Screening earlier on the evening of Saturday, May 9^th 2026.

This week JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.

For those of you who celebrate, a heartfelt May the 4^th be with you. and for the hard-core “Revenge of the Fifth” and “Return of the Sixth”.
In Japan they have four national holidays in rapid succession, from Wed, 29 Apr 2026 to Wed, 6 May 2026, leading the week to be known as Golden Week. So many congratulations to the people in Japan.

This week JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.

We welcome you to the merry month of May!
The regular JAFWA program from the beginning of the year has come to an end, apart from a couple of episodes. The last episode of “Oshi no Ko” season 3 will be screened this week, the other two next week.
So this month we will be starting a whole new slew of regular series, Five of these regular series will be starting this coming week, and your beloved JAFWA committee has only decided about 3 of them so far, the rest to be decided just before the JAFWA screening. So this week’s synopses may be a little sparse. Because the first episode of “Clevatess” was only screened two JAFWA sessions previously, we will go with episode #2 this week.

This week JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.

This week JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.

And even so, in this week’s JAFWA program we manage to have a preview item, involving the personifications of the Seasons.

This week JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.

This week JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.

This week JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.

This week JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.

As a Public Service Announcement from JAFWA we regretfully inform people with the news that the long-time fixture of Perth fandom – Tokyo Underground is being forced to close for the final time. Though Bronwyn has taken her store through many misfortunes and relocations, she has indicated that she will not be maintaining her stall at the Wanneroo Weekend Markets much longer due to health reasons. Before it is too late visit Tokyo Underground one last time, and help her empty the shop.

Anime is definitely going mainstream. Last year at the cinemas has been the “Demon Slayer” movie, followed by the “Chainsaw Man” movie, and then the “Jujitsu Kaisen” movie. This year there has been the “Zombieland Saga” movie, and a “Gundam” movie, and an unbelievably good “Scarlet”. Life is wonderful for anime fans.
What else will be showing up in cinemas? It sometimes seems that all the popular Japanese anime movies are coming.
Not to mention that Luna Leederville is putting anime films in their Monday Double Feature program and Thursday Tokyo Nights.

If you would like to showcase the anime that holds great meaning and value to you, please offer to sponsor a night of JAFWA and screen your favourites. If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like Lindsay, Elliot and Dale did previously, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally have done, you can nominate something to play during the Dinner Break (limited to 30 minutes max). You may have to help us source this material, so plan and inform us in advance please.

Tokyo Alley’s 10th anniversary!

On the weekend of 9-10 May 2026 Tokyo Alley will be having their 10^th Convention at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Center. Head on down before coming to JAFWA to see the stallholders and artists.

This year SwanCon celebrates its 50^th anniversary!

JAFWA and SwanCon go back quite far. Many early SwanCon attendees received their first dose of ‘proper’ anime through the late night screening rooms (nothing too dodgy, just pleasantly weird). When JAFWA became an incorporated body in late 1996/early 1997, the governing body of SwanCon (The Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation, or WASFF) allowed us to use their Constitutional Documents as a basis for our own.

In 1999, and again in 2006 JAFWA worked with SwanCon to raise funds and sponsor a Special Guest – Mangaka, Cosplayer, Musician and Toei Animation star Ippongi Bang. Without SwanCon’s support JAFWA would not have achieved something so special.

This year SwanCon is on from 29 May through the long weekend to 1 June, at The Pagoda Resort in Como. For those wanting to visit on the Saturday before the screening, JAFWA is a short distance away in South Perth.

Below is the draft program for the evening of Saturday May 9^th, 2026

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

4:15pm	Who Made Me A Princess?	Ep 1/16	TBC
4:40pm	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End season 2	Ep 9/10
5:05pm	Spy x Family season 3	Ep 12/13
5:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
6:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
6:30pm	Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring	Ep 1	(preview)
6:55pm	New regular series A	Ep 1/?	(TBA)
7:20pm	Oshi no Ko season 3	Ep 11/11	(final)
8:10pm	Late Break
8:20pm	Re: Zero season 4A	Ep 1/11	(v) (TBC)
8:45pm	Roll Over and Die	Ep 1/12	(v) (TBC)
9:10pm	Clevatess	Ep 2/12	(v) (TBC)

