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Key the Metal Idol (OAV)

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©Hiroaki Sato / PRODUCTION KEY

Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Tokiko Mima, called Key, is a robot. Since she was created by her 'grandfather', Dr. Mima, she has lived among humans. Now Dr. Mima is dead, and has left behind a cryptic last message: if Key can somehow get 30,000 people to feel for her, she can become fully human. However, Key's quest may not be so simple - for an ominous plot is being hatched by Dr. Mima's rival, Jinsaku Ajo.
User Ratings: 461 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 45 votes (sub:31, dub:14)
 Excellent: 66 votes (sub:42, dub:21, ?:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 116 votes (sub:78, dub:33, raw:3, ?:1, others:1
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Good: 96 votes (sub:64, dub:32)
 Decent: 63 votes (sub:49, dub:12, raw:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:22, dub:6)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:9, dub:6, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 22 votes (sub:21, dub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 890 users, rank: #1358 (of 9708)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.165 (Good), std. dev.: 1.9492, rank: #3087 (of 9826)
Weighted mean: 7.116 (Good), rank: #3083 (of 9826) (seen all: 7.36 / seen some: 6.48 / won't finish: 3.48)
Bayesian estimate: 7.126 (Good), rank: #2859 (of 7438)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 15
Episode titles: We have 15
Vintage: 1994-12-16
Release dates: We have 28
Opening Theme:
"In the Night" by Sario Kijima
Ending Theme:
#1: "Watashi ga Soba ni Iru" by Sario Kijima (eps 1-13)
#2: "Passenger" by Tamiya Terashima (ep 14)
#3: "Galaxy in my Hands" by Junko Iwao (ep 15)
Trivia: We have 1
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
Comment:
Episodes 1-13 are 25 minutes long; episodes 14 and 15 are 95 minutes long
Review:
Key the Metal Idol (Apr 13, 2017)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Key the Metal Idol - Complete OVA Series (DVD) 2017-02-28 (from $69.95)
    Key the Metal Idol - Awakening (DVD 1) 2000-07-25 (from $10.04)
    Key the Metal Idol - Dreaming (DVD 2) 2000-09-19
    Key the Metal Idol - Singing (DVD 3) 2000-10-17
    Key the Metal Idol - The Complete Collection (DVD 1-3) 2004-05-18 (from $31.01)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroaki Satō
Screenplay:
Hiroaki Satō (eps 1-15)
Storyboard:
Hiroaki Satō (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 12-13
)
Jun Kamiya (eps 14-15)
Kazuhiko Ikegami (eps 14-15)
Kazunori Mizuno (eps 4, 8)
Koji Masunari (ep 9)
Masaharu Okuwaki (ep 7)
Nobuhiro Kondō (eps 3, 6, 10)
Shigeru Ueda (eps 14-15)
Takaaki Ishiyama (eps 2, 5)
Takashi Watanabe (ep 11)
Yorifusa Yamaguchi (ep 12)
Episode Director:
Akira Mano (ep 4)
Hiroaki Satō (ep 13)
Jun Kamiya (eps 14-15)
Kazuhiko Ikegami (eps 14-15)
Kazunori Mizuno (eps 1, 8, 13)
Koji Masunari (ep 9)
Masashi Abe (eps 2, 5)
Nobuhiro Kondō (eps 3, 6)
Shigeru Ueda (eps 14-15)
Takashi Watanabe (ep 11)
Yorifusa Yamaguchi (eps 7, 10, 12)
Music: Tamiya Terashima
Original creator: Hiroaki Satō
Character Design: Keiichi Ishikura
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani
Chief Animation Director: Keiichi Ishikura (eps 8-15)
Animation Director:
Hidetsugu Itō (ep 15)
Hiroto Tanaka (eps 4, 7, 14-15)
Keiichi Ishikura (eps 1, 6-7, 13)
Keiko Shimizu (ep 15)
Noboru Furuse (eps 14-15)
Shiho Takeuchi (eps 1, 6-7, 13)
Takuya Saitō (eps 9, 15)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (ep 12)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 14-15
)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (eps 2, 5)
Yoshihito Hishinuma (eps 8, 10)
Yoshiyuki Kishi (ep 3)
Character Conceptual Design: Kunihiko Tanaka
Mecha design:
Shiho Takeuchi (eps 8-15)
Sound Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama
Director of Photography:
Masahide Okino (eps 14-15)
Shinichi Sasano (eps 1-13)
Toyomitsu Nakajō (eps 1-13)
Executive producer:
Kunihiko Ishizaki
Masao Takiyama
Yūji Nunokawa
Yutaro Kawamura
Producer:
Atsushi Tanuma (eps 14-15)
Eriko Aoki (eps 14-15)
Ryunosuke Tsuno (eps 14-15)
Shigehiro Suzuki (eps 1-13)
Utako Shirakawa (eps 14-15)

