Screening on Saturday 23^rd September 2017

Screening

Below is the program for the evening of Saturday September 23^rd, 2017.

Hold fast! Even though our old enemy the sun has gained ascendancy in the duel of day and night, know that JAFWA is still here to satisfy your anime watching needs.
We have a timeslot opening up in October, so we are previewing the first episode of a couple of items for your consideration. As always, Japan produces for more anime than JAFWA could ever hope to screen, thus as part of JAFWA’s mission to promote the culture of Japan as expressed through anime we try and show first episodes of some of the more interesting examples of anime.

The Japanese calendar season is 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.

We are taking suggestions for what JAFWA should screen on our End of Year marathon screening on Saturday 16^th December. What would you like to see?

And don’t forget next week’s Event Afternoon.

All items in the original Japanese language with English subtitles.

5:15pm	Atom: The Beginning	Ep 11/12
5:40pm	Little Witch Academia	Ep 16/25
6:05pm	Poco’s Udon World	Ep 11/12
6:30pm	dinner break
7:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm	Macross	Ep 2/36	(retro)
7:55pm	Shoukoku no Altair	Ep 1	(preview)
8:20pm	ID-0	Ep 6/11
8:55pm	Grimoire of Zero	Ep 5/12
9:10pm	Late Break
9:20pm	Sukasuka WorldEnd	Ep 1	(preview) TBA
9:45pm	Re:Creators	Ep 12/22	(V)
10:10pm	Jojo: Stardust Crusaders	Ep 45/48	(v)

Doors Open before Screening:~4:55 PM

Program Finishes:~10:45 PM

Dates of Interest

• August 24^th – September 20^th 2017 — Studio
• Saturday September 30^th 2017 — 1PM – 4:30PM, JAFWA’s next event afternoon. We have the Hall for make your own fun!
• October 5^th to 11^th 2017 — anime movie Fireworks (aka “Uchiage Hanabi, Shita Kara Miru ka? Yoko Kara Miru ka?”, also translated as “Skyrockets, Watch from Below? Watch from the Side?”) screening at Luna Leederville, and Joondalup Event cinemas.
  
• November 1^st to 5^th 2017 — Japanese Film Festival at Hoyts Carousel, Cannington.
• Saturday November 4^th 2017 — 11AM – 2PM, Yobe Chibi-con is back! YMCA Morley, theme is Royale.
• Saturday December 16^th 2017 — 1PM->~10:45PM JAFWA’s End of Year Marathon screening. We are taking suggestions for what you want to see screened that day.
• Saturday February 17^th 2018 — 10AM – 4PM, Intergalactic Stock Exchange Shed B Terminal, Peter Hughes Dr, Perth, Western Australia 6160.

Synopsis

Atom: The Beginning

This series is a prequel to Osamu Tezuka’s “Astro Boy” series, depicting the events up until the birth of Astro Boy. Two prodigies, Umatarou Tenma and Hiroshi Ochanomizu, have spent endless amounts of time researching robots, eventually producing the robot A106.

This evening’s Episode: “A Dialogue”

The final round of robo-wrestling tournament and Dr Lolo’s robot Mars has destroyed all the other competitors, leaving just himself and A106. The kind hearted child of science A106 just wants to finally talk to a fellow AI, while Mars is intent on destructively disassembling A106.

Little Witch Academia

Akko Kagari enrolls into Luna Nova Academy, a school for young witches, after being inspired at a young age by a witch named Shiny Chariot, and often spends her days hanging with her classmates, Lotte and Sucy. However, she has trouble paying attention in class, doesn’t know how to ride her broom, and is often looked down upon for admiring Chariot, whom many believe gives the wrong impression about witches.

This evening’s Episode: “Pohjola’s Ordeal”

After learning from Ursula-sensei and the Shiny Rod that she needs to find something she is lacking in order to unlock the fourth word, Akko joins Lotte and Sucy as they visit Lotte’s home in a remote Finnish village. However Lotte’s parents and their neighbor have become infected with the rare Greenman Disease. Can the 3 witches find the cure, and fight Akko’s impatience?

Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari (The Golden Furball of Udon Country) (aka Poco’s Udon World)

Souta Tawara was the son of a noodle restaurant owner. Born and raised in Kagawa Prefecture (a.k.a the Udon Prefecture), he had been living an uneventful life in Tokyo as a web designer. After his father’s demise he returns home to find the restaurant having gone out of business and a young boy that he names Poco hiding there. He grows fond of him and decides to take care of him and constantly worries about what would happen to Poco once he leaves. He regrets leaving his home and his father because of his selfishness and mentions it to his big sister when she expresses her regret of being unable give their father a grandchild. His time spent with Poco often reminds him of how his father lovingly took care of him, which further adds to his regrets.

This evening’s Episode: “Takamatsu Festival”

It is decision time for Souta, can Poco remain living with him? A job at the local Takamatsu Festival allows him to appreciate his child-hood memories, and make new ones with Poco.

retro series from 1982 – Choujikuu Yousai Makurosu (Super Dimension Fortress Macross)

In 1999 a city-sized alien spacecraft crashes in South Ataria Island on Earth. Over the course of 10 years the military organization U.N. Spacy reverse-engineers its technology and rebuilds the spacecraft, naming it the SDF-1 Macross. In 2009 at the launch ceremony of the Macross, a space war fleet from the alien Zentraedi arrives in the solar system and identifies the Macross as a former battleship used by their enemies. Mistakes happen. Thus begins the war between Human and Zentraedi, led by the brave crew of the Macross.

