Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
| Kirby: Right Back at Ya! | |
Japanese promotional poster
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星のカービィ (Hoshi no Kābī) |
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| Genre | Action, adventure, comedy, science-fantasy |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Sōji Yoshikawa |
| Produced by |
Satoru Iwata Taihei Yamanashi Seiichi Hirano Takeyuki Okazaki |
| Written by | Soji Yoshikawa |
| Music by | Akira Miyagawa |
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Studio Comet Warpstar, Inc. |
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Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting (2001–2003) Tokyo Broadcasting System (2007–2009) Kids Station Tokyo MX |
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| Original run | |
| Episodes | 100 |
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, known in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby (星のカービィ Hoshi no Kābī?, Kirby of the Stars), is a Japanese anime series created by Warpstar, Inc. and based on Nintendo's Kirby franchise. The series ran for one hundred episodes from October 6, 2001 to September 27, 2003. The series aired on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting in Japan and in the United States on 4Kids TV; 4Kids Entertainment heavily edited the content in the process.
The anime follows Kirby, a pink, spherical, childlike creature who does not speak in coherent words but possesses the ability to take on new magical powers by temporarily sucking up their owners. Kirby arrives on a planet called Pop Star, near the village of Cappy Town, when his spaceship crashes there. He quickly befriends two yellow-skinned siblings named Tiff and Tuff and their friends Fololo and Falala. Over the course of the series, Kirby and his friends evade King Dedede and his assistant Escargoon, who try to get rid of Kirby.
The series aired extensively on 4Kids TV, as well as being picked up in numerous other languages across the world. Episodes have also been released on a channel for the Wii game console, and on the game compilation Kirby's Dream Collection.
Thousands of years ago, a being known as Nightmare appeared and created a company called NightMare Enterprises, often abbreviated as N.M.E. (Holy Nightmare in the Japanese version). It was in truth a front for his great armies of monsters, which he used to take over much of the universe. They devastated countless planets. But there were those who stood to combat his evil, in the form of the Star Warriors and the Galaxy Soldier Army. They fought for many thousands of years, but Nightmare's monsters outnumbered them, and killed most. However, everyone is quite surprised when Kirby's ship crashes close to Cappy Town (Pupupu Village in the Japanese dub) on the planet Pop Star. They find he is tiny, round, pink, and a royal baby, unlike Tiff's now rejected desire of a strong knight. Despite his hardly warrior-like characteristics, he is quick to save anyone who is in danger. He is soon befriended by the siblings Tiff and Tuff, along with their servants Fololo and Falala.
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