Basic Info

First Air: December 16, 1994

Rating: ⭐ 5.1/10 (7 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 15

Last Episode

Name: Exit

Season: 1, Episode: 15

Air Date: 1997-06-18

Runtime: 100 min

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 end, or will she make a different choice?

Videos

Telekinetically blowing androids makes 'Stranger Things' seem normal | Key The Metal Idol (1997) (YouTube)

Robots have infinite stamina for everything | Key The Metal Idol (1997) (YouTube)

Key the Metal Idol - Opening | 'In the Night' by Sario Kijima (YouTube)

Key the Metal Idol Advertisement (YouTube)

Key the Metal Idol

1994 1 seasons 15 episodes ⭐ 5.1/10 7 votes

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.