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Key the Metal Idol - Singing (Vol. 3) | 
| Actor: Key The Metal Idol
Studio: Viz Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 44615
Format: Animated, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 180 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 013023043596
EAN: 0013023043596
ASIN: B00004YS8J
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Release Date: October 17, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The saga of Takiko "Key" Mima reaches an incongruous climax in two 90-minute episodes marked by long explanatory scenes between her friends Tataki and Tamayo. The crowning achievement of her grandfather's experiments, the wistful Key is a robot who wants to become a human, something she needs the love of 30,000 friends to accomplish. She's also feared and desired by the evil president of Anjo Heavy Industries, who traffics in battle robots and cyber-entertainers. His machines run on "gel" or "geist," a physical manifestation of the life force. Key is to geist what Kuwait is to petroleum, and her vast reserves give her the superpowers she occasionally manifests. The plot lines established in the first 13 episodes collapse amid a plethora of contradictory revelations. Viewers either have to accept Key's story and ignore the contradictions, or look for other anime entertainment. Unrated; unsuitable for children because of violence, violence against women, nudity, profanity, and grisly imagery. --Charles Solomon
Description
The Charade is over...will the show go on? The surviving assistant of Key's creator reveals the truth about Key's true nature and why she needs 30,000 friends! But the story is far from over because Key must learn to use her newly manifested powers to counter the paranoid insanity of the president of Ajo Industries! Finally it's time for everyone to hear Key's song....
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 You can't miss this serie for your Anime collection ! September 17, 2000
Pierantozzi Luca (Terni, Italy-Europe Italy)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is one of the best Anime Tv series released in Japan. If you are an Anime fan and you watched and liked SerialExperiments Lain then you'll love this one. Key The Metal Idol looks like a futuristic horror remake of Pinocchio. Buy all the DVDs from this serie, you won't be disappointed unless you really hate the genre. It's one of the best cyber Sci-Fi stories to date.
 Different But Amazing Series October 3, 2000
William Childs (Baumholder, Germany ( A U.S. ARMY BASE OVERSEAS))
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
By the way this applies to the KEY DVD 1&2. Like I said before Key: The Metal Idol is not your average Anime series (and a small series. Only spands 4 DVDs), but its a good one. Its one of those series that you might have to watch a couple of times before you understand it. This especially is true when you've watched one of the DVDs and then about a month later get the next one. You'll HAVE to watch the previous again! But after you get caught in the shows flow, you'll begin to love it. So what I'm saying is "GIVE IT A TRY"!!!!
Last 2 episodes? So-So. Key? Fantastic!!! December 31, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The much disliked 3rd DVD....I was really split on this, and would give it 3 1/2 stars if I could. As mentioned elsewhere, the first episode (near 90 minutes long) is a ton of exposition and is a serious shift in story-telling from the first 13 episodes. When Wakagi and Surichi aren't sitting in a park talking about Key, her grandfather, and her grandfather's past; there's an old friend of Dr. Mima's (Key's grandfather) muttering about 15 minutes of backstory on the doctor to himself. Sakura and Key are largely moved to the back, but their scenes are wonderful...and the scene of Key clinging onto Sakura, calling her "mother" while Sakura is realizing her relationship to her is one of the sweetest moments in the story. I couldn't really stand Sakura until this moment in the series, so that makes up for the lack of scenes with Key in the first episode. The Second episode is an improvement, since we know most of what is going on by now, but still will have a few curve balls thrown at us. It's still slower and we must sit through the story of the cult leader, but most of the story belongs to Key. The character of Key is so interesting that she lights up any scene she's in. As she moves closer to her wish of becoming human, we see how amazing she is. But, there's a lot of growth she must make to get there. The last 15 or so minutes of the final show more than make up for any slowness before. It shows Key at her best. Some weird scenes, and the song that Key finally sings wasn't that impressive (I kind of wonder if they'd use the Japanese folk song "Sakura") but it was an ending worth waiting for. I just kind of wish it had gone just a few minutes more, so we'd see more of a resolution of Key's life. I guess I could almost rate the R or a heavy PG-13. There's bloodly scenes, nudity (more than other shows, but here it's mostly the robots), language, and the bizarro scenes of Ajo fawning over his female robots that make one suggest he's got more issues than finding Key. I would recommend renting it before buying it, because it is so different from the first 13 shows that some may be upset at the different style.
Must buy! August 11, 2000
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Key the Metal Idol is one of the best anime I have seen in a while. With good story and good animation, this is a must for any anime fan. Plus you get alot of bang for your buck!
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