Athrun was born in December City of the PLANTs on October 29, CE 55. In CE 61, Patrick Zala sends Athrun to attend a preparatory school in Copernicus City, located on the Moon. Here, he meets Kira Yamato and they become good friends. In CE 68, Patrick calls Athrun back from Copernicus City. Just before he leaves, Athrun builds a robotic pet bird, Birdy (Torii in the Japanese version), which he gives to Kira

There’s also a country difference too. What Americans call “intelligence” is basically what Japanese call “average”. If Ami is on top of her class in Japan, then she would be skipping ahead multiple grades in America. I would have to say Ami is the smarter one, though I think it’s close, because Lisa is very smart

This makes a pretty good 15-16″ laptop bag. It does have some pouches as well. My only complaint is that there is one on the front that could have been used for CDs and some larger things had it not been needlessly sewn right down the middle. The buttons that hold the cover closed are backwards. Presumably so it will open more easily if you pull on it. I can’t deduct points for things it wasn’t intended for. It’s a very nice bag over all.

Sun Television, the broadcasting station in Japan’s Hy?go Prefecture that is Japan’s first station to run The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime’s “renewed airing” in 2009, has aired the first new anime episode in almost three years on early Friday morning. The 2009 airing has been running its episodes in the story’s chonological order, and “Sasa no Ha Rhapsody” (“Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody”) is the next story chronologically in Nagaru Tanigawa and Noizi Ito‘s original science-fiction comedy light novels. However, this episode was not animated during the anime’s first airing in 2006.

Source: 2channel

Update: The Teletama station in Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, is now the second station to air the new episode.

Update 2: Yasuhiro Takemoto, the “Brigade Leader’s Assistant” of the 2009 broadcast’s main credits, directed and storyboarded this episode. Futoshi Nishiya, the 2009 run’s production chief director, supervised the animation production. Fumihiko Shimo (episode 8 and 13 of the 2006 run) wrote the episode.

Update 3: Haruhi voice actresses Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, and Yuko Goto sings the new ending theme song “Tomare!” as their characters Haruhi Suzumiya, Yuki Nagato, and Mikuru Asahina, respectively. The CD single will ship in Japan on August 26. Source: Natalie

Update 4: Both Bandai Entertainment and Kadokawa Pictures USA have declined to comment on the future status of Haruhi Suzumiya in North America.