Screening on Saturday 11^th February, 2016

Screening

Below is the program for the evening of February 11^th, 2017.

Tonight’s episode of “Bubblegum Crisis” won’t upset the Dinner Break. Hooray!
Also we have a couple of preview episodes that you might appreciate.

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All items in the original Japanese language with English subtitles.

5:10pm	Akagami ga Shirayuki-hime	Ep 12/14	(v)
5:35pm	Working!!! season 3	Ep 11/14
6:00pm	Sweetness and Lightning	Ep 4/12
6:25pm	Flying Witch Petit	Ep 6
6:30pm	dinner break
7:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm	Bubblegum Crisis	Ep 2/8	(retro)
8:00pm	Ore Monogatari	Ep 12/24
8:25pm	Demi-chan wa Kataritai	Ep 1	(preview)
8:50pm	Yamada-kun & 7 Witches	Ep 4/12
9:15pm	Late Break
9:25pm	Youjo Senki	Ep 1	(v) (preview)
9:50pm	Re: Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu	Ep 11/25	(v)
10:15pm	Jojo: Stardust Crusaders	Ep 22/26	(v)

Doors Open Screening:~4:55 PM

Program Finishes:~10:50 PM

Dates of Interest

• Thursday February 9^th 2017 — Hoyts Carousel, see Your Name movie.
• Saturday February 19^th 2017 — Paper Crane origami class at Tokyo Underground.
  
• Sunday February 19^th 2017 — Collectors Zone! Toy and Hobby Fair in Joondalup, from 9:30AM.
• Saturday February 25^th 2017 — Jafwa Event afternoon. One Hall for make your own fu!.
• March 4^th & 5^th 2017 — Madman anime Festival.
• Sunday March 19^th 2017 — 1PM to 5PM Piney Lakes Park, Murdoch Drive, Winthrop. City of Melville and Japanese community Picnic and Fun Day to fold 1000 paper cranes for Brain Cancer. See also https://www.facebook.com/events/843922099083438/.
• March 25^th & 26^th 2017 — Oz Comic-con.
• April 12^th to 17^th 2017 — SwanCon 42.

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Synopsis

Akagami no Shirayukihime – (Shirayuki (“Snow white”) princess of the red hair)

Shirayuki is a young pharmacist from the kingdom of Tanbarun who is cheerful, spirited and dedicated to her job. She also has brilliant red hair, which is very rare. When the first prince of Tanbarun decides to claim her unique beauty for himself, Shirayuki flees to the neighbouring kingdom of Clarines to start her life over. There may be eccentric nobility here as well, but there are also friends, and at least she can do her job.

This evening’s Episode: “Goodbye of the Beginning”

The castle is open for a festival and Zen disguises himself as a guard to enjoy it with Shirayuki and the others. However, an actress is forced to quit a play due to an injury and Shirayuki is chosen to replace her, unaware of the troupe leader’s second intentions.

Working!!! season 3

The little restaurant of Wagnaria has a very eccentric staff that, against all odds, keep the place running and the customers coming back. Amidst the scheming assistant chef, the blasé boss, the katana wielding head waitress, the androphobe and the freeloader is Takanashi Souta, a high school student lured into working here by his obsession with anything small and cute … like waitress Taneshima Popura.

This evening’s Episode: “The Love and Reminiscencse of Something”

Jun finally works up the courage to confess to Yachiyo, but it doesn’t go well and Yachiyo goes into hiding. Afterwards he finds her, Kyoko seems to want to stop Yachiyo making parfaits for her, saying she shouldn’t be tied down to her, but Jun accepts that Kyoko is a key part of the girl he fell in love with. With Kyoko lifting the ban on co-workers dating, S?ta, feeling he needs to come to some conclusion about Mahiru, starts crossdressing as Kotori again to try and understand when things changed between them.

Amaama to Inazuma (Sweetness and Lightning)

Kohei Inuzuka is a teacher and a recent widower, raising his young daughter alone. With a full time job keeping him busy, little Tsumugi has been getting mostly pre-packaged meals. But a chance encounter with one of his students, Kotori Iida, leads Kohei to take up cooking in order to provide proper meals for his daughter.

This evening’s Episode: “Hated Vegetables and Bits in Gratin”

K?hei receives a lot of vegetables from his coworker and Tsumugi’s grandmother but struggles to get Tsumugi to eat the dishes he makes with them. Wanting to help her overcome her pickiness, Kotori decides to make a gratin with chopped vegetables inside the bechamel sauce. With some creative involvement, the group makes a dish that Tsumugi can enjoy.

retro series – BubbleGum Crisis

In the near future, Tokyo was left flattened from a great earthquake. A new city, MegaTokyo, was then recreated with the aid of a multi-national company, Genom Corp. Genom created and mass-produced biomechanical creatures called Boomers to aid in the restoration of MegaTokyo. When the Boomers began to run out of control, the ADPolice at first tried to stop them, but they proved to be very difficult to deal with. Under the looming Boomer threat, a group of four girls from varying sections of society banded together. Calling themselves The Knight Sabers, they were the only ones with enough firepower and resourcefullness to defend the fledgling MegaTokyo from Genom and its berserk Boomers.

