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:

Shûichi Hirokawa (as Kazuyuki Hirokawa), Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Writers:

Edward E. Smith (novels) (as Edward E. 'Doc' Smith), Sôji Yoshikawa

Stars:

Toshio Furukawa, Mami Koyama, Chikao Ohtsuka

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Toshio Furukawa	...	Kimball Kinnison (voice)
Mami Koyama	...	Clarissa MacDougall (voice)
Chikao Ohtsuka	...	Peter Van Buskirk (voice)
Nachi Nozawa	...	Worsel (voice)
Tadashi Nakamura	...	Gary Kinnison (voice)
Hidekatsu Shibata	...	Port Admiral Haynes (voice)
Seizô Katô	...	Helmuth (voice)
Kôji Yada	...	Greedle (voice)
Takeshi Aono	...	LaVerne Thorndyke (voice)
Eiji Kanie	...	Narration (voice)
Yasurô Tanaka	...	Blakeslee (voice)
Shingo Kanemoto	...	Zwilnik (voice)
Masaharu Satô	...	Henry Henderson (voice)
Masashi Hironaka	...	Computer (voice)
Michitaka Kobayashi	...	Operator (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:

male alien | crystal | human in outer space | outer space | suicide mission | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Official Sites:

Yoshiaki Kawajiri Official site - Archive - Lensman: Secret of The Lens [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

31 August 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lensman

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 90 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

While this film was nominally based on Edward E ("Doc") Smith's "Lensman" books, significant elements of the plot have actually been lifted from DC Comics "Green Lantern", which is fitting, as "Green Lantern" pretty much bases major parts of its background and setup on the "Lensman" stories.

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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 Final Fantasy VII (1997)

User Reviews

amazing

anyone remember the days where the SciFi channel use to show anime films about 6-7 years ago? well out of all of them, only 3 stuck in my mind, first being Akira for sheer brilliance in animation and detail, next was Fist of the North star for the outstanding entertainment, and finally there was a quietly known feature film called The Lensmen. this film from start to end was amazing, because of the story, yes it seems very similar to Star Wars, but you have to remember that the books were made about 50 years before George Lucas started his little project that would change the world, even then he copied the theme from Flash Gordon.

this should get a DVD release, to do it justice and then the world will realize how good The Lensmen really is.