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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 (renamed kirbykirbykirby.com when it launched).]] | ||
''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 combines the last five episodes of the show into a feature-length production and includes [[Hour of the WolfWrath]] as a bonus feature. Other North American DVDs released include ''Kirby's Adventures in Cappy Town'' (episodes [[Kirby Comes to Cappy Town|1]]-[[Kirby's Egg-Cellent Adventure|7]]), ''[[Cappy New Year]] & Other Adventures'' (episodes [[Curio's Curious Discovery|8]]-[[The Pillow Case|14]]), ''[[Cook|Cook Kirby]]'' (episodes [[A Spice Odyssey|29]] and [[The Big Taste Test|11]]) and ''[[Ice|Ice Kirby]]'' (episodes [[The Chill Factor|66]] and [[Dedede's Snow Job|20]]).<ref>[https://retromedialibrary.fandom.com/wiki/Kirby:_Right_Back_at_Ya!_DVDs_and_Videos Twilight Sparkle's Retro Media Library (FANDOM)]. Retrieved 21 November 2023.</ref> | ''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 combines the last five episodes of the show into a feature-length production and includes [[Hour of the WolfWrath]] as a bonus feature. | ||
Other North American DVDs released include ''Kirby's Adventures in Cappy Town'' (episodes [[Kirby Comes to Cappy Town|1]]-[[Kirby's Egg-Cellent Adventure|7]]), ''[[Cappy New Year]] & Other Adventures'' (episodes [[Curio's Curious Discovery|8]]-[[The Pillow Case|14]]), ''[[Cook|Cook Kirby]]'' (episodes [[A Spice Odyssey|29]] and [[The Big Taste Test|11]]) and ''[[Ice|Ice Kirby]]'' (episodes [[The Chill Factor|66]] and [[Dedede's Snow Job|20]]).<ref>[https://retromedialibrary.fandom.com/wiki/Kirby:_Right_Back_at_Ya!_DVDs_and_Videos Twilight Sparkle's Retro Media Library (FANDOM)]. Retrieved 21 November 2023.</ref> | |||
Both the official 4Kids Entertainment website at 4kids.tv and the official North American ''Kirby'' series website at kirbykirbykirby.com featured ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' content prominently during the show's run.<ref>The earliest Wayback Machine screenshots of both [https://web.archive.org/web/20020802230801/http://www.kirbykirbykirby.com/nonflash.html kirbykirbykirby.com] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20050131033323/http://4kids.tv/kirby/ 4kids.tv] prominently use the show's branding.</ref> ''Kirby'' content appears to have been removed from 4kids.tv in 2010.<ref>While [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202040642/http://www.4kids.tv/show/kirby captures from 2008] are more complete, 4kids.tv retained ''Kirby'' content [https://web.archive.org/web/20090930145215/http://4kids.tv/show/kirby as late as 2009.] The site was redesigned in 2010 according to Wayback Machine screenshots, and captures of its Kirby section from this period [https://web.archive.org/web/20100301194525/http://www.4kids.tv/show/kirby lead to a 404 page]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20101103063754/http://www.4kids.tv/ the redesigned home page] no longer lists ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' as one of its shows.</ref> The official ''Kirby'' website remained at kirbykirbykirby.com, from the lyrics to the dub's [[Kirby: Right at Back Ya! (song)|theme song]], even after the show ended and the website rebranded to promote other games in the series (i.e. ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'' and ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'').<ref>For example, [https://web.archive.org/web/20081102074517/http://www.kirbykirbykirby.com/ the official Flash site for ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''] remains on the Wayback Machine archive as kirbykirbykirby.com.</ref> kirbykirbykirby.com became a redirect to kirby.nintendo.com in 2011, and Nintendo let the domain lapse in 2022; kirbykirbykirby.com currently redirects to an unofficial website featuring ''Kirby'' wallpapers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110828034418/http://kirbykirbykirby.com/ According to the Wayback Machine,] kirbykirbykirby.com became a redirect in August of 2011, which aligns with the creation of the official ''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]'' website. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220501000000*/kirbykirbykirby.com The Wayback Machine's timeline of kirbykirbykirby.com in 2022] shows a lapse in activity between May (where the site redirects to the official ''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]'' website) and September (where the site redirects to wallpapers.com/kirby), suggesting that the domain expired by June and was subsequently purchased by wallpapers.com by September.</ref> | |||
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. | ||