Screening of Saturday 13th July 2024

Screening on the evening of Saturday, July 13^th 2024

July has arrived for those of us who chill at JAFWA‘s anime screening. This week we have the final TV episode of “Non Non Biyori nonstop” – the title may not necessarily correct. Or is it? Still, there is next week to look forward to!

Yes, next week that all important Annual General Meeting is scheduled for 2PM in the Hall before the screening of JAFWA on July 20^th, and we need all signed up JAFWA members to attend. Find out how JAFWA is doing and vote on new things for JAFWA to do.
The other big decision coming up is the JAFWA annual election to be held during the Dinner Break of the JAFWA screening of July 20^th. The 13^th is the last date for our signed up members to nominate themselves for running. So spend the next couple of weeks determining your election platform.

For those of you who are interested, the Japanese Film Festival has gone from showing a series of Japanese movies online, to now showing TV episodes.

If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like Lindsay did in March, and the one coming in November, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, you can nominate something to play during the Dinner Break (limited to 30 minutes max). You may have to help us source this material, so plan in advance please.

And there is the end of year irregular screening to consider. What do you want to see in it?

AGM Adenda item

Fellow JAFWA Member,

The JAFWA Board of Committee formally announces that on 20 July 2024 – the day of the JAFWA 2024 AGM – the Board will propose changes to the JAFWA Constitution and By-Laws to update how the club operates and how the Committee may operate.

The details to be discussed at the AGM are:

• Changes to the wording of section 8 of the By-Laws regarding the usage of Cheques to move monies of a value of greater than $100, and associated terminology, to be updated to include the electronic transfer of funds and associated terminology; and
• Clarification as to whom the JAFWA committee may loan monies, the terms of the amount loaned, and instances where said loans require the approval of the JAFWA Membership.

These details will be clarified at the AGM, however to ensure that we have a greater number of members available to vote, the vote will be by SGM to be held at 6:00pm during the dinner break.

Date: 20/07/2024
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Collins Street Centre South Perth

Expected program for the evening of Saturday July 13^th, 2024.

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

4:15pm	Non Non Biyori nonstop (season 3)	Ep 12/13?
4:40pm	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	Ep 10/26
5:05pm	Where does the Doomsday Train Go?	Ep 5/12
5:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
6:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
6:30pm	The Apothecary Diaries	Ep 19/26
6:55pm	Spice and Wolf	Ep 6/?
7:20pm	Oshi no Ko	Ep 9/11
7:45pm	Demon Slayer (season 4)	Ep 5/?	(v)
8:10pm	Late Break
8:15pm	KonoSuba (season 3)	Ep 3/?	(?)
8:40pm	Witch and Beast	Ep 4/12	(v)
9:05pm	Undead Unluck	Ep 19/24	(v)

Doors Open before Screening:~4:00 PM

Program Finishes:~9:45 PM

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Dates of Interest

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

• Monday July 8^th 2024, ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” and “Ponyo” $15.
• Weekend July 13/14^th 2024, 9AM-4PM — Anime in the Valley at Swan Settlers Market in Herne Hill. It is a bit of a hike so make certain to leave early to reach JAFWA in time (Winter hours).
• Saturday July 20^th 2024, ~2PM to 4PM — JAFWA’s Annual General Meeting, all signed up members all but required to attend.
• Saturday August 25^th 2024, ~9AM to 1PM — Collectors Zone – Toy & Hobby Fair at ECU Sports and Fitness Centre, Joondalup.
• Weekend September 7/8^th 2024, — Evolve Perth at Cannington Exhibition Centre & Showgrounds. See also here.
• Weekend September 28/29^th 2024, — Pixel Expo at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Leave early in time for JAFWA.
• Monday September 30^th 2024, ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “The Boy and the Heron” and “Spirited Away” $15.
• Saturday November 24^th 2024, ~9AM to 1PM — Collectors Zone – Toy & Hobby Fair at ECU Sports and Fitness Centre, Joondalup.
• Monday November 25^th 2024, ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Howl’s Moving Castle” and “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” $15.
• Saturday December 7^th 2024, normal Summer hours — JAFWA’s End of Year (2024) screening. Irregular program, suggestions of what anime to show are welcome.

Synopsis

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Non Non Biyori Nonstop (season 3)

In the countryside small town village of Asahigaoka, a place lacking many of the conveniences that people from the city are accustomed to. The nearest stores are a few miles away and one of the local schools consists of only five students, each of whom is in a different grade of elementary or middle school. Hotaru Ichijo, a fifth grader from Tokyo, transfers into Asahigaoka Branch School and has to adjust to countryside life with her new friends.

This evening’s Episode: “The Cherry Blossoms Bloomed Again“

The girls attend big-brother Suguru’s graduation ceremony at school. Akane comes to hang out with Konomi and meets Hikage. They go to the candy store to buy snacks, but Kaede has closed it for the day so they force it open. Hotaru, Komari and Natsumi go to play with Renge, who made plans with Shiori earlier, so the five of them go to the candy store for carboard. The other girls are still there, and although Kaede insists it’s her day off, they rope her into playing with them. When they walk Shiori back home, they find her mother in labour, call a taxi and look after Shiori. And when the cherry blossoms are blooming, heralding the coming of Spring. Suguru goes to highschool and the girls go get Shiori, who is starting elementary school.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Sousou no Furiiren)

For ten years, elf mage Frieren traveled with Himmel the hero, Heiter the priest, and Eisen the dwarf warrior as they quested to destroy the demon king. At the end of their journey, Frieren set out on her own, not quite understanding how differently time flows for her versus her human companions. Reunited after fifty years only to see them wither and die, Frieren begins to ponder the nature of connections at a time when it’s already too late to say goodbye.

