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Screening on Saturday 15th May 2021

A wonderful evening was had last Saturday, and we expect another wonderful night of watching anime this week, barring the vagaries of Reality.
Any last minute changes should be found on our FaceBook page or on our webpage.
Just a reminder to come early, if permitted, as the COVID countermeasures limit the number of people we can admit.

Two more regular series join the program this week, while two finish. Then there is the preview episode to show a sample of what other anime Japn produce.

Ascendence of a bookworm S1 Promised Neverland Hataraku Saibo s2 Odd Taxi Fire Force s2 86

Bunnings Cannington Sausage Sizzle

One of JAFWA’s main fundraisers is coming up on the 5th of June, and we need your support. If you are interested in Volunteering to help JAFWA’s Bunnings Sausage Sizzle, please let the committee know ASAP. It’s a five-person shift, either from 8:00am to 12:00pm, and 12:00pm to 4:00pm or possibly later if permitted.

Annual General Meeting and Elections

Being an incorporated club, JAFWA needs to hold annual elections, which will be occurring in July.
Anyone can nominated to enter the elections, so long as they are:

  1. A fully registered and paid up member of JAFWA for 3 months before the election.
  2. Resident of WA.

If you haven’t done so before, being involved in a non-for-profit organisational committee is a great way to learn some new skills and be a part of something great. The JAFWA committee hopes to see you at the AGM to discuss the progress of your club, and looks forward to any new blood and ideas for the future of JAFWA.

Covid-19 Safety Precautions

We continue taking precautions to limit the possible future waves of CoVid-19, and we ask that you co-operate and even help where possible with our efforts to keep you safe – some social distancing, extra cleaning with antiseptic, library under limited access, etc. Also, we must ask that anyone unfortunate enough to be infected to not attend JAFWA until they are contagion free.
– Help is always welcome during set-up and pack-up due to the extra duties imposed by COVID-19 precautions.
– Please arrive early to confirm personal details due to COVID 19 regulations. There will be Contract Tracing, either by the SafeWA app on your keitai (mobile phones), or by signing in at the contact tracing sheet near the entry.

Below is the tentative program for the evening of Saturday May 15th, 2021.

All items in the original Japanese language with English subtitles. With assistance from a grant from and

5:15pm Ascendance of a Bookworm Ep 14/14 (final)
5:40pm Hataraku Saibo s2 Ep 1/?
6:05pm Odd Taxi Ep 1 (preview)
6:30pm dinner break
7:15pm door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm I’m a Spider, So What Ep 2/?
7:55pm Revolutionary Girl Utena Ep 16/39 (retro)
8:20pm Fire Force s2 Ep 1/?
8:45pm Promised Neverland Season 2 Ep 11/11 (final)
9:10pm Late Break
9:20pm 86 Ep 1 (preview)
9:50pm Re: Zero season 2 Ep 2/25 (v)
10:15pm Moriarty the Patriot Ep 2/? (v)

Doors Open before Screening:~5:00 PM

Program Finishes:~10:45 PM

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Dates of Interest

Barring a resurgence of COVID-19 pestilence, these fannish events of interest are scheduled to happen:

  • Sunday May 9th 2021, — GhengisCon Event – Laser Tag at Lazer Blaze Willetton, inside the Southlands Boulevard shopping centre. Arrive 3:30PM
  • Saturday May 22nd 2021, 8AM-4PM (before JAFWA) — Tokyo Alley 9 – Travel South Terrace & Sandgate Street, South Terrace, South Perth WA 6151. (couple of blocks away from JAFWA)
  • Saturday May 29th 2021, 1PM-4:30PM — JAFWA’s next Event Afternoon, of make your own fun.
  • Saturday June 5th 2021 — JAFWA’s next Bunning’s Sausage Sizzle, down at Cannington. Anyone wish to volunteer to help out?
  • Saturday June 12th 2021 — nominations open for JAFWA’s annual elections for committee.
  • Saturday July 18th 2021 — JAFWA’s AGM and annual elections for committee.

