Kirby Conversations | Exploring Kirby, Nintendo, and More4 Feb

How a Team of Animation Veterans Brought Us Kirby: Right Back at Ya!

We know listeners have been asking for an episode on Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, so for this episode Sean and Gigi are finally unpacking the surreal charms of Kirby's anime series. Sean is relatively new to the show, while Gigi is more familiar and has watched it in multiple languages. Together they go over the history of the show's development, trivia, surprising connections between the animation team and other Kirby games, and their own thoughts on what it's like to watch this fun, if decidedly different, take on the Kirby universe in 2026.

What did you think of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!? Feel free to email us your thoughts at mail@kirbyconversations.com, and we may share them on a future episode.

Kirby Conversations is part of the Sound Stone Podcast Network, a collective of independent podcasters covering video game history. Our shows include Darren Hupke's interview show Pixels and Polygons, Gooey and McKenna's Nintendo 64 history podcast Flashback 64, and Nic McConnell's game manual stream Instruction Derby.

Our opening music is by Megan Kelz and arranged by Duncan "PixelTea" Smith (https://duncansmith.carrd.co/).

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