Assistant Director:
Jun Kamiya (eps 14-15)
Assistant Episode Director: Atsushi Yano (eps 13-15)
Background Art:
Eiko Sawada (6 episodes
eps 8, 10-12, 14-15
)
Etsuko Nakashōji (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 1, 3, 5-15)
Fumie Nuibe (eps 1, 4-15)
Harumi Yoneda (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 9-12, 14-15)
Hiroyuki Hasegawa (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 1, 5, 7-15)
Hiroyuki Kamada (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 13-14)
Hiroyuki Mitsumoto (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 4 episodes
eps 5, 10-11, 15
)
Kayoko Koitabashi (Studio Cats; ep 2)
Kazunari Roppongi (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 9, 12-15)
Machiko Sekine (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; ep 9)
Masaharu Watanabe (ep 3)
Masatoshi Kai (ep 3)
Mie Kasai (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; ep 15)
Nobuhiro Ōtsuka (eps 11-15)
Nobutaka Ike (Studio Cats; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 10-11
)
Orie Saitō (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 14-15)
Rumiko Minemura (Studio Cats; ep 2)
Shinichi Tanimura (Studio Cats; eps 2, 4, 6)
Toshihide Kawana (eps 4, 7-15)
Toshihiro Kohama (Studio Cats; eps 2, 4, 6-7)
Yuiko Kimura (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; ep 5)
Yuki Nomura (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; ep 15)
Yuko Fujie (eps 12, 14-15)
Color design: Yuuko Satou
Color setting: Yuuko Satou (eps 1-15)
Cooperation: Tadashi Abiru (ep 5)
Editing:
Masahiro Matsumura (eps 1-15)
Shigeyuki Yamamori (eps 14-15)
Editing Assistant: Shigeyuki Yamamori (eps 1-13)
Executive Production Manager: Noriyuki Aoki (eps 1, 3-4, 6-13)
Finish Animation:
Aiko Tahara (Studio OM; eps 14-15)
Aiko Tokubuchi (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Aki Masukawa (Studio OM; eps 13-15)
Akiko Kono (ep 15)
Atsuko Hata (eps 4, 6, 9-10)
Aya Ouchi (ep 15)
Ayako Saitō (ep 15)
Chieko Yagi (eps 11, 15)
Emiko Kimura (ep 15)
Eri Suzuki (ep 15)
Hitomi Shimoganna (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Junko Abe (ep 15)
Kaori Furukawa (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Kazuo Sakaguchi (ep 15)
Kazuyoshi Maie (eps 11-13, 15)
Kazuyou Tsuruta (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Koji Kitamura (ep 15)
Kyoko Fukuda (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Makiko Kawabata (Studio OM; eps 14-15)
Mami Yariwake (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Mitsuko Yoshida (ep 15)
Miyuki Yoshioka (eps 3-4)
Naoko Satō (ep 15)
Nobue Matsufuji (ep 15)
Nozomi Shitara (ep 15)
Rie Shimoji (ep 15)
Ritsuko Mihashi (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Sachiko Abe (7 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 9-11, 15
)
Setsuko Morishita (eps 4, 6, 9)
Shigetoshi Gotō (ep 15)
Shinnosuke Ryū (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Takae Iijima (ep 9)
Terumi Narita (Studio OM; ep 15)
Tomoko Fukushima (ep 6)
Tomoko Toki (Studio OM; eps 14-15)
Yukie Matsuzaki (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Yukiharu Obata (ep 15)
Yukiko Morioka (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Yukiko Nagahama (eps 11-13, 15)
Yukiko Ueyama (Studio OM; ep 15)
Yuko Ota (Studio OM; eps 13-15)
Finish Check:
Hiroko Kochiya (ep 5)
Masaki Nakai (ep 15)
Mieko Seki (Studio Angel; ep 2)
Miho Suzuki (ep 15)
