For 10/21/06



Name: Neo-Glitch

Que tal Ivy!
I dunno what that means but hi!
Once again, congratulations for such a great site... and the free Kirby episodes!!!
It ain't my site, man. I just work here. But thanks!
Ok, these are my questions:

1. To sub an episode of the Kirby Anime (Ripping, translating, editing, encoding, etc.) sounds like a lot of work, even when more than one person is working on it. So I was wondering: How long does it take to sub an episode? And if it�s possible, can you give us a summary about how the process of subbing works?
Oh right, I did intend on making a guide... Well I'll give ya the short of it.
Subbing an ep takes about a week, depending on stuff. Suimin transcribes, I translate, I get it checked by several other people, I time and encode the video. The part that takes the longest is transcription/translating/checking/quality control.
2. I haven�t been able to watch the Episode "Sacred sword Galaxia", so I was wondering the following about this relic:

- Who forged it?
The 'race of light', Photoron. The dub says Photoron is a single being but it's not. :E It's a bunch of fire people or something.
- Was it created to fight Darkness or to fight Light? (It must be Darkness, but... I just want to be sure ^ ^U)
Apparently to fight darkness.
- How it ended in Nightmare�s claws?
He had the demon Kirisakin steal it.
3. Well... is Meta Knight a creation of Nightmare too, or it�s just my twisted imagination?
Eh, early on a lot of people (including myself!) believed it was MK created by Nightmare... but it's really Kirby.
4. If Kirby is a creation of Nightmare, that would mean that Kirby is made of... Dark Matter? (Like Gooey, but you know... Pink).
Nightmare and Dark Matter are unrelated. Dark Matter was never mentioned or anything in the anime so we can assume he doesn't exist there.
Was the Spanish version of "Kirby right back at ya" translated from the English dub, or the Original Japanese version?
Pretty much all the foreign language dubs, in the Americas and Europe, etc, are just re-dubs of the 4Kids version.
I�m not sure about which one was it translated from, because in the English dub, the episode "Devil Kirby" was banned, but I watched that same episode on a Latin American channel called Jetix not so long ago (in Spanish, of course).
Yeah, none of the eps were cut in the Spanish version apparently. They may have translated that one from the Japanese script, but who knows?
Name: unknown

If Dedede and Escargoon died in Episode 29 because they ate Kawasaki's special curry, how did they return in later episodes
It's a cartoon.
I have lineups for the 79th episode, comparing with the Donkey Kong arcade game. They are: Kirby-Mario, Fumu/Tiff-Pauline, and Bonkers-Donkey Kong. What do you think about it?
More like Bonkers = King Kong and Fumu= whatever her name was from King Kong...
Name: Nomad

Recently you have been asked about Fumu's name (you know, "Tiff meaning argument or wishful thinker,) and you said the name Fumu didn't mean anything. Well I have looked this up several months before you said this, and
"Fumu" does have a meaning. It means "to walk on" or "to walk through". (And "Bun" means composition, or sentence.) I wasn't trying to prove you wrong or anything, I just read something you have said, and noticed a mistake.
Except her name is actually written 'Fuumu' or 'Huumu', and that certainly doesn't mean anything. (And it wouldn't make sense for them to make her name mean 'to walk on', that's pretty much meaningless.)
The names follow a pattern, but that's pretty much all the meaning they have, unless it's something super subtle. Not even my Japanese friend knows what the meaning behind em is. XD
Name: K Ebrithil

Hey there, Ivy. I was just wondering why in some promotional pics DeDeDe has a cane, but we never see it in the anime? And if we do, can you tell me what episodes it appears in? Thanks!
Ah, good question! :D Well to be honest, I really don't think he ever appears with a cane in the series! How odd.
Name: some dude

its me again. (kirbykid and kirby krazy guy in the past) its not really a question, and im a little skeptical about asking you, but..... forget it. what is your absolutly worst, most hated(lots of other words that have to do with dislike, but worse)least favorite thing in the show/part in the kirby show?(i hope this isnt on the faqs)
The fact there are only 100 episodes. :(
Name: Melee kirby

Hi Ivyna J. Spyder I have a Question that has been bugin me for the past 8 months. I'm a Big Fan of the Kirby Anime and I have look at the Eps. Guide and have read an Ep. Title DEVIL KIRBY! (u.s Frog wild) what is that about? Kirby gets a new mode? Kirby turns Evil? or does he have a Clone?
You're in lucky- I just released the sub today! :P
Name: Milun

This isn't really a question, but I found that you don't have the original japanese kirby comic in your site. If you want, our school library has 7 japanese comic books with kirby in them, I could send them to you <( ' _ ' )>
That'd be cool :D
Name: magicMK259

do u have a part in the character guide for sir arthur and the other star warriors
Um, you could go look and see for yourself? :E (The answer is 'not yet')
Name: RyRy

