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The characters were later licensed in Japan as an [[anime]] series twice, titled {{nihongo|''Calimero''|カリメロ|Karimero}}. The first was produced by K&S and animated by [[Toei Animation]] and ran from October 15, 1972, to September 30, 1975; the second, with new settings and characters, was made by [[Telescreen (company)|Telescreen]] in 1992. Altogether, 99 Japanese episodes were made (47 in the 1972 Toei series, and 52 in the 1992 Telescreen 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. The second series was never renewed for a second season. English dubbed versions for the first two anime series were never officially released, though dubbed pilot episodes do exist. However, the series did come out in other languages. The original 1970s shorts and the third CGI series were released in English, however. The first series was also broadcast on European networks such as [[TROS]] (The Netherlands), [[ZDF]] and [[RTL II]] (Germany) or [[Televisión Española|TVE]] (Spain). | The characters were later licensed in Japan as an [[anime]] series twice, titled {{nihongo|''Calimero''|カリメロ|Karimero}}. The first was produced by K&S and animated by [[Toei Animation]] and ran from October 15, 1972, to September 30, 1975; the second, with new settings and characters, was made by [[Telescreen (company)|Telescreen]] in 1992. Altogether, 99 Japanese episodes were made (47 in the 1972 Toei series, and 52 in the 1992 Telescreen 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. The second series was never renewed for a second season. English dubbed versions for the first two anime series were never officially released, though dubbed pilot episodes do exist. However, the series did come out in other languages. The original 1970s shorts and the third CGI series were released in English, however. The first series was also broadcast on European networks such as [[TROS]] (The Netherlands), [[ZDF]] and [[RTL II]] (Germany) or [[Televisión Española|TVE]] (Spain). | ||
A third animation series about the character | A third animation series about the character in [[computer animation]] premiered in [[TF1]] in 2013. The production team includes France’s [[Gaumont Animation]], rights owner Calidra, Italy’s Studio Campedelli and Japanese partners [[TV Tokyo]] and [[Kodansha]]. The series also aired on several other TV channels, including on [[Disney Junior]] in the United Kingdom and Australia.<ref name=AM1 /> | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===1974 series=== | ===1974 series=== | ||
*{{nihongo|'''Calimero'''|カリメロ}} – The | *{{nihongo|'''Calimero'''|カリメロ}} – The titular protagonist of the show. {{anime voices2|Calimero|[[Katsue Miwa]]|Uti Hof}}<ref name="Cast">{{cite web | url = http://www.charapit.com/calimero/anim.htm | script-title=ja:カリメロアニメ紹介 | publisher = Chara Pit | language = ja | access-date = December 17, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.goffmortuary.com/obituaries/uti-blanchard | title=Uti Hof Blanchard Obituary 2022 | publisher = Goff Mortuary | language = en | access-date = March 25, 2024}}</ref> | ||
*{{nihongo|'''Priscilla'''|プリシラ}} – Calimero's girlfriend, a shy bird with common sense. {{anime voices2|Priscilla|[[Michiko Nomura]]}}<ref name="Cast"/> | *{{nihongo|'''Priscilla'''|プリシラ}} – Calimero's girlfriend, a shy bird with common sense. {{anime voices2|Priscilla|[[Michiko Nomura]]}}<ref name="Cast"/> | ||
*{{nihongo|'''Peter Jobatta'''|ピーター ジョバッタ|Papero Piero in the Italian original spot}} – {{anime voices2|Peter|[[Kaneta Kimotsuki]]}}<ref name="Cast"/> | *{{nihongo|'''Peter Jobatta'''|ピーター ジョバッタ|Papero Piero in the Italian original spot}} – {{anime voices2|Peter|[[Kaneta Kimotsuki]]}}<ref name="Cast"/> | ||
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*'''Pepe''' - Voiced by: Tōmoyuki Maruyama (Japanese) | *'''Pepe''' - Voiced by: Tōmoyuki Maruyama (Japanese) | ||
==Mobile game== | == Legacy == | ||
A mobile game titled ''Calimero's Village'' was released for | |||
=== Mobile game === | |||
A mobile game titled ''Calimero's Village'' was released for [[IOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] on May 7, 2015, developed by [[BulkyPix]] in partnership with Gaumont Animation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Gaumont Launches 'Calimero' Mobile App |url=https://www.awn.com/news/gaumont-launches-calimero-mobile-app |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Animation World Network |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2018 |title=Gaumont Launches First 'Calimero' App |url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/character/gaumont-launches-first-calimero-app |website=License Global}}</ref> Set in the village of Hatchington, the game follows Calimero as he builds a new life and reunites with friends such as Priscilla, Valeriano, and Pierrot.