Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

GONZO's Welcome to the N-H-K begins airing, a dark comedy adapting Tatsuhiko Takimoto's novel about recluse Tatsuhiro Satou, convinced a shadowy conspiracy is behind his isolation, and the mysterious Misaki who tries to draw him back into society.

At 397 metres long and able to carry roughly 14,770 TEU, Emma Maersk was the largest container ship in the world when she entered service in 2006. Built by Odense Steel Shipyard, she led Maersk's E-class fleet with one of the largest diesel engines ever installed on a ship.

Production I.G's Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society premieres, a feature-length special set two years after the TV series in which Section 9, now led by Togusa, investigates a hacker known as the Puppeteer.

Okajima Rokuro - now known almost exclusively as 'Rock' - was once a typical, put-upon Japanese businessman.

Madhouse's Death Note begins broadcast, adapting Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's manga about high schooler Light Yagami, who gains the power to kill by writing a name in a supernatural notebook.

Sunrise's original mecha series Code Geass begins airing, in which exiled prince Lelouch Lamperouge gains a mind-control power and leads a rebellion against the Britannian Empire occupying Japan.

From wimp to warrior. Sort of… Yeah, Kenichi’s a total wimp. He’s always getting picked on and doesn’t have a lot of friends to stick up for him. The guy needs motivation if he hopes to graduate in one piece.

On 15 December 2006 Lockheed Martin chief test pilot Jon Beesley flew the first prototype F-35A Lightning II, AA-1, for 35 minutes from Fort Worth, Texas.

Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre premieres, a two-episode OVA bridging the original Rozen Maiden TV series and its sequel Träumend, centered on Suigintou's tragic backstory and her enduring hatred of her 'sister' doll Shinku.

Maria Watches Over Us 3rd Season OVA continues the Lillian Girls' Academy drama with a summer arc in which old acquaintances of Sachiko's threaten to spoil her and Yumi's holiday.

Ten years after winning a Danish government renewables contest, the island of Samsø matched its annual energy consumption with local wind and biomass production, becoming the first community-driven 100% renewable energy island. It remains a global reference case for island decarbonization.

After leaving Kaido in a promise to meet them at the Koshien tournament, Goro comes back to his home town once again in an attempt to join up with his old friends. Only this time, things aren't as easy to get back in the groove of.

For years, Yuno has dreamed of attending Yamabuki Arts High School, but now that she's been accepted, it means the scary prospect of moving away from her home and family for the first time!

Shinichi Chiaki is a first class musician whose dream is to play among the elites in Europe. Coming from a distinguished family, he is an infamous perfectionist; not only is he highly critical of himself, but of others as well.

The Dixie Chicks won all five of their Grammy nominations at the 49th ceremony at Staples Center, taking Record, Song and Album of the Year for "Not Ready to Make Nice" and Taking the Long Way, four years after their Iraq-war controversy; Carrie Underwood won Best New Artist.

Studio Pierrot's Naruto: Shippuden begins airing, continuing the story of an older Naruto Uzumaki as he works to save his friend Sasuke Uchiha and confronts the shinobi organization Akatsuki.

MV Faust can carry up to 8,000 cars across her multiple decks, making her one of the largest roll-on/roll-off vehicle carriers ever built. Launched by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in 2007, she has weathered rogue waves and icy seas while ferrying vehicles for Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

The rebuilt Wembley Stadium hosted its first match, an England vs Italy Under-21s friendly, after the demolition and reconstruction of the original 1923 stadium. The new 90,000-seat stadium had been delayed by disputes with contractor Multiplex.

Meet the Robinsons is a 2007 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It reached US theaters on 30 March 2007.

Gainax's original mecha series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann begins airing, following underground-village boys Simon and Kamina after they unearth a mysterious mech and fight their way to the surface world.

Michishio Nagasumi's life couldn't be any more normal. In an odd twist of events, during his summer vacation he ends up almost drowning in the sea. Luckily, the cute mermaid Seto San appears to save him.

A specially configured TGV trainset, Project V150, reached 574.8 km/h on the LGV Est line near Le Chemin, France, the fastest a conventional wheeled train has ever run.

In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged.

Liebherr unveils the LTM 11200-9.1 mobile crane at bauma 2007 in Munich, boasting a 100-metre telescopic boom and a 1,200-tonne lift capacity, the longest telescopic boom of any crane.

A brief bonus scene tucked into Japan's 2007 tenth-anniversary Rurouni Kenshin DVD-BOX, animated by Studio Deen — which made the later episodes of the original 1996 TV series. Rather than expanding the story, it restages the manga's own ending beat as a short coda for the boxed-set release.

