Sailor Moon in Italy refers to translations and merchandise of the Sailor Moon franchise distributed in Italy. The anime was broadcasted there and volumes of the manga were translated, and a number of relevant magazines were released as well. In 2010, Backstage Licensing and Toei made a deal to give Backstage Licensing the liscence to everything related to Sailor Moon. The anime was first aired by Mediaset in 1995 with episodes airing every day of the week except for Sunday. The episodes of the first 2 seasons began on the children's programming block Bim Bum Bam on Canale 5 and the rest of the seasons were shown on Italia 1. The first 2 movies were listed as special episodes of Sailor Moon S, while the final movie was a Sailor Moon SuperS special. Once the third movie aired, the specials