Good day Ivy. How are You?
Sorta tired.
In the Anime, What does Parm/ Sir Ebrum do
exactly? I understand that he is the prime minister for the king
Cabinet Minister. Cabinet Minister.
and he investigates what the King is up to and to keep things right and in tip-top shape. But the King is a rampaging bull of obesity who summons monsters and wreaks havoc on the citizens of DreamLand. Thats a crime and that is a problem.
It's only a crime if Dedede makes it one! :D
Why doesn't Parm/ Sir Ebrum stick his nose in where it does belong? Parm seems to ignore that side of King DeDeDe and just investigates certain cases that doesn't involve the King.
1 - He doesn't want to lose his job.
2 - He values his life. Dedede would probably smack him with his hammer if he ever question him.
3 - He doesn't have enough guts to go against him anyway...
Name: ;~;

Erm... Ivyna? I feel stupid asking this but what do the stems -dono, -san, -sama, -chan, mean? I've always heard them for a long time but I don't know exactly what sort of sense of meaning they have.
Ah, of course. Well, quick Japanese lesson.
-san : Like Mr. or Mrs.
-sama: More polite form of sama. You'd use it when talking to your boss or something.
-chan : diminutive, 'cutesy', affixed to nicknames and pet names and such.
-dono: similar to sama or san, but not used as much.
Name: Cream the Rabbit

3. Yeah... in that one episode where Tuff/Bun fantasies getting a car, exactly why does he imagine driving past Tiff/Fumu and leave her spinning like a TopMan Sibling rivalry, or is it something else? I MUST KNOW.
He wasn't imagining that, it really happened.
4. Please supply an image of Bouncy Tiff/Fumu. i must know what this strange version of the Cap--uh, I mean Unnamed Species looks like, KTHX
Sure, why not.

4. Why can Popon (or whoever) make himself so tall in the anime? I mean, in the games he could go to like 5 blobs tall, not 19. *expects the usual "IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A CARTOON ADAPTION OF THE GAMES, YOU FOOL" answer*
Because they wanted it to.
5. You condraticted yourself in a more recent guru of yours, saying that Tuff/Bun was around 9 and Tiff/Fumu was like 12. If I remember correctly, in an earlier guru you said that Tiffumu (admit it, that's a much cooler name than
either Tiff or Fumu... ADMIT IT, YOU FOOL!!!! Ahem...) was a teen of 15 or 14 years.
I don't recall.
6. Reason why Nightmare wanted Tiff/Fumu and no one else. KTHX.
To lure Kirby.
Name: Andres

Hello. After watching the PhanPhan dub, believe it or not, but I'm impressed by it. The only 2 parts cut out was the scene were Bibli took a dump and when Hitti was juggling the knives, but, one question: Did they cut out the scene with the knives so that kids wouldn't play with them?

That dub was terrible, I don't know what everyone keeps talking about. >_< Phanphan's dub voice was annoying and repetitive and 'Whippy' sounded like Jigglypuff gone bad. Not to mention a ton of inaccuracies in the script.
And why do people ask me why they cut things? I'm not 4Kids. Go ask them. :|
Name: Casiana1

So tell me, if Sword Kirby and Meta Knight went up against each other, who do you think would win? Do you think Kirby would be able to kill Meta Knight if he wanted to? It's hard to say who's more powerful.
Hm... Tough one. It's hard to imagine why exactly they'd ever try to fight to the death, to be honest! But if they DID... Kirby might have an advantage. He has the potential to be much more powerful than MK.
Name: Korvess

If MK's the same race as Kirby, does that mean he eats a lot too? Something tells me he doesn't...
I wish I knew. XD The only things we've ever seen regarding MK's eating habits are the jar of candy in his room, and a pic from a picture book where he's at a freaking barbeque and all he has is a plate of rice. Seriously, who goes to a barbeque and has RICE? He's crazy. :|
Also, were Jecra and Meta Knight really close friends? I know that Jecra was like- friends with everyone, and I'm not really asking if they were a hot item, X3 but was he a special friend of MK specifically?
MK says they were friends. How close they were is up to interpretation, since there's nothing really contradicting it! :D (I say they were close friends. *HOUSE*)
Thank you Ivyna, you're a real hit! :D College sucks, 'uh? :/
Indeed :E
Ivyna, would you clear up Nightmare's relation to Dark Matter for me? Isn't Nightmare being controlled by Dark Matter or something? Would Nightmare be any different if he wasn't controlled by said matter? ... Yes I do know Dark Matter doesn't appear in the show. Thank you. :3
Well ya sorta answered your own question. XD If DM never appears, it's hard to say there's any connection between them!
Their may be a connection in the games, but it's not proven.
How tall is Dedede? If Fumu is twice as tall as Kirby, and the adults are twice as tall as Fumu, and Dedede is twice as tall as the adults, does that make him 5ft. tall...? O_O;
I apologize about all the questions. X'B But I digress! It's nice to know there are some people in the world who have enough brain capacity to be considered "sentient". How unfortunate that the majority of people are just deplorable and plain stupid. XP
Uh, well we don't actually know how tall Kirby or anyone is to begin with... Hm.
Well ONE clue we have about their heights is from the episode where they get a bunch of paintings from earth. At one point they're standing in front of the Mona Lisa.

The Mona Lisa is about 30x21 inches. Meaning... They're all under 30 inches- unless the animators didn't take the true size of the painting into account, which is quite likely. XD
This WOULD make Kirby about 8 inches though, so if ya go by that whole thing, this would be accurate!






That's all for this time, kiddies!
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