Lensman
Shadow of the Lens
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.
- Year: 1984
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Action, Science Fiction
- Studio: TOHO, EE Doc Smith MK Company, MK Productions Ltd., Madhouse, Kodansha
- Keyword: space, suicide mission, reptilian, crystal, slave labor
- Director: Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Cast: Toshio Furukawa, Mami Koyama, Chikao Ohtsuka, Nachi Nozawa, Katsuya Kobayashi, Seizô Katô