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No screening on Saturday 2nd September 2017

No Screening until Saturday September 9th

There will be no JAFWA screening on September 2nd – it being the first Saturday of the month, JAFWA’s usual weekend off.
Officially Spring will have sprung upon us.

Never Fear! Your anime needs can be met by seeing Studio Ghibli movies at cinemas – see Celebrate Studio Ghibli.

The Japanese calendar season will soon be upon us, and as usual the MC Dale is doing bulk orders of 2018 calendars. There is still a discount for pre-ordering the calendars. Anybody wishing to order Japanese anime 2018 Calendars this year? Though Dale says he can order any calendar from that site if you wish to expand your horizons beyond anime.

Below is the expected program for Saturday September 9th 2017:

5:15pm Atom: The Beginning Ep 9/12
5:40pm Little Witch Academia Ep 14/25
6:05pm Poco’s Udon World Ep 9/12
6:30pm dinner break
7:15pm door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm Restaurant to Another World Ep 1 (preview)
7:55pm ID-0 Ep 5/11
8:20pm Lupin III Ep 5/26
8:45pm Grimoire of Zero Ep 4/12
9:10pm Late Break
9:20pm KonoSuba Ep 4/10
9:45pm Re: Creators Ep 10/22 (v)
10:10pm Jojo: Stardust Crusaders Ep 43/48 (v)

Dates of Interest

  • August 24th – September 20th 2017 — Studio Ghibli movies at cinemas – see Celebrate Studio Ghibli
  • October 5th 2017 — Joondalup Event cinema indicating that they will by screening the animated movie Fireworks (aka “Uchiage Hanabi, Shita Kara Miru ka? Yoko Kara Miru ka?”, also translated as “Skyrockets, Watch from Below? Watch from the Side?”).
  • November 1st to 5th 2017 — Japanese Film Festival at Hoyts Carousel, Cannington.
  • Friday December 3rd 2017 — next Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) to be held in Subiaco. You can apply until September 6th.

Culture Notes and News

A review of Atom: The Beginning by a former JAFWA attendee.

Gintama live-action

The live-action manga/anime adaption of Gintama is being hailed as the first commercially successful live-action adaption of 2017.

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