''Grisù il draghetto'' is an animated Italian television series whose title character is ''Grisù'', a dragon. The character was created by the Italian brothers Nino and

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(best known as the creators of Calimero). It first appeared in a 1964 black-and-white animated series of commercial shorts for the Mentafredda Caremoli candies, part of the television program ''

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''. A television series consisting of 52 episodes with the adventures of Grisù aired for the first time in 1972. The character also named a series of book for children. The protagonist of the series is a young dragon named Grisù that, despite being the youngest of a large breed of dragons, the Draconis, dreams of becoming a firefighter. On November 18, 2020, it was announced that a CGI revival of the series is currently in the works.

International broadcast

*Italy **

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** Boing *Germany **

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** ARD ** Pro7 ** Sat.1 ** Kabel 1 **

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*France ** TF1 **

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** M6 **

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*Canada ** Ici Radio-Canada Télé **

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*Czech Republic **

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(at this time as ČST1) *Slovakia **

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(also at this time as ČST1, but it was broadcast in Slovak) * South Africa **

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as 'Groenie die drakie' (Little green the little dragon) dubbed into

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*Arab League **Various regional channels in the Arab League countries *Australia ** ABC *United States **

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*Spain ** La 1 ** Minimax **

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*Switzerland **

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*Austria **

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DVD releases

In Italy, the entire 52-episode main show was released in a 13-volume DVD series. In Germany, ARD Home Video released Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, and Volume 4 on October 7, 2003.

References

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