Mikina Kasahara (ep 15)
Osamu Idate (Shogun Production; eps 3-4, 6-11)
Terumi Narita (ep 14)
Toshio Kaidoh (eps 1, 14-15)
Yoshimi Shinozuka (ep 14)
Yukiko Ueyama (ep 14)
In-Between Animation:
Ami Yoshioka (Studio Pierrot Animation Studio; ep 15)
Atsushi Komori (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Atsushi Ogasawara (Studio Pierrot Animation Studio; eps 14-15)
Atsushi Ogata (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Atsushi Ooniwa (Studio Pierrot Animation Studio; eps 14-15)
Eitarō Abe (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Hideki Asayama (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Hiroko Tezuka (Studio Pierrot Animation Studio; ep 13)
Junko Horimoto (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Kaori Miyagawa (Dragon Production; ep 14)
Masayuki Katou (Studio Pierrot Animation Studio; eps 13-15)
Mayumi Suzuki (eps 14-15)
Megumi Sakamoto (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Mikio Ogawa (ep 2)
Miyao Suzuki (Dragon Production; ep 14)
Noriyasu Murata (Studio Pierrot Animation Studio; eps 14-15)
Ryoji Ikematsu (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Shinji Saruwatari (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Shōji Yatomi (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Takaaki Ogawa (ep 15)
Takato Fukuyama (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Tomoko Murakami (Studio Pierrot Fukuoka; eps 14-15)
Tomoyuki Tajima (ep 15)
Toshiki Urushidate (Studio Pierrot Animation Studio; ep 14)
Yasuko Hino (Dragon Production; ep 14)
Yasuko Inarita (Studio Pierrot Animation Studio; eps 13-15)
Ying Shou (Studio Pierrot Animation Studio; ep 13)
Yoshiko Fujimura (Dragon Production; ep 14)
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 2)
Yukio Maekawa (Studio Pierrot Animation Studio; eps 13-15)
In-Between Check:
Mitsuko Toyoshima (ep 15)
Ryoji Enomoto (ep 2)
Takashi Sasaki (eps 1, 3-4, 6-15)
Takushi Yaguchi (eps 2, 5)
Key Animation:
Akiharu Ishii (ep 14)
Akiko Funakawa (ep 13)
Akiko Nakamura (eps 14-15)
Akio Uchino (ep 12)
Akira Kano (eps 9, 14-15)
Akira Kikuchi (eps 6, 11)
Atsuko Ishida (ep 12)
Atsuko Nakajima (ep 12)
Atsushi Takeuchi (ep 1)
Eiji Suganuma (ep 13)
Fujio Inose (ep 12)
Fujio Oda (eps 14-15)
Futoshi Ōnami (ep 15)
Haruo Miyagawa (ep 13)
Haruo Ōgawara (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 13, 15
)
Hee Kang Kim (eps 11-12)
Hideki Kakita (ep 14)
Hidenori Matsubara (ep 9)
Hideo Maru (ep 3)
Hidetsugu Itō (eps 14-15)
Hideyuki Hamada (ep 15)
Hideyuki Motohashi (ep 15)
Hirofumi Suzuki (eps 9, 12, 15)
Hirokazu Misawa (ep 9)
Hiroko Kazui (ep 12)
Hiroko Yoshizawa (ep 1)
Hiromi Niioka (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 9, 12-14
)
Hirotaka Kinoshita (eps 13, 15)
Hirotake Shibuya (4 episodes
eps 11-12, 14-15
)
Hiroto Tanaka (ep 15)
Hiroto Yokote (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Horiuchi (eps 9, 13)
Hiroyuki Kanbe (eps 1, 3-4)
Hisashi Shimokawa (ep 1)
Ittetsu Morita (ep 2)
Joji Yamamoto (eps 14-15)
Ju Hong Kang (ep 15)
Junichi Hayakawa (ep 15)
Junko Isaka (eps 14-15)
Junpei Tanaka (eps 11, 13)
Kanji Nishida (eps 8, 13)
Kanta Kamei (ep 14)
Kaori Higuchi (ep 14)
Katsunobu Ito (ep 1)
Katsushi Sakurabi (8 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-10, 12
)
Kazuhiro Asō (ep 11)
Kazuhiro Azuki (ep 13)
Kazuhiro Sudo (ep 7)
Kazunari Kume (ep 5)
Kazunobu Hoshi (ep 12)
Kazuo Takigawa (ep 4)
Keiichi Ishikura (ep 15)
