Returning from Technical issues

Many apologies for last week, but for the second time in a decade technical issues interfered with us from presenting all of the night’s program. As such we will be making up for it this coming week.

Now that we have reached the end of the month it is time for a couple of regular events. Firstly there is the monthly survey, where we get feedback from you, our dear JAFWAites, on both the current program and the various preview episodes we have screened. What is your number one?
While we try and make JAFWA a pleasant experience for all, we should ask how can we make JAFWA better experience for you?

This week as well as our regular program, we will try to include a preview item, a slice of life about a high-school girl from a lonely island finding her voice.
Both Elliot and Greg have provided little 2 minute shows that you might be interested in.

If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like Lindsay and Elliot both did last year, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally did, 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 February 22^nd, 2025.

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

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 February 27^th 2025 — In assorted Events and Hoyts cinemas comes the theatrical release of the latest Gundam movie. Check if sessions are subbed or dubbed.
• Saturday March 1^st to Monday March 3^rd 2025, 0900-1600 — the return of the small but vibrant Anime in the Valley at the Swan Settlers market.
• Sunday March 2^nd 2025, 0930-1300 — the return of the small but vibrant Collector Zone Toy & Hobby Fair ECU Sport & Fitness Centre, Joondalup, 22/270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup WA 6027.
• Saturday March 15^th 2025, from 1100 — The delightful Perth Japan Festival 2025 will be at the Supreme Court Garden.
• Saturday March 29^th 2025, 1300-1630 — JAFWA’s next event afternoon. where we have the Hall before the JAFWA screening for make-your-own-fun events.
• Weekend April 5^rd and 6^th 2025, from 09:30 — On a JAFWA-free weekend you might be interested in Oz Comic-Con Perth 2025 in Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.
• Saturday April 12^th 025, 0900-1200 — Looking for Fannish stuff. Go to Nexus Toy and Collectors Fair 34 Kent St, East Victoria Park WA.
• Saturday May 3^rd 2025, 0800-1600 — JAFWA putting on a fund-raising sausage sizzle at Cannington Bunnings. Volunteers welcome.
• Weekend May 3^rd and 4^th 2025, 1000-1700 — Want something to do other than attend the sausage sizzle at Cannington Bunnings? Support local artists at Tokyo Alley 13: Mystery in Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.
• Weekend June 28^th and 29^th 2025, 1000-1800 — A big crowded fandom festival Supanova 2025- Perth in Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.
• Weekend August 30^th and 31^st 2025, 1100-1700 — Meet a few fellow fans at Evolve Pop Culture Expo 2025 at Cannington Exhibition Centre & Showgrounds. Remember to make time to come to JAFWA.
• Weekend September 13^th and 14^th 2025, 0900-1800 — Self-Described as WA’s biggest gaming and animation expo is Pixel Expo: IV at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Remember to make time to come to JAFWA.

Synopsis

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JAFWA returns in February

Welcome dear anime fans, both curious and otaku. It is February already and strangely enough the weather has been mostly clement (well, as pleasant as it can get for a Perth Summer) for the first two months of Summer, so here is hoping the 3^rd month of Summer completes the charm. Let the anime play freely!
How can we make JAFWA better for you?

This week, as well as our regular program, we include a preview item after the dinner break, a medical mystery thriller with a detective doctor.
Both Elliot and Greg have provided little 2 minute shows that you might be interested in.

If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like both Lindsay and Elliot did last year, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally did, 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 February 8^th, 2025.

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

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:

• from Thursday February 6^th 2025 — in assorted cinemas is compilation anime movie “Attack on Titan: The Last Attack” featuring the final Season of the TV anime. Check if your session is subbed or dubbed.
• Saturday March 1^st to Monday March 3^rd 2025, 0900-1600 — the return of the small but vibrant Anime in the Valley at the Swan Settlers market.
• Sunday March 2^nd 2025, 0930-1300 — the return of the small but vibrant Collector Zone Toy & Hobby Fair ECU Sport & Fitness Centre, Joondalup, 22/270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup WA 6027.
• Saturday March 15^th 2025, from 1100 — The delightful Perth Japan Festival 2025 will be at the Supreme Court Garden.
• Saturday April 12^th 025, 0900-1200 — Looking for Fannish stuff. Go to Nexus Toy and Collectors Fair 34 Kent St, East Victoria Park WA.

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End of Month Screening on the evening of Saturday, January 25^th 2025

We have reached the end of January already and JAFWA continues to heat up. Naturally that means it is time for JAFWA’s monthly survey during the Dinner Break, followed by the Member’s Prize draw.

Before the survey we will screen another preview episode, where two hapless employees seek to enter a marriage of convenience, to the disbelief of those around them. Both Elliot and Greg have provided little 2 minute shows that you might be interested in.