Synopsis

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Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiraremasen)

The story follows Motosu Urano, a book-loving post-secondary student and soon-to-be librarian who ends up crushed to death beneath a pile of books during an earthquake. With her dying breath, she wishes to be reincarnated in a world where she can read books forever. Urano awakens in the body of a weak, five-year-old girl named Myne in a world where books are scarce and only available to elites. Myne, retaining her memories from her previous life, decides to create and print her own books so that she can read again.

Tonight’s Episode:Conclusions ” Finale season 1

Myne tells her parents about the meeting with the temple clergy regarding her apprenticeship, and also reveals how she would live as a noble in exchange for her Devouring to fuel the temple’s mana supply. She recalls to them how Benno advised to use any means necessary to improve her life and fight for her dreams, including the option to abuse her illness in order to be treated as a noble.

Cells at Work season 2 (Hataraku Saibou)

The world is a dangerous place for a red blood cell just trying to get her deliveries finished. Fortunately, she’s not alone… she’s got a whole human body’s worth of cells ready to help out. The mysterious white blood cell, the buff and brash killer T cell, the nerdy neuron, even the cute little platelets — everyone’s got to come together if they want to keep you healthy.

This evening’s Episode:Bump

While chasing a germ that thinks its cuteness will protect it, U-1146 meets Backward-Cap, a novice platelet who aims to become stronger. A sudden incident in the temple’s area causes a breaking of capillaries, and the platelets must stop the internal hemorrage, with some coaxing from Megakaryocyte (cell that produces platelets).

preview item – Odd Taxi

Set in a world of anthropomorphic animals, it follows the story of Odokawa, a 41-year old Walrus taxi driver shown to have no relatives and does not have much to do with others. But he usually has conversations with other animal inhabitants that ride in his taxi on their way home. With Odokawa having those conversations with several people, they may give him some leads to a high school girl who has disappeared several days ago.

This evening’s Episode:The Eccentric Driver

A walrus named Odokawa wakes up from a nightmare in his taxi as he gets back to his shift, listening to the radio while searching for customers. His next fare is a hippo named Kabasawa who takes a selfie with him to go viral on social media. A pair of cops, the twin Daimon brothers, pull Odokawa over and ask if he knows the whereabouts of a criminal named Dobu.

I’m a Spider, So What? (Kuma desu ga, nanika)

After a Japanese classroom was destroyed by a mysterious explosion all the students reincarnated as humans on a fantasy world except for a female student who had the lowest reputation on the classroom, she was reincarnated as a spider monster. Being the weakest monster on the dungeon she need to survive using all her human intellect and courage.

Tonight’s Episode:My House, On Fire?

Fei shares with Shun her belief that her reincarnating as a dragon was karmic punishment for bullying her classmate Hiiro Wakaba in her previous life. She asks about her to Ms. Oka, who has been searching the world for reincarnations. Meanwhile, Nameless Spider continues hunting monsters and reaches Level 2, finding that she has a unique skill that heals her as she levels up. She proceeds to build an entire nest and later finds a human caught in her web, who drops a dragon egg while escaping.

retro – Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Utena Tenjou, a teenage girl who expresses her desire to be a prince through her strong-willed personality and tomboyish manner of dress. She finds herself drawn into a series of sword duels at Ohtori Academy, to win the hand of Anthy Himemiya, a mysterious girl known as the “Rose Bride” who possesses the “power to revolutionize the world”.

Tonight’s Episode:Cowbell of Happiness

Nanami receives a golden cowbell. Thinking that it’s expensive designer jewelry, she wears it everywhere until she begins to turn into a cow.

