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Lensman
Shadow of the Lens
Genres
AnimationActionScience Fiction
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
107 min
Release Date
1984-06-07
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
24
Vote Average
5.708
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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 Sato
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)
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