SF Shinseiki Lensman

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Synonyms: Science Fiction New Century Lensman, Lensman Movie
Japanese: SF新世紀 レンズマン


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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 7, 1984
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Book
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Theme: SpaceSpace
Duration: 1 hr. 47 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.251 (scored by 15531,553 users)
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Ranked: #84642
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Popularity: #9383
Members: 3,663
Favorites: 9

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Synopsis

Kim is living a peaceful life with his father as a farmer on their planet until one day when a runaway spaceship is detected moving at a high speed towards his father's farm. To rescue his father Kim jumps on board the ship and manages to land it safely before it crashes.

On board the ship he finds a severely Injured lone survivor whom with his dying words begs Kim to take something of his to the Galactic Fleet. He then transfers something that was attached to his arm onto Kim's arm. The thing was a Lens and its transferring should have been impossible and having it has turned Kim into a Lensman. Other than giving Kim unknown powers it also contains vital information for the victory of the Galactic Fleet over the evil Boskone Empire.

Kim must now using the spaceship Britannia bring the Lense to the Galactic Fleet. But this is not an easy task when Lord Helmet of the Boskone Empire is willing to use everything in his power to stop him.

(Source: ANN)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kinnison, Kimball

Main
Furukawa, Toshio
Japanese

Sol

Supporting

Buskirk

Supporting
Otsuka, Chikao
Japanese

Admiral Haynes

Supporting

Kinnison, Gary

Supporting

Worsel

Supporting

MacDougal, Clarissa

Supporting

DJ Bill

Supporting

Staff

Maruyama, Masao
Producer
Macek, Carl
Producer
Kawajiri, Yoshiaki
Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Character Design
Hirokawa, Shuuichi
Director


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Reviews

Apr 13, 2024
C'mon, it was not that bad. This can be seen as a Star Wars rip-off, but it was actually based on Edward E Smith's "Lensman" books. Therefore, Star Wars was also ripping-off those books.
A father and son are farmers in a small planet. The kid wants to get out of that planet. He's actually handy with flying machines and spaceships.
He's chosen to be the new Lensman. You see, "Lens" is something akin to the "Force". Or viceversa, considering the aforementioned books?
Lensmans (or is it Lensmen?) are basically Jedis.
There's no Han Solo and Chewbacca, but there's a sympathetic hairy guy called Buskirk. There's also a girl. ...
Nov 8, 2013
Mixed Feelings
A young man aims to do something more exciting than farming. His homeland is destroyed by an evil Galactic enemy and he is given super-human powers by which to save the galaxy. His comrades are a sarcastic, hairy alien and a beautiful female in white with a braided bun on the side of her head. Do you recognize any similarities here to an American pop culture icon?

This mid 80′s film has aged pretty well, excepting the CGI which was laughable (though not as laughable as Golgo 13.) I had fun just watching and picking up stolen Star Wars references with a Japanese twist (tentacles!) If ...
Oct 4, 2015
Lensman (1984)

1984 brought many sci-fi oriented stories. One of which was Lensman, directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Memories, X) and Shinya Ohira (Gundam sequels, Akira), so there is some strength here. Unfortunately, the script is weak, the music is pretty much absent, and the voice acting (Japanese and English dub) is sub-par at best.

The story is about a farm boy named Kimball whom dreams of life bigger than is country lifestyle. Well, it just so happens that an intergalactic war is going on simply between good and evil. During some battle somewhere, Kimball comes across a runaway spaceship, finds an important guy, and gets this ...

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