Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, known in Japan as Kirby of the Stars (星のカービィ Hoshi no Kābī), is an anime series adapted from the video game series of the same title by Masahiro Sakurai. Produced by Studio Sign and directed by Sōji Yoshikawa with Mitsuo Kusakabe, the series was broadcast on TV Tokyo and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting, from October 6, 2001 to September 27, 2003. It follows the adventures of the titular character Kirby as he fights off monsters to his village's well-being.
 Four pieces of theme music were used in the original Japanese version. The first opening theme, titled "Kirby★March" (カービィ★マーチ, Kābī★māchi), is performed by Xiang Qi, who also performed the first ending theme Kihon wa Maru (きほんはまる, "First You Draw a Circle"). The second opening and ending themes, used from episode 72 onwards, are "Kirby!" (カービィ!, Kābī!) performed by Hiroko Asakawa and Kirby☆Step! (カービィ☆ステップ!, Kābī☆suteppu) performed by Konishiki Yasokichi. 4Kids Entertainment used original music in their adaptation. The English dub used "Kirby, Kirby, Kirby!", a jazz song written by Norman J. Grossfeld and performed by Ralph Schuckett.
 
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 The inhabitants of Cappy Town become frightened when their livestock start to disappear. Looking to the great sage Kabu for advice, he tells them of a prophecy that said a warrior named Kirby would save them in their time of need. Moments later, a short pink Star Warrior named Kirby crashes his starship nearby. The residents are unsure is he is the savior they had been hoping for, due to his harmless appearance and childlike behavior. However, he proves himself by defeating the monster that had been eating the sheep – a giant, fire-breathing octopus named Octacon.
 King Dedede and Escargoon try to foil Tiff and Tuff's attempts to find Kirby a home, which leads them to ordering a monster named Blocky. Kirby is nearly defeated by Blocky, but with the support of Tiff, Tuff, and Meta Knight, the super-dense Blocky is sunk to the bottom of the ocean.
 King Dedede commands a hesitant Meta Knight to challenge Kirby to a duel, but Meta Knight uses this duel to secretly instruct Kirby in swordsmanship, which Kirby uses to fight Bugzzy, Dedede's latest monster.
 King Dedede summons a powerful storm monster called Kracko, which attacks all of the residents of Cappy Town and outmatches Kirby. Meanwhile, Tiff learns about NightMare Enterprises, the Star Warriors, the Warp Star, and Kirby's mysterious background from Meta Knight. Later, Kirby ventures into the heart of Kracko using the Warp Star, which gives Kirby energy and grants flight similarly to  how a magic carpet would. Kracko is defeated and peace returns to Cappy Town.
 Kirby and the gang get stranded in Whispy Woods, and King Dedede, who tricks Whispy into thinking Kirby and the bunch are out to destroy him, plans to chop the forest down to make a new country club. On the club's grand opening, Dedede tries to use Kirby as a golf ball, but Kirby spits out an apple that belonged to Whispy. Whispy is reborn and uses his own apples to regrow Whispy Woods and Dedede is foiled once again. NOTE: This is the first Kirby episode without copy abilities.
 King Dedede uses the power of television to brainwash Cappy Town to turn against Kirby, filming and blaming a monster attack on his arrival to Cappy Town. Tiff, who is frustrated that everyone is glued to a screen, is not hypnotized. She saves Kirby from a Cappy mob and snaps her family out of the trance. Then, Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby sabotage Dedede's recording studio to show the monster attacks were faked. The Cappies then stop watching television and leading their usual lives again.
 King Dedede tricks Kirby into eating the Dyna Blade's egg, but before Kirby can actually eat it, the egg hatches. But when Dyna Blade thinks Kirby did eat the egg, it attacks Kirby and all of Cappy Town, leading to Kirby battling it. However, when Dyna Blade's chick appears and is shown they befriend Kirby, Dyna Blade thanks Kirby, but is a bit disappointed that Kirby tried to eat the egg.
 Ancient Dedede artifacts start appearing in a dig site, confirming King Dedede's right to the throne. However, Dr, Curio is caught planting these artifacts, so he confesses that he faked the artifacts to validate Dedede's royalty because Dedede bribed the archeologist to do so as his business was failing. Dedede then calls upon the Dedede stone, which transforms into a giant rock monster at the king's control, but it is no match for Stone Kirby, who destroys it. 
