Nippon Animation's Hunter x Hunter: Yorknew City OVA begins release, adapting Yoshihiro Togashi's manga as Kurapika and Gon's group set out to confront the criminal Phantom Troupe in the auction city of Yorknew.
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street, the sixth Detective Conan film, opens in Japanese theaters, sending Conan into a virtual-reality murder mystery game alongside a simulated Sherlock Holmes.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE74%6 episodes so farRelease date of the first episode confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Haré+Guu Deluxe is an OVA sequel that returns the Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu cast to the jungle, where Haré must adjust to a pregnant mother and a soon-to-arrive sibling.
Millennium Actress, Satoshi Kon's second feature film, blends a documentary crew's interview with reclusive former film star Chiyoko Fujiwara with dramatized scenes from her decades of movie roles into a single unfolding story.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE80%220 episodesBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
The television anime Naruto begins airing, a Studio Pierrot adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto's manga about a young ninja seeking recognition and the title of Hokage in his home village.
5F Nakano Central Park East, 4-10-1, Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, JapanToei Animation
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE77%13 episodesRelease date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing (AniList listed no main studio for this OVA, so the studio credit was confirmed directly on MAL).
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter - Sanctuary premieres, a Toei Animation OVA adapting Masami Kurumada's manga as Hades' resurrected Gold Saints move against Athena and the surviving Bronze Saints.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Two Towers, the second volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. The sequel to 2001's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the film is the second instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE8.19/108 episodesRelease date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Nippon Animation begins releasing Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island, an OVA following Gon Freecss and Killua Zoldyck as they enter a deadly, rare trading-card game in search of clues to Gon's missing father.
The DVD-exclusive special Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Boxer’s Fist premieres, a Madhouse-animated side story revealing how brash heavyweight Takamura first took up boxing.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE80%Air date of the TV special confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
The one-off special Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road finds newly crowned featherweight champion Ippo Makunouchi defending his title against Kazuki Sanada, a former junior featherweight champ turned medical student.
Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, FranceCrystal Cruises
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCEWikipedia's[2] Crystal Serenity article gives 3 July 2003 as the christening date (by Julie Andrews) and 7 July 2003 as the ship's entry into service.
Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France, the 68,870-ton Crystal Serenity was christened by Julie Andrews on 3 July 2003 and entered commercial service four days later.
ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEThe source[1] gives months, not days — "The predominant heat was recorded in July and August" — with one firm peak: "1 August 2003 was the hottest day in centuries, with night temperatures well above 30 C". The pin covers August, the month the source's own statistics section is built around.
Europe had its hottest summer since at least 1540, with night temperatures staying above 30C and eight consecutive days over 40C in Auxerre. The death toll has been estimated at more than 70,000.
Madhouse's Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Mashiba vs Kimura premieres, an OVA following boxer Ippo Makunouchi's stablemate Kimura as he finally gets his shot at reigning Junior Lightweight champion Mashiba.
ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEWikipedia's[2] European Marine Energy Centre article says construction of the Billia Croo wave test facility was completed in October 2003, without a specific day.
The European Marine Energy Centre completed its Billia Croo wave energy test site off Orkney, becoming the world’s first grid-connected facility for testing wave and tidal energy converters at sea.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE80%51 episodesBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Bones' Fullmetal Alchemist begins broadcast, following brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, alchemists searching for the Philosopher's Stone to restore the bodies they lost attempting to resurrect their mother.
Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers opens in Japanese theaters, a Christmas Eve dramedy following three homeless Tokyo residents who discover an abandoned baby and set out to find her parents.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay he wrote with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It is based on 1955's The Return of the King, the third volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J.
Roppongi 7, Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo 106-0032, JapanNihonryori RyuGin
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCEWikipedia[1] gives the year only - "Ryugin was established in 2003 at Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo" - so the pin takes that year's last day. It is placed at the Roppongi address of that opening; the restaurant has since moved to Hibiya.
Seiji Yamamoto opened RyuGin in Roppongi in 2003 and used it to argue that kaiseki could be taken apart and rebuilt with modern technique without ceasing to be kaiseki - a position that made it the Japanese restaurant most often named on international lists. It has since moved to Hibiya, where it holds three Michelin stars.
Studio Pierrot airs Hikaru no Go: Hokuto Hai e no Michi, a one-episode television special following Hikaru Shindo through the preliminary rounds to select Japan's team for the Hokuto Cup junior tournament.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE7.98/104 episodesThe OVA's release start date is confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Bones releases the direct-to-video Wolf's Rain OVA, a four-episode epilogue completing the wolves' search for the paradise Rakuen after the TV series' broadcast was cut short.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE79%14 episodesRelease date of the OVA's first episode confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
The direct-to-video Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island Final continues the Greed Island story arc, with Gon Freecss and Killua Zoldyck sharpening their Nen abilities under Biscuit Krueger's guidance as the deadly video-game world's Player Killers close in.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE88%74 episodesBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Madhouse's Monster begins airing, a psychological thriller adapting Naoki Urasawa's manga about Dr. Kenzo Tenma's pursuit of Johan Liebert, the child he once saved who becomes a serial killer.
TMS Entertainment broadcasts a Detective Conan TV special previewing that summer's eighth film, in which Professor Agasa's new identity-matching program is turned on the phantom thief Kaitou Kid, only for Kid to hijack the broadcast himself.
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: the company "opened the $265 million Sands Macau in May 2004," ending "Mr Ho's 42-year monopoly over the industry."
The $265M Sands Macao opened as the city's first Las Vegas-style resort, ending Stanley Ho's 42-year gambling monopoly and starting Macau's transformation into the world's densest gaming hub.
Shrek 2 is a 2004 American animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon from a screenplay by Adamson, Joe Stillman, and the writing team of J. Loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig, it is a direct sequel to Shrek (2001) and the second installment in the Shrek film series.
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