Keiko Shimizu (eps 13-15)
Kenichi Yamaguchi (ep 14)
Kenji Kuroyanagi (ep 7)
Kōji Kataoka (eps 2, 5)
Kōji Matsuyama (ep 1)
Kōji Ogawa (eps 7-8, 13)
Koji Watanabe (ep 13)
Kunihiro Abe (ep 4)
Makoto Ozawa (ep 13)
Mao Torii (ep 4)
Masahiko Yoda (ep 13)
Masahiro Kimura (ep 14)
Masahiro Neriki (ep 15)
Masakazu Kawazoe (5 episodes
eps 7-8, 10-11, 13
)
Masakazu Okamura (ep 11)
Masami Takebuchi (eps 14-15)
Masao Ōkubo (ep 14)
Masaya Ōnishi (ep 8)
Michinori Shirato (ep 15)
Midori Nagaoka (eps 14-15)
Miki Ukai (ep 15)
Misao Abe (12 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-9, 11-15
)
Mitsumasa Kimura (ep 2)
Mitsunori Murata (ep 14)
Mitsuru Sōma (ep 15)
Motohide Nishimura (ep 9)
Munenori Nawa (ep 14)
Naoyuki Owada (ep 13)
Nobutake Ito (ep 13)
Noriko Goto (ep 11)
Noriko Morishima (eps 13-14)
Noritomo Yoshioka (ep 6)
Osamu Satō (6 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 10-11, 13
)
Ritsuko Watanabe (eps 2, 5)
Ryoji Nakamori (eps 9-12)
Ryūji Shiromae (ep 13)
Satoru Iriyoshi (ep 6)
Satoru Takatsu (eps 6, 9)
Se Kwon Jeong (ep 15)
Shigefumi Shingaki (ep 12)
Shigeru Katō (eps 14-15)
Shiho Takeuchi (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8-9, 15
)
Shinichi Shigematsu (eps 10-11, 13)
Shinichi Sudo (ep 13)
Shinichi Yoshikawa (eps 14-15)
Shiro Shibata (ep 3)
Shōsuke Shimizu (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 11
)
Shuji Kawakami (ep 15)
Sung Il Cha (ep 15)
Tadakatsu Yoshida (ep 13)
Tadashi Abiru (ep 7)
Takaaki Fukuyo (eps 2, 5)
Takaaki Yamashita (ep 12)
Takahiro Asahi (eps 6, 9)
Takahiro Kishida (eps 6, 9, 15)
Takao Maki (eps 3, 6, 9)
Takashi Sasaki (eps 1, 6, 8)
Takayuki Shimura (eps 14-15)
Takumi Ooshima (ep 9)
Tatsuo Yamada (ep 4)
Terumi Mutō (ep 11)
Teruo Handa (ep 6)
Tetsuya Saeki (eps 9, 11-12)
Tetsuya Satō (eps 3, 15)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (ep 15)
Tomoaki Chishima (ep 10)
Tomoko Takei (ep 14)
Tomomi Ishii (eps 13-15)
Tōru Ōtsuka (ep 3)
Toshihide Masudate (4 episodes
eps 1, 10, 12, 14
)
Toshihiko Shimada (eps 2, 5)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (7 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-12 even, 13
)
Toshiko Baba (eps 3-4, 6-10)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (eps 2, 5)
Toshiyuki Okabayashi (ep 11)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (eps 6, 8-9, 14)
Tsuguyuki Kubo (ep 13)
Tsuneo Ninomiya (ep 13)
Wataru Abe (ep 15)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 10)
Yōko Kikuchi (ep 7)
Yoko Kojo (eps 1, 4)
Yoshiharu Fukushima (ep 15)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi (ep 15)
Yoshihito Hishinuma (eps 7, 11-12)
Yoshinobu Ando (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 12
)
Yoshinori Tokiya (ep 15)
Yoshiya Yokoyama (eps 2, 5)
Yoshiyuki Ichikawa (ep 9)
Yoshiyuki Kishi (ep 13)
Yuichi Endo (eps 13, 15)
Yuji Nakao (ep 15)
Yukihiro Kitano (ep 13)
Yukinori Umetsu (ep 1)
Yuko Matsuo (ep 4)
Yuri Takahashi (ep 4)
Yuriko Nagaya (ep 15)
Layout: Hiroto Tanaka (ep 15)
Main Title Design: Hiroaki Satō (eps 14-15)
Mechanical Supervision: Shiho Takeuchi (eps 1-7)
Music Director: Tomoko Shibuya
Original Quotation: Kyōjirō Hagiwara ("Chitei no Tekkan kara Asa wa Te o Ageru")
Photography:
Atsuo Tsukioka (Azuhata Production; eps 8, 10, 12)
Daisuke Inoue (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Etsuko Hoshino (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Hatsue Takahashi (Studio Boston; eps 1, 3, 5)
