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Lensman 1984 Directed by Kazuyuki Hirokawa , Yoshiaki Kawajiri SF新世紀 レンズマン

Shadow of the Lens

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Release Date 7 June 1984
107 mins
Cast
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 Satô Henry Henderson (voice)
Yasuo Tanaka Blakeslee (voice)
Masashi Hironaka Computer (voice)
Michitaka Kobayashi Operator (voice)
Shingo Kanemoto Zwilnik (voice)
Tadashi Nakamura Gary Kinnison (voice)
Masato Hirano Alien (voice)
Yuko Saito Sol (voice)
Tadashi Yokouchi Blonde Lensman / The Lens (voice)