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KEY THE METAL IDOL
Her classmates at school called her Key, as in the "key" to a strange mystery. Key's "grandfather" was a kindly old scientist wanting to use his skill in robotics to create peace and love in the world. But when that kindly old scientist passed away, poor Key was left behind, lacking even the ability to smile. There still is hope, however a message left behind for Key suggests a fantastic possibility. Could it really be possible for Key to become a real, live human, if she can only win the love of 30,000 people? A dark, haunting tale of cybernetic sci-fi dreams, spiritual visions, and the turbulent world of Japanese pop music. (Source: Discotek Media) Note: The two last episodes have a duration of ~98 minutes
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Hiroaki SatouOriginal Creator
Kunihiko TanakaOriginal Character DesignHiroaki SatouDirector
Keiichi IshikuraCharacter Design
Yukihiro ShibutaniArt DirectorYuuko SatouColor Design
Masahiro MatsumuraEditing
Fusanobu FujiyamaSound Director
Tamiya TerashimaMusicHiroaki SatouScript
Hideyuki MotohashiKey Animation
Jun KamiyaAssistant Director (eps 14, 15)
Tokiko MimaJunko Iwao
Sakura KuriyagawaMiki Nagasawa
Murao MimaKouichi Kitamura
Shuuichi TatakiToshiyuki Morikawa
Jinsaku AjouShou Hayami
Senichi TamariKenichi Ono
SergeiJuurouta Kosugi
Hikaru TsurugiShinichirou Miki
Aoi KomodaAkio Ootsuka
Miho UtsuseChiyako Shibahara
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Throughout your tenure as a student, you probably met a diverse assortment of people… You made friends with those you connected with, feuded with those you hated, and largely ignored those that fell by the wayside. However, there’s an incredibly likely chance you met someone you couldn’t easily cate…
Read full review on AniList →Key is first and foremost a very unique and rewarding experience. When you're first watching it you will probably be confused as ****, you won't know if you missed something or if it'll all make sense later, Key makes no attempt at holding the viewer's hand, and honestly the only point I can dock fr…
Read full review on AniList →Rather than a text review, I did a video review of this show: youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERVYa-_lFa0) The original of the follows for the hard of hearing (there are some slight changes in the actual video review): >In January, YouTube changed their criteria for what channels could be…
Read full review on AniList →_Key The Metal Idol_ is a 15-episode OVA that aired between December 1994 and June 1997. I originally heard of this show while browsing KaiserBeamz's catalog on YouTube. (They make a lot of fantastic videos about retro anime and I would highly recommend checking them out). It was their video that g…
Read full review on AniList →It may seen like it's building something interesting in the first 10 or so episodes, then at the end it shows that it's just a pile of ****. The biggest problem of this anime is certainly the pace and the way the mysteries are solved, as well as the solution itself. Very little is actually answer…
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