Audience reviews
12 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
xiaosanbing
Hoshi no Kaabii was my childhood anime, but certain episodes still have me going back to relive the memories from back then.
This is an anime aimed at children around elementary school. But despite this, there are many themes that ring true to adulthood and there is plenty of social commentary that rings true to this day. A few examples:
Episode 28, Pollution and Exploitation of Labour
This episode features the brainwashing of citizens into performing labour, in order to industrialize Pupupu Land. The effects of pollution and brainwashing are clearly seen here, as well as the lesson that heroisms can be a thankless job.
Episode 49, Animation Industry
This episode is arguably one of the funniest ones in the anime. It is a satire of the anime industry, where many are overworked and unde…
Read at the sourceBigDaddyTuesday
I'm pretty sure that most everyone reading knows this show as Kirby: Right Back At Ya! as opposed to Hoshi no Kirby. As far as the actual show goes it's loosely connected and clearly designed for a younger audience.
Each episode is typically New Character/Event comes to Cappy town - 12 minutes of Kirby and friends/Dedede doing whatever - Final fight with a copy ability.
There are exceptions and many episodes noticeably focus on psa themes form the early 2000's like being environmentally conscious or brushing your teeth. Honestly, not a terrible show but the main characters, Tiff and Tuff, are annoying at times, which is a large detriment to episodes that feature them prominently. Kirby is cute, Meta Knight has a cool voice, but the real showmaker is Dedede. His southwestern accent and g…
Read at the sourceJustaLemon
I have only now remembered that Kirby TV Channel on the Wii and Kirby, Right back at Ya! exists, despite religiously watching it and waiting for new episodes to appear weekly. Very nostalgic to just randomly come upon it online.
I greatly enjoyed this anime as a child but watching clips online, the art style and particularly the CGI haven't t aged particularly well, although the OP still slaps. Some of the scenarios as well weren't particularly brilliant, but it is, at its core an anime designed for children and in my case, it served it's purpose correctly.
Overall 5/10 and if I rewatch it I will post a more thorough review.
Read at the sourceTigercat_meh
Hoshi no Kirby is a simple anime that is easy to enjoy, but for many things, I find that the humor and voice acting falls flat in the Japanese version. In the original Japanese, the characters are not really well done, and the whole thing is not as enjoyable. However, if you are open to it, this is one of the rare cases where watching the English dub (at least for English speakers) is a better option. at first glance, the dub also seems to be low quality, but if you really let loose, it can add so much to the humor and enjoyment of this anime. I'd give it a 7/10 on the 4Kids English Dub, but the Japanese version has lower quality voice acting, worse video quality on many online releases of it, and it is simply more boring. The Japanese release only has a 5/10 for me. The only problem with…
Read at the sourceJhulong
I still remember watching this in the computer,searching on youtube if there is more episodes of kirby right back at ya! Good times hahahaha.
Yes I did watch the dubbed version of this but I was still kid back then and I get annoyed at subtitles lol.Thinking way back I enjoyed all of the episodes of this show. The funniest is dubbed king dedede,I mean his voice,his accent,It's just perfect hahahahaha.
If you still watch cartoons or just a Kirby fan and If you want more kiddy innocent stories then I recommend this anime to ya'll. (First Review By The Way)
Read at the sourcekeytur9
Fun to watch with a simple scenario for most the episodes namely Kirby saves the day from Dedede's monster/s. Yet thanks to endless puns, interesting characters and some familiar voices (Dr Eggman) this is something everyone can enjoy.
What particularly impressed me about the characters is they stick to their core personality throughout the show and you don't find yourself halfway through a series wondering what on earth happened to a character that was so fundamentally firm to their convictions. The best example of this would be Tiff who is always on the lookout for potential trouble and makes a concerted effort to do what is best for Kirby and the residents of Capi Town.