 Fololo and Falala learn of their origin while Kirby is temporarily divided into the helpless Kirby-A and Kirby-B by a monster called Slice n' Splice, who can divide and mismatch its enemies. Kirby is restored as Fololo and Falala selflessly give up their chance at being reunited, and Slice n' Splice is sliced in half by Kirby.
 When King Dedede threatens to fire Chief Bookum for his laziness on the job, Tuff and friends create crimes to give the deposed Chief something to solve, accumulating to assuring Tuff's safety after the boy falls into a volcano as they await rescue, and he winds up a hero.
 The monster Popon comes to town disguised as Shiitake, the mentor of Chef Kawasaki, who is eager to impress his teacher. "Shiitake" claims to visit Cappy Town to critique the castle's cuisine, but reveals its true form upon exposure as a fake. Kirby then defeats it with help from his friends.
 When Escargoon takes a picture of King Dedede, a ghost named Urameshiya appears, which begins to scare everyone in the castle. Escargoon, having dealt with Dedede's numerous pranks, avenges them by rigging up the castle by making the drawbridge close when they try to get into the castle, disguise Kirby, Fololo and Falala as ghosts and trap him in a room, imprisoned with a swinging axe and skeleton props above him. Everyone finally figures out that N.M.E. was behind it all.
 King Dedede orders Sasuke, a firework monster and excellent builder, and attempts to destroy Kirby and ruin Cappy Town's New Year's celebration. NOTE: This is the first Kirby with more than one copy ability.
 King Dedede orders magic pillows filled with Noddies that turn everyone's dreams into nightmares about Kirby which turn them against him.
 Kirby receives a robotic toy dog as a present—but N.M.E. manufactured it. Kirby, unsure about the toy, begins to run away after it begins to chase him. However, after saving the dog from drowning, they grow a close relationship. Jealous, Tuff's friends and King Dedede try to capture the dog. Seeing how the dog has a defense system, Tuff's friends give up. Tiff warns Kirby that since the dog was manufactured by N.M.E., something bad will happen. Shortly after, the dog falls off a cliff and into the ocean, Kirby tries to save it, but Dedede captures it. Sadly, though the dog was set to explode.
 Kine, a fish, falls in love with Tiff; meanwhile, King Dedede tries to seize the Rainbow Coral Reef.
 Sir Ebrum wants to present Lady Like with a ring, but Kirby accidentally loses it. A comedy of errors ensues.
 Kirby swallows a Noddy and catches sleeping sickness, but only the evil Pukey Flower can save him.
 Knuckle Joe arrives in Cappy Town and tries to avenge his father's death from a star warrior, and King Dedede frames an innocent Kirby; Kirby "mirrors" Joe to make him realize his monstrous ways, and Meta Knight tells Joe the truth about his father.
 The Ice Dragon brings winter to Cappy Town and Kirby befriends a snowman named Chilly.
 Tiff befriends Commander Vee (who is a visiting Princess Rona in disguise); Kirby fights Susshi after King Dedede duels Vee.
 A typhoon strands Kirby, Tiff, Tuff and crew on the island of Kit Cosmos, an old Star Warrior; Kirby vanquishes King Dedede's latest monster, Tornadon.
 King Dedede kidnaps Dyna Chick with hopes of injecting it to make it a monster; Dyna Blade gets even.
 An ancient scroll is Benikage's ninja report card; Kirby must battle Yamikage, a ninja and former Star Warrior hired by King Dedede.
 Cappy Town pretends that Escargoon is King when his mom visits; King Dedede unleashes the Drifters to get even.
 King Dedede orders WolfWrath, a fire-breathing wolf monster. It paralyzes Meta Knight, and his loyal followers Sword and Blade must now defeat him with Kirby's help.
 Whispy's new flower friend, Lovely, is kidnapped by King Dedede and transformed into a monster that Kirby must defeat.
 King Dedede tricks the Cappies into working at a factory, where they unwittingly assemble parts for the Ice Dragon Robot.
 King Dedede orders a monster chef, Goan, to out-spice Kawasaki; Goan tricks the Cappies into wanting to eat Kirby.
 Kirby raises a newborn called Baby Galbo; Baby must choose between Kirby and the evil, much larger Galbo monster.
 King Dedede transforms the castle into an amusement park and Kirby retaliates with a karaoke attack.
 King Dedede and Tuff suffer from toothaches and have to see Dr. Yabui and have their teeth drilled.
 A spaceship dumps interplanetary trash over Cappy Town and Fire Lion is supposed to incinerate it.
 The real Chef Shiitake visits and Kirby makes "popcorn" out of King Dedede's monster, Cobgoblin.
