Calimero

Calimero is an animated television series about a charming and happy chicken, the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head. Calimero first appeared on the Italian television show Carosello on July 14 1963.
The characters were later licensed in Japan as an anime series titled Calimero (カリメロ, Karimero) the first was made by Toei Animation and ran from October 15 1972 to September 30 1975. The second was made in 1992. 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 not renewed for a second season. English dubbed versions for the first two anime series were not 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 ZDF and ATL 2 (Germany) or TVE (Spain)
A third animation series about the character, in computer animation, premiered in TVF 1 in 2013. The series also aired on several other TV channels.