Kirby: Fright to the Finish!

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Soji Yoshikawa directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in English, Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 21 years ago.
• 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
• 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 5Makiko Ohmoto and Sayuri Yoshida and Rika Komatsu carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "Kirby's First-Ever Full-Length Movie!".

The technical file

Runtime

83 min · 1h 23m

Status

Released

Original language

JA

Certification (US)

G

Also by

Soji Yoshikawa

• 
  Tomorrow's Joe

  1970 · ★ 8.1
• 
  The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz

  1992 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo

  1978 · ★ 7.0
• 
  Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo

  2009 · ★ 6.0
• 
  White Fang Story

  1982 · ★ 3.5
• 
  The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz

  1996

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Kirby: Fright To The Finish DVD Trailer

  Trailer

Production companies

Who made it

• ST

  Studio Sign

  JP

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  CBC

  JP

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  dentsu

  JP

Key crew

• CharactersMasahiro Sakurai
• Executive ProducerNorman J. Grossfeld
• ProducerMichael Haigney
• MusicRusty Andrews
• Art DirectionManami Koyama
• Supervisor of Production ResourcesHiroshi Yamauchi
• ProducerMasayoshi Ozaki
• ProducerMasayoshi Tanimura
• ProducerSatoru Iwata
• Animation DirectorMitsuo Kusakabe
• Animation SupervisorYoichi Kotabe
• Character DesignerMiyuki Shimabukuro
• Visual Effects DirectorKazuo Iimura

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• nintendo
• compilation
• kirby

Release history · US

When it landed

• Physical2005-06-14G· DVD

Also known as

International titles

• Kirby: Fright to the Finish! - MovieUS