RE the lame Lensman anime, the way the story reached me was quite the opposite, that the holders of the ee smith estate hate the originals, but not being averse to being given large amounts of money sold the production rights with the caveat that only the names and concepts could be used, not the original story. So, you get a generic "boy meets girl/boy loses girl/boy recovers girl and they kis by the light of the moon, which explodes for no good reason" type plot. And really really bad CG starship sequences. There were two or three equally forgettable 'side story' novels published also, starring Worsel and a borged Lensman called 24 of 6, because his chassis is the 24th revision of the 6th frame design developed, or something. This is before the regeneration treatment discovered in one of the later books.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows