Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Home on the Range is a 2004 American animated western film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It reached US theaters on 2 April 2004.

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.

A Labour Park seafood restaurant serving steamed sea urchin, abalone over rice and yellow-croaker dumplings.

IO Interactive's Hitman: Contracts was released on Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox on 20 April 2004 in North America (Europe 30 April), published by Eidos Interactive.

Boeing's board approved the formal launch of the 7E7, now the 787 Dreamliner, on the strength of a firm order for 50 jets from ANA, the largest launch order in history for a new Boeing commercial jet. Boeing put the deal at about US$6 billion at list prices.

Boeing, Air France and lessor ILFC celebrated the delivery of the first 777-300ER on 29 April 2004, the extended-range stretch that became the best-selling 777.

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.

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. David Stem and David N. Weiss. 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.

Manglobe's Samurai Champloo begins airing, a hip-hop-infused samurai adventure directed by Shinichiro Watanabe that follows wanderers Mugen and Jin escorting waitress Fuu as she searches for a mysterious 'sunflower samurai.'

Ion Storm's Thief: Deadly Shadows was released for Windows and Xbox in North America on 25 May 2004 (Europe 11 June), published by Eidos Interactive.

Toby Keith won four awards, led by Entertainer of the Year, at the 39th Academy of Country Music Awards on 26 May 2004 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, while Dierks Bentley won Top New Artist.

Classic French technique meets Kyushu seafood and seasonal produce, with changing lunch and dinner courses and a current first-drink ordering condition.

Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho premieres, a 13-episode OVA continuing the Ojamajo Doremi magical-girl franchise with a more mature, romance-tinged coda for the five witch apprentices.

The spring term is beginning for the students at Lillian Girls' Academy. Friends are reunited, but for the Yamayuri Council, it's a bittersweet time.

The action-horror TV anime Elfen Lied begins broadcast, following the psychotic, telekinetic Diclonius Lucy after two teenagers take in her amnesiac alter-ego "Nyuu".

On 19 August 2004 Google began trading on the Nasdaq as GOOG after pricing its IPO at US$85 a share, valuing the company at about US$23 billion and raising US$1.67 billion.

Exorcist: The Beginning is a 2004 American supernatural horror film serving as a prequel to The Exorcist (1973), and the fourth installment in The Exorcist film series. Directed by Renny Harlin, the film stars Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco and James D'Arcy.

Square Enix released the Turks prequel Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII for FOMA mobile phones in Japan on 24 September 2004, the first major Final Fantasy game for mobile devices. It was never released outside Japan and shut down in 2018.

The television anime Bleach begins airing, a Studio Pierrot adaptation of Tite Kubo's manga about high schooler Ichigo Kurosaki, who inherits a Soul Reaper's powers and takes up the fight against soul-devouring Hollows.

The Royal Danish Navy commissioned HDMS Absalon, lead ship of the Absalon-class flexible support ships built at Odense Steel Shipyard. The 137-meter vessel combines helicopter, troop, and vehicle capacity with modern weapon systems.

Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, set across Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas, went on sale for the PlayStation 2 in North America on 26 October 2004, with Europe following on 29 October.

Brad Bird's The Incredibles opened in US theaters on 5 November 2004, a retro-futuristic superhero film about a family hiding its powers. It won the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Sound Editing.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, the card-battle sequel set in Castle Oblivion, released for Game Boy Advance in Japan on 11 November 2004 and sold over 100,000 units in 48 hours.

Honda Shigeharu is a Major League batter on the rise. His son Gorou is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps.

Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle opens in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki's adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones's novel about a young hatmaker cursed into an old woman's body who takes refuge with a wizard in his walking castle.

The Nintendo DS launched in North America on November 21, 2004 at $149.99, ahead of Japan on December 2, 2004 at ¥15,000, the first Nintendo hardware to launch in North America before Japan.

Level-5 and Square Enix released Dragon Quest VIII on the PlayStation 2 in Japan on 27 November 2004. It sold 2,167,072 units in two days and was the first Dragon Quest to score 39/40 in Famitsu.

Norman Foster's Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, opened over southern France's Tarn valley, completing the A75 motorway route between Paris and the Mediterranean.

A former CargoLifter airship hangar in Brandenburg, big enough to enclose the Statue of Liberty, reopened as the Tropical Islands indoor resort on December 19, 2004. Its beaches, lagoons and rainforest now draw about a million visitors a year to the world's largest free-standing hall.