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Lensman

Shadow of the Lens

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

5.87/10

Release Date

07 June 1984

Country

Japan

Cast

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Kimball Kinnison (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Clarissa MacDougall (voice)

Chikao Ohtsuka

Chikao Ohtsuka

Pete Van Buskirk (voice)

Nachi Nozawa

Nachi Nozawa

Worsel (voice)

Katsuya Kobayashi

Katsuya Kobayashi

DJ Bill (voice)

Seizô Katô

Seizô Katô

Lord Helmuth (voice)

Eiji Kanie

Eiji Kanie

Narrator (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata

Hidekatsu Shibata

Port Admiral Haynes (voice)

Koji Yada

Koji Yada

Greedle (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

LaVerne Thorndyke (voice)

Masaharu Satô

Masaharu Satô

Henry Henderson (voice)

Yasuo Tanaka

Yasuo Tanaka

Blakeslee (voice)

Masashi Hironaka

Masashi Hironaka

Computer (voice)

Michitaka Kobayashi

Michitaka Kobayashi

Operator (voice)

Shingo Kanemoto

Shingo Kanemoto

Zwilnik (voice)

Tadashi Nakamura

Tadashi Nakamura

Gary Kinnison (voice)

Masato Hirano

Masato Hirano

Alien (voice)

Yuko Saito

Yuko Saito

Sol (voice)

Tadashi Yokouchi

Tadashi Yokouchi

Blonde Lensman / The Lens (voice)

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