Hidetoshi Watanabe (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Hiroshi Takeda (J.C. Staff; eps 9, 13)
Hitomi Sasaki (T Nishimura; ep 15)
Isao Takahashi (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Jun Kikuchi (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Juri Harima (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Kayo Kugi (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Kazuya Hoshi (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Kazuya Nakasaka (Studio Boston; ep 2)
Kenji Chikaoka (Studio Boston; eps 2, 4, 6-8)
Kōhei Utsusaki (J.C. Staff; eps 9, 11, 13)
Koji Yamakoshi (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Kyoko Satō (J.C. Staff; eps 9, 11)
Masaki Kubomura (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Masami Yoshida (Studio Boston; 6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8, 10
)
Masao Onuki (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Miki Kameda (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Mikio Nakade (Studio Boston; eps 2, 4, 6-7)
Mitsunobu Yoshida (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Naoto Fujikura (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Nozomi Sakai (Studio Boston; eps 1-7 odd, 13)
Sayaka Ikenaga (T Nishimura; ep 15)
Seiji Uchida (Studio Boston; eps 1-7 odd, 11)
Takamitsu Sera (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Tomokazu Mori (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Tomoyoshi Ishizuka (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Yoshimi Suzuki (T Nishimura; ep 15)
Yuichi Katsumata (T Nishimura; eps 14-15)
Yūji Uehara (T Nishimura; ep 15)
Yumiko Kobayashi (J.C. Staff; eps 9, 11, 13)
Yutaka Kurosawa (Studio Boston; 7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13
)
Photography Assistant:
Atsuo Tsukioka (Azuhata Production; eps 4-6, 14)
Kōhei Utsusaki (J.C. Staff; ep 12)
Mikio Nakade (J.C. Staff; eps 8, 10)
Nozomi Sakai (J.C. Staff; eps 8, 10, 12)
Seiji Uchida (J.C. Staff; ep 12)
Shinichi Sasano (Azuhata Production; 4 episodes
eps 9, 11, 13-14
)
Takashi Azuhata (Azuhata Production; eps 4-6)
Toyomitsu Nakajō (J.C. Staff; eps 8, 10, 12)
Tsuguo Ozawa (Adlib; eps 1-3)
Yutaka Kurosawa (J.C. Staff; ep 12)
Planning:
Kenji Kume
Michiyuki Honma
Naomi Kitano
Yukio Sonobe
Planning Assistant: Atsushi Tanuma (eps 1-13)
Production Advancement:
Akira Jinnai (6 episodes
eps 7-13 odd, 14-15
)
Hiroaki Urano (eps 2, 5)
Maki Yazawa (eps 14-15)
Ryuichiro Nishi (eps 1, 4)
Takeshi Eriguchi (ep 15)
Tomohiro Takahashi (5 episodes
eps 8-14 even, 15
)
Yasuo Yamabe (eps 3, 6)
Production Desk: Katsuhiko Nozawa (eps 1-13)
Production Publicity: Utako Shirakawa (eps 1-13)
Recording Adjustment:
Akiyoshi Yoda (ep 12)
Hitoshi Yamada (Jinnan Studio; eps 1-11, 13-14)
Sound Effects:
Junichi Sasaki (Anime Sound; eps 1-11, 13-14)
Yasufumi Yoda (ep 12)
Sound Production: Hiromi Kikuta (Jinnan Studio)
Special Effects: Takashi Maekawa
Special Thanks To:
Harumitsu Suwama (ep 10)
Junko Iwao (eps 8, 15)
Miki Nagasawa (ep 2)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Jun Abe (OP; ED1)
Tamiya Terashima (ED 2-3)
Theme Song Composition:
Sario Kijima (OP; ED1)
Tamiya Terashima (ED 2-3)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Rie Hamada (ED3)
Sario Kijima (OP; ED1)
Theme Song Performance:
Junko Iwao (ED3)
Sario Kijima (OP; ED1)
Video Editing: Yukiko Inoue (Glovision; eps 14-15)
Junko Iwao as Tokiko "Key" Mima

