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Key the Metal Idol

Overview

Tokiko Mima, nicknamed "Key," is a 17-year-old girl living in the Japanese countryside who, despite her human-like appearance, is a robot. When Key's grandfather Dr. Murao Mima passes away, he leaves her a dying message, telling her that she can become a real girl if she is able to make thirty thousand friends. Thus, Key moves from the quiet Mamio Valley to the busy streets of Tokyo, where she soon runs into her childhood friend Sakura Kuriyagawa. Key quickly becomes enamored with idol singer Miho Utsuse and wonders if becoming a singer will allow her to make the amount of friends needed for her to become human. But Miho carries a ominous secret: she is connected to Jinsaku Ajou, an old rival of Dr. Mima trying to make new a breakthrough in robotic weaponry. As Key works to become a real girl, Ajou sets a dangerous plan into action, and it turns out there's much more to Key than meets the eye.
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Hiroaki Sato profile
Hiroaki Sato

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Cast

Junko Iwao profile
Junko Iwao

Tokiko "Key" Mima (voice)

Total episodes: 15

Hiroshi Yanaka profile
Hiroshi Yanaka

Tomoyo Wakagi (voice)

Total episodes: 15

Jurota Kosugi profile
Jurota Kosugi

Sergei / "D" (voice)

Total episodes: 15

Miki Nagasawa profile
Miki Nagasawa

Sakura Kuriyagawa (voice)

Total episodes: 15

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Jinsaku Ajo (voice)

Total episodes: 15

Toshiyuki Morikawa profile
Toshiyuki Morikawa

Shuuichi Tataki (voice)

Total episodes: 15

Junko Iwao profile
Junko Iwao

Tokiko "Key" Mima (voice)

Total episodes: 15

Hiroshi Yanaka profile
Hiroshi Yanaka

Tomoyo Wakagi (voice)

Total episodes: 15

Jurota Kosugi profile
Jurota Kosugi

Sergei / "D" (voice)

Total episodes: 15

Miki Nagasawa profile
Miki Nagasawa

Sakura Kuriyagawa (voice)

Total episodes: 15

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Show Hayami

Jinsaku Ajo (voice)

Total episodes: 15

Toshiyuki Morikawa profile
Toshiyuki Morikawa

Shuuichi Tataki (voice)

Total episodes: 15

Extra

Release Date

December 16, 1994

Last air Date

June 18, 1997

Status

Ended

Original Language

Japanese

Networks

Available On

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seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1

Aired on: 1994 | 15 Episodes

Key quickly becomes enamored with idol singer Miho Utsuse and wonders if becoming a singer will allow her to make the amount of friends needed for her to become human. But Miho carries a ominous secret: she is connected to Jinsaku Ajou, an old rival of Dr. Mima trying to make new a breakthrough in robotic weaponry. As Key works to become a real girl, Ajou sets a dangerous plan into action, and it turns out there's much more to Key than meets the eye.

Videos

Telekinetically blowing androids makes 'Stranger Things' seem normal | Key The Metal Idol (1997) thumbnail
Telekinetically blowing androids makes 'Stranger Things' seem normal | Key The Metal Idol (1997)
Robots have infinite stamina for everything | Key The Metal Idol (1997) thumbnail
Robots have infinite stamina for everything | Key The Metal Idol (1997)
Key the Metal Idol - Opening | 'In the Night' by Sario Kijima thumbnail
Key the Metal Idol - Opening | 'In the Night' by Sario Kijima
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Key the Metal Idol Advertisement

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