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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1984-06-07
Runtime: 107 mins
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kazuyuki Hirokawa
Writer: Soji Yoshikawa
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Animation, Action, Science Fiction
Original title: Lensman
Production Companies: TOHO, EE Doc Smith MK Company, MK Productions Ltd., Madhouse, Kodansha
Production Countries: Japan
Toshio Furukawa
Mami Koyama
Chikao Ohtsuka
Nachi Nozawa
Katsuya Kobayashi
Seizo Kato
Eiji Kanie
Hidekatsu Shibata
Koji Yada
Takeshi Aono
Masaharu Sato
Yasuo Tanaka
Masashi Hironaka
Michitaka Kobayashi