Doors Open before Screening:~4:00 PM

Program Finishes:~9:45 PM

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Dates of Interest

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

• From Thursday April 30^th 2026 — That time I was Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea anime movie will be screening at assorted cinemas.
  And it looks like they are having a repeat performance of That time I was Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond.
• May through September 2026 — JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – 4:15PM -> 9:45PM
• Weekend May 9-10^th 2026 — Local artists celebrate at Tokyo Alley 10th Anniversary at Perth Convention and Exhibition Center.
• From Thursday May 14^th 2026 — Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe at assorted cinemas.
• Friday May 29^th to Monday June 1^st 2026 — WA’s most venerable Sci-Fi convention Swancon 50 // Natcon 2026 hosted at The Pagoda in South Perth.
• Monday June 8^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Paprika” and “Tokyo Godfathers” $17.
• Weekend June 27^th and 28^th 2026 10AM->6PM — Supanova 2026 Perth at Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
• Saturday July 18^th 2026 ~2PM-3:30PM — JAFWA AGM before the normal screening. All signed up members to attend.
• Saturday July 18^th 2026 ~7PM — JAFWA annual elections during the regular screening Dinner Break. Consider nominating and practice your election pitch
• Monday July 27^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” $17.

Synopses

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Continued…

Screening on the evening of Saturday, April 25^th 2026.

Many people are rather interested to know that this is the end of the month of April, and there are two special occurrences that will be happening:

• Firstly, our monthly Survey to help the JAFWA committee determine the popularity of both the regular program and the preview episodes we show. This survey is particularly important as the results will help us decide what new regular shows start in May.
• Secondly, there shall be the Monthly Member’s Prize Draw. Is there anything in particular our dear JAFWAites would like to see in the prize pool, that is within our budget? We have a Suggestion box.

This week will be the last week we will be operating on Summer Hours, for starting next month JAFWA switches to Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.

As a Public Service Announcement from JAFWA we regretfully inform people with the news that the long-time fixture of Perth fandom – Tokyo Underground is being forced to close for the final time. Though Bronwyn has taken her store through many misfortunes and relocations, she has indicated that she will not be maintaining her stall at the Wanneroo Weekend Markets much longer due to health reasons. Before it is too late visit Tokyo Underground one last time, and help her empty the shop.

This week in the JAFWA program we find that three more of our regular titles have come to an end, though two of them have the next series/cour planned/in production.
And our preview item, ready for the survey, demonstrates how powerful spiritual power makes for a divine home life.

Anime is definitely going mainstream. Last year at the cinemas has been the “Demon Slayer” movie, followed by the “Chainsaw Man” movie, and then the “Jujutsu Kaisen” movie. This year there has been the “Zombieland Saga” movie, and a “Gundam” movie, and an unbelievably good “Scarlet”. The return of “Demon Slayer”! And many other less familiar titles, with more to come. Life is wonderful for anime fans.
What else will be showing up in cinemas? It sometimes seems that all the popular Japanese anime movies are coming.
Not to mention that Luna Leederville is putting anime films in their Monday Double Feature program and Thursday Tokyo Nights.

If you would like to showcase the anime that holds great meaning and value to you, please offer to sponsor a night of JAFWA and screen your favourites. If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like Lindsay, Elliot and Dale did previously, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally have done, you can nominate something to play during the Dinner Break (limited to 30 minutes max). You may have to help us source this material, so plan and inform us in advance please.

Tokyo Alley’s 10^th anniversary!

On the weekend of 9-10 May 2026 Tokyo Alley will be having their 10^th Convention at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Center. Head on down before coming to JAFWA to see the stallholders and artists.

This year SwanCon celebrates its 50^th anniversary!

JAFWA and SwanCon go back quite far. Many early SwanCon attendees received their first dose of ‘proper’ anime through the late night screening rooms (nothing too dodgy, just pleasantly weird). When JAFWA became an incorporated body in late 1996/early 1997, the governing body of SwanCon (The Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation, or WASFF) allowed us to use their Constitutional Documents as a basis for our own.

