Key the Metal Idol
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© 1994 Sato Hiroaki, Pony Canyon, Fuji TV, FCC, Studio Pierrot
© 1996 Viz Video
Color / Stereo / 23 minutes / Japanese Language / English Subtitles / English Dub
KEY THE METAL IDOL
Her classmates at school named 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 the kindly old scientist passed away, poor Key was left behind, lacking even the ability to smile. There is hope, however -- a message left behind for Key suggests a fantastic possibilty. Could it really be possible for Key to become a real, live human, if she can only win the love of 30,000 people?
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Key's trip to see her idol Miho Utsuse in a live concert turns into a disaster, especially when slimy talent "recruiter" Tamari, now fixated on the idea of promoting Key's friend Sakura, shows up at the concert as well. Intent on selling his new "discovery" to Miho's managaer Ajo, Tamari stumbles onto something he shouldn't backstage... and this discovery might cost him his life. Pursued by a menacing PPOR robot, a panicked Tamari is driven over the edge of a roof restaurant where, coincidentally, Miho's number-one-fan Suichi is dining with Key. Poor Key is accidentally pulled over the edge along with the luckless Tamari, and as the two hang for their lives from the rim of the roof, something awakens inside Key...
- Mima Tokiko (Key): Iwao Junko
- Wakagi Tomoyo: Yanaka Hiroshi
- Mima Murao (Sensei): Kitamura Koichi
- Kuriyagawa Sakura: Nagasawa Miki
- Sergei (D): Kosugi Jurota
- Tataki Suichi: Mirokawa Toshiyuki
- Ajo Jinsaku: Hayami Sho
- Tamari Senichi: Ono Kenichi
- Story and Direction: Sato Hiroaki
- Character Concepts: Tanaka Kunihiko
- Animation Director: Ishikura Keiichi
- English Version Producer: Yoshida Toshifumi
- Translator: Karahashi Takayuki
- Executive Script Editor: Trish Ledoux