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 in some shorts and episodes, but many of them are lost. Some of these are known to have aired in the UK (primarily Scotland) and Australia.
English Dubbed Shorts
Some of the Italian shorts from the early 1970s (beginning in 1970) did receive 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]
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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 film strips which can be bought, however, the shorts are silent.
English Dub of 1972 Anime Series
An English dub was made of the 1972 Japanese anime adaptation of Calimero. The dub seems to be fairly recent, judging by the high quality of the English language track compared to the old animation. Only one episode of this dub has surfaced online, courtesy of the Vimeo channel of a video company called DVDlab. Interestingly, the episode uses the opening and ending from the French dub and seems to be based on the French dub rather than straight off the Japanese version. When contacted in November 2016, DVDlab replied by saying that they only had the one episode because it was an attempted restoring/remastering on their part, but they could provide contact information for the official distributor of the series. No more info on the dub has arisen as of yet, and it is currently unknown how many episodes were actually dubbed in English (out of the 47 originally made).
UK English Dub of 2014 CGI Series
The 2014 CGI series of Calimero also received a dub by a British studio and episodes aired on Disney Junior UK from May 11, 2014 - present. There are 104 episodes that are confirmed to exist.[5] Disney Junior UK also has a page for the series; however, the episodes on there are region-locked and can only be viewed from the UK.[6]
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
- The first 36 episodes of the British dub of Calimero. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- Episodes 37-52, some in bilingual English/Spanish TV rips and some in bilingual English/Japanese DVD rips. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- Episodes 95-101 of British dub. 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
- ↑ A listing of all 104 episodes of the British dub. Retrieved 04 Nov '16
- ↑ Disney Junior UK's official Calimero site. Retrieved 04 Nov '16