Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Bell's Brewery's honey-brewed, six-hop Hopslam double IPA (10% ABV, 65 IBU) reached bottles in January 2006 after a 2004 draft-only debut at its Kalamazoo pub.

On 24 January 2006 Disney agreed to buy Pixar Animation Studios in an all-stock deal worth about US$7.4 billion, making Steve Jobs its largest individual shareholder. John Lasseter was put in charge of Disney and Pixar animation.

Square Enix released the third-person shooter Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII on PlayStation 2 in Japan on 26 January 2006, a Vincent Valentine-led sequel set three years after Final Fantasy VII. It received mixed reviews.

Production I.G releases Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven, a compilation film recutting the "Individual Eleven" story arc from the second Stand Alone Complex TV season.

At the 48th Grammy Awards on 8 February 2006 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, U2 won five awards including Album of the Year, Green Day took Record of the Year and John Legend won Best New Artist.

MADHOUSE's Hellsing Ultimate OVA series premieres, a bloodier, manga-faithful retelling of Kouta Hirano's Hellsing in which the vampire mercenary Alucard and his British masters battle the Vatican's rival agents and the Nazi-remnant group Millennium.

Square Enix and Nex Entertainment released Children of Mana, the first World of Mana game, on Nintendo DS in Japan on 2 March 2006.

Square Enix released the enhanced PSP port Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth in Japan on 2 March 2006, with Tose developing the handheld version of tri-Ace's 1999 RPG.

On March 14, 2006 Amazon Web Services launched Amazon S3, a simple storage service for developers priced at 15 cents per gigabyte per month, the first service in what became Amazon's cloud business.

Square Enix released Final Fantasy XII on the PlayStation 2 in Japan on 16 March 2006, the sixth game to earn a perfect Famitsu score. It sold over six million copies on PS2 by November 2009.

M.S.C begins the Zenkoku Taikai-hen OVA series, continuing The Prince of Tennis as Seigaku's tennis team advances into the National Tournament to face rival schools old and new.

Kyon, your typical high school student, has long given up his belief in the supernatural.

Akari Mizunashi continues her training to become a Prima Undine (a professional tour guide gondolier) along with her friends Aika and Alice in the peaceful city of Neo Venezia.

Sunrise's Gintama begins airing, an Edo-period comedy following freelancer Gintoki Sakata and his odd-jobs crew navigating a Japan under alien occupation, adapted from Hideaki Sorachi's manga.

The TV adaptation of Ai Yazawa's josei manga Nana begins airing, following two young women who share the name Nana as they chase romance and rock stardom after moving to Tokyo.

Bones' Ouran High School Host Club begins its television broadcast, adapting Bisco Hatori's manga about a scholarship student who joins her elite academy's all-male Host Club to work off a debt after accidentally breaking a priceless vase.

Watanuki Kimihiro can see spirits and other assorted supernatural creatures, which is quite a bothersome ability he strongly dislikes.

Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider: Legend, a reimagining of the series after Core Design handed it over, was released on PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox and Xbox 360 on 7 April 2006 in Europe (11 April in North America), published by Eidos Interactive.

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being kicked around by his bosses.

An intimate blue dining room in Kitashinchi serving seasonal French tasting courses, house-made sauces and sommelier-selected wines.

Syaoran, Sakura, Kurogane, Fai and Mokona's journey through to different worlds continue as they search for Sakura's feathers.

Workers poured the last concrete of the Three Gorges Dam wall on 20 May 2006, finishing the core structure of the world's biggest hydropower project on the Yangtze.

On 23 May 2006 Boeing delivered its last two 717s, to Midwest Airlines and AirTran Airways, in a Long Beach ceremony that closed commercial airplane production in Southern California. The 717 program built 156 aircraft.

The 41st Academy of Country Music Awards, on 23 May 2006 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and hosted by Reba McEntire, gave Kenny Chesney a second Entertainer of the Year, Brad Paisley three awards and Carrie Underwood her first two.

After 56 days of trial and six days of deliberation, a federal jury in Houston convicted Enron's two former chief executives. Kenneth Lay was found guilty on all six counts he faced; Jeffrey Skilling was convicted on conspiracy, securities fraud, false statements and insider trading counts, closing the criminal case over the largest US corporate collapse of its time.

IO Interactive's Hitman: Blood Money was released on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Windows on 26 May 2006 in Europe (North America 30 May), published by Eidos Interactive.

Pixar's Cars opened in US theaters on 9 June 2006, the story of racecar Lightning McQueen stranded in the forgotten Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. John Lasseter directed and Paul Newman voiced Doc Hudson.

Square Enix and tri-Ace released Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on 22 June 2006; it was the top-selling game in its release week with 281,510 copies.

December 2026 year-end 'New York' buffet: unlimited sommelier red wine at dinner in mid season (Dec 1-17), white wine and a Polaroid added in high season (Dec 18-31).