Kid Icarus (2012 anime)

Kid Icarus is an anime series based off of the video game franchise of the same name. One of numerous anime series commissioned by Cartoon Network XD, the anime aired on TV Tokyo from February 2nd, 2012 to January 24th, 2013 and was initially licensed by CN XD Studios in North America. Episodes were simulcast on Crunchyroll alongside the episode's Japanese broadcast, while dubbed episodes were aired on Cartoon Network XD two weeks afterward.
In 2018, Aura Television Productions transferred the North American license over to NickFamily Studios. Dubbed episodes are currently being released on the Nintendo eShop and Netflix, while Crunchyroll continues to stream the subbed version. Digital downloads of the episodes later became available on the North American eShop and Vudu at $0.99 each.
Nintendo Australia licensed the series in Australia and then sub-licensed to AuraAnime Licensing for the region.
==Characters==
Main article: Wikipedia:List of Kid Icarus characters
==Plot==
Main article: Wikipedia:Kid Icarus#Plot
==Episodes==
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==Broadcasting==
Cartoon Network XD began airing the anime in the United States on February 16th, 2012, two weeks following the simulcast premiere on Crunchyroll. In May 2012, the anime began airing on Teletoon in Canada. The anime never aired on linear television outside of Japan and North America due to Nintendo of Europe holding the license for Europe.
To promote the Region 1 DVD release, reruns began airing in the United States on Aura Retro in November 2018. NickFamily Studios has indicated that it may rerun on the United States feed of SurgeAnime Extra in the future.
On April 1st, 2019, the anime, alongside other Cartoon Network XD series, aired a few episodes for an April Fool's Day joke on Nickelodeon Family.
==Home media==
NickFamily DVD Distribution released the anime in Region 1 on January 16th, 2019 (containing both the Japanese audio with English subtitles, as well as the English dub), while DVD releases for regions 2 and 4 have yet to be announced. However, Japan-only DVDs were released as early as 2013.