In 1999, and again in 2006 JAFWA worked with SwanCon to raise funds and sponsor a Special Guest – Mangaka, Cosplayer, Musician and Toei Animation star Ippongi Bang. Without SwanCon’s support JAFWA would not have achieved something so special.

This year Swancon 50 // Natcon 2026 is on from 29 May through the long weekend to 1 June, at The Pagoda Resort in Como. For those wanting to visit on the Saturday before the screening, JAFWA is a short distance away in South Perth.

Below is the draft program for the evening of Saturday April 25^th, 2026

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

5:15pm	Alma-chan wants a Family	Ep 11/11	(final)
5:40pm	Spy x Family season 3	Ep 11/13
6:05pm	Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods	Ep 1	(preview)
6:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
7:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm	May I Ask for One Final Thing?	Ep 12/13
7:55pm	May I Ask for One Final Thing?	Ep 13/13	(final)
8:20pm	Mashle season 2	Ep 12/12	(final)
8:45pm	Oshi no Ko season 3	Ep 10/11
9:10pm	Late Break
9:20pm	Jujutsu Kaisen season 3	Ep 12/?	(v)
9:45pm	Golden Kamuy final season Part A	Ep 12/13	(v)
10:10pm	Golden Kamuy final season Part A	Ep 13/13	(v) (final)

Doors Open before Screening:~5:00 PM

Program Finishes:~10:45 PM

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Dates of Interest

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

• From Thursday April 16^th 2026 — Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era at assorted cinemas.
• From Thursday April 23^rd 2026 — The Last Blossom at assorted cinemas.
• May through September 2026 — JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – 4:15PM -> 9:45PM
• Weekend May 9-10^th 2026 — Local artists celebrate at Tokyo Alley 10th Anniversary at Perth Convention and Exhibition Center.
• From Thursday May 14^th 2026 — Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe at assorted cinemas.
• Friday June 29^th to Monday June 1^st 2026 — WA’s most venerable Sci-Fi convention Swancon 50 // Natcon 2026 hosted at The Pagoda in South Perth.
• Monday June 8^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Paprika” and “Tokyo Godfathers” $17.
• Weekend June 27^th and 28^th 2026 10AM->6PM — Supanova 2026 Perth at Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
• Saturday July 18^th 2026 ~2PM-3:30PM — JAFWA AGM before normal screening. All signed up members to attend.
• Saturday July 18^th 2026 ~7PM — JAFWA annual elections during the regular screening Dinner Break. Consider nominating and practice your election pitch.
• Monday July 27^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” $17.

Synopses

Click ‘Continue’ below to see

Continued…

Screening on the evening of Saturday, April 11^th 2026.

As we March into April at JAFWA and we face Autumn with the news that a fixture of Perth fandom is having to retire for health reasons. Bronwyn has struggled to keep alive Tokyo Underground through many misfortunes, but has indicated that she will not be maintaining her stall at the Wanneroo Weekend Markets much longer. Before it is too late visit Tokyo Underground one last time, and help her empty the shop.
But dream on of Summer for a little while longer, as it is still a month before JAFWA switches to Winter Hours.

Our planned weekly preview item in the JAFWA program is currently under question. It hasn’t yet screened in Japan yet, but there is a suggestion that it will be a double-length episode which means it won’t fit in the JAFWA program this month, as we are trying to get everything ready for new series to start screening in May. We are really hoping to draw in the gentle witchcraft series preview item, but as of publication time we aren’t certain we will have it, so we may need to find an alternative show.

Anime is definitely going mainstream. Last year at the cinemas has been the “Demon Slayer” movie, followed by the “Chainsaw Man” movie, and then the “Jujitsu Kaisen” movie. This year there has been the “Zombieland Saga” movie, and a “Gundam” movie, and an unbelievably good “Scarlet”. Life is wonderful for anime fans.
What else will be showing up in cinemas? The return of “Demon Slayer”! And the scary concept “Umamusume Pretty Derby”.
Not to mention that Luna Leederville is putting anime films in their Monday Double Feature program and Thursday Tokyo Nights.

