Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

An established Tianyi Square stop for Ningbo tangyuan, seaweed rice buns and soup-filled pork buns.

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter - Sanctuary premieres, a Toei Animation OVA adapting Masami Kurumada's manga as Hades' resurrected Gold Saints move against Athena and the surviving Bronze Saints.

Treasure Planet is a 2002 American animated science fiction adventure film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and written by Musker, Clements and Rob Edwards. It reached US theaters on 27 November 2002.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Two Towers, the second volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2001's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the film is the second instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Income-restricted townhome-style apartments with a community room, playground and walking path. Property information reviewed October 10, 2026. Published rents: 2 bedroom — operator-listed $1,236, 3 bedroom — operator-listed $1,434.

A two-episode recap special that revisits the Hades Sanctuary story from the vantage of the revived Gold Saints, trimming the Bronze Saints' scenes to focus on Shura, Camus and Saga as Athena's strongest defenders confront Hades' resurrected army. Animated by Toei Animation as part of the long-running Saint Seiya OVA cycle, it repackages existing Sanctuary-arc footage into a condensed retelling rather than new story content.

In some distant future, it's common knowledge that all wolves have been extinct for 200 years. However, it seems this is false as wolves have not disappeared but rather have taken human form.

Nippon Animation begins releasing Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island, an OVA following Gon Freecss and Killua Zoldyck as they enter a deadly, rare trading-card game in search of clues to Gon's missing father.

Norah Jones, 23, won five Grammys at the 45th ceremony at Madison Square Garden, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist, and Simon and Garfunkel reunited to open the show.

The DVD-exclusive special Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Boxer’s Fist premieres, a Madhouse-animated side story revealing how brash heavyweight Takamura first took up boxing.

Sora, a young girl from Japan, comes to America in search of her dream. She wants, with all her heart, to be a member of the Kaleido Stage, a world famous circus, with a combination of musicals, acrobatics and magical effects.

The one-off special Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road finds newly crowned featherweight champion Ippo Makunouchi defending his title against Kazuki Sanada, a former junior featherweight champ turned medical student.

The 38th Academy of Country Music Awards, on 21 May 2003 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, were the first held outside the Los Angeles area; Toby Keith was Entertainer of the Year and Reba McEntire hosted on CBS.

Pixar's Finding Nemo opened in US theaters on 30 May 2003, following an overprotective clownfish and a forgetful blue tang across the ocean to find his son. Andrew Stanton directed the film, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France, the 68,870-ton Crystal Serenity was christened by Julie Andrews on 3 July 2003 and entered commercial service four days later.

The theme-park-inspired Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, opened in US theaters on 9 July 2003. It grossed US$654 million worldwide and started a five-film franchise.

Europe had its hottest summer since at least 1540, with night temperatures staying above 30C and eight consecutive days over 40C in Auxerre. The death toll has been estimated at more than 70,000.

Madhouse's Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Mashiba vs Kimura premieres, an OVA following boxer Ippo Makunouchi's stablemate Kimura as he finally gets his shot at reigning Junior Lightweight champion Mashiba.

The European Marine Energy Centre completed its Billia Croo wave energy test site off Orkney, becoming the world’s first grid-connected facility for testing wave and tidal energy converters at sea.

Bones' Fullmetal Alchemist begins broadcast, following brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, alchemists searching for the Philosopher's Stone to restore the bodies they lost attempting to resurrect their mother.

Shenzhou 5 launched from Jiuquan on 15 October 2003 with Yang Liwei aboard, making China the third country to put a person in space independently.

Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy adventure comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It reached US theaters on 1 November 2003.

Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers opens in Japanese theaters, a Christmas Eve dramedy following three homeless Tokyo residents who discover an abandoned baby and set out to find her parents.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay he wrote with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It is based on 1955's The Return of the King, the third volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2002's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the film is the final instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Sushi and contemporary Japanese cooking in the original Uchi dining room.

Income-restricted one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, with LIHTC and HOME program requirements. Property information reviewed October 10, 2026. Published rents: 1 bedroom — operator-listed $1,168–$1,415, 2 bedroom — operator-listed $1,401–$1,697, 3 bedroom — operator-listed $1,624–$1,966.

In a futuristic world where the internet and cybernetics has blurred the borders between societies; the members of Public Security Section 9 are reinstated to assist in solving numerous cases of cyber crime.

Studio Pierrot airs Hikaru no Go: Hokuto Hai e no Michi, a one-episode television special following Hikaru Shindo through the preliminary rounds to select Japan's team for the Hokuto Cup junior tournament.

At Lillian Girls’ Academy, a renowned all-girls Catholic school, pairs of girls become soeurs, or “sisters”, in order to support and guide each other during their time at school.

Bones releases the direct-to-video Wolf's Rain OVA, a four-episode epilogue completing the wolves' search for the paradise Rakuen after the TV series' broadcast was cut short.

At the 46th Grammy Awards on 8 February 2004 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Beyoncé won five awards, OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below took Album of the Year and Evanescence won Best New Artist.

The direct-to-video Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island Final continues the Greed Island story arc, with Gon Freecss and Killua Zoldyck sharpening their Nen abilities under Biscuit Krueger's guidance as the deadly video-game world's Player Killers close in.

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.

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.'

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.

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.