Lensman (SF新世紀 レンズマン) 40 years old

Shadow of the Lens

Lensman

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.

Credits

Lensman Cast

Name Character
Mami Koyama She was 33, now 69 years old as Clarissa MacDougall (voice)
Masashi Hironaka He was 26, now 66 years old as Computer (voice)
Nachi Nozawa He was 50, 72 years old when he died as Worsel (voice)
Takeshi Aono He was 52, 75 years old when he died as LaVerne Thorndyke (voice)
Kōji Yada He was 55, 81 years old when he died as Greedle (voice)
Chikao Ohtsuka He was 59, 85 years old when he died as Pete Van Buskirk (voice)
Toshio Furukawa He was 42, now 78 years old as Kimball Kinnison (voice)
Seizō Katō He was 61, 86 years old when he died as Lord Helmuth (voice)
Michitaka Kobayashi He was 28, now 69 years old as Operator (voice)
Masaharu Satō He was 37, now 78 years old as Henry Henderson (voice)
Shingo Kanemoto He was 52, 59 years old when he died as Zwilnik (voice)

Lensman Crew

Name Department
Yoshiaki Kawajiri as Director. He was 38 (now 73) years old Directing
Iwao Yamaki as Director of Photography. Camera
Sōji Yoshikawa as Writer. He was 37 (now 77) years old Writing
Kazuyuki Hirokawa as Director. Directing
Lensman poster
Lensman (40 years)

Shadow of the Lens

  • Release day: Thursday, June 07, 1984
  • Runtime: 107 minutes