Hiroshi Yanaka as Tomoyo Wakagi
Jūrōta Kosugi as Sergei / "D"
Miki Nagasawa as Sakura Kuriyagawa
Shō Hayami as Jinsaku Ajo
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shuuichi Tataki

Akio Ōtsuka as Aoi
Chiyako Shibahara as
Beniko Komori
Miho Utsuse
Daiki Nakamura as Staff "B"
Eken Mine as "Janome Ouji" (Prince of Snake-Eyes)
Hitoshi Horimoto as Tsukiyama
Junichi Sugawara as Staff "C"
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Maestro
Kenichi Ono as Senichi Tamari
Kikuko Inoue as Toyoko Mima
Kōichi Kitamura as Murao Mima
Mitsuru Ogata as
Cameraman
Staff "A"
Natsumi Asaoka as
Nurse
Villagers in the valley
Shinichirō Miki as Hikaru Tsuruki

Eiji Sekiguchi
Makoto Tsumura
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Pierrot
Backgrounds:
DR Movie (ep 11)
Studio CATS (eps 2, 5-7)
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production (eps 1, 3, 5-8)
Yoyogi Art Planning (eps 9-15)
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Editing: Jay Film
Finish Animation:
AIC (eps 5-10, 15)
Anime House (eps 4, 6-8)
Anime World Osaka (ep 1)
Anipower, Inc. (ep 15)
DR Movie (ep 3)
E&G Films (eps 4, 6-7)
Han Young (ep 5)
Hana Production (ep 13)
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (ep 15)
J.C. Staff (eps 3, 10)
K-Production (eps 10-13)
Kyoe Sung Production (eps 12-13, 15)
Kyoto Animation (ep 7)
Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 1, 3, 15)
Lee Production (eps 2, 5)
Madhouse (eps 1, 3, 15)
Marsa, Inc. (12 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-11, 13-15
)
Oscar Planning (eps 7-9, 14)
Pak Production (5 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 9-10
)
Pierrot Project (ep 15)
Production I.G (ep 15)
Studio aB (ep 1)
Studio Add (ep 15)
Studio Egg (eps 1, 3-4, 6)
Studio Elle (ep 4)
Studio Gash (eps 14-15)
Studio Griffon (eps 1, 3-4, 6-13)
Studio Hibari (ep 11)
Studio Killy (eps 14-15)
Studio Manbou (eps 6-8, 15)
Studio March (eps 1, 3)
Studio Mu (ep 15)
Studio OM (eps 8-11, 14-15)
Studio Pierrot Fukuoka (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 8, 12-15
)
Sung San Production (eps 1, 4, 6-15)
In-Between Animation:
AIC (ep 5)
Anime House (eps 4, 6-7)
Anime World Osaka (eps 8-10)
Anipower, Inc. (ep 15)
DR Movie (eps 1, 3)
Dragon Production (ep 14)
E&G Films (eps 7-8)
GONZO (ep 15)
Group Donguri (eps 1, 3-4, 6-7)
Han Young (ep 5)
Hana Production (ep 13)
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (ep 15)
JEC-E (ep 10)
K-Production (eps 10-13)
Kyoe Sung Production (eps 12-13, 15)
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 15)
Lee Production (eps 2, 5)
Madhouse (5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 10, 15
)
Marsa, Inc. (6 episodes
eps 3, 7-8, 10, 14-15
)
Nakamura Production (eps 3, 8-12, 15)
OLM (ep 7)
Pak Production (eps 6-10)
Random (ep 7)
Shindo Production (ep 15)
Studio Cockpit (ep 6)
Studio Egg (eps 1, 3-4, 6-13)
Studio Jungle Gym (ep 14)
Studio Kobo (eps 3-4)
Studio Mark (eps 6-7, 9-11)
Studio Mu (ep 15)
Studio Pierrot Animation Room (eps 14-15)
Studio Pierrot Fukuoka (10 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-9, 12-15
)
Studio Shita (eps 8-12, 15)
Studio Takuranke (ep 1)
Studio Wombat (eps 1, 8-9)
Sung San Production (eps 6, 8-9)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 7)
Zero-G (ep 14)
Key Animation:
Dragon Production (ep 15)
Samtack (ep 15)
Shindo Production (ep 15)
Studio Ebisu (ep 15)
Studio Z5 (ep 15)
Mechanical Concepts: Studio Response
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Offline Editing: Jay-Force (15)
Photography:
Azuhata Production (eps 8, 10, 12)
J.C. Staff (eps 9, 11, 13)
Studio Boston (eps 1-7)
T. Nishimura (eps 14-15)
Photography Cooperation:
Adlib (eps 1-3)
Azuhata Production (8 episodes
eps 4-7, 9, 11, 13-14
)
J.C. Staff (eps 8, 10, 12)
Production:
Fuji Creative Corporation
Fuji Television Network
Pierrot
Pony Canyon
Production Cooperation: APPP (eps 2, 5)
Recording Studio:
Central Recording
Jinnan Studio
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
Telecine: Sony PCL
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
Director: Karl Willems
Script: Mary Claypool
Translation: Takayuki Karahashi
Executive producer: Seiji Horibuchi
Producer: Toshifumi Yoshida

