Screening on the evening of Saturday, September 23^rd 2023

It is that dread time of year again, when daylight increases to match the length of the delightful darkness of night. The Spring Equinox is upon us, as our old enemy the Sun gains ascendancy! All praise the Librarian Kris and his Sun Disactivator for granting us legions of otaku better viewing of anime.

With “Demon Slayer” now out of the way, we have room in the program to resume screening “Jujutsu Kaisen” and “In/Spectre”.
And we also have room for a preview episode, one that reveals what goes on within Church.

Be aware that as a favour to JAFWA members, long time member Dale is doing a bulk order (in order to reduce shipping costs) of Japanese Calendars for 2024. His cutoff for taking (pre-)orders is definitely before September 30^th. While must people order anime themed calendars, he can order just about any calendar listed under here.

We are trying to fill the program for the final screening of 2023 in December. What do you want to see?

Expected program for the evening of Saturday September 23^rd, 2023.

All items in the original Japanese language with English subtitles. With assistance from a grant from and

Doors Open before Screening:~4:00 PM

Program Finishes:~9:45 PM

Comment on our FB page.

Dates of Interest

Barring a resurgence of COVID-19 pestilence, these fannish events of interest are scheduled to happen:

• Saturday October 7^th 2024 — JAFWA doing a Bunnings Sausage Sizzle down at Cannington.
• October 16^th to 22^nd 2023 — Japanese Film Festival will be screening in Perth.
• Weekend November 3^rd to 5^th 2023 — Kai-Con 2023.
• Saturday December 9^th 2023 — JAFWA’s final screening for 2023 before we take a holiday. This will be a normal length screening with an irregular program. We request that you, the audience, suggest anime items for inclusion in that night’s program.
• Saturday January 13^th 2024 — JAFWA’s screening resume in 2024.

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Screening on the evening of Saturday, September 9^th 2023

Spring has sprung upon us as we at JAFWA enter the month of September.
Hoping that the Evolve pop culture festival at the Cannington Showgrounds, behind Bunnings managed to succour some people’s fannish desires last weekend.
And, believe it or not, I think that “The First Slam Dunk” anime movie can still be found in cinemas, with English subtitles for those who don’t understand the Japanese language.

Since they can’t keep animating episodes of “Golden Kamuy” fast enough, this week we start a new regular series in its place (which placed highly in the monthly surveys). We will be previewing an episode from the anime adaption of a manga series I am reading and thinking is very slow and perplexing, yet I keep searching for the next volume feeling that something brilliant is about to unfold.
You may also notice that we have re-arranged the program slightly – our retro series “City Hunter” from before far too many things we take for granted these days, and which was a fan favourite thirty years ago has not aged well, in that the protagonist engaged in behaviour that is intolerable these days, rather than merely unacceptable as in the late 80s.

We are trying to fill the program for the final screening of 2023 in December, What do you want to see?

Looking for volunteers to help with some extra-curricular activities for JAFWA. First, in October there is a fund-raising sausage sizzle at Bunnings Cannington. Then JAFWA is doing the anime screening at Kai-Con 2023.

Expected program for the evening of Saturday September 9^th, 2023.

All items in the original Japanese language with English subtitles. With assistance from a grant from and

Doors Open before Screening:~4:00 PM

Program Finishes:~9:45 PM

Comment on our FB page.

Dates of Interest

Barring a resurgence of COVID-19 pestilence, these fannish events of interest are scheduled to happen:

• from Thursday August 24^th 2023 — various Perth Cinemas screening “The First Slam Dunk” anime movie.
• August 14^th to September 17^th 2023 — South West Japan Festival 2023 at various locations in Bunbury.
• Saturday October 7^th 2024 — JAFWA doing a Bunnings Sausage Sizzle down at Cannington.
• October 16^th to 22^nd 2023 — Japanese Film Festival will be screening in Perth.
• Weekend November 3^rd to 5^th 2023 — Kai-Con 2023.
• Saturday December 9^th 2023 — JAFWA’s final screening for 2023 before we take a holiday. This will be a normal length screening with an irregular program. We request that you, the audience, suggest anime items for inclusion in that night’s program.
• Saturday January 13^th 2024 — JAFWA’s screening resume in 2024.

