No screening on Saturday 4^th March, 2017

No Screening

There will be no JAFWA screening on March4^th – it is the first Saturday of the month, our normal week off.
I suspect that everyone will be going to MadFest anyway.

Dates of Interest

• March 4^th & 5^th 2017 — Madman anime Festival. Can attend Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale movie at 6PM Saturday March 4.
• from March 4^th 2017 — Sword Art Online -Ordinal Scale movies in cinemas.
• 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.
• Saturday April 1^st 2017 — JAFWA does Bunnings BBQ sausage sizzle at Cannington.
• April 12^th to 17^th 2017 — SwanCon 42.

Madman Anime Festival

From Facebook:

Madman Anime Festival was the anime event of 2016… and in 2017, it’ll be even bigger! We’re bringing MadFest to Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne!!

The Australian premieres of the “Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale” and “Sailor Moon R” movies will occur at this festival.

Culture Notes and News

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