Kenny Chesney won a third straight Entertainer of the Year at the 42nd Academy of Country Music Awards on 15 May 2007 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where Carrie Underwood took three awards and Taylor Swift sang to Tim McGraw.

Shrek the Third is a 2007 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig and produced by DreamWorks Animation. Directed by Chris Miller and written by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, Miller, and producer Aron Warner, it is the sequel to Shrek 2 (2004) and the third installment in the Shrek film series.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End opened in US theaters on 25 May 2007 and was the highest-grossing film of 2007. Its US$300 million budget made it the most expensive film made to that point.

M.S.C continues The Prince of Tennis's National Tournament arc with the Semifinal OVAs, pitting Seigaku against the Kansai champion Shitenhouji Middle School.

Brad Bird's Ratatouille opened in US theaters on 29 June 2007, about a rat in Paris who dreams of becoming a chef. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Itoshiki Nozomu is always in despair! Even simple things like paying for the toll on the subway can send him to a despair so deep only attempted suicide is the answer.

The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film directed by David Silverman and based on the animated television series The Simpsons created by Matt Groening. The film stars Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, and other recurring actors reprising their roles from the series, with Albert Brooks joining for the film.

During the early 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country.

Death Note: Relight begins release, a two-part TV special condensing the Death Note TV series into re-edited compilation films narrated from the shinigami Ryuk's perspective, with new dialogue, music, and some previously unseen animation.

Volvo Trucks turned its Ghent, Belgium plant fully carbon-free in September 2007, powering assembly of the FH-series with onsite wind turbines, biomass, and bio-oil heating instead of fossil fuels.

Hal Film Maker releases ARIA The OVA ~ARIETTA~, a single-episode continuation of the ARIA anime in which Akari Mizunashi, newly a Prima Undine, doubts her own readiness and seeks out her mentor Alicia for advice.

Sword of the Stranger opens in Japanese theaters, an original samurai-era action film from Bones about a nameless ronin who takes on the job of protecting a young boy from Ming assassins.

The television anime Clannad begins airing, a Kyoto Animation adaptation of Key's visual novel about delinquent high schooler Tomoya Okazaki and the people he meets, including gentle upperclassman Nagisa Furukawa.

Production I.G's Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations begins release, an OVA continuing the Tsubasa Chronicle saga as Syaoran and his companions arrive in a war-torn Tokyo in search of Sakura's stolen memories.

Macross F: Close Encounter - Deculture Edition, an extended recut of Macross Frontier's first episode, releases in Japan.

Childhood friends Danny Harris and Marco DeGeorge, already the owners of T-shirt maker Bella+Canvas, start Alo - named for air, land and ocean - as a yoga apparel brand in Los Angeles.

Fairplayer's twin 900-tonne cranes combine for an 1,800-tonne tandem lift, among the largest of any heavy-lift ship afloat. Built by Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania, she entered service with Dutch heavy-lift specialist Jumbo Maritime in 2008.

Having finished high school, Gorou Honda sets his sights on becoming a professional baseball player.

More crazy antics abound as Nozomu Itoshiki, a.k.a Zetsubou-sensei, who is the world's most negative person, tries to teach class 2-H about how life is filled with despair and darkness.

The peddler Kraft Lawrence travels through the world selling all kinds of things. After visiting a village, he discovers a sleeping girl under the pelts in his cart. She has wolf ears and a tail.

At the 50th Grammys at Staples Center, Amy Winehouse won five awards including Record of the Year for "Rehab" while performing by satellite from London, and Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters upset her for Album of the Year, the first jazz album to win in 43 years.

Adif's Madrid–Barcelona high-speed line opened in full on 20 February 2008, cutting the 621km journey to about 2 hours 30 minutes and becoming the backbone of the AVE network that engineering crews are now upgrading for 350km/h running.

Baccano! Bangai-hen premieres, three DVD-exclusive episodes rounding out Brain's Base's adaptation of Ryohgo Narita's light novels with extra material for the 1930s Prohibition-era cast.

Visa priced its initial public offering of 406 million Class A shares at US$44 on 18 March 2008, and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 19 March under the symbol V, raising about US$17.9 billion in what was then the largest US IPO.

Still working to get his wish complete, Watanuki finds himself into more mess than he can handle when certain facts about his everyday life gets revealed and when he needs to learn the lesson of Yuuko the hard way.