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gaumont Launches ‘Calimero’ Mobile App |url=https://www.awn.com/news/gaumont-launches-calimero-mobile-app |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=Animation World Network |language=en}}</ref> Players begin by constructing Calimero’s house and a mill, and can later expand the town with houses, roads, crops, gardens, and other buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coquis |first=Christophe |date=2015-05-08 |title=Le village de Calimero se construit sur ton mobile (Android, iOS) |url=https://www.geekjunior.fr/le-village-de-calimero-se-construit-mobile-android-ios-2204/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=Geek Junior - |language=fr-FR}}</ref> The app also includes five mini-games where you can earn coins and experience.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Contarino |first=Emiliano |date=2015-05-08 |title=Il villaggio di Calimero, il manageriale Bulkypix che rievoca il carosello anni '60 |url=https://www.macitynet.it/il-villaggio-di-calimero-manageriale-ios/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=macitynet.it |language=it-IT}}</ref> At release, the game was sold for €2.99.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siciliani |first=Francesco |date=2015-05-07 |title=Il villaggio di Calimero: arriva un gestionale per i più piccoli |url=https://www.iphoneitalia.com/575517/il-villaggio-di-calimero-arriva-un-gestionale-per-i-piu-piccoli |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=iPhone Italia |language=it-IT}}</ref> | |||
==Impact in popular culture== | ==Impact in popular culture== | ||
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* French singer [[Brigitte Fontaine]] collaborated with the band [[Stereolab]] on a [[Stereolab discography#Discography|song of the same name]]<ref>The lyrics in French say "Je suis Caliméro, le vilain poussin noir" ("I'm Calimero, the naughty black chicken").</ref> | * French singer [[Brigitte Fontaine]] collaborated with the band [[Stereolab]] on a [[Stereolab discography#Discography|song of the same name]]<ref>The lyrics in French say "Je suis Caliméro, le vilain poussin noir" ("I'm Calimero, the naughty black chicken").</ref> | ||
* In the Netherlands and Belgium, the term "Calimerocomplex" is used to denote people who are staunchly convinced that their position as an underdog is due to their smaller size, either literally or symbolically, which covers up for their own shortcomings. Often the character's lines from the show are cited, "They are big and I is {{sic}} small and that is not fair, oh no!" (translated back from Dutch, with intentional error).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.flanderstoday.eu/politics/calimero|title=Calimero|last=Otte|first=Anja|date=May 5, 2009|work=Flanders Today|access-date=June 6, 2012|archive-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917182933/http://www.flanderstoday.eu/politics/calimero|url-status=dead}}</ref> | * In the Netherlands and Belgium, the term "Calimerocomplex" is used to denote people who are staunchly convinced that their position as an underdog is due to their smaller size, either literally or symbolically, which covers up for their own shortcomings. Often the character's lines from the show are cited, "They are big and I is {{sic}} small and that is not fair, oh no!" (translated back from Dutch, with intentional error).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.flanderstoday.eu/politics/calimero|title=Calimero|last=Otte|first=Anja|date=May 5, 2009|work=Flanders Today|access-date=June 6, 2012|archive-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917182933/http://www.flanderstoday.eu/politics/calimero|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
* The [[slang]] nickname during the 1970s and 1980s for [[military policemen]] in the [[Israeli Army]] was ''Calimero'', due to their egg-shaped white [[helmet]]; the same was the case in Spain,<ref>[http://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/198194.pdf Juan Gómez Capuz: El argot de los soldados de reemplazo: aspectos lexico-semánticos, lexicogenésicos y fraseológicos.] (In Spanish)</ref> where ''calimero'' was also a name for a type of helmet for motorbikers.<ref>[http://sevilla.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-28-05-2009/sevilla/Nacional/adios-al-casco-calimero_921310760992.html ABC newspaper: ''Adiós al «casco calimero»''] (In Spanish)</ref> | * The [[slang]] nickname during the 1970s and 1980s for [[military policemen]] in the [[Israeli Army]] was ''Calimero'', due to their egg-shaped white [[helmet]]; the same was the case in Spain,<ref>[http://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/198194.pdf Juan Gómez Capuz: El argot de los soldados de reemplazo: aspectos lexico-semánticos, lexicogenésicos y fraseológicos.] (In Spanish)</ref> where ''calimero'' was also a name for a type of helmet for motorbikers.<ref>[http://sevilla.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-28-05-2009/sevilla/Nacional/adios-al-casco-calimero_921310760992.html ABC newspaper: ''Adiós al «casco calimero»''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226044653/http://sevilla.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-28-05-2009/sevilla/Nacional/adios-al-casco-calimero_921310760992.html |date=December 26, 2015 }} (In Spanish)</ref> | ||
