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[[File:Nintendo Power 158 July 2002 32.jpg|thumb|200px|''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' was a main focus of the official Kirby "megasite" kirbygames.com]] | [[File:Nintendo Power 158 July 2002 32.jpg|thumb|200px|''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' was a main focus of the official Kirby "megasite" kirbygames.com]] | ||
''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' was initially aired on CBC TV in Japan from 2001 to 2003. The English 4Kids version was aired on Fox Box from 2002 to 2006. Over the course of its initial run-time in Japan, the United States and Canada, several collections of episodes were released on VHS and/or DVD. In Japan, all 100 episodes were released on VHS across 34 volumes, with the first 36 and episode 49 also available on DVD. In the US and Canada, only 23 select episodes were released on DVD with 14 of them seeing VHS releases. The most notable | ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' was initially aired on CBC TV in Japan from 2001 to 2003. The English 4Kids version was aired in North America on Fox Box from 2002 to 2006. Over the course of its initial run-time in Japan, the United States and Canada, several collections of episodes were released on VHS and/or DVD. In Japan, all 100 episodes were released on VHS across 34 volumes, with the first 36 and episode 49 also available on DVD. In the US and Canada, only 23 select episodes were released on DVD with 14 of them seeing VHS releases. The most notable North American home video release is that of ''[[Kirby: Fright to the Finish]]'', which comprises the last five episodes of the show into a feature-length production. | ||
After the show's initial airing, a special [[Wii]] channel was made for Europe and Australia called the [[Kirby TV Channel]], which streamed episodes of the show on a weekly rotation. Through the channel's English run, 50 of the show's 100 episodes were made available up to [[Kirby Takes the Cake]], while [[A Novel Approach]] was left out. From Summer 2009 to April 2012, the Japanese Wii no Ma channel aired all 100 episodes in addition to the bonus [[Kirby 3D]] episode, each available for 100 Wii Points. | After the show's initial airing, a special [[Wii]] channel was made for Europe and Australia called the [[Kirby TV Channel]], which streamed episodes of the show on a weekly rotation. Through the channel's English run, 50 of the show's 100 episodes were made available up to [[Kirby Takes the Cake]], while [[A Novel Approach]] was left out. From Summer 2009 to April 2012, the Japanese Wii no Ma channel aired all 100 episodes in addition to the bonus [[Kirby 3D]] episode, each available for 100 Wii Points. | ||
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Several episodes from the show were also available to watch on the Nintendo Anime Channel on European and Australian [[Nintendo 3DS]] systems from February 13, 2015 to October 31, 2018.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-3DS-Family/Download-Content/Nintendo-Anime-Channel/Nintendo-Anime-Channel-947961.html Nintendo Anime Channel page on Nintendo of Europe website]</ref> | Several episodes from the show were also available to watch on the Nintendo Anime Channel on European and Australian [[Nintendo 3DS]] systems from February 13, 2015 to October 31, 2018.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-3DS-Family/Download-Content/Nintendo-Anime-Channel/Nintendo-Anime-Channel-947961.html Nintendo Anime Channel page on Nintendo of Europe website]</ref> | ||
The ''[[Kirby of the Stars HD Remaster Version Whole Complete Box]]'', an HD remaster box set of the series on Blu-ray, was announced at the [[Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival]], and is scheduled to be released on March 14th, 2023.<ref>https://twitter.com/HAL_Laboratory/status/1603587202591911936</ref> All episodes have been remastered in HD for the box set, but have not been modified otherwise (i.e. they are still presented in full screen).<ref>[https://twitter.com/Kirby_JP/status/1557674125149491200 Kirby JP Twitter announcement]</ref> Pre-orders opened on December 15th and | The ''[[Kirby of the Stars HD Remaster Version Whole Complete Box]]'', an HD remaster box set of the series on Blu-ray, was announced at the [[Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival]], and is scheduled to be released on March 14th, 2023.<ref>https://twitter.com/HAL_Laboratory/status/1603587202591911936</ref> All episodes have been remastered in HD for the box set, but have not been modified otherwise (i.e. they are still presented in full screen).<ref>[https://twitter.com/Kirby_JP/status/1557674125149491200 Kirby JP Twitter announcement]</ref> Pre-orders opened on December 15th and ended on January 23rd, 2023. The first print run sold out so quickly that a second print run began during the pre-order period, set to ship in late April 2023. The box set is planned to include all 100 episodes spread across 10 Blu-ray discs, a 100-page booklet filled with anecdotes about the anime's production, all of the storyboards for episode 1, the English version of episode 1, the original [[Kirby of the Stars Pilot]], textless versions of both sets of opening and closing animations, the [[Kirby 3D]] episode, all of the "Pupupu Tsushin" segments aired during the original broadcast, and an acrylic ''Kirby'' series calendar as a pre-order bonus.<ref>https://www.valuemall.jp/SHOP/KBXI-00015-24.html</ref> | ||
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