No screening on Saturday 2^nd September 2017

No Screening until Saturday September 9^th

There will be no JAFWA screening on September 2^nd – 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 9^th 2017:

Dates of Interest

• August 24^th – September 20^th 2017 — Studio Ghibli movies at cinemas – see Celebrate Studio Ghibli
• October 5^th 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 1^st to 5^th 2017 — Japanese Film Festival at Hoyts Carousel, Cannington.
• Friday December 3^rd 2017 — next Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) to be held in Subiaco. You can apply until September 6^th.

Culture Notes and News

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

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