If you would like to showcase the anime that holds great meaning and value to you, please offer to sponsor a night of JAFWA and screen your favourites. If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like Lindsay, Elliot and Dale did previously, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally have done, you can nominate something to play during the Dinner Break (limited to 30 minutes max). You may have to help us source this material, so plan and inform us in advance please.

This year SwanCon celebrates its 50^th anniversary!

JAFWA and SwanCon go back quite far. Many early SwanCon attendees received their first dose of ‘proper’ anime through the late night screening rooms (nothing too dodgy, just pleasantly weird). When JAFWA became an incorporated body in late 1996/early 1997, the governing body of SwanCon (The Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation, or WASFF) allowed us to use their Constitutional Documents as a basis for our own.

In 1999, and again in 2006 JAFWA worked with SwanCon to raise funds and sponsor a Special Guest – Mangaka, Cosplayer, Musician and Toei Animation star Ippongi Bang. Without SwanCon’s support JAFWA would not have achieved something so special.

This year SwanCon is on from 29 May through the long weekend to 1 June, at The Pagoda Resort in Como. For those wanting to visit on the Saturday before the screening, JAFWA is a short distance away in South Perth.

Below is the draft program for the evening of Saturday April 11^th, 2026

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

5:15pm	Alma-chan wants a Family	Ep 10/11
5:40pm	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End season 2	Ep 6/?
6:05pm	Spy x Family season 3	Ep 9/13
6:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
7:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm	Trying for “Witch Hat Atelier”	Ep 1	(preview) TBC
7:55pm	May I Ask for One Final Thing?	Ep 10/13
8:20pm	Mashle season 2	Ep 11/12
8:45pm	Oshi no Ko season 3	Ep 8/11?
9:10pm	Late Break
9:20pm	Jujutsu Kaisen season 3	Ep 10/?	(v)
9:45pm	The Beginning After the End	Ep 11/12	(v)
10:10pm	Golden Kamuy final season	Ep 10/?	(v)

Doors Open before Screening:~5:00 PM

Program Finishes:~10:45 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:

• Thursday April 9^th 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Metropolis”.
• Thursday April 16^th 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Cowboy Bebop”.
• Saturday April 18^th 2026 9AM-12PM — Nexus Toy and Collectors Fair at 34 Kent St, East Victoria Park WA.
• From Thursday April 23^rd 2026 — The Last Blossom at assorted cinemas.
• May through September 2026 — JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – 4:15PM -> 9:45PM
• Weekend May 9-10^th 2026 — Local artists celebrate at Tokyo Alley 10th Anniversary at Perth Convention and Exhibition Center.
• From Thursday May 14^th 2026 — Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe at assorted cinemas.
• Friday June 29^th to Monday June 1^st 2026 — WA’s most venerable Sci-Fi convention Swancon 50 // Natcon 2026 hosted at The Pagoda in South Perth.
• Monday June 8^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Paprika” and “Tokyo Godfathers” $17.
• Weekend June 27^th and 28^th 2026 10AM->6PM — Supanova 2026 Perth at Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
• Monday July 27^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” $17.

Synopses

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Continued…

Event Afternoon before JAFWA Screening

JAFWA has the hall from about 1PM to 4:30PM, where it is make our own amusement time.

We hope to invite Special Guests the Perth Linux Users Group to show us how to liberate ourselves from the shackles of Microsoft Windows and embrace the elegance of Linux on our personal computers. So if you have an old laptop or PC that you wish to revive the O/S, bring it along on the afternoon of Saturday 28^th.

Other than PLUG, 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.

Screening on the evening of Saturday, March 28^th 2026, after the Event Afternoon.

We have Marched past the Equinox here at JAFWA and we know that Taiyo-san (our great and honourable Sun) is beginning to grant more time to Night. But dream on of Summer for a little while longer, as it is still more than a month before JAFWA switches to Winter Hours.

But people might be more interested to know that this is the end of the month of March, and there are two special occurrences that will be happening:
* Firstly, our monthly Survey to help the JAFWA committee determine the popularity of both the regular program and the preview episodes we show. Will “Beginning After the End” and “Oshi no Ko” continue to be the least popular regular series, and can anything topple “Freiren” from its majestic first place? After all we aren’t screening “JoJo” at the moment.
* Secondly, there shall be the Monthly Member’s Prize Draw. Last month there was considerable excitement over the prize chosen. What else would our dear JAFWAites like to see in the prize pool? We have a Suggestion box.