Fire Force (En’en no Shouboutai, literally “Blazing Firefighting Corps”) – season 2

In the year 198 of the Age of the Sun, Tokyo is a crowded cosmopolis. But the world’s most populous city is threatened by devils that cause people to burst into flame at random. The only ones who can stop it are the Pyrofighters, a team of specialized firefighters. The young Shinra, blessed with the ability to ignite his feet and travel at the speed of a rocket, wants nothing more than to be a hero, and knows that this is the place for him. But he’s not the best at following orders.

Tonight’s Episode:A Fire Soldier’s Fight/ A Man’s Fight

Life has returned to normal as if the past events involving the Evangelist sent the White Clad had never happened. However, Shinra is still determined to find a way to turn Infernals back into people and unravel the mystery of the Evangelist and the Adolla Bursts. At Company 8, Maki, Iris and Tamaki take Shinra shopping for clothes for Lieutenant Hinawa because of his poor dress sense.

Yakusoku no Neverland (The Promised Neverland) season 2

Emma is an 11-year-old orphan living in Grace Field House, a small orphanage housing her and her 37 siblings. Life had never been better; with food that tasted gourmet, plush beds, snow-white uniforms, and the love of their “Mother” (the caretaker) Isabella, as well the litany of daily exams that Emma always aced with her two best friends Ray and Norman. The orphans are basically allowed to do whatever they want, except to venture out of the compounds or the gate that connects the house to the outside world. Then she finds out the truth. Determined to break out of Grace Field House, Norman and Emma partner up with Ray to peel away at the façade of the farm and find a way to escape with all their other siblings. But escape and freedom has its own dangers.

Tonight’s Episode:Episode 11

The captured Peter Ratri explains how his older brother James took the alias “Minerva” and tried to help children escape the farms after he discovered that the children were their own descendents, and not the progeny of those who fought against the contract with the demons. Now is the time to cross to the human world.

preview item – 86 EIGHTY-SIX

The Republic of San Magnolia has been at war with the Empire of Giad for nine years. Though it initially suffered devastating losses to the Empire’s autonomous mechanized Legions, The Republic has since developed its own autonomous units, called Juggernauts, which are directed remotely by a Handler. While on the surface the public believes the war is being fought between machines, in reality, the Juggernauts are being piloted by humans, all of whom are “86s” — the designation given to the Colorata minority of San Magnolia.

Tonight’s Episode:Undertaker

Major Vladilena “Lena” Mirizé is a Handler, an officer in charge of commanding 86s in battle, though she has a reputation for treating the 86s as humans. One day, Lena is suddenly appointed to be the Handler for the prestigious Spearhead squadron, made up of the most elite 86 pilots. However, the unit’s leader, Shinei “Shin” Nouzen, known as the Undertaker, has a reputation for destroying Handlers.

Re:Zero ? Starting Life in Another World (Ri:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) season 2

Slacker Subaru has been mysteriously transported into a fantasy world, and involved in the politics of royal ascension, and magical terrorist expression. After learning more behind the Death Loop and Witches of Sin, Subaru vows to save Emilia and his friends from further doom.

Tonight’s Episode:The Next Location

Subaru, Emilia, and Otto return to Roswaal’s manor with Otto and the comatose Rem. There, they meet Frederica, an ex-maid who returned at Ram’s request, and Petra, an Irlam villager who just started as an apprentice. While Frederica fills in Emilia, Subaru seeks out Beatrice for questions he has regarding Petelgeuse’s gospel. However, she tells him to go to a place called the Sanctuary for the answers.

Moriarty the Patriot (Yuukoku no Moriaati)

James Moriarty is an orphan who assumes the name William James Moriarty when he and his younger brother are adopted into the Moriarty family. As a young man, he seeks to remove the ills caused by England’s strict class system.

Tonight’s Episode:The Scarlet Eyes Act 1

As a young child, William frequently offered advice from his vast memory palace to anyone he met. After returning home with Albert, it is revealed William and Louis were actually orphaned brothers adopted into the Moriarty family and that William is not his real name. The real William was actually the second eldest Moriarty son who mistreated his two adopted brothers while only Albert showed them any kindness.

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