Key the Metal Idol (1994–1997)
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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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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
StartupDecember 16, 1994—As you might imagine, an innocent like Key gets into trouble pretty much the moment she arrives in Tokyo. Aimlessly wandering the streets, s - S01E02
Cursor IFebruary 17, 1995—As Key settles in as Sakura's temporary houseguest, we get to see a bit more of the other lead characters in action. There's Sakura's friend - S01E03
Cursor IIMarch 1, 1995—Key begins to fixate upon the idea of becoming a pop idol herself as the surest way to making 30,000 friends. In the meantime, Ajo's team ar - S01E04
AccessApril 5, 1995—As if to confirm earlier hints that Key possesses a phenomenal power whose exact nature is hidden even from herself, this episode sees her d - S01E05
Scroll IJune 7, 1995—We begin to learn more of just what Ajo and his cronies are up to, and Sakura and Shuichi have a long chat about Key and what must have happ - S01E06
Scroll IIJuly 5, 1995—Prince Snake-Eye convinces Key to come to his temple. The child of two of his followers is deathly ill, but their faith precludes medical in - S01E07
RunAugust 2, 1995—Yes, it's the conclusion to the first 'big showdown' episode, and as such works very well as the final episode on this disc. I don't want to - S01E08
Go to...February 7, 1996—Sakura, apparently content to put her own dreams on the back burner for a while, creates 'Production Key'... an agency devoted solely to hel - S01E09
ReturnMarch 6, 1996—Everyone's fave arch-henchman 'D' is still convalescing from his battle at the end of the previous DVD, Awakening (Volume 1), but Ajo – not - S01E10
BugApril 3, 1996—Ah, this is a really satisfying episode... so much so that you end up wishing the whole series ran at this pace. First, you've got Tsurugi b - S01E11
SaveMay 2, 1996—Apparently all the excitement of the previous episode overwhelmed both the show's author and Shuichi alike, because abruptly he's back in To - S01E12
Virus IJuly 3, 1996—The story machinery starts grinding down towards the last of the TV-length Key episodes. Shuichi catches Prince Snake-Eye in the act of sabo - S01E13
Virus IIAugust 7, 1996—Much like the first in this set, everything is geared to reach a climax of sorts in this last episode of the disc. Again, it would be rubbis - S01E14
SystemMarch 21, 1997—Exposition and backstories. All mysteries are revealed, the significance of the photograph found in Tomyo village, the life story of Doc, ho - S01E15
ExitJune 18, 1997—Key's friends rally for the final battle, but if they go against Ajo will they all make it out alive? And will Key be a living human at the
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