

Key the Metal Idol
Season - Episode
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1 - 1Startup Dec 16, 1994
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1 - 2Cursor I Feb 17, 1995
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1 - 3Cursor II Mar 01, 1995
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1 - 4Access Apr 05, 1995
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1 - 5Scroll I Jun 07, 1995
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1 - 6Scroll II Jul 05, 1995
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1 - 7Run Aug 02, 1995
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1 - 8Go to... Feb 07, 1996
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1 - 9Return Mar 06, 1996
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1 - 10Bug Apr 03, 1996
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1 - 11Save May 02, 1996
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1 - 12Virus I Jul 03, 1996
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1 - 13Virus II Aug 07, 1996
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1 - 14System Mar 21, 1997
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1 - 15Exit Jun 18, 1997
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.