Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The Seven Deadly Sins begins broadcast, an action-fantasy TV series from A-1 Pictures adapting Nakaba Suzuki's manga about a disgraced band of knights accused of plotting against the kingdom.

The anime revolves around Mihama Academy, a prison-like school built to preserve fruit that has fallen too far from its tree.

Ever since Microsoft decoupled the Kinect sensor from the Xbox One, the one lingering question was when would they sell it as a stand-alone unit? Offering an Xbox One without the Kinect sensor made financial sense in Microsoft's struggle against Sony, but it does not mean that people may never want to want to buy the Kinect at a later point. Until now though, there was no option to do so. Windows Phone Central has now learned that Microsoft is planning to sell the stand-alone Kinect sensor for $149 beginning on or around October 6. The timing is ideal as it leads well into the holiday season in the US and other countries, making the add-on an excellent gift for those who already own an Xbox One without the next-gen accessory.

Since Yona is the only princess of a grand kingdom, she has been raised with great care by her doting father and protected by her childhood friend/guard Hak and others.

Madhouse's Parasyte -the maxim- begins airing, a horror series following high schooler Shinichi Izumi as he learns to coexist with Migi, the parasitic alien that failed to take over his body and instead fused with his right hand.

A-1 Pictures' Your Lie in April begins broadcast, following a piano prodigy who lost his ability to hear his own playing until a free-spirited violinist pulls him back toward music.

Apple may be planning to launch the iPhone 6 on Tuesday, October 14 as the month itself will be an incredibly busy one for the company, according to...

The second "season" for Microsoft's Xbox One revival of the Killer Instinct fighting game franchise will add eight new characters to its ranks.

MUSHI-SHI The Next Passage 2, the concluding run of the acclaimed Mushishi sequel series, begins airing, following wandering Mushishi Ginko as he investigates strange phenomena caused by ancient, spirit-like beings called Mushi.

Beyond Earth explores the future of mankind on an alien world. Players lead factions with contrasting cultures and the gameplay possibilities encompass nonlinear technology progression and a quest system to unlock resources and upgrades. Those who pre-order the game will gain a bonus Exoplanets Map Pack, according to PC Gamer. This bonus pack features six maps "inspired by real exoplanets" that are potentially inhabitable, we are told.

A-1 Pictures' Black Butler: Book of Murder releases, a two-part OVA adapting Yana Toboso's manga as Ciel Phantomhive and Sebastian investigate a string of murders at a lavish high-society banquet.

When it comes to wireless charging, Nokia can certainly be credited with pushing the useful technology to the masses like no other. Now, in 2014 their next creation, now under Microsoft, is getting ready to grace our desks and countertops. The DT-903 smart wireless charging pad, which still maintains a terrible name, at least makes up for it in features. The DT-903 is unique enough to be called 'smart' and there's a good reason for the designation. We went hands on with the new DT-903 to show you what it is all about in our latest video. Featuring Qi wireless charging, NFC for 'tap-to-pair' and Bluetooth 4.0, the new Microsoft charger not only gives your Lumia power, but it tells you when you need to charge, or even if you have a missed call or text message.

Both the next-generation iPad Air and Retina iPad mini are expected to gain updated A8 processors, camera improvements, and the Touch ID fingerprint sensor first introduced with the iPhone 5s. Apple's iPad Air 2 may also gain an anti-reflective screen coating and it may also ship in gold, silver, and space gray, much like the iPhone.

One World Trade Center opened at the rebuilt Ground Zero site, an American-icon skyscraper shaped by more than a decade of compromise between architects, developers and officials.

Sunrise previews this Gintama' special at Jump Special Anime Festa 2014, a short bonus episode bringing the Yorozuya crew back together one more time.

3D Touch is said to be the first major hardware/software innovation that Microsoft will inculcate into the high-end Lumia devices. The software giant is said to include APIs for gestures, side interactions and heat maps so that third-party devs can access the 3D Touch technology for their apps. As for the McLaren device itself, the latest rumors indicate a 5.2-inch full-HD screen, 20MP camera along with a 64 GB internal storage variant.

Following the success of Far Cry 3, we wanted to take the franchise to the next level and create a game that will surprise players and exceed fans' expectations," said Dan Hay, Executive Producer. "Given the unique setting, we feel Far Cry 4 will stand out as a top first-person shooter and weíre eager to reveal more about the game in the coming months.

Attack on Titan: No Regrets (Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku), a Wit Studio prequel OVA, begins release, tracing how street thug Levi and idealistic recruit Erwin Smith became the Survey Corps' hardened leaders.

Date A Live II: Kurumi Star Festival premieres, an OVA bundled with the Date A Live Encore light novels that follows Shidou Itsuka through a Tanabata festival date with the enigmatic Spirit Kurumi Tokisaki.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro. It is based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Airbus Defence and Space delivered the first production A400M Atlas military transport, assembled at its Seville final assembly line, to the German Luftwaffe.

TMS Entertainment airs The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History, a Detective Conan TV special marking the 20th anniversary of Gosho Aoyama's manga with a previously untold story from Conan's past.

