Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju begins its TV run, a period drama in which a newly released convict apprentices himself to a rakugo storytelling master, unfolding the master's own tangled past across postwar Japan.

Studio DEEN's KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! begins broadcast, a comic isekai following hapless gamer Kazuma Satou, who dies absurdly and is reincarnated into a fantasy world with the inept goddess Aqua to fight the Demon King.

At a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, the LIGO and Virgo collaborations announce GW150914, a signal from the merger of two black holes recorded by both LIGO detectors on 14 September 2015 - the first direct observation of gravitational waves.

A-1 Pictures' Doukyuusei -Classmates- opens in Japanese theaters, a quiet romance between honor student Sajou and band guitarist Kusakabe as they bond preparing for their school's chorus festival.

david production's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable begins airing, the fourth TV season adapting Hirohiko Araki's manga as Jotaro Kujo travels to Morioh to find his newly discovered relative Josuke Higashikata.

My Hero Academia begins broadcast, Bones' adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi's manga about Izuku Midoriya, a boy born without a superpower in a world where nearly everyone has one, who is chosen by the world's greatest hero to inherit his Quirk.

White Fox's Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- begins airing, an isekai series following Subaru Natsuki, who discovers he can rewind time to his death as he tries to protect a silver-haired girl in a new world.

Paris unveiled La Canopée, a sweeping glass-and-steel roof capping the decade-long, roughly 800 million euro renovation of the Forum des Halles shopping and transit hub. Mayor Anne Hidalgo led the inauguration of the structure designed by architects Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti.

Bungo Stray Dogs begins broadcast, Bones' adaptation of Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa's manga about homeless teenager Atsushi Nakajima, who is recruited by the ability-wielding Armed Detective Agency after a mysterious tiger is found stalking him.

Volvo Construction Equipment unveiled the A60H, its largest-ever articulated hauler at 60 tons capacity, at the Bauma trade fair in Munich. The launch marked the 50th anniversary of Volvo's first articulated hauler, 1966's 'Gravel Charlie.'

Carnival Vista, a 133,500-ton ship carrying more than 4,600 passengers, was delivered by the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy on 28 April 2016.

The Biolite SolarPanel 5+ comes equipped with a 2200 mAh battery that can be pre-charged at home via the supplied USB cable or topped up via the solar panel. A little row of LEDs offers a battery level indicator and the little batter icon beside the LEDs is a little on-off switch. There is a simplicity with the product, light, well-built with exceptional attention to detail, for example both USB ports are enclosed by two little rubber doors to protect them from the elements.

KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world!: God's Blessings On This Wonderful Choker! is a bonus OVA bundled with the light novel's ninth volume, in which a magical choker forces Kazuma to fulfil his own wish or be strangled.

A nine-year, $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal was inaugurated, adding a wider Third Set of Locks for larger Neopanamax vessels.

A three-year, Tod's-funded restoration of the Colosseum's facade - the first phase of a longer project - wrapped up with a ceremony attended by Italy's prime minister, revealing the monument's stone cleaned of two millennia of grime.

J.C.Staff begins broadcasting The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., a gag comedy following psychic high-schooler Kusuo Saiki as he tries, and constantly fails, to keep his powers secret and live an unremarkable life.

Bones' TV adaptation of Mob Psycho 100 begins airing, following Shigeo 'Mob' Kageyama, a psychic middle schooler who suppresses his overwhelming powers to live a normal life while working part-time for con-artist exorcist Reigen Arataka.

Gintama°: Love Incense Arc, a two-part OVA bundled with the manga, begins release, following the Yorozuya as an outlawed incense that makes people fall for whoever they first see spreads chaos through Yoshiwara.

The three-part OVA The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Those Awaiting a Star begins release, a Wit Studio-animated prequel following protagonist Chise Hatori’s life before she meets the magus Elias Ainsworth.

Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu releases in Japanese theaters, the middle installment of Shaft's three-part adaptation of Nisio Isin's Monogatari prequel novel, continuing newly-turned vampire Koyomi Araragi's fight to reclaim Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade's stolen limbs.

Makoto Shinkai's Your Name. opens in Japan, a body-swap romance between a Tokyo boy and a countryside girl who begin waking up in each other's lives.

Bangkok's pixel-wrapped MahaNakhon skyscraper, designed by Ole Scheeren of OMA for developer PACE Development, held its public grand opening as Thailand's tallest building.

Dubai Opera, a 2,000-seat performing arts venue shaped like a dhow, opened in the city's Opera District with a Plácido Domingo gala.

Kyoto Animation's A Silent Voice opens in Japan, adapted from Yoshitoki Oima's manga about a former bully who seeks to make amends with a deaf classmate he once tormented.

The Port of Antwerp's new headquarters, a faceted glass extension perched atop a derelict 1920s fire station, opened as Zaha Hadid's last building completed after her death.