SF Shinseiki Lensman

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• Japan • 1984 • 107m •

• Directed by: Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Yoshiaki Kawajiri. • Starring: Toshio Furukawa, Mami Koyama, Chikao Ohtsuka, Nachi Nozawa, Tadashi Nakamura, Hidekatsu Shibata, Seizô Katô, Kôji Yada, Takeshi Aono, Eiji Kanie, Yasurô Tanaka, Shingo Kanemoto, Masaharu Satô. • Music by: Akira Inoue.

Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companinon, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man dies, he mysteriously passes 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.

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I know that for a 1984 film this is not so bad, but I have to say, after having seen so many animes in my life, I can't really appreciate it in any way. First of all the story is based on E. E. Smith's Lensman novels, which are written in the 1930s, and it shows. Second of all, the animation is not that good, with base colors, psychedelic lightning and silly 3D geometric shapes. The characters are not developed or likable and the plot is something akin to Star Wars, only without the complexity: evil empire, rebels, boy with super powers that can save the world, helpless girl, intellectual mentors that always suggest safe or rational actions and give the protagonist every chance to do exactly the opposite.

Bottom line: I did not like it. It was boring and a pain to watch till the end.

Review by siderite from the Internet Movie Database.

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