Our regular JAFWA program will include a preview episode just before the Dinner Break, so it can be included in the Survey. What happens when an obsessive fan finally meets her idol, outside his public persona?

Anime is definitely going mainstream. Last year at the cinemas has been the “Demon Slayer” movie, followed by the “Chainsaw Man” movie, and then the “Jujitsu Kaisen” movie. This year there has been the “Zombieland Saga” movie, and a “Gundam” movie, and an unbelievably good “Scarlet”. Life is wonderful for anime fans.
What else will be showing up in cinemas? The return of “Demon Slayer”! And the scary concept “Umamusume Pretty Derby”.
Not to mention that Luna Leederville is putting anime films in their Monday Double Feature program and Thursday Tokyo Nights.

If you would like to showcase the anime that holds great meaning and value to you, please offer to sponsor a night of JAFWA and screen your favourites. If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like Lindsay, Elliot and Dale did previously, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally have done, you can nominate something to play during the Dinner Break (limited to 30 minutes max). You may have to help us source this material, so plan and inform us in advance please.

This year SwanCon celebrates its 50^th anniversary!

JAFWA and SwanCon go back quite far. Many early SwanCon attendees received their first dose of ‘proper’ anime through the late night screening rooms (nothing too dodgy, just pleasantly weird). When JAFWA became an incorporated body in late 1996/early 1997, the governing body of SwanCon (The Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation, or WASFF) allowed us to use their Constitutional Documents as a basis for our own.

In 1999, and again in 2006 JAFWA worked with SwanCon to raise funds and sponsor a Special Guest – Mangaka, Cosplayer, Musician and Toei Animation star Ippongi Bang. Without SwanCon’s support JAFWA would not have achieved something so special.

This year SwanCon is on from 29 May through the long weekend to 1 June, at The Pagoda Resort in Como. For those wanting to visit on the Saturday before the screening, JAFWA is a short distance away in South Perth.

Below is the draft program for the evening of Saturday March 28^th, 2026, for after the Event Afternoon

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

5:15pm	Alma-chan wants a Family	Ep 9/11
5:40pm	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End season 2	Ep 5/?
6:05pm	Tamon’s B-side	Ep 1	(preview)
6:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
7:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm	Spy x Family season 3	Ep 8/13
7:55pm	May I Ask for One Final Thing?	Ep 9/13
8:20pm	Mashle season 2	Ep 10/12
8:45pm	Oshi no Ko season 3	Ep 7/11?
9:10pm	Late Break
9:20pm	Jujutsu Kaisen season 3	Ep 9/?	(v)
9:45pm	The Beginning After the End	Ep 10/12	(v)
10:10pm	Golden Kamuy final season	Ep 9/?	(v)

Doors Open before Screening:~5:00 PM

Program Finishes:~10:45 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:

• Thursday March 26^th 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Paprika”.
• Saturday March 28^th 2026 1PM-4:30 — JAFWA’s next Event Afternoon of make your own fun in the Hall before the JAFWA screening. The Perth Linux Users Group will be in attendance.
• Thursday April 2^nd 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Akira”.
• Easter Saturday April 4^th 2026 — JAFWA fundraising Bunnings sausage sizzle at Cannington. Volunteers welcome.
• Thursday April 9^th 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Metropolis”.
• Thursday April 16^th 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Cowboy Bebop”.
• Saturday April 18^th 2026 9AM-12PM — Nexus Toy and Collectors Fair at 34 Kent St, East Victoria Park WA.
• Weekend May 9-10^th 2026 — Local artists celebrate at Tokyo Alley 10th Anniversary at Perth Convention and Exhibition Center.
• Friday June 29^th to Monday June 1^st 2026 — WA’s most venerable Sci-Fi convention Swancon 50 // Natcon 2026 hosted at The Pagoda in South Perth.
• Monday June 8^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Paprika” and “Tokyo Godfathers” $17.
• Weekend June 27^th and 28^th 2026 10AM->6PM — Supanova 2026 Perth at Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
• Monday July 27^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” $17.

