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Is Key the Metal Idol finished?

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In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Key the Metal Idol”, also known by the following titles:

  • Key la Ídolo Metálica
  • Key the Mental Idol

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Based on our analysis, the series is FINISHED. ✅

Here’s how we reached that conclusion:

  • All related entries are marked as finished on MyAnimeList
  • The series is listed as ended on Trakt

These sources consistently confirm that the main story of Key the Metal Idol has been fully concluded.

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Key the Metal Idol

December 16, 1994
Finished Airing OVA
Key la Ídolo Metálica
Key the Mental Idol
SummaryTokiko 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.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

BackgroundKey the Metal Idol won the Packaged Work Award at the 1996 Animation Kobe Awards.