This evening’s Episode: “Countdown”

Air racer and stunt pilot Hikaru Ichijo and his senpai Major Roy Focker attempt a daring rescue mission when South Atalia Island is invaded and bombarded by Zentraedi forces. Hikaru has his first encounter with Lynn Minmei, a young waitress, as Zentraedi mecha begin raiding the city.

preview item – Shoukoku no Altair (Altair: A Record of Battles)

Set in the western part of the great continent Rumeliana, Mahmut is a young war orphan and the youngest Pasha in the Türkiye stratocracy who desires to ensure that war never occurs. To protect his homeland, Mahmut and his companions travel across West Rumeliana to form alliances between his country and the other nations to face against the Balt-Rhein Empire and their frightening expansionist movement.

This evening’s Episode: “The Golden Eagle General”

After being newly appointed as Pasha, Mahmut spends some time at a festival with his friend, Ibrahim, and meets Shara, a dancer who Ibrahim is friends with. Suddenly a military council is called to discuss the Balt-Rhein Empire’s demands after an empire minister, Franz, is found dead at Türkiye’s border, an excuse for the empire to invade.

ID-0

In the distant future, the discovery of the new mineral Orichalt has allowed humanity to expand beyond the Sol System. On the constant lookout for Orichalt, humanity has developed I-Machines, robots that operate in extreme environments. I-Machines function by transferring a human pilot’s consciousness into the robot’s operating system. While Alliance Academy student Maya Mikuri is in the middle of operating an I-Machine, she gets involved in an incident with pirates, and ends up serving as a crew member on an excavation company’s spaceship.

Tonight’s Episode: “The Observer”

The warping planetoid sends another rock barrage towards the spaceship Stulti, one that overwhelms Ido and the crew. Before all is lost, some military-type I-Machines appear and aid the fight. But are they friend or foe?

Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho (Starting the Magical Book from Zero/Grimoire of Zero)

Zero is a witch who is ignorant of the world and travels with a half-beast half-human mercenary who longs to be human. Witches and their sorcery are notorious throughout the land, though knowledge of the existence of magic remains elusive. Zero is going on a journey to search for a magical tome called “The Book of Zero” that hides a power that can destroy the world. The mercenary travels with her as her guard.

Tonight’s Episode: “The Sorcerers of Zero”

Arriving at Latette where Albus says the Grimoire of Zero is to be found, they find that the inhabitants are dead. Zero notes that multiple types of magic were used against the people, but most of the buildings were left standing. Are there any survivors, and where is the grimoire?

preview item – Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu Isogashii Desuka Sukutte Moratte Ii Desuka (What Do You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?) aka SukaSuka / WorldEnd

It’s been over 500 years since the human race almost went extinct at the hands of the fearsome and mysterious “Beasts”. The surviving races now make their homes, towns, and cities up on floating islands in the sky to keep out of reach of all but the most mobile of Beasts. Only a group of young girls, dubbed the Leprechauns, can wield the ancient Dug Weapons needed to fend off invasions from those dangerous creatures. A mysterious man who lost everything in his final battle five hundred years ago, and has awakened from a long, icy slumber

This evening’s Episode: “Broken Chronograph”

Willem is drifting through life on floating island #28 in the town of Grimbjhal. Who has an accidental encounter with a human girl one afternoon. Later Willem reluctantly takes a caretaking job at a military warehouse on another floating island. Where his fate will entangle with the girl Chtholly. So long as a troll doesn’t eat them.

Re: Creators

Sota Mizushino is a young high school student and anime fan who dreams of writing his own light novel. While looking to an anime for inspiration, the iPad he is watching it on sputters and drags him into the anime’s world, where he witness a battle between the anime’s character Selesia and a mysterious girl wearing a military uniform. After returning with Selesia, Sota discovers that other characters from different stories and forms of media were also brought to the real world, with some of them aligned with the military uniform girl, who promised them the ways to end the strife in their worlds and a way back home, unaware of her true intentions.

Tonight’s Episode: “Too Early to Roll the Ending Credits Be desperate and draw something fascinating.”

After Sota refrained himself from giving her any real support in her time of need, Yuna sent him one final message containing the Altair: World Étude video that Altair first appears in. Later learning that Yuna had committed suicide shortly afterwards, Sota deleted all messages and media relating to her to try and forget about her. Now he must assume responsibility for his actions, and resolve to stop Altair. Meanwhile Alicetaria decides to hear what her creator’s motivation was for creating her story.

Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken – Stardust Crusaders (Jojo’s Bizarre 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: “DIO’s World, Part 1”

Polnareff attempts to climb up the stairs leading to DIO but keeps finding himself further down, realising it has something to do with DIO’s Stand, The World. Before Polnareff and DIO can clash, Jotaro’s group arrive on the scene, learning about DIO’s power and Abdul and Iggy’s deaths from Polnareff. Let the final boss-battle be joined.