Synopses

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Continued…

As we continue to March into this year of wonderful anime at JAFWA, spare a thought for those who are suffering the trials and tribulations of the world and not getting enough anime in their lives. Give them a treat and bring some of them to JAFWA.

And a reminder that this Saturday is White Day, the day it is traditional to reciprocate the gift of chocolate received on Valentine’s Day with an equivalent amount of white chocolate (though rumours abound that the white thankyou gift can be something other than chocolate).

Once again we have our regular JAFWA program, and to give it extra spice we have managed to fit in a preview episode after the Dinner Break. This preview episode is set in the scary world of kindergarten and involves the world’s strongest psychic as she protects and is protected.

I do have to apologise. The wrong episode of “Milky Subway” was screened last session. We will show the correct mini-episode this week.

Anime is definitely going mainstream. Last year at the cinemas has been the “Demon Slayer” movie, followed by the “Chainsaw Man” movie, and then the “Jujitsu Kaisen” movie. This year there has been the “Zombieland Saga” movie, and a “Gundam” movie, and an unbelievably good “Scarlet”. Life is wonderful for anime fans.
What else will be showing up in cinemas?
Not to mention that Luna Leederville is putting anime films in their Monday Double Feature program and Thursday Tokyo Nights.

If you would like to showcase the anime that holds great meaning and value to you, please offer to sponsor a night of JAFWA and screen your favourites. If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like Lindsay, Elliot and Dale did previously, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally have done, you can nominate something to play during the Dinner Break (limited to 30 minutes max). You may have to help us source this material, so plan and inform us in advance please.

Below is the draft program for the evening of Saturday March 14^th, 2026.

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

5:15pm	Alma-chan wants a Family	Ep 7/11
5:40pm	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End season 2	Ep 3/?
6:05pm	Spy x Family s3	Ep 6/13
6:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
7:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm	Kaya-chan is not scary	Ep 1	(preview)
7:55pm	May I Ask for One Final Thing?	Ep 7/13
8:20pm	Mashle season 2	Ep 8/12
8:45pm	Oshi no Ko season 3	Ep 5/11?
9:10pm	Late Break
9:20pm	Jujutsu Kaisen season 3	Ep 7/?	(v)
9:45pm	The Beginning After the End	Ep 8/12	(v)
10:10pm	Golden Kamuy final season	Ep 7/?	(v)

Doors Open before Screening:~5:00 PM

Program Finishes:~10:45 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:

• Sunday March 8^th 2026 9:30AM-1PM — Collector’s Zone Toy & Hobby Fair at ECU Sport & Fitness Centre, Joondalup, 22/270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup WA 6027.
• Saturday March 14^th 2026 11AM-8PM — Perth Japan Festival 2026 at Langley Park, 103 Birdiya Dr, Perth. Remember to leave in time to get to JAFWA.
• Thursday March 19^th 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Angel’s Egg”.
• Thursday March 26^th 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Paprika”.
• Thursday April 2^nd 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Akira”.
• Easter Saturday April 4^th 2026 — JAFWA fundraising Bunnings sausage sizzle at Cannington. Volunteers welcome.
• Thursday April 9^th 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Metropolis”.
• Thursday April 16^th 2026 ~7PM — Tokyo Nights at Luna Cinemas Leederville Outdoor cinema – “Cowboy Bebop”.
• Saturday April 18^th 2026 9AM-12PM — Nexus Toy and Collectors Fair at 34 Kent St, East Victoria Park WA.
• Weekend May 9-10^th 2026 — Local artists celebrate at Tokyo Alley 10th Anniversary at Perth Convention and Exhibition Center.
• Friday May 29^th to Monday June 1^st 2026 — WA’s most venerable Sci-Fi convention Swancon 50 // Natcon 2026 hosted at The Pagoda in South Perth.
• Monday June 8^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Paprika” and “Tokyo Godfathers” $17.
• Weekend June 27^th and 28^th 2026 10AM->6PM — Supanova 2026 Perth at Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
• Monday July 27^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” $17.

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