This evening’s Episode: “Born To Kill”

A friend of Linna’s threatens to expose Genom secrets that led to the death of her fiancé, but Genom plans to silence her, first.

Ore Monogatari! (My Love Story!)

Takeo Gouda is tall. No, Takeo Gouda is huge. He’s a high-schooler in a giant’s body. That’s been great for all the school sporting clubs he was part of, but less useful in his attempts to find love. But the real problem there is his handsome best friend Makoto Sunakawa, who ends up getting confessions from everyone Takeo likes. In fact it happens so often Takeo now expects it. And then one day, quite by accident, Takeo meets Rinko Yamato …

This evening’s Episode: “My Grades”

Hearing about Rinko wanting to go to the same college as him, Takeo asks Makoto to help him prepare for an upcoming benchmark exam so he can go to Rinko’s university of choice. As Rinko comes around to help Takeo with his studies, Takeo’s parents take extra measures to leave a good impression on their son’s girlfriend, prompting Takeo to take his studies to Makoto’s room.

preview item – Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews with Monster Girls)

In an age where demi-humans, more casually known as “demi”, have slowly started to become accepted into human society. Tetsuo Takahashi is a biology teacher who ends up teaching three such demi, hoping to understand more about them while also managing to catch their attention.

This evening’s Episode: “Tetsuo Takahashi Wants an Interview”

In a world where a small number of people are demi-humans, biology teacher Tetsuo Takahashi is surprised to find his school’s new teacher is one such demi-human; a succubus named Sakie Sat?. As Tetsuo struggles to talk with Sakie due to the measures she takes to keep her powers under control, one of his new students, a vampire named Hikari Takanashi, asks for his help in carrying the headless body of her dullahan classmate Ky?ko Machi to the nurse’s office.

Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (Yamada and the Seven Witches)

Ryuu Yamada’s, well deserved, reputation as a delinquent is no longer his biggest problem. After an accident on the stairs causes himself and the school’s top student Urara Shiraishi to swap bodies, the discovery of this strange ability makes his life a great deal more complicated. But for the gruff, friendless Yamada, spending some time literally in other people’s shoes might not be such a bad thing.

Tonight’s Episode: “It Looks Like I’ve Fallen For Yamada!”

Student vice-president Nene Odagiri opposes the Supernatural Studies Club, and while brow-beating Yamada, she manages to kiss him. And is strangely disappointed. But worse is to happen, Yamada finds he can no longer swap bodies.

preview item – Youjo Senki (The Saga of Tanya the Evil)

In an alternate universe similar to 1910’s Europe, in an empire torn apart by countless wars with all nearby countries. An arrogant Japanese is reborn as Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff of the Imperial Army, a 9-year-old soldier girl. In search for an escape, Tanya decides to enter into the Empire’s Mages Division and fight in World War I, hoping to reach a high enough rank as fast as possible to remain far from the battlefield and in this way avoid the risk of being killed. Even if she’s now forced to speak with a young girl’s lisp, Tanya soon turns into a ruthless soldier who prioritizes efficiency and her own career over anything else, even the lives of those beneath her.

This evening’s Episode: “The Devil of the Rhine”

The Empire army is fighting a losing battle at the Rhine theater before Platoon 3 mages arrive led by Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff who blows up the enemies below using an explosion spell. The Empire was once a prime military power but is now surrounded by several strong enemies. The Empire implemented Plan 315, placing small military bases on the border to hold back the enemy while allowing the highly mobile main force to support each base in turn. However, the main force is delayed and reinforcements are pinned down. On the battlefield, when two mages, Harald and Kurst disobey Tanya’s orders and are insubordinate, so she sends them to the rear on standby in a pillbox

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Re: Life in a Different World from Zero)

Being teleported to a fantasy world means you’re the chosen one, right? Natsuki Subaru certainly thought so, but it seems he’s not the fated hero, he’s just another guy in a world full of wizards, warriors and demi-humans. Still, there are decent people in this world and Subaru quickly finds people willing to lend him a hand, people he wants to help in return. But how can a mere high school student hope to challenge the monstrous and magical forces of this world? After all he only gets one shot at this, right?

Tonight’s Episode: “Rem”

In the past, Ram and Rem lived in a demon village where the birth of twins is considered taboo. Ram was a prodigy, while Rem struggled with life. One day, Ram had her horn cut off and Rem had been blaming herself since then. Back in the present, Rem regains her senses after Subaru knocked her unconscious. Subaru, Ram, and Rem run away from the Witchbeasts, and they encounter the dog shaman behind the attack.

Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken – Stardust Crusaders (Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure – Stardust Crusaders)

It’s 1989. Fifty odd years have passed since Joseph Joestar did battle with the immortal Pillar Men and now his
Japanese grandson, Jotaro Kujo, finds his life turned upside down. A strange new ability awakens within his
bloodline, granting him great power but threatening to kill his mother.

… An ancient enemy of the family has returned.

Tonight’s Episode: “Judgement, part 2”

Corresponding with Polnareff’s third wish, Cameo makes a clay doll of Avdol, who joins the Cherie doll in attacking Polnareff, biting off his flesh. Before the dolls can kill off Polnareff, he is suddenly saved by his ally. But where is the Stand user?