Released
Lensman
June 7 1984 (over 40 years ago)Rating
61
Based on
22 reviews
Shadow of the Lens
- Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kazuyuki Hirokawa
- Genres: Animation, Action, Science Fiction
- Runtime: 1 h 47 m
- Country: Japan
- Companies: TOHO, EE Doc Smith MK Company, MK Productions Ltd., Madhouse, Kodansha
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.
