Key the Metal Idol | |
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キィ・ザ・メタル・アイドル (Kii Za Metaru Aidoru) | |
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Original video animation | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Satō[1] |
Produced by | Shigehiro Suzuki Atsushi Tanuma |
Written by | Hiroaki Satō |
Music by | Tamiya Terashima |
Studio | Pierrot |
Licensed by | [2] |
Released | December 16, 1994 – August 7, 1996 |
Runtime | 25–30 minutes (each) |
Episodes | 13 |
Anime film series | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Satō (Chief) Shigeru Ueda |
Produced by | Ryunosuke Tsuno Eriko Aoki Utako Shirakawa |
Written by | Hiroaki Satō |
Music by | Tamiya Terashima |
Studio | Pierrot |
Licensed by | |
Released | March 21, 1997 – June 18, 1997 |
Runtime | 90 minutes (each) |
Films | 2 |
Key the Metal Idol (キィ・ザ・メタル・アイドル, Kii Za Metaru Aidoru) is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series that was released from December 1994 to June 1997. The series consists of fifteen episodes divided into four parts. First Program consists of episodes 1 through 7. Second Program is 8 through 13. Third Program and Final Program are feature length (a.k.a. episodes 14 and 15) respectively. Key is a serious and somewhat dark drama with elements of mecha and science fiction.