Lensman

1988 "Shadow of the Lens"

Lensman

6.4 | 1h47m | PG-13 | en | Animation

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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6.4 | 1h47m | PG-13 | en | Animation , Action , Science Fiction | More Info

Released: December. 12,1988 | Released Producted By: TOHO , Madhouse Country: Japan Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Toshio Furukawa , Mami Koyama , Chikao Ohtsuka

Director

Kazuo Oga

Producted By

TOHO , Madhouse

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Cast

Toshio Furukawa

as Kimball Kinnison (voice)

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Mami Koyama

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Reviews

Phil White The original Lensman series of novels is a classic of the genre. It's pure adventure SF with some substance (here and there) and I've always wondered why Hollywood hasn't filmed it verbatim because it's just the kind of thing they love: massive explosions, super-weapons, uber-heroics, hero gets the girl, aliens (great CGI potential), good versus evil in the purest form, etc etc. Instead (and bear in mind I'm a Japan-o-phile and anime lover) we get this horrendous kiddies movie that rips the guts out of the story, mixes in Star-Wars (ironic as the latter ripped off the books occasionally) pastiches and dumbs the whole thing down to 'Thundercats' level. To see Kimball Kinnison, the epitome of the Galactic Patrol officer and second stage Lensman portrayed as a small boy is pitiful (etc). I just can't understand why the makers did this because they obviously had the rights to the story and could have made far more money (FAR!) by telling straight. It makes no sense.

charlie sehdeva (charlievavavoom) 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.

Nevyn_85 was it just me or is this film a rip-off of Star wars.not only was it one of the worst anime i have ever seen but you could even see some of the characters from star wars wrapped in new paper!i give it 3/10.

Outworld I assume the Japanese Version is a lot better than the English version. The animation isn't bad, but it has a poor storyline full of cheese and corn. The video's cover said FOLLOWS IN FOOTSTEPS OF AKIRA. I think Lensman got bogged along the way....