Calimero

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Calimero

カリメロ
(Karimero)

TV anime

Director

Yugo Serikawa

Studio

Toei Animation

Network

NET (now TV Asahi)

Other networks:
TROS ZDF RTL2

Original run

October 15, 1974 – September 30, 1975

Episodes

TV anime

Studio

Toei Animation

Original run

October 15, 1992 – September 9, 1993

Episodes

Calimero (カリメロ, Karimero^?) is a Japanese anime series (based on an Italian creation) about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized cartoon chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head.

The characters were created by Nino and Toni Pagot and originated as a series of animated advertisements shown throughout Italy. The characters were later licensed in Japan as an anime series, twice. The first was made by Toei Animation and ran from October 15, 1974 to September 30, 1975, and the second, with new settings and characters, was made in 1992 . Altogether, 99 Japanese episodes were made (47 in the 1974 Toei series, and 52 in the 1992 series).

The series mostly consists of the many adventures of Calimero and his friends as they solve mysteries and make documentaries. However, their adventures usually get them into quite a bit of trouble.

1 Characters
2 Cult following
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Characters

Calimero - The hero of the show.
Priscilla - Calimero's girlfriend, a shy bird with common sense.
Valeriano - a green bird who is obsessed with film-making.
Susy - a wealthy girl duck.
Piero - Susy's boyfriend, another wealthy green duck.
Rosella - Valeriano's girlfriend, another shy bird.
La banda dei topi

[edit] Cult following

Calimero's "little boy lost" persona and distinctive speech patterns caused him to have a worldwide fan base, which was officially headquartered in Hampton - a suburb of Melbourne, Australia^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Trivia

"Calimero" is the name and subject of a Welsh language song by the Super Furry Animals.
French singer Brigitte Fontaine collaborated with the band Stereolab on a song of the same name.
A not-very-subtle racist undertone is evident from watching the original series of advertisements, which aired in Italy in the fifties Calimero hatches later than his siblings and immediately falls into a mud puddle, which turns him black. When he finds his mother, he asks her "Are you my mom?" She replies, "No, I don't have any black children." He says, "But would you love me if I were white?" She clucks, "Si, certo! (Of course!)"