Calimero (partially found English dub of Italian animated series; 1970-1972)
Calimero (カリメロ Karimero?) is an Italian/Japanese cartoon about an anthropomorphized chicken named Calimero; the only black chicken in his family of yellow chickens. Calimero wears half of his egg shell on his head. Calimero originally appeared on the Italian television show Carosello on July 14, 1962, and soon became a popular icon in Italy.
Calimero has had multiple adaptations in Italy, France, and Japan, but none of these were ever licensed to be aired in the US. English dubs do exist however, and some are known to have aired in the UK (primarily Scotland) and Australia. Some of the Italian shorts from 1970-72 recieved English dubs, though these are hard to find online.
A compilation of 13 shorts in English ripped from a laserdisc has been uploaded to YouTube,[1] and a Vimeo channel simply called 'Calimero' that uploaded 12 shorts in English, French, and Italian (though one of the "English" shorts (Christmas's Letter) is actually a re-upload of the French dub, and the uploader did not respond when contacted about the real English version, so it's still lost). In addition, some of the Croatian, Dutch, and Macedonian dubs of some missing English shorts have been uploaded to YouTube. The Macedonian dub is a voice-over, and the English track can be partially heard under it. Two shorts in Turkish have also been found, and file transfers have been uploaded to three other shorts without the original sound. So far, there are 40 total segments found out of the 78 shorts known to exist.[2]
There were also at least two rare releases in the UK of these shorts on VHS, Betamax, and Laserdisc.[3] One was simply titled "Calimero", and the other was "Calimero and the Wonderful Summer".[4] They each contain 13 shorts, including some not currently available in English as well as some that are not currently available at all. There are also some shorts that were released on 8mm and Super 8 film reels which can be bought. However, some of these reels are silent.
External Links
- Christmas's Letter in French (accidentally posted as English. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Croatian dub of 'Diamonds and Mud.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Croatian dub of 'Driven Out and Pitied.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Croatian dub of 'Calimero and Summer Employment.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Croatian dub of 'Traffic Policeman.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Croatian dub of 'Fortune is Blind.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Croatian dub of 'Lights, Camera, Action.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Croatian dub of 'The Law is the Law.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Croatian dub of 'Calimero at the Grand Hotel.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Croatian dub of 'Calimero Gains and Loses.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Dutch dub of 'Calimero and the Discipline & Between Study and Work.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Dutch dub of 'Calimero and the Rascals.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Turkish dub of 'Television and Snapshot.' Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The Turkish dub of an unnamed episode. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The episode 'Books and Motors' with missing sound. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The episode 'Calimero Below Zero' with missing sound. replaced by Christmas music. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- The episode 'From Snowflakes to Millions' with missing sound, replaced by Christmas music. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- A listing for the series on VHS and Betamax. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- A listing for the series on Laserdisc. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- A listing for the episode 'Calimero Below Zero'. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- A listing for the episode 'From Snowflakes to Millions'. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- A listing for the episode 'From the Cradle to the Band'. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- A listing for the episode 'Calimero and the Banana Peel'. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
References
- ↑ The compilation of the 13 Calimero shorts, ripped from a laserdisc. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- ↑ A French guide listing the 78 known shorts. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- ↑ The Laserdisc Database page on Calimero. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- ↑ A listing for the episode 'Calimero and the Wonderful Summer' on VHS and Betamax. Retrieved 04 Nov '16