Initially Kirby will come across as very simple and cute, but his growth in the show not only in each episode but t…
Read at the source3rdStrikeFreak
So I'm gonna be quite blunt here, I've watched Kirby Right Back at Ya maybe two and a half times. Once fully in English & about halfway through in Japanese. Based upon a popular video game series by Nintendo & Hal Laboratory, the anime did it's own strange adaptation based upon the video games. There's one thing to note about the anime also, most notable the English dubbing company. Apparently, while some people claim that 4kids is the butcher of all decent anime *cough Sonic X, *cough One Piece.* With the Kirby anime, honestly to me it's not all that different from English to Japanese. While some forms of "American Dubbing" have been put into place, however we'll get into that soon.. To me it wasn't all that different. But now let's get into the concept of this anime.
Now basic story, K…
Read at the sourceAnim3Punk
Story/Characters (7/10): This show is a show aimed at kids. It has an easy an simple plot that anyone can follow. Kirby, a pink (alien?) star warrior crash lands on the planet of Pop Star. There he befriends the citizens of Cappy Town and defends them from monsters that their king, King Dedede, sends to kill Kirby.
The characters are very likable. Tiff and Toff are Kirby's best friends who will always look out for him. King Dedede is a funny yet foolish villain whose reasons for antagonising Kirby are like that of Lex Luthor's hatred of Superman. And lastly, Meta Knight, the coolest character in the whole show. He is the dark, quite, mysterious knight who works for the king but will help Kirby whenever he gets the chance.
Art/Animation (8.5/10): The art is modern. The show often uses brig…
Read at the sourceMeta-Knight
This is my first review, so it may not be that good.
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! is a decent anime, which is pretty different to the games, despite them being about Kirby. The anime has lots of characters and monsters that do not appear in the games, so if you want to watch something with lots of different monsters, then this is for you.
The story of Kirby: Right Back at Ya! is ok. The problem with the story is that once you have watched the first few episodes, then it is just like that for the rest of the anime; King Dedede and Escargoon trying to get rid of Kirby. It is very predictable, and has almost the exact same plot for every episode. The story is not bad, but it isn't good either.
The art is nice. This anime has lots of creative monsters that have been designed very well. The c…
Read at the sourceaweebwhoexists
I'd always enjoyed the Kirby games, but in many of the games, there isn't really a sense of community and the characters don't tend to speak that much. This show has a world full of goofy characters with personalities!
At first, I was worried that this show would taint my opinion of the games, but it provided some explanations for things and made me like this franchise even more than I used to.
Plot (7/10 - Good):
This show has a very episodic formula and the plot is typically just that King Dedede tries to defeat Kirby using the Demon Beasts he orders from Holy Nightmare Co/Nightmare Enterprises (in the dub) while messing with everyone else in Cappy Town. Sometimes Dedede doesn't do anything, but it still mainly Holy Nightmare's fault that anyone has problems at all. Still, I found it…
Read at the sourceLil-Bird
Despite only being a casual fan, the Kirby anime has been one of my many childhood memories like it probably has in many others. (Well, I think about half or so of the viewers when it first aired already had a Kirby game or two, but there's that chance most of the rest never played a Kirby game.) While the original name is Kirby of the Stars, Western audiences know it best as Kirby: Right Back at Ya!; indeed, MAL has it listed as such. 4KIDS was sadly the distributor, however, they know how to market anime and make it popular amongst children (as evident by Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!). Kirby may have been better off in someone else's care, but would we have the same memorable elements that 4KIDS have given us such as Dedede talking like a hick, Escargoon sounding like Paul Lynde, and Meta Knigh…
Read at the sourceDarkXWolf12
Being a big fan of Kirby, I enjoyed Kirby: Right Back At Ya! and I appreciate Nintendo for their efforts into making this show despite this being a kid's anime show.
Story 5/10: Once you see the first episode, the story is pretty much self explanatory. It's mediocre at best to say the least, can get quite cheesy sometimes but still somewhat enjoyable.
Art 7/10: The art is rather good, the characters are well drawn and there is also some 3D animation thrown in which may get a little annoying but it's not terrible. The backgrounds and everything else seem decent but just don't expect anything amazing.
Characters 9/10: The characters are great, likable and somewhat well developed, I'll briefly describe some of the main ones.
Kirby - Although he is a baby, Kirby has the power to suck up an…
Read at the source