 King Dedede downloads an evil racecar to use in Cappy Town's Grand Prix; Kirby races, too.
 Kirby's vehicle is sabotaged by King Dedede and the Mayor is ultimately victorious.
 King Dedede uses Channel DDD and his personal newspaper to frame Kirby and propagate lies about him.
 King Dedede's monster is an imposter author of the Pappy Pottey book who transforms into the Broom King.
 Escargoon swallows Erasem in his sleep and awakens to find that no one recognizes him anymore.
 Knuckle Joe returns disguised as an evil N.M.E. agent, but he's actually a monster hunter after Masher.
 Nightmares of a fireball-like Kirby plague King Dedede, so he downloads Fridgy to permanently cool off Kirby.
 A giant asteroid is about to hit Cappy Town, but Tiff tries to think of a way to deflect it with the castle's cannons.
 Amon turns a mindless flock of sheep into a herd of wolves who seek revenge on all of Cappy Town.
 Whispy's friend, Acore, is in danger until some animal friends help Kirby and friends fight the forces of nature.
 The Cappies plan a fun Spook Out in Whispy Woods, but King Dedede uses the opportunity to get rid of Kirby by scaring them himself.
 When a storm arrives, Tiff and Tuff take shelter in a haunted house designed by N.M.E. in which King Dedede sets a trap to capture Kirby.
 King Dedede fires the Waddle Dees and orders a Domestic Servant Robot; but the Waddle Dees are still loyal to him by protecting his vault.
 King Dedede wants to put on a show for the tourists, so he downloads Flame Feeder meant to destroy Kirby.
 Inspired by Tiff's flipbook, King Dedede opens an animation studio in order to produce a TV program that stars himself as the main character and Kirby as the villain.
 King Dedede distributes Dedede Dolls fashioned in his likeness to brainwash Cappies, but the plan backfires.
 It is Kirby's one-year Anniversary of landing in Cappy Town, but King Dedede orders a monster to destroy Kirby with fireworks.
 A candy-toy craze is sweeping Cappy Town when N.M.E. sells a line of 3 Color Fighters disguised as Chocolate.
 Kirby takes on King Dedede's rare fighter models in a battle tournament.
 A crazy knight crashes near Cappy Town and attacks Kirby, thinking he is a monster.
 An accident happens while King Dedede tries to order a monster that turns him from bad to good.
 King Dedede's new pet Scarfies go on a hungry rampage after he ditches them in the woods.
 When King Dedede gets hit in the face with a giant pie, the whole town gets into a pie fight.
 When all the kids start making fun of King Dedede by painting silly pictures of him on the walls, he decides to start a school for young children to learn to respect him.
 When King Dedede gets tired of the same meals over and over, he starts a cooking show that haves him going to Cappy Town's homes to eat their meals.
 Sirica comes down to Cappy Town in her spaceship and attempts to steal Galaxia from Meta Knight in order to avenge her mother's death by the hands of the great beast, Kirisakin.
 When King Dedede and Kirby get fat from eating too much snacks, Dedede hires a fitness instructor from N.M.E. to thin them out.
 When Mabel stars on King Dedede's latest program, her fortunes start coming true.
 When everyone catches a cold before the new year, King Dedede tries to catch one because of a rumor.
 Everyone kicks off the new year by having a quiz show featuring clips from previous episodes.
 An injured Knuckle Joe arrives after trying to defeat the revived Masher, who also came to defeat him.
 Winter comes yet again when wandering Pengis visit Cappy Town.
 King Dedede hires some punks to blame Tiff for bad education in Cappy Town.
 Kawasaki starts a delivery service for his restaurant, but Kirby is sorely tempted to eat his food.
 While on a hike through Whispy Woods, King Dedede and Escargoon set fire to the forest.
 After the Villagers get tired of having Tokkori around, they find out he's a royal bird.
 King Dedede organizes a whale-watching cruise, but he really wants to use it to catch a whale.
 After Customer Service demands for money, King Dedede sells all of his Waddle Dees in order to pay N.M.E. back.
 N.M.E. Salesman has a new lunch spot, so King Dedede orders Chef Kawasaki to turn his restaurant into a sushi bar.
 N.M.E. gives King Dedede two captive twins from Postar's South Sea in order to get rid of Kirby. Meanwhile, a giant caterpillar is giving everyone in Cappy Town hay fever.
 After finding out that dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years, King Dedede and Escargoon order a mad scientist from N.M.E. to create their own.
