No Screening in April 2020

President Drew’s Announcement on the hiatus of JAFWA

please read it here.

No Screening on this week or for the forseeable future.

JAFWA is still on Hiatus until the current pestilence passes.
Never fear, JAFWA shall return with the panacea of anime goodness, when good order is restored. When the situation allows for JAFWA to resume, our expected screening can be seen here.

And so long as Madman keeps operating, we will keep ordering stuff for you from their online catalogue with our club discount. Just e-mail us your orders, and we will respond with how to direct transfer the deposits and options for delivery.

Artists are bringing back Amabie, a ‘youkai’ associated with protection from disease.

This Amabie drawing by Matthew Meyer doubles as a printable coloring page. Matthew Meyer

In the weeks to come we will be implementing various challenges and FaceBook polls, so keep tuned. Do you have any suggestions what to Poll?

Does anyone have a haiku to express the current situation? If so, please share it on FaceBook with us, or email it to JAFWA Members here.

Haiku is a short form of Japanese poetry in three phrases, typically characterised by three qualities:

• The essence of haiku is “cutting” (kiru). This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a kireji (“cutting word”) between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related.
• Traditional haiku often consist of 17 on (also known as morae though often loosely translated as “syllables”), in three phrases of 5, 7, and 5 on, respectively.
• A kigo (seasonal reference), usually drawn from a saijiki, an extensive but defined list of such terms.

eg What anime theme song would you use as your own hand-washing lyrics at WashYourLyrics.com. Please tell us.

With all the Travel bans, all is not lost if you need to reach out to Japan. We suggest you visit our current favourite local shop (jump-start the economy):

BittaLime (Japanese kimono, antique, vintage fabric and collectables):
https://www.bittalime-kimono-perth.com/
FB: BittaLime
Etsy: BittaLimeKimono
SC: BittaLime_Kimono

The latest Japanese Spring 2020 season of anime is underway in Japan. Do any of these or these titles look like they are worth previewing at JAFWA when we return?

Comment on our FB page.

Dates of Interest

presuming the Pandemic progression does not cause them to cancel, as it did for Swancon.

• Cancelled! Saturday April 18^th 2020 10:00AM->17:00 — RahCon 2020 Pop Culture Convention Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, with the theme “SuperHeroes”.
• Cancelled! Saturday May 2^nd 2020 — JAFWA has a Bunning BBQ fundraiser down at Cannington Bunnings.
• June 26^th to 28^th 2020 10:00AM->17:00 — SupaNova 2020 – Perth Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre – 21 Mounts Bay Road, Perth, Western Australia 6000.
• weekend September 12^th and 13^th 2020 — South West Festival of Japan Bunbury.