SF Shinseiki Lensman (1984)

Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companinon, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was ... See full summary »

Directors:

Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Writers:

Edward E. Smith (novels), Soji Yoshikawa

Stars:

Kerrigan Mahan, Michael McConnohie, Edie Mirman

Cast

Credited cast:
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Kimball Kinnison (voice)
Michael McConnohie	...	Van Buskirk (voice)
Edie Mirman	...	Clarissa MacDougall (voice)
Steve Kramer	...	Worsel (voice)
Gregory Snegoff	...	DJ Bill (voice)
Tom Wyner	...	Lord Helmuth (voice)
Mike Reynolds	...	Gary Kinnison (voice)
Michael Forest	...	Adm. Haines (voice)
Alexandra Kenworthy	...	Lens (voice)
Dave Mallow	...	Thorndyke (voice)
Robert Axelrod	...	Sol (voice)
Doug Stone	...	Blakslee (voice)
Milton James	...	Zwilk (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yôko Asagami	...	Sol / Greedle (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Kimball Kinnison (voice)

Storyline

Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companinon, 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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Plot Keywords:

crystal | alien | cult film | campy | suicide mission | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Action | Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

31 August 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lensman

Company Credits

Production Co:

EE Doc Smith MK Company, Kodansha, MK Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Debut roles for Akimitsu Takase and Kenji Nomura.

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Quotes

Buzz: Look, it's not that I don't like you. It's just that I don't like you.

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Connections

Referenced in Titan A.E. (2000)

User Reviews

I'm in campy-anime paradise!

"Secret of the Lens" is perhaps a pretty campy all-time favorite of mine. The best and funniest from Kajawari Yoshiaki, who is known for splatter anime and sleazy hentai-ecchi anime. I wish he did more campiness like this.

My favorite scenes are the psychedelic CG sequence, the parts where Lord Helumis blows up his failing henchmen, the party riots that Bill causes (one of the funniest scenes) and whenever my favorite character, Worsle appears.

Check this out.

WARNING:This is not for serious sophisticated Anime fans!