 Everyone is swarmed by scientific mosquitos after escaping King Dedede's treacherous amusement park – and their DNA samples are used to help the mad scientist create the ultimate dinosaurs.
 King Dedede opens his own art museum, but he dislikes the imported paintings, so he orders a monster to make his own.
 After being worked into the ground too hard by King Dedede, Escargoon creates Escar-droid, a robot made to do his duties for him, but Dedede uses it to go after Kirby, leading it to be constantly destroyed and forcing Escargoon to rebuild it multiple times.
 After King Dedede discovers that Bonkers, a runaway circus ape, wants to train with Kirby, he turns Bonkers into a monster.
 King Dedede orders a drink to power up himself and the Cappies, but after seeing the effects and their consequences, Escargoon orders a drink to poop them out.
 When King Dedede and Escargoon discover that Chief Bookem and Buttercup's house is a pigsty, they use this opportunity to humiliate them on public television. Meanwhile, so as not to deal with Dedede's own trashy habits, N.M.E. sends a trash-spitting monster to expel all of Dedede's garbage (whom he had sent to N.M.E.) onto Cappy Town.
 After Sir Ebrum cooks a delicious meal for his kids and Kirby, King Dedede starts a cooking contest for Male Cappies, and tricks them into buying parts made to build the SlicerDicer.
 A new teacher comes to Cappy Town to teach at the Dedede Academy, but he's actually a contract monster.
 King Dedede tricks Mr. Curio into opening a jar containing mummy-like creatures called Mumbies, which run rampant in Cappy Town before targeting Kirby.
 King Dedede buys air conditioners from N.M.E. to cool off the town when it gets too hot. Later, an ozone layer monster appears.
 A classmate of Kawasaki's past comes to visit him, but finds out that his cooking is sorely poor. Later, King Dedede holds a contest between Kawasaki and Nagoya, where the winner gets to keep Kawasaki's restaurant.
 King Dedede hires a flock of crows to eat his garbage, but later they betray and tell the crows to get lost. Later, the leader of the crows is turned into a monster, and returns to get revenge.
 King Dedede wants to see what's under Escargoon's shell, so he cracks it open with his hammer. After Tiff demands him to fix it, N.M.E. sends a monster shell over, turning Escargoon into Maimaigoon.
 King Dedede orders an anime group called Otakings from N.M.E., but they backtrack him and do an anime show about Tiff instead, so Dedede decides for a 1 on 1 when he orders Anige disguised as Dis Walney.
 King Dedede befriends a biker gang terrorizing Cappy Town, who are looking for a mysterious old biker named Steppenwolf. Dedede ultimately decides to hold a race to determine if the gang stays.
 Before he can race, Gus is kidnapped and locked in Castle Dedede's dungeon, forcing Gengu to race in his place. When Gengu (and later Gus, who is eventually freed and reluctantly joins the race) are struggling, Steppenwolf (revealed to be Melman at the end of the episode) steps in.
 When King Dedede finds out that his Waddle Dees' meals are costing him a fortune, he makes them eat less, resulting in a rebellion until he orders a cooking monster.
 King Dedede is jealous because he does not have his own appreciation day. When Kirby flubs up an attempt to give him a present of appreciation (a watermelon which he half-ate), he cancels all the other appreciation days and replaces them with "Dis Days" (days devoted to attacking the Cappy the Dis Day is devoted too) as a means of revenge, and attempts to play a cruel prank on Kirby involving explosive watermelons.
 Escaped monster PhanPhan comes to Cappy Town, and Kirby becomes friends with it. Later King Dedede finds out about it and orders a trainer monster to turn PhanPhan into a real monster.
 Kirby becomes possessed by a Demon Frog who uses his powers to cause chaos in Cappy Town.
 King Dedede kidnaps Tiff and Kirby is attacked by a gang of Air Riders. Kirby battles them while acquiring many abilities as well.
 N.M.E. is poised and ready to take out Kirby with the Air Ride machines.
 Meta Knight reveals his secret weapon, Battleship Halberd, and, with the aid of several Cappies, begins the journey to N.M.E.'s fortress.
 Kirby battles Nightmare's powerful Heavy Lobster to protect Halberd, and the Halberd, aided by three friendly Destrayers piloted by past friends, begins its assault.
 Kirby falls asleep in Nightmare's realm and battles him once and for all.
 An 8-minute short episode was initially released in 2009 via Wii no Ma, exclusively in Japan.  It was then released worldwide via Nintendo Video on Nintendo 3DS in 2012, split into two parts.
 Kirby battles Lobzilla.