Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Banana Fish premieres, MAPPA's adaptation of Akimi Yoshida's manga following Ash Lynx, a New York gang leader raised by crime boss Dino Golzine, as he crosses paths with visiting Japanese photographer Eiji Okumura.

US Customs began collecting an extra 25 percent on 818 tariff lines worth about $34 billion of Chinese imports on 6 July 2018 — the opening move of the trade war, and the first time since the 1930s that the United States taxed a major trading partner at this scale.

Gintama.: Silver Soul Arc - Second Half War premieres, Bandai Namco Pictures' continuation of the manga's final story arc as the Yorozuya fight on two fronts to stop the Altana Liberation Army's planet-destroying weapon.

The Founder of Diabolism (Mo Dao Zu Shi) begins streaming, a B.CMAY Pictures donghua adapting Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's novel, in which the resurrected cultivator Wei Wuxian confronts the fallout of his past as the Yiling Patriarch.

2018 MacBook Pros feature eighth-generation Intel Core processors. Apple says the 15-inch model is up to 70 percent faster, and the 13-inch model is up to two times faster, than the equivalent 2017 models with seventh-generation Intel Core processors in benchmarks. 15-inch models can now be maxed out with a 2.9GHz six-core Core i9 processor, while the previous generation topped out at a 3.1GHz quad-core Core i7. Quad-core 13-inch models with the Touch Bar are now available, up to 2.7GHz, while 2017 models were dual-core up to 3.5GHz.

Wit Studio's third season of Attack on Titan begins broadcast, continuing the manga adaptation as Eren and Historia are placed under Levi Squad's protection while a cover-up inside the Walls comes to light.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will be the first spacecraft to fly directly into the atmosphere of the Sun and explore its brutally hot corona.

The Model 3 will come equipped with a new suite of hardware that supports Tesla's second-generation Autopilot system, Enhanced Autopilot. Enhanced Autopilot will eventually allow the car to match its speed to traffic conditions, automatically change lanes without driver input, merge on and off highways, and park itself.

The third Non Non Biyori film, Vacation, reaches Japanese theaters, an original theatrical entry in the slice-of-life franchise sending the tiny rural school's handful of students on a summer trip to Okinawa.

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas releases in Japanese theaters, a Studio VOLN adaptation of Yoru Sumino's novel about a withdrawn boy who befriends a popular, secretly terminally ill classmate after stumbling on her diary.

Brain's Base releases the School Babysitters OVA, a manga-bundled bonus episode pairing a slice-of-life story about Ryuuichi's babysitting club with a fairy-tale parody segment starring the same cast.

Studio Shuka's Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond opens in Japanese theaters, sending Takashi Natsume and Nyanko-sensei into a new story tied to an old friend's yokai-tinged memories.

8-bit's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime begins broadcast, an isekai adventure following salaryman Satoru Mikami, killed in Tokyo and reborn as a slime in a fantasy world, as he builds a nation of monsters around him.

CloverWorks' Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai begins airing, a romantic drama in which high schooler Sakuta Azusagawa encounters a famous actress rendered invisible to others by a phenomenon known as puberty syndrome.

The fifth TV season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure begins airing, following Giorno Giovanna as he joins the Italian gang Passione hoping to reshape it from within.

Bonus chibi-parody shorts bundled with the Blu-ray/DVD volumes of Attack on Titan Season 3 begin release, continuing the comedic "Chimi Kyara Gekijou" side-story format used on earlier seasons' home-video specials.

The 55km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened to traffic on 24 October 2018, linking the three Pearl River Delta cities with cable-stayed bridges, artificial islands and an undersea tunnel.

The winner of Eater San Diego's 2017 Restaurant of the Year opened a second outpost in a 2,000-square-foot space at Mira Mesa Shopping Center. It was owner Takashi Endo's 14th ramen shop, and it arrived about four months after the mid-2018 launch Eater had reported.

IHG opened the InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, an 18-storey hotel built into the walls of a disused quarry with two underwater floors set against a lit aquarium.

The Apple Watch Series 4 expected this fall will feature a new design and a display that's 15 percent larger, according to the latest reports. Kuo expects the two new Apple Watch models will measure 1.57 inches (39.9mm) and 1.78 inches (45.2mm), compared to the current 38mm and 42mm Apple Watch sizes.

Douluo Dalu 2nd Season, continuing the Chinese donghua adaptation of Tang Jia San Shao's novel, begins release, following young spirit master Tang San's ongoing rise through the world of Douluo Continent.

Meyer Werft handed over the AIDAnova, built at its Papenburg shipyard as the world's first cruise ship able to run on liquefied natural gas, to AIDA Cruises. The 337-metre ship carries up to 6,600 passengers and was assembled from roughly 15 million individual parts.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a 2018 American animated superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman from a screenplay by Phil Lord and Rothman, it is the first animated film in the Spider-Man franchise.

J.C.Staff airs The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Kanketsu-hen, a one-episode special adapting the final chapters of Shuuichi Asou's manga and closing out psychic high-schooler Kusuo Saiki's story.

Lamborghini unveiled the Huracán Evo, a 640-horsepower V10 supercar built by hand at its Sant'Agata Bolognese factory in Italy.