Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Natsume has always been an outcast because he inherited his grandmother's ability to see yokai.

The first Boeing 777 Freighter took off from Paine Field at 10 a.m. PDT on 14 July 2008, flew for just over three and a half hours and returned to Paine Field after a data-link problem.

Kyoto Animation releases Clannad: Another World, Tomoyo Chapter, a single-episode OVA retelling the anime's finale from an alternate timeline centered on Tomoya and Tomoyo's relationship.

Studio Ghibli's Ponyo opened in Japanese theaters on 19 July 2008 on a then-record 481 screens for a domestic film. Hayao Miyazaki's seaside fantasy follows a goldfish princess who wants to become human.

On 28 July 2008 Emirates received its first A380 at Airbus's Hamburg plant and unveiled a cabin with first-class showers and an onboard lounge. The Gulf carrier, the biggest A380 customer with 58 ordered, flew it Dubai to New York on 1 August.

InuYasha: Kuroi Tessaiga debuts, a 30-minute InuYasha special screened at Rumiko Takahashi manga exhibitions across Japan before it was later folded, slightly re-edited, into an episode of InuYasha: The Final Act.

Studio Rikka begins streaming Time of Eve, a near-future ONA in which high-schooler Rikuo discovers a hidden cafe where humans and the androids he was taught to treat as tools are met as equals.

The Detroit Metal City OVA begins release, a Studio 4°C-animated comedy adapting Kiminori Wakasugi’s manga about a mild-mannered pop musician forced to front an extreme death-metal act.

The 29th Olympic Games opened on 8 August 2008 at Beijing National Stadium with a ceremony directed by Zhang Yimou, watched by a worldwide audience likely above a billion.

The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Paradigm, the fifth film in ufotable's adaptation of Kinoko Nasu's novel series, opens in Japanese theaters, following Shiki Ryougi as she shelters a runaway boy convinced he has murdered his own mother.

The Shanghai World Financial Center opened in 2008 after developers were forced to redesign its circular summit opening into a trapezoid when the public read it as a Japanese flag.

The Loro Parque Company opened Siam Park in Costa Adeje, Tenerife, a Thai-themed water park that would go on to be ranked the world's best by TripAdvisor.

Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 protection on Monday 15 September 2008, the largest bankruptcy filing in US history and the climax of the subprime mortgage crisis.

Kyoto Animation releases a standalone Lucky☆Star OVA, six unconnected bonus vignettes starring Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, and the rest of the cast, including an MMORPG story arc and a surreal dream sequence.

MidAmerican Energy, a Berkshire Hathaway unit, agreed on 28 September 2008 to pay US$230 million for 225 million new BYD H-shares at HK$8, about 9.9% of the Chinese battery and car maker; FinanceAsia reports BYD shares closed up 41.7% after trading resumed.

The television anime Toradora! begins airing, a J.C.STAFF-produced romantic comedy adapting Yuyuko Takemiya's light novels about an unlikely alliance between mild-mannered Ryuuji Takasu and the diminutive, fierce Taiga Aisaka.

Kyoto Animation's sequel series Clannad: After Story begins airing, following Tomoya Okazaki and Nagisa Furukawa into adulthood after the events of the first Clannad season.

In Victorian-era Europe, a young boy loses everything he once held near and dear to a vicious plot. In his moment of death, he strikes a deal with a demon: his soul, in exchange for revenge.

Having been given the opportunity to study in Paris, Noda accompanies Chiaki to Europe as he strives to become the accomplished conductor he always dreamt to be.

On 16 October 2008, at the height of the financial crisis, Warren Buffett wrote in The New York Times that he was buying American stocks in his personal account and urged investors to be greedy when others are fearful.

Shaft releases Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, a follow-up OVA continuing Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei with more stories about the terminally pessimistic teacher Nozomu Itoshiki and the eccentric students of Class 2-H.

The Mingyuan Resort restaurant serves Cantonese dim sum, steamed dishes and seafood in Humen.

Seasonal French omakase beside a century-old black pine, with a published wine catalogue and named booking-menu examples.

A paper titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, signed Satoshi Nakamoto, is posted to a cryptography mailing list. It describes a chain of proof-of-work timestamps that lets strangers transact without a trusted third party.

Square Enix and tri-Ace released the tactical RPG Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume for the Nintendo DS in Japan on 1 November 2008, debuting at number two with 80,000 copies.

GONZO releases the first episode of a two-part Seto no Hanayome OVA, new stand-alone shorts reuniting the cast as San and Luna's overprotective fathers keep testing Nagasumi's nerve during their third year of school.

Intel's first Core i7 (Nehalem, 45 nm) launched in November 2008 with Hyper-Threading back, an integrated DDR3 memory controller and Turbo Boost; the Core i5 750 followed on September 8, 2009 at $196.

Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider: Underworld, the last of the Legend trilogy, was released on 18 November 2008 in North America (21 November in Europe) on Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS, published by Eidos Interactive.

Bolt is a 2008 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It reached US theaters on 21 November 2008.

China's first domestically developed regional jet, the ARJ21 prototype, made its maiden flight on 28 November 2008 from Shanghai's Dachang Airfield, flying for about an hour to 9,000 feet.