle (voice)
Takeshi AonoTakeshi AonoLaVerne Thorndyke (voice)
Masaharu SatoMasaharu SatoHenry Henderson (voice)
Yasuo TanakaBlakeslee (voice)
Masashi HironakaMasashi HironakaComputer (voice)
Michitaka KobayashiMichitaka KobayashiOperator (voice)
Shingo KanemotoZwilnik (voice)
Tadashi NakamuraTadashi NakamuraGary Kinnison (voice)
Masato HiranoMasato HiranoAlien (voice)
Yuko SaitoYuko SaitoSol (voice)
Tadashi YokouchiTadashi YokouchiBlonde Lensman / The Lens (voice)

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