If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like both Lindsay and Elliot did last year, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally did, 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 January 25^th, 2025

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

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:

• from Thursday January 30^th 2025 — in assorted cinemas is the live action “Oshi no Ko -The Final Act”. Warning, will contains spoilers for those watching at JAFWA.
• from Thursday February 6^th 2025 — in assorted cinemas is compilation anime movie “Attack on Titan: The Last Attack” featuring the final Season of the TV anime. Check if your session is subbed or dubbed.
• Saturday March 1^st to Monday March 3^rd 2025, 0900-1600 — the return of the small but vibrant Anime in the Valley at the Swan Settlers market.
• Sunday March 2^nd 2025, 0930-1300 — the return of the small but vibrant Collector Zone Toy & Hobby Fair ECU Sport & Fitness Centre, Joondalup, 22/270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup WA 6027.
• Saturday March 15^th 2025, from 1100 — The delightful Perth Japan Festival 2025 will be at the Supreme Court Garden.
• Saturday April 12^th 025, 0900-1200 — Looking for Fannish stuff. Go to Nexus Toy and Collectors Fair 34 Kent St, East Victoria Park WA.

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Rejoice! We are back!

For JAFWA returns for our first screening of 2025, with a new program lineup (we managed to finish everything from 2024). Thus you should be feeling hot for this coming Saturday.

Due to scheduling issues, you won’t be getting the entire new line-up this week, you will have to wait for next week for the other 4 regular items. After the drought of the Summer Break, there may also be the risk of overwhelming our anime starved attendees. Due to the the results of the last survey, it seems we will be showing mostly sequel series.

If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like both Lindsay and Elliot did last year, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally did, 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 January 11^th, 2025

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

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:

• Saturday January 11^th 2025, 0900-1200 — Once more Nexus Toy & Collectors fair at 34 Kent St, East Victoria Park WA, then come to JAFWA in the evening.
• Saturday January 11^th 2025, normal Summer hours — JAFWA’s glorious return and we overlord it with an all new regular program!
• from Thursday January 30^th 2025 — in assorted cinemas is the live action “Oshi no Ko -The Final Act”. Warning, will contains spoilers for those watching at JAFWA.
• Saturday March 1^st to Monday March 3^rd 2025, 0900-1600 — the return of the small but vibrant Anime in the Valley at the Swan Settlers market.
• Sunday March 2^nd 2025, 0930-1300 — the return of the small but vibrant Collector Zone Toy & Hobby Fair ECU Sport & Fitness Centre, Joondalup, 22/270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup WA 6027.

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No JAFWA screening until Saturday 11^th January 2025!

The December Solstice has happened, and as the days prepare to get shorter (though not yet cooler) know well that it is the time of celebrations, festivities and holidays (and Holy Days for many religions). For instance, Christmas Eve in Japan is the number one date to go on a date with your prospective significant other, then the next day celebrate with Family eating KFC.

Whether we celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Pancha Ganapati, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice, HumanLight, Kwanzaa, Jediism, Festivus, Goatsmas, or something else — or even nothing at all — I personally think we should acknowledge that centuries ago on December 25^th a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. His achievements might justly be celebrated wherever his truths hold sway. We owe a YUGE debt to this devout but unorthodox Christian who was a bit of a jerk and into the occult but was also “one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution” (Wikipedia). In his honor, and to shake up the silly season, I humbly offer someone else’s sometimes arrhythmic version of “The Ten Days of Newton.” And I wish you all a very merry Newtonmas!

The Ten Days of Newtonmas
On the tenth day of Newtonmas,
One of our greatest natural philosophers gave to us,
Ten confessed sins,
Nine moons of Jupiter and Saturn moving according to the same law that makes an apple fall,
Eight volumes of mathematics,
Seven colors of light,
Six planets orbiting according to Kepler’s Laws,
Five lessons of life (#3 is mis-attributed*),
Four rules of reasoning,
Three laws of motion,
Two branches of calculus,
And a universal law of gravitation

I will have to revise the first hint for our new January 2025 program, as it turns out that the fourth season of “Overlord” is being pushed to the second week due to the fact that the first episode of “Re:Zero” 3^rd season turns out to be 90 minutes long. And with that, DanDaDan most of our late night program gets pushed to the second week (and the Late Break moved earlier). As does a couple of earlier in the evening episodes, as we can’t be certain of having in time for January 11^th, being as they will only be screened in Japan a day or two earlier.

If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like both Lindsay and Elliot did last year, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Sally did, 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.

The expected program

Below is the draft program for the evening of Saturday January 11^th, 2025.

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

Doors Open before Screening:~5:00 PM

Program Finishes:~10:45 PM

Comment on our FB page.

Dates of Interest

presuming an outbreak of the Pandemic progression does not cause this to cancel.

• December 21^st 2024 to January 11^th 2025 — JAFWA takes a break over Summer to recharge and enjoy the Holiday Season and Festivities.
• Saturday January 11^th 2025, 0900-1200 — Once more Nexus Toy & Collectors fair at 34 Kent St, East Victoria Park WA, then come to JAFWA in the evening.
• Saturday January 11^th 2025, normal Summer hours — JAFWA’s glorious return with all new regular program!
• from Thursday January 30^th 2025 — in assorted cinemas is the live action “Oshi no Ko -The Final Act”. Warning, will contains spoilers for those watching at JAFWA.
• Saturday March 1^st to Monday March 3^rd 2025, 0900-1600 — the return of the small but vibrant Anime in the Valley at the Swan Settlers market.
• Sunday March 2^nd 2025, 0930-1300 — the return of the small but vibrant Collector Zone Toy & Hobby Fair ECU Sport & Fitness Centre, Joondalup, 22/270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup WA 6027.