Kirby: Right Back at Ya!

Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
	Japanese promotional poster
星のカービィ; (Hoshi no Kābī)
Genre	Comedy, fantasy
Created by	Masahiro Sakurai
Anime television series
Directed by	Sōji Yoshikawa; Mitsuo Kusakabe; Yōichi Kotabe (supervisor);
Produced by	Satoru Iwata; Taihei Yamanashi; Seiichi Hirano; Takeyuki Okazaki;
Written by	Sōji Yoshikawa
Music by	Akira Miyagawa
Studio	Studio Sign; Studio Comet (cooperation);
Licensed by	NA: 4Kids Entertainment (2002–2006);
Original network	CBC, TBS
English network	AU: Network 10; UK: Pop; US: Fox (Fox Box/4Kids TV) (2002–2006);
Original run	October 6, 2001 – September 27, 2003
Episodes	100

Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, known in Japan as Kirby of the Stars (星のカービィ, Hoshi no Kābī, Japanese pronunciation: [hoɕi no kaːbʲiː]), is a Japanese anime series based on Nintendo's Kirby franchise. Produced by Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting, Dentsu, A-UN Entertainment and Studio Sign, it was directed by Sōji Yoshikawa and Mitsuo Kusakabe, with Yoshikawa handling series composition, Miyuki Shimabukuro designing the characters, Kazuo Iimura serving as chief animation director, and Akira Miyagawa composing the music. The series ran for one hundred episodes on CBC and TBS, from October 2001 to September 2003 in Japan. In the United States, the show aired on Fox Box, beginning in September 2002. Episodes have also been released on the Kirby TV Channel for the Wii game console (only in Europe), and on the game compilation Kirby's Dream Collection (also for the Wii).

The anime follows Kirby, a pink, spherical, childlike creature who does not speak coherent words but possesses the ability to take on new magical powers temporarily by sucking up their owners. Kirby crash-lands on a planet called Popstar and quickly befriends two yellow-skinned siblings named Tiff and Tuff. Over the course of the series, Kirby and his friends fight to bring down evil emperor Nightmare, all the while evading King Dedede and his assistant Escargoon, who try to get rid of Kirby using numerous monsters provided by NightMare Enterprises.