Dialogue Editing:
Eric LeBlanc
Tim Bavis
Trevor Smith
DVD Coordination:
Hiroe Tsukamoto
Taku Otsuka
DVD Menu Design: Erika Offutt
Editing Assistant: Eric LeBlanc
Engineering Assistant:
Daniel Lambert
Michael Iske
Trevor Smith
Executive Script Editor:
Toshifumi Yoshida (eps 14-15)
Trish Ledoux
Insert Song Lyrics: John Mitchell ("Fugitive--Run Away"; "Aria"; "Memories of Sand"; "Lullaby"; "Night Flower")
Insert Song Performance:
Christine Duncan ("Fugitive--Run Away"; "Aria"; "Memories of Sand"; "Lullaby")
Saffron Henderson ("Night Flower")
Production Coordination: Diana Gage
Re-Recording Mixing: Jan Deny
Recording engineer: Robert Crang
Theme Song Lyrics:
John Mitchell (Miho, Key, Beniko) 
Trish Ledoux (OP/ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Nicole Oliver (ED #3)
Tanya Hancheroff (OP; ED #1)
Video Post-Production: Pierre de la Roche
Nicole Oliver as Tokiko "Key" Mima

David Kaye as Tomoyo Wakagi
David Sobolov as D/Sergei (1-10)
Jerry J. Todd as Shuichi Tataki (1-9)
John Novak as Jinsaku Ajo
Mark Gibbon as D/Sergei (11-15)
Megan Leitch as Sakura Kuriyagawa
Peter Kelamis as Shuichi Tataki (10-15)