Synopsis

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Event Afternoon before JAFWA Screening

JAFWA has the hall from about 1PM to 3:30PM, where it is make our own amusement time.

Does anyone want hall space for nerf gun battles? Bring your own ping-pong? Table top games? Does anybody have their own game machine and games they want their fellow JAFWAites to play? JAFWA will bring out the projector and screen. I am not certain we have access to the outdoor area, but we will try to keep you off the street.
In the past people have brought along video games and the hardware to play them, and sewing machines for cosplay creating. What do you want to do? Just so long as it fun, legal, ethical, and we don’t scuff the floor of the Hall.

Sally has advised that she is going to try cooking hamburgers. Willing (or not) volunteers required for taste testing.

August greetings for those of you coming to see us on the last week of August.
And I think we all know what that means – this week we have our Monthly Survey, where our dear JAFWAites can express their opinion on the various programs previewed and other suggested possibilities, utilising a scalar grading system.
And later, we have the monthly Member’s Prize Draw.

While “City Hunter” does feature a charcater with excessive libido and no shame from before the #MeToo generation, it does appear that it was only the first episode that contained excessive inappropriate material.
This week’s episode of “Golden Kamuy” will be the last one shown, until the next series is animated. For those of use who have read ahead with the managa in the JAFWA library, we do so want the battle of Sapporo Beer factory to be animated.

This week will also preview an episode of anime from Japan from a few years back – a slice of life with outdoors camping.

We are trying to fill the program for the final screening of 2023 in December, What do you want to see?

Looking for volunteers to help with some extra-curricular activities for JAFWA. First, in October there is a fund-raising sausage sizzle at Bunnings Cannington. Then JAFWA is doing the anime screening at Kai-Con 2023.

Be aware that an anime movie has started screening at select Perth cinemas. “The First Slam Dunk” movie brings all the anime excitement of High-School basketball.

Expected program for the evening of Saturday August 26^th, 2023.

All items in the original Japanese language with English subtitles. With assistance from a grant from and

Doors Open before Screening:~4:00 PM

Program Finishes:~9:45 PM

Comment on our FB page.

Dates of Interest

Barring a resurgence of COVID-19 pestilence, these fannish events of interest are scheduled to happen:

• from Thursday August 24^th 2023 — various Perth Cinemas screening “The First Slam Dunk” anime movie.
• Saturday August 26^th 2023 — JAFWA’s next Event Afternoon of make-your-own fun in the afternoon before the JAFWA screening. Sally is thinking of cooking hamburgers.
• August 14^th to September 17^th 2023 — South West Japan Festival 2023 at various locations in Bunbury.
• Weekend September 2^nd and 3^rd 2023 — Evolve pop culture festival in Cannington, behind Bunnings.
• Saturday October 7^th 2024 — JAFWA doing a Bunnings Sausage Sizzle down at Cannington.
• October 16^th to 22^nd 2023 — Japanese Film Festival will be screening in Perth.
• Weekend November 3^rd to 5^th 2023 — Kai-Con 2023.
• Saturday December 9^th 2023 — JAFWA’s final screening for 2023 before we take a holiday. This will be a normal length screening with an irregular program. We request that you, the audience, suggest anime items for inclusion in that night’s program.
• Saturday January 13^th 2024 — JAFWA’s screening resume in 2024.

Synopsis

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Screening on the evening of Saturday, August 12^th 2023

August is upon us! Hopefully you remembered to observe the anniversary of the nuclear bombings and Hiroshima and Nagasaki with due solemnity. Lest we forget.

This week two new regular series begin. One of them is a continuation of “Jujutsu Kaisen”, whose first season we finished screening in July. The other is a retro series, noticeably older than “Tenchi Muyo”, to help illustrate how anime has changed over the years – in “City Hunter” we see a non-politically-correct anime from before the era of mobile phones, home computers, and the internet we recognise today.
And just to pile on the goodness, we preview an episode from the anime adaption of a manga series I am enjoying – the zombie apocalypse is not suppose to be so relaxing and fun.

