Calimero (partially found original Japanese version of anime series; 1974-1975)

Calimero and Priscilla in the series.

Status: Partially Found

Calimero (カリメロ Karimero?) is an Italian/Japanese cartoon about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized cartoon chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his eggshell still on his head. Calimero originally appeared on the Italian television show Carosello on July 14th, 1962, and soon became a popular icon in Italy.

The character has had multiple animated adaptations in Italy, France, and Japan, with one of the rarest being the first Japanese anime series made by Toei Animation, which ran from October 15th, 1974, to September 30th, 1975.

Episodes dubbed in European languages as well as in Arabic can be found online, but the series' original Japanese version is much harder to find. Unlike the second anime series made in 1992, there are no known VHS or DVD releases of the 1974 series in Japanese. There were 45 episodes made for the show. In September 2018, a user known as "Yuriko o" uploaded episodes 17-19 and later various others in Japanese on YouTube. Sometime between September 2018 and March 2019 his channel was terminated, making the episodes no longer available. However, they were all saved and re-uploaded on OneDrive by the Wiki user KristoHam. 24 of 45 episodes are currently found.

Episode 1: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKolDc2_eTjDf9CpwBI?e=wgeG6Q

Episode 17: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKoswf4_EaKm2ccZjJ8?e=wo5puH

Episode 18: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKoswoyxqx6pmom8gsB?e=7gkJXM

Episode 19: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKoswuKOxLq4mZ0KbUP?e=KheOJm

Episode 21: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKoswzdtFzhuqF271wk?e=Adz0BA

Episode 22: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosw1pmaBJEzzSNbKv?e=0eos2B

Episode 23: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosw9Z9O8z6VbAzP0Q?e=Ktqlou

Episode 24: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosw4ob1Ji0gxY27Br?e=YfktFE

Episode 27: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxBVmyd25mR4v4M0?e=5hBh8b

Episode 28: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxETsVYBFO9YMfUd?e=n7Edk4

Episode 29: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxKa9AFVJu9NiC0X?e=9NwQKA

Episode 33: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxMCmuvRzFTyD7eW?e=eVRhBX

Episode 34: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxRw1XLVEX3bVLMP?e=1Hfgq0

Episode 35: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxW7KEqT8wXDo17r?e=Cu02IH

Episode 36: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxbysRoSj3Huw3p7?e=ZllfWn

Episode 37: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxeWx4-974mHMU5L?e=KGooYX

Episode 38: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxg34DgfI8oRcfGB?e=6ojS0E

Episode 39: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxlV6SyvdTXeQmMJ?e=J1Xq68

Episode 40: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxpqi1YFcPwqlsjs?e=bQT3bh

Episode 41: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxtCg7e21sTiftEP?e=tGY1Rq

Episode 42: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosxwt9qDFe3lK39VZ?e=XNv5GT

Episode 43: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosx2EZM_pTRowUt-3?e=eVZ7gc

Episode 44: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosx_caX-7iuPVzkYz?e=hwVU0c

Episode 45: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqsjLYEl7OKosx4AsUhIPTloMxTp?e=C323Tw

Folder link to all the found episodes: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AqsjLYEl7OKolDVD-sVoJqRC-YEJ?e=h8I7Rc

External Links

• A list of 45 of the episodes with Japanese titles. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
• The opening and ending of the original Japanese episodes. Retrieved 04 Nov '16