Sky Atlantic Lupin III was a satellite channel that aired in Italy dedicated to Lupin the Third. It aired from 29th May to 7th June 2020 with the TV specials being available on demand until 28th August 2021. The channel was made to be dedicated to Monkey Punch.
This was a first in Italy as not only that it was the first time that the TV specials were aired outside of Mediaset channels and the first time in general since the 1980s, it was also the first known channel made just for the series in the world. Unlike the Mediaset airings where it varies between the source, TMS Entertainment has provided the HD masters with Yamato Video providing the Italian audio and are uncut.
List of TV Specials aired on Sky Atlantic[]
- Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!
- Mystery of the Hemingway Papers
- Steal Napoleon's Dictionary!
- From Russia With Love
- Orders to Assassinate Lupin
- Pursue Harimao's Treasure!!
- The Secret of Twilight Gemini
- In Memory of the Walther P38
- Tokyo Crisis
- Operation: Return the Treasure
- Stolen Lupin - The Copy Cat is a Midsummer's Butterfly
- Angel's Tactics
Notes[]
- It is unknown why Burn, Zantetsuken!, Da Capo of Love: Fujiko's Unlucky Days, $1 Money Wars, Alcatraz Connection and Episode 0: First Contact were skipped.
- Due to the way that they were animated, Operation: Return the Treasure, Stolen Lupin and Angel's Tactics are upscaled from 480p however the channel was not HD.
- The channel used the Hot Bird 13B satellite [1] and had both Italian and Japanese audio with Italian being the default. [2]
- The channel number was 111.
Trailer[]
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