Santiago's 300-metre Gran Torre Costanera, nicknamed "the Mordor of Santiago" by critics, topped out in February 2012 and was finished as the tallest building on the continent - a completion its architect dates to 2014 and Wikipedia to 2013.

Tsukimonogatari premieres, the third part of the Monogatari Series Second Season continuation, a Shaft-animated adaptation following Koyomi Araragi as a strange bodily change draws him back into the supernatural fallout of his past cases.

Tokyo Ghoul √A is Studio Pierrot’s 12-episode second season, directed by Shūhei Morita, picking up with Ken Kaneki after he defeats Yamori and joins the ghoul faction Aogiri Tree as CCG investigators close in. Rather than adapting the manga's second half directly, the season blends its events with new material credited to original creator Sui Ishida — a divergence that drew significant criticism from manga readers for skipping and altering major plot points, and is often cited as part of why the franchise later got the more source-faithful Tokyo Ghoul:re anime.

The life of Tomoya Aki, a high school otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into Megumi Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen.

Madhouse's Death Parade begins broadcast, a psychological drama in which pairs of the recently deceased arrive at the bar Quindecim, where bartender Decim forces them into life-or-death games that judge the fate of their souls.

Lerche's Assassination Classroom begins broadcast, following the students of class 3-E as they train to assassinate their new teacher, an unstoppable tentacled creature who has destroyed the moon and threatens Earth next, all while he genuinely mentors them.

Joe Kudla's Encinitas activewear label Vuori put its first product on sale in January 2015, men's training clothes styled for everyday wear, starting from a garage office two blocks from the ocean.

Shanghai Tower, the 632-metre twisting skyscraper meant to crown China’s financial capital, opens to the public - but spends its first years struggling to fill offices meant for multinational tenants.

A YuruYuri OVA sends the Amusement Club camping in the mountains for a weekend of tents, tests of courage, and hot springs before summer break ends.

Wit Studio and Studio DEEN release a run of Hoozuki no Reitetsu OVAs bundled with the manga's limited-edition volumes, continuing the comic misadventures of Hell's sharp-tongued chief clerk Hoozuki.

Sunrise's Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin OVA begins release, adapting Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's manga retelling of the years before the One Year War through Char Aznable and the Zabi family's rise to power.

Qualcomm announced that it completed the purchase of Wilocity and will soon deliver "a family of tri-band platforms that combine Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.ís Wi-Fi and WiGig solutions to significantly increase performance and enable cutting-edge wireless applications. The initial tri-band platform is a reference design based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, which is the worldís first mobile platform designed to support WiGig." The Snapdragon 810 is expected to ship in the first half of 2015.

Kyoto Animation releases a bonus OVA for Free! -Eternal Summer-, an unaired episode bundled with the seventh Blu-ray/DVD volume revisiting the Iwatobi Swim Club cast in a lighter, comedic story.

Facebook employees moved into MPK 20, a Frank Gehry-designed office building topped by a nine-acre rooftop park, expanding the company's Menlo Park headquarters.

J.C.Staff's Food Wars! begins airing, adapting Yuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki's cooking-competition manga about Souma Yukihira's rise through the elite, cutthroat Totsuki Culinary Academy.

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? begins broadcast, a J.C.STAFF adaptation of Fujino Omori's light novels following novice adventurer Bell Cranel as he levels up through the monster-filled dungeon beneath the city of Orario.

Bandai Namco Pictures's third Gintama TV season, Gintama°, begins broadcast, continuing the Yorozuya team's mix of gag comedy and serialized samurai-and-aliens storylines.

Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire.

Grisaia no Meikyuu: Caprice no Mayu 0 is a prologue OVA for the Grisaia visual novel sequel, digging into protagonist Yuuji Kazami's past as he weighs a promotion within CIRS.

Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season NG-shuu, a set of animated blooper reels bundled with the Blu-ray/DVD volumes of the basketball anime's third season, begins release.

Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München formally opened the 288MW DanTysk wind farm, built with 80 turbines 70km west of Sylt using the jack-up vessel Pacific Osprey.

Artland's MUSHI-SHI Special: Bell Droplets opens in Japanese theaters, adapting the final Mushishi manga arc as Ginko meets a young mountain lord, Kaya, torn between her duty over the Mushi and the human family she left behind.

A corroded 24-inch Plains All American Pipeline line carrying crude from ExxonMobil's Las Flores Canyon plant ruptured beside Highway 101 near Refugio State Beach, sending oil down a culvert into the Pacific. The spill shut the pipeline and, with it, the three Santa Ynez Unit platforms for more than a decade.

Durarara!! X2: My Heart is in the Pattern of a Hot Pot, a bonus theatrical special tied to the Durarara!!x2 Shou season, screens in Japan.

Germany's cartel office closed most of its resale-price-maintenance case with EUR 151.6 million in settled fines on seven retailers and four brand makers, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd among them for two Haribo shelf-price rises.

The military fantasy series begins when a gate appears in Tokyo's Ginza district sometime in the 21st century.

P.A. Works begins broadcasting Charlotte, an original TV anime from Key writer Jun Maeda about teenagers who briefly gain supernatural powers during puberty.

The eccentric employees of everybody's favorite family restaurant will be going wild once again!