The Vision of Escaflowne
Animax in Italy began as a nighttime 1-hour programming block on sister channel AXN Italy on January 12, 2008, indicating that it will eventually launch as a 24/7 channel. The programs that aired on the block were "Planetes", "The Vision of Escaflowne", ".hack//SIGN", and "Noein". The block hasn't aired since 2009, likely to avoid competition with MTV, who also aired anime and was more widely available.