Lensman

Original title: SF Shinseiki Lensman

1984
PG-13
1h 47m

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Anime Action Adventure Animation Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

A farmboy stumbles upon the Lens, an artifact which grants him fantastic powers and contains vital information that may allow the Galactic Fleet to defeat the evil Boskone Empire.A farmboy stumbles upon the Lens, an artifact which grants him fantastic powers and contains vital information that may allow the Galactic Fleet to defeat the evil Boskone Empire.A farmboy stumbles upon the Lens, an artifact which grants him fantastic powers and contains vital information that may allow the Galactic Fleet to defeat the evil Boskone Empire.

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Toshio Furukawa

Kimball Kinnison
(voice)

Mami Koyama

Clarissa MacDougall
(voice)

Chikao Ôtsuka

Peter Van Buskirk
(voice)
(as Chikao Ohtsuka)

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)

Yasuo Tanaka

Blakeslee
(voice)
(as Yasurô Tanaka)

Shingo Kanemoto

Zwilnik
(voice)

Masaharu Satô

Henry Henderson
(voice)

Masashi Hironaka

Computer
(voice)

Michitaka Kobayashi

Operator
(voice)

Masato Hirano

Alien
(voice)

Katsuya Kobayashi

DJ Bill
(voice)

Yuko Saito

Sol
(voice)

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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.

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

Alternate versions
Two English dubs of the movie exist. The first, made in 1987 by Harmony Gold, is cut by about 15 minutes and replaces much of the music with stock music from the Robotech movies. The second English dub, released in 1990 by Streamline Pictures, is uncut (although a new English ending credit roll replaces the original Japanese) with music and sound effects intact.

Connections
Featured in The Chronic Rift: War in Science Fiction (1991)

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Classic Sci-Fi Adventure!

Heard of this anime film about ten years ago, and finally got off my duff and watched it on VHS. So much in it to recommend, I don't know where to start, except that it's a classic Sci-Fi adventure like some of the early Heinlein juvenile novels (never read the Lensmen books, but I will now) and the Star Wars Trilogy, just in anime form. The characters are interesting, and the music score and rock tracks go well with all the futuristic imagery. I am really wishing for this to be on DVD soon!