Lensman
Shadow of the Lens
1984 · 1h 47m · PG-13
Action, Animation, Science Fiction
Directed by
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
,
Kazuyuki Hirokawa
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.
Director and cast
- Yoshiaki Kawajiri Director
- Kazuyuki Hirokawa Director
- Toshio Furukawa as Kimball Kinnison (voice)
- Mami Koyama as Clarissa MacDougall (voice)
- Chikao Ohtsuka as Pete Van Buskirk (voice)
- Nachi Nozawa as Worsel (voice)
- Katsuya Kobayashi as DJ Bill (voice)
- Seizo Kato as Lord Helmuth (voice)
- Eiji Kanie as Narrator (voice)
- Hidekatsu Shibata as Port Admiral Haynes (voice)
- Koji Yada as Greedle (voice)
- Takeshi Aono as LaVerne Thorndyke (voice)
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