星のカービィ

星のカービィ 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 follows Kirby, a pink, spherical, childlike creature who does not speak in coherent words but possesses the ability to take on new magical powers temporarily by inhaling their original users. Kirby arrives on a planet called Popstar, near the town of Pupu Village, when his spaceship crashes there 100 years before he is supposed to awaken. He quickly befriends two yellow-skinned siblings named Fumu and Bun, and their friends Lololo and Lalala. Over the course of the series, Kirby and his friends evade King Dedede and his assistant Escargon, who try to get rid of Kirby using numerous demon beasts provided by HNM (Holy Nightmare Co.) at the hands of Nightmare.

Broadcast
星のカービィ debuted on CBC in Japan on October 6, 2001. Its original run ended on September 27, 2003, after four seasons and 100 episodes.

星のカービィ later began rebroadcasting on Tokyo MX starting June 28, 2007, until May 21, 2009.

Release
Beginning on November 21, 2009, 星のカービィ was available for rental streaming in Japan via the Wii Room channel for the Wii, with each episode worth 100 Wii Points. In addition, a special CG animated episode, titled "星のカービィ〜特別編〜倒せ!!甲殻魔獣エビゾウ", was released to the service on August 9, 2009. On April 30, 2012, Nintendo terminated broadcast of the Wii Room channel.

On August 11, 2022, it was announced at the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Fest concert that the complete series will be released in an HD Blu-Ray box set, later revealed to release on March 14, 2023. The series had also previously been available on DVD and VHS in Japan, and three episodes were released in the Wii game Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition on July 19, 2012.

Cast

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Music

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International versions

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Trivia

 * Almost all foreign-language dubbings of the series (including the Bulgarian voice-over) were produced using the 4Kids English dub using a base, rather than directly translating the original Japanese version.
 * The Cantonese, Filipino and Mandarin dubs are exceptions to this.