There is currently a Winter Sale at CrunchyRoll (formerly Madman), until Aug 20. Order through JAFWA to benefit from out bulk ordering to get free postage.

A reminder of our current concern – what do we call our new computer? Traditionally the JAFWA computer, with its small form factor is known as “chibi“, though for official purposes that only addressed JAFWA’s first dedicated computer. The one that broke down in July 2023 since being in service from 2016, was officially “Shin-chibi“. So what do we call this even smaller form factor computer? Lindsay has suggested “micro-chibi“, while I am partial to “chibi-chibi“. Please provide worthwhile suggestion for the official name (“Chibi McChibi Chibiface”, and variants thereof, is only worth getting hurt).

Expected program for the evening of Saturday August 12^th, 2023.

All items in the original Japanese language with English subtitles. With assistance from a grant from and

Doors Open before Screening:~4:00 PM

Program Finishes:~9:45 PM

Comment on our FB page.

Dates of Interest

Barring a resurgence of COVID-19 pestilence, these fannish events of interest are scheduled to happen:

• Saturday August 26^th 2023 — JAFWA’s next Event Afternoon of make-your-own fun in the afternoon before the JAFWA screening.
• August 14^th to September 17^th 2023 — South West Japan Festival 2023 at various locations in Bunbury.
• October 16^th to 22^nd 2023 — Japanese Film Festival will be screening in Perth.
• Weekend November 3^rd to 5^th 2023 — Kai-Con 2023.

Synopsis

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Screening on the evening of Saturday, July 29^th 2023

As July comes to an end, this week we have our Monthly Survey, where our dear JAFWAites can express their opinion on the various programs previewed and other suggested possibilities, utilising a scalar grading system.
And later, we have the monthly Member’s Prize Draw.

Before the survey during the Dinner Break, we have 3 items in the program:

1. As per usual, we can’t be entirely certain we will have the next episode of “The Devil is a Part-timer” ready for this week, as it will only be expected to screen on Japanese TV this coming Thursday.
2. This will be the last episode of “Dr Stone” for a while, as the rest of season 3 isn’t expected until October.
3. We will have a preview episode before the Dinner Break, displacing “Ningen Fushin” this week. A domestic drama involving a cat.

And we continue on with the other wonderful anime we have in our program. Including the beginning the regular screening of the second season of the TV series “the Ancient Magus Bride”, The final episodes of the first season of “Jujutsu Kaisen”, and the return of “In/Spectre” that took a break for a preview item last week.

A reminder of our current issue – what do we call our new computer? Traditionally the JAFWA computer, with its small form factor is known as “chibi“, though for official purposes that only addressed JAFWA’s first dedicated computer. The one that broke down in July 2023 since being in service from 2016, was officially “Shin-chibi“. So what do we call this even smaller form factor computer? Lindsay has suggested “micro-chibi“, while I am partial to “chibi-chibi“. Please provide worthwhile suggestion for the official name (“Chibi McChibi Chibiface”, and variants thereof, is only worth getting hurt).

Expected program for the evening of Saturday July 29^th, 2023.

All items in the original Japanese language with English subtitles. With assistance from a grant from and

Doors Open before Screening:~4:00 PM

Program Finishes:~9:45 PM

Comment on our FB page.

Dates of Interest

Barring a resurgence of COVID-19 pestilence, these fannish events of interest are scheduled to happen:

• Weekend July 29^th & 30^th 2023 — Fuyu Anime Market.
• Weekend August 5^th & 6^th 2023 — Pixel Expo 2023 at Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
• Saturday August 26^th 2023 — JAFWA’s next Event Afternoon of make-your-own fun in the afternoon before the JAFWA screening.
• August 14^th to September 17^th 2023 — South West Japan Festival 2023 at various locations in Bunbury.
• Weekend November 3^rd to 5^th 2023 — Kai-Con 2023.

Synopsis

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Continued…