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Everything you need to tell the Calimero story, facts, figures, and ready-to-use assets.
Calimero at a glance
- Created
- 14 July 1963, on Italy's Carosello
- Creators
- Nino & Toni Pagot, with Ignazio Colnaghi
- Rights holder
- The Pagot family
- Milestones
- 1963 advert · 1972 IT-JP series · 2013 CGI series · today's digital revival
- Reach
- Broadcast in 30+ countries across six decades
- Cultural mark
- Gave French the idiom "faire son Calimero"
About Calimero
Calimero is one of Europe's most beloved animated characters: a tiny black chick in a cracked eggshell, born in 1963 and adored by generations for his warmth, his humour and his unshakeable sense of fairness. Created by the Pagot brothers, he remains a gentle underdog whose catchphrase, "It's not fair!", became part of popular culture. Today he is being lovingly brought into the digital age with new stories, an AI companion, and a growing community.
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