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

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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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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.

Synopses

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Continued…

The month of February has raced past us – obviously JAFWA is showing too much good anime. But I am in favour of the good anime continuing to be screened.

Being the end of the month, there are two traditional events happening at the JAFWA screening:

• During the Dinner Break we will attempt to gauge the audience appreciation of both the regular program and the recent preview items we have chosen to show. When filling in the monthly survey rate the anime you love in an honest and scalar fashion!
• We have the Monthly Member’s Prize Draw for signed up members who have attended this month of February. Every week of attendance this month gets you another entry in the draw.

This week we have our regular JAFWA program, with a preview episode before the Dinner Break so that it can be included in the Monthly Survey. This preview episode is set in strange world where an invisible detective appreciates being seen by his blind receptionist.

Anime is 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. More recently the “Zombieland Saga” movie is appearing in cinemas, and a “Gundam” movie. Life is wonderful for anime fans.
Now in February is the long awaited Scarlet, with more to come.
Not to mention that Luna Leederville is putting anime films in their Monday Double Feature program.

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 both Lindsay and Elliot did previously, 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 28^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 6/11
5:40pm	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End season 2	Ep 2/?
6:05pm	The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife	Ep 1	(preview)
6:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
7:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm	py x Family season 3	Ep 5/13
7:55pm	May I Ask for One Final Thing?	Ep 6/13
8:20pm	Mashle season 2	Ep 7/12
8:45pm	Oshi no Ko season 3	Ep 4/11?
9:10pm	Late Break
9:20pm	Jujutsu Kaisen season 3	Ep 6/?	(v)
9:45pm	The Beginning After the End	Ep 7/12	(v)
10:10pm	Golden Kamuy final season	Ep 6/?	(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:

• From Thursday February 5^th 2026 — Mamoru Hosoda’s latest masterpiece film Scarlet.
• From Thursday February 19^th 2026 — Based off a series that didn’t get shown at JAFWA – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon wants to be loved, in assorted cinemas.
• Monday March 2^nd 2026 ~1:30PM — Epic Cosplay Showdown – March Edition at Swan Settlers Market, as part of Anime in the Valley – Long Weekend Edition!.
• 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 3^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.
• 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…

Welcome to February, and not just any February day. For we screen on Valentine’s Day with all its romantic connotations. One of our JAFWA members has requested to sponsor the night. More on that later.

Since I (the JAFWA MC) enjoy dark chocolate, I would like to concentrate on the Japanese adaption of Valentine’s Day traditions. In Japan, Morozoff Ltd. introduced the holiday for the first time in 1936, when it ran an advertisement aimed at foreigners. Later, in 1953, it began promoting the giving of heart-shaped chocolates; other Japanese confectionery companies followed suit thereafter. In 1958, the Isetan department store ran a “Valentine sale”. Further campaigns during the 1960s popularised the custom. The custom that only women give chocolates to men may have originated from the translation error of a chocolate-company executive during the initial campaigns.
Many women feel obliged to give chocolates to all male co-workers. This is known as giri-choko, from giri (‘obligation’) and choko, (‘chocolate’), with unpopular co-workers receiving only “ultra-obligatory” (chou-giri choko) cheap chocolate. This contrasts with honmei-choko (lit. “true feeling chocolate”), chocolate given to a loved one. Friends, especially girls, may exchange chocolate referred to as tomo-choko (from ‘tomo‘ meaning “friend”).

Now that the important chocolate part is out of they way, our sponsor for the night was hoping to put on a Studio Ghibli themed romance night. However he apologises because suddenly SBS World Movies were showing Studio Ghibli movies and the sponsor wanted to show something nobody had seen for a while. Then there was the Mamoru Hosoda retrospective at the cinemas that showed the sponsor’s back up movie ideas. So the night’s sponsor has gone with a backup set of shows. (only after the program had been locked in was it realised that SBS World Movies hadn’t shown the Studio Ghibli movies the sponsor had originally contemplated).

• First up is a movie from 1999 based off of the TV anime that had about 400 TV episodes starting in 1996, based off of a manga series than ran for 200+ volumes. It follows the misadventures and buffoonery of a middle-aged cop based out of a neighbourhood police station.
• After the dinner break is the 1979 movie that started Hayao Miyazaki on the path to being recognised as a legendary animator and director. The first, and more than a few believe the best, of the Lupin III theatrical movies.
• After the Late Break will travel back to 1987 for the first TV episode of a story that follows a wishy-washy teenage esper and the love triangle he gets involved in.
• The final item of the night is from the same author as “Natsume’s Book of Friends” and features how a relationship changes over years and non-contact.

Anime is 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. Recently the “Zombieland Saga” movie is appearing in cinemas, and a “Gundam” movie. Life is wonderful for anime fans.
Now in February is the long awaited Scarlet, with more to come.
Not to mention that Luna Leederville is putting anime films in their Monday Double Feature program.

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 both Lindsay and Elliot did previously, 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 14^th, 2026.

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

5:15pm	Kochi-Kame	movie 1	(retro)
6:50pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
7:25pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
7:40pm	Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro	movie 1	(retro)
9:00pm	Late Break
9:10pm	Kimagure Orange Road	Ep 1/48	(retro)
9:30pm	Hotarubi no Mori e	movie	(retro)

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 5^th 2026 — Mamoru Hosoda’s latest masterpiece film Scarlet.
• Monday February 9^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “The Boy and the Heron” and “Whisper of the Heart” $17.
• From Thursday February 19^th 2026 — Based off a series that didn’t get shown at JAFWA – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon wants to be loved, in assorted cinemas.
• 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 3^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“.
• Weekend May 9-10^th 2026 — Local artists celebrate at Tokyo Alley 10th Anniversary at Perth Convention and Exhibition Center.
• Monday June 8^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Paprika” and “Tokyo Godfathers” $17.
• Monday June 8^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…