* In parts of [[Yugoslavia]], the [[Polski Fiat 126p]] was nicknamed ''Kalimero'' in reference to the character. | * In parts of [[Yugoslavia]], the [[Polski Fiat 126p]] was nicknamed ''Kalimero'' in reference to the character. | ||
* Italian luxury fashion house [[Bottega Veneta]] introduced the "Kalimero" bucket bag in 2022, taking inspiration from the bindle that the character carries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-23 |title=Bottega Veneta's Matthieu Blazy Is Taking Artisanal Craft in a New Direction |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matthieu-blazy-bottega-veneta-interview-september-2022 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> | * Italian luxury fashion house [[Bottega Veneta]] introduced the "Kalimero" bucket bag in 2022, taking inspiration from the bindle that the character carries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-23 |title=Bottega Veneta's Matthieu Blazy Is Taking Artisanal Craft in a New Direction |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matthieu-blazy-bottega-veneta-interview-september-2022 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 16:50, 3 September 2025
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The characters were created by the animation studio Organizzazione Pagot and originated as a series of animated advertisements for Miralanza AVA soap products shown throughout Italy. The creators of the main character were Nino Pagot, Toni Pagot and Ignazio Colnaghi.[2] At the end of each episode, it turns out that Calimero is not actually black, but only very dirty, and becomes white after being washed by the advertised soap products.
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A third animation series about the character in computer animation premiered in TF1 in 2013. The production team includes France’s Gaumont Animation, rights owner Calidra, Italy’s Studio Campedelli and Japanese partners TV Tokyo and Kodansha. The series also aired on several other TV channels, including on Disney Junior in the United Kingdom and Australia.[2]
Characters
1974 series
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2013 series
- Calimero - Voiced by: Rachel Berger (English) / Fanny Bloc (French) / Ayaka Asai (Japanese)
- Priscilla -Voiced by: Naïke Fauveau (French) / Rumi Ōkubo (Japanese)
- Giuliano (Valeriano in UK English dub)- Voiced by Georges de Vitis (French) / Kokoro Kikuchi (Japanese)
- Peter (Pierrot in UK English dub) - Voiced by: Pascal Sellem (French) / Tōru Sakurai (Japanese)
- Susie - Voiced by: Ren Kato (Japanese)
- Pepe - Voiced by: Tōmoyuki Maruyama (Japanese)
Legacy
Mobile game
A mobile game titled Calimero's Village was released for IOS and Android on May 7, 2015, developed by BulkyPix in partnership with Gaumont Animation.[5][6] Set in the village of Hatchington, the game follows Calimero as he builds a new life and reunites with friends such as Priscilla, Valeriano, and Pierrot.[7] Players begin by constructing Calimero’s house and a mill, and can later expand the town with houses, roads, crops, gardens, and other buildings.[8] The app also includes five mini-games where you can earn coins and experience.[5][9] At release, the game was sold for €2.99.[10]
Impact in popular culture
The main character in the anime series has had a lasting impact in the vocabulary of some countries, either because of his looks, with an egg shell on his head, or because of his frequent complaining about being unfairly treated by others:
- Calimero is the name and subject of a Welsh language song by the band Super Furry Animals[11]
- French singer Brigitte Fontaine collaborated with the band Stereolab on a song of the same name[12]
- In the Netherlands and Belgium, the term "Calimerocomplex" is used to denote people who are staunchly convinced that their position as an underdog is due to their smaller size, either literally or symbolically, which covers up for their own shortcomings. Often the character's lines from the show are cited, "They are big and I is [sic] small and that is not fair, oh no!" (translated back from Dutch, with intentional error).[13]
- The slang nickname during the 1970s and 1980s for military policemen in the Israeli Army was Calimero, due to their egg-shaped white helmet; the same was the case in Spain,[14] where calimero was also a name for a type of helmet for motorbikers.[15]
- In parts of Yugoslavia, the Polski Fiat 126p was nicknamed Kalimero in reference to the character.
- Italian luxury fashion house Bottega Veneta introduced the "Kalimero" bucket bag in 2022, taking inspiration from the bindle that the character carries.[16]
References
External links
- Official website
- Calimero's first commercial (1963)
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- ↑ The lyrics in Welsh say "Calimero wyt ti'n gwisgo wy ar dy ben" (Calimero you're wearing an egg on your head)
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