Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Key, the metal idol / created and written by Hiroaki Sato ; art director, Yukihiro Shibutani ; producer, Shigehiro Suzuki ; director, Hiroaki Sato ; production by Pony Canyon, Fuji TV, FCC, Studio Pierrot.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 570 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Tokiko Mima, nicknamed Key, is a robot crafted by her scientist grandfather, Murao Mima. Upon his deathbed, Mima records his will on audio tape, revealing that Key can become human with the aid of 30,000 friends. Key must do this quickly before her battery runs down.

Subjects:

Androids -- Japan -- Drama.

Identity (Psychology) -- Drama.

Genre:

Animated films.

Feature films.

Other Author:

Satō, Hiroaki, 1959 September 3-

Shibutani, Yukihiro.

Suzuki, Shigehiro.

Pony Canyon Inc.

Fuji Terebijon, Kabushiki Kaisha.

Piero, Kabushiki Kaisha.

Viz Video (Firm)

Pioneer Entertainment (USA)

Other Title:

Japanese title on disc label: Kii

Awakening.

Dreaming.

Singing.

Notes:

Includes 15 episodes originally released in Japan in 1994 continuing through 1997.

Special features include conceptual art; an interview with director, Hiroaki Sato; character profiles and information.

Director of photography, Toyomitsu Nakajo, Shinichi Sasano ; animation direction, Keiichi Ishikura ; screenplay for the English version, Animaze. ; editor, Masahiro Matsumura ; music, Tamiya Terashima.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital 2.0.

Soundtracks in English and Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Contents:

[disc 1] Awakening -- [disc 2] Dreaming -- [disc 3] Singing.

Publisher Number:

D-KM001--D-KM003

Other Number:

722900137

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

797580

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

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