Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
| Kirby: Right Back at Ya! | |
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| Franchise | Kirby |
| Directed by |
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| Written by | Sōji Yoshikawa |
| Release date | September 14, 2002 |
| Details | |
| Featuring | |
| Original run |
June 26 – June 29, 2020 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Episode length | 9–11 minutes |
| Playlist | link |
| Playlist length | 53:27 |
| The Dreamy Let's Play | |
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! is a 2002 anime series directed by Sōji Yoshikawa and Mitsuo Kusakabe and written by Yoshikawa. It is based on the Kirby franchise, and follows the inexperienced Star Warrior Kirby as he lands on the planet Popstar. Together with his allies Tiff and Taff he works to defeat the evil Nightmare, while also dealing with threats from King Dedede. The series ran continuously for 100 episodes, all of which were dubbed into English and aired on Foxbox, although some episodes were aired out of order. A special 3D bonus episode was released in 2009, and dubbed into English in 2012. Three select episodes were released as bonus content in the compilation game Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition, also in 2012.
The series was briefly covered on The D-Pad in 2018, in a mock episode of Seriesly followed by a short episode of D-Pad + Chill reacting to the show's 2000 pilot, both of which were contained within the first episode of their Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land LP as part of The Dreamy Let's Play, released on March 2, 2018.
The series was revisited on the channel in 2020, with each of the three episodes included in Kirby's Dream Collection, plus the 3D episode, reacted to in an episode of D-Pad + Chill, released from June 26 to June 29, 2020.
Episodes
| TDLP# | DP+C# | Episode | Title | Length | Host(s) | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 707 | 122 | 1 | "Kirby Comes to Cappy Town" | 11:40 | Rick, Geoff | June 26, 2020[a] |
| 708 | 123 | 60 | "Crusade for the Blade" | 11:47 | Rick, Geoff | June 27, 2020[b] |
| 709 | 124 | 72 | "Waddle While You Work" | 11:44 | Rick, Geoff | June 28, 2020[c] |
| 710 | 125 | * | "Kirby 3D" | 9:08 | Rick, Sarah, Geoff | June 29, 2020 |
| 711 | 126 | * | "Kirby 3D - 3D EDITION" | 9:08 | Rick, Sarah, Geoff | June 29, 2020 |
Trivia
- The "Kirby 3D" bonus episode was released twice; once as a regular video, and then again as an actual 3D video making use of YouTube's 3D capabilities.
Notes
- ↑ This video was blocked on YouTube due to a copyright strike, and was made available on dpad.fm. It was then reuploaded on June 29, 2020, with several minutes of footage cut in order to avoid a further strike.
- ↑ This video was blocked on YouTube due to a copyright strike, and was made available on dpad.fm. It was then reuploaded on June 29, 2020, with several minutes of footage cut in order to avoid a further strike.
- ↑ This video was blocked on YouTube due to a copyright strike, and was made available on dpad.fm. It was then reuploaded on June 29, 2020, with several minutes of footage cut in order to avoid a further strike.