Key the Metal Idol

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Series Directed by

Hiroaki Satô
(15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Kazunori Mizuno
(3 episodes, 1994-1996)
Yorifusa Yamaguchi
(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Masashi Abe
(2 episodes, 1995)
Nobuhiro Kondô
(2 episodes, 1995)
Kazuhiko Ikegami
(2 episodes, 1997)
Jun Kamiya
(2 episodes, 1997)
Shigeru Ueda
(2 episodes, 1997)
Akira Mano
(1 episode, 1995)
Kôji Masunari
(1 episode, 1996)
Takashi Watabe
(1 episode, 1996)

Series Writing Credits

Hiroaki Satô
(created by) (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Hiroaki Satô
(screenplay) (15 episodes, 1994-1997)

Series Cast

Junko Iwao
 Key (Mima Tokiko) 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Miki Nagasawa
 Sakura Kuriyagawa 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Hiroshi Yanaka
 Tomoyo Wakagi 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Toshiyuki Morikawa
 Shuichi Tataki 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Jûrôta Kosugi
 Sergei (segment "D") 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Show Hayami
 Jinsaku Ajo 15 episodes, 1994-1997
David Kaye
 Tomoyo Wakagi 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Nicole Oliver
 Tokiko 'Key' Mima / ... 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Megan Leitch
 Sakura Kuriyagawa 15 episodes, 1994-1997
John Novak
 Jinsaku Ajo 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Paul Dobson
 Komoda / ... 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Michael Dobson
 Staff C / ... 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Ward Perry
 Staff A / ... 15 episodes, 1994-1997
Eken Mine
 Janome Oji 12 episodes, 1995-1997
Don Brown
 Janome Oji / ... 12 episodes, 1995-1997
David Sobolov
 D / ... 10 episodes, 1994-1996
Saffron Henderson
 Miho Utsuse / ... 10 episodes, 1995-1997
Ian James Corlett
 Shuichi Tataki 9 episodes, 1994-1996
Brian Drummond
 Hikaru Tsurugi / ... 8 episodes, 1996-1997
Peter Kelamis
 Shuichi Tataki 6 episodes, 1996-1997
Campbell Lane
 Aoi / ... 6 episodes, 1996-1997
Terry Klassen
 Senichi Tamari 5 episodes, 1994-1997
Jason Gray-Stanford
 Tsukiyama 5 episodes, 1995-1997
Mark Gibbon
 D 5 episodes, 1996-1997
Chiyako Shibahara
 Miho Utsuse 4 episodes, 1995-1996
L. Harvey Gold
 Murao Mima 4 episodes, 1994-1997
Kikuko Inoue
 Toyoko Mima 2 episodes, 1997
Alec Willows
 Maestro 2 episodes, 1997
Willow Johnson
 Toyoko Mima 2 episodes, 1997
Andrew Francis
 Toshihiko 1 episode, 1997
Janyse Jaud
 Additional Voices unknown episodes

Series Produced by

Michiyuki Honma
planner (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Kunihiko Ishizaki
executive producer (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Yutaro Kawamura
executive producer (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Naomi Kitano
planner (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Kenji Kume
planner (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Yûji Nunokawa
executive producer (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Yukio Sonobe
planner (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Masao Takiyama
executive producer (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Shigehiro Suzuki
producer (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Eriko Aoki
producer (2 episodes, 1997)
Utako Shirakawa
producer (2 episodes, 1997)
Atsushi Tanuma
producer (2 episodes, 1997)
Ryûnosuke Tsuno
producer (2 episodes, 1997)

Series Music by

Tamiya Terashima
(15 episodes, 1994-1997)

Series Cinematography by

Toyomitsu Nakajô
(13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Shin'ichi Sasano
(13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Masahide Okino
(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Editing by

Masahiro Matsumura
(15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Shigeyuki Yamamori
(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Art Direction by

Yukihiro Shibutani
(15 episodes, 1994-1997)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jun Kamiya
assistant series director (2 episodes, 1997)

Series Art Department

Yûko Satô
color key (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Hiroaki Satô
storyboard artist (5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Nobuhiro Kondô
storyboard artist (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kazunori Mizuno
storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Takaaki Ishiyama
storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1995)
Kazuhiko Ikegami
storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1997)
Jun Kamiya
storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1997)
Shigeru Ueda
storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1997)
Masaharu Okuwaki
storyboard artist (1 episode, 1995)
Kôji Masunari
storyboard artist (1 episode, 1996)
Takashi Watabe
storyboard artist (1 episode, 1996)
Yorifusa Yamaguchi
storyboard artist (1 episode, 1996)

Series Sound Department

Fusanobu Fujiyama
sound director (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Hiromi Kikuta
sound producer: Jinnan Studio (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Jun'ichi Sasaki
sound effects editor: Anime Sound (13 episodes, 1994-1997)
Hitoshi Yamada
sound mixer: Jinnan Studio (13 episodes, 1994-1997)
Akiyoshi Yoda
sound mixer (1 episode, 1996)
Yasufumi Yoda
sound effects editor (1 episode, 1996)

Series Special Effects by

Takashi Maekawa
special effects (15 episodes, 1994-1997)

Series Animation Department

Keiichi Ishikura
character designer / chief animation director / animation director (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Yûko Satô
color designer (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Shiho Takeuchi
mechanical designer / mechanical supervisor / animation director (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Kunihiko Tanaka
character concepts (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Satonobu Kikuchi
animation director (4 episodes, 1995-1997)
Hiroto Tanaka
animation director (4 episodes, 1995-1997)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi
animation director (2 episodes, 1995)
Yoshihito Hishinuma
animation director (2 episodes, 1996)
Noboru Furuse
animation director (2 episodes, 1997)
Yoshiyuki Kishi
animation director (1 episode, 1995)
Tokuyuki Matsutake
animation director (1 episode, 1996)
Motohide Nishimura
key animator (1 episode, 1996)
Takuya Saitô
animation director (1 episode, 1996)
Hidetsugu Itô
animation director (1 episode, 1997)

Series Editorial Department

Shigeyuki Yamamori
assistant editor: Jay Film (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Yukiko Inoue
vtr editor: Glovision (2 episodes, 1997)

Series Music Department

Tomoko Shibuya
music director: Amusement Club Products / music director: Scitron and Art (15 episodes, 1994-1997)
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