Alec Willows as Maestro
Andrew Francis as Toshihiko
Brian Drummond as Hikaru Tsurugi
Campbell Lane as
Aoi
Overweight Judge
Don Brown as Janome "Priest Snake-Eye" Oji
Harvey Gold as Murao Mima
Jason Gray-Stanford as Tsukiyama
Michael Dobson as
Staff C
Toshihiko's Father
Nicole Oliver as Toshihiko's Mother
Paul Dobson as
Komoda
Tamari's Assistant
Saffron Henderson as
Beniko Komori
Miho Utsuse
Terry Klassen as Senichi Tataki
Ward Perry as
Staff A
Street Punk (ep 1)
Willow Johnson as Toyoko Mima

Janyse Jaud
English companies
Broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Service (KTEH Affiliate)
Distributor:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (DVD; Vols 1-3)
Ventura Distribution (Complete Collection)
Dubbing: The Ocean Group
DVD Authoring: Cinram/POP DVD Center
Internet Streaming:
Midnight Pulp
RetroCrush
Tubi TV
Viewster
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2016)
Viz Media (Expired)
Script: Animaze
Soundtrack: Viz Media
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Antonio Sánchez Torras (Spain dub)
Translation: Yasuko Tojo (Spain dub)
ADR Script: Antonio Sánchez Torras (Spain dub)
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas

Screen Inserts: Ramón Rocabayera (Spain dub)
Julia Chalmeta as Tokiko "Key" Mima (Spain dub)

Carles Lladó as Shuichi Tataki (Spain dub)
Oscar Redondo as Sergei "D" (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as Tomoyo Wakagi (Spain dub)
Rosa Moyano as Sakura Kuriyagawa (Spain dub)
Tasio Alonso as Jinsaku Ajo (Spain dub)

Alberto Vilar as
Scientist A (Spain dub)
Seiichi Tamari (Spain dub)
Francesc Rocamora as
Aoi (Spain dub)
Maestro (Spain dub)
Scientist C (Spain dub)
Gloria Garcia as
Beniko Komori (Spain dub)
Toyoko Mima (Spain dub)
Jesús López as
Scientist B (Spain dub)
Tsukiyama (Spain dub)
Marta Estrada as
Miho Utsuse (Spain dub)
Toshihiko (Spain dub)
Oscar Redondo as Komoda (Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Hikaru Tsurugi (Spain dub)
Vicente Gil as
Murao Mima (Spain dub)
Prince Janome (Spain dub)

Alberto Vilar (Spain dub)
Francesc Rocamora (Spain dub)
Gloria Garcia (Spain dub)
Jesús López (Spain dub)
Marta Estrada (Spain dub)
Nuria Cepero (Spain dub)
Oscar Redondo (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera (Spain dub)
Tasio Alonso (Spain dub)
Vicente Gil (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio: S.I.C., S.A. (Spain dub)
Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual
Kazé Germany (now)
Internet Streaming: Viewster (German)
German cast
(none)

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