This Evening’s Episode: “A Powerful Mage“

Mortally wounded, Lügner is left to wonder how Fern is so powerful, until he comes to the realization that she had been suppressing her mana to look weaker than she actually is, which is considered a taboo among demon mages. Fern then finishes off Lügner. In a flashback to a thousand years ago, Flamme comes across a destroyed elf village and finds Frieren the only survivor, having managed to kill the demon general attacking her. Flamme decides to take Frieren on as her apprentice and teaches her how to indefinitely suppress her mana. She also teaches Frieren how to fight demons. Since demons are proud and self confident in their own magic and are incapable of suppressing their own mana.

Where Does the Doomsday Train Go? (“Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku?”)

In a town in a not-so-ordinary countryside, there is a big and strange occurrence happening to its residents. But a young girl named Shizuru Chikura has a strong desire to see her lost friend again. Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned train, and they set out to the outside world, where survival is not certain. They’ll discover what awaits them at the last stop of the “Doomsday Train.”

This Evening’s Episode: “I’ll Be Reduced to Bones“

The miniature soldiers interrogate Shizuru and Reimi and become concerned when they learn they are looking for the Doctor. After the soldiers leave, the girls convince a groundskeeper to help free them despite the punishment that she may receive for helping them. The groundskeeper explains that the 7G experiment caused Inariyama, the nearby JSDF military base, and all of its inhabitants to shrink. Doctor Makoto helped organize Inariyama to deal with the incident, up until the Boss overthrew her and seized control of the city. Shizuru and Reimi manage to rescue Makoto from the base, and discover the Boss is simply a normal sized human like them, Shizuru helps them escape, but gets knocked out. Reimi takes Makoto back to the train where she reveals she was a 7G scientist who worked alongside Zenjiro and Pontaro.

The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)

Apothecary Maomao was just out collecting herbs when she was kidnapped by procurers for the Imperial harem, an easy way for unscrupulous people to get money by having “relatives” go work in the Rear Palace. Hiding her skills and knowledge, Maomao hopes to just glide by, earning as little as possible for her kidnappers during her term of service, but such is not to be: when royal infants begin dying, Maomao can’t resist letting people know the cause. This catches the eye of the far-too-handsome Jinshi, who elevates Maomao from laundry maid to poison taster to the Emperor’s favorite concubine. So much for flying under the radar…

Tonight’s Episode: “Chance or Something More“

Gaoshun informs Jinshi of this afternoon’s activities, as he reflects on his recent interaction with Maomao. Meanwhile, Lihaku informs Maomao about a theft of ceremonial tools around the time of the explosion at the warehouse. She finds out that the warehouse manager, the official fond of rare food, is ill from poisoning; and Master Kounen, who died from excessive salt intake, is the former warehouse manager. Maomao senses a connection along with the ivory pipe she found at the burned warehouse.

Spice and Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf (“Ookami to Koushinryou: merchant meets the wise wolf”)

The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler has pretty well settled into his routine—that is, until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess asleep in his cart. She strikes up a bargain with the merchant to lend him the cunning of “Holo the Wisewolf” to increase his profits in exchange for taking her along on his travels. Lawrence soon learns, though, that having an ancient goddess as a traveling companion can be a bit of a mixed blessing.

Tonight’s Episode: “Merchant and Unreasonable God“

Lawrence and Holo are pursued through the sewers by those who lost out on the currency swindle and now seek to hound the wise wolf. But Holo may be too fearful, and the profits too small. Is this the parting of the ways or will they find a way to spice things up?

Oshi no Ko (“My Favorite Idol” or “Their Idol’s Children”)

Goro Amemiya works as an OB-GYN in a small rural town and is a huge fan of upcoming idol Ai Hoshino. After an unexpected meeting, Goro ends up dying suddenly only to be reborn as one of Ai’s children; a boy named Aquamarine Hoshino (or Aqua for short). He and his twin sister Ruby then grows up as one of show-biz’s biggest secrets.

Tonight’s Episode: “B-Komachi“

Miyako interviews MEM-cho and correctly guesses that she is much older than she claims to be. Mem-cho explains the situation that ultimately led to her becoming a streamer. Ruby and Kana overhear MEM-cho’s story and accept her as part of B-Komachi. Meanwhile, the popularity of the recent season of Love Now has put Aqua in the public spotlight.

Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) – season 4 – Hashira Training arc

Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted and intelligent boy who lives with his family, making money by selling charcoal. Everything changes when his family is attacked and slaughtered by demons (oni). Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko are the sole survivors of the incident. Nezuko has now become a demon, but still surprisingly shows signs of human emotion and thought. Tanjiro becomes a demon slayer to help his sister turn human again and to prevent the same tragedy that happened to him and his sister, from happening to others.

Tonight’s Episode: “I Even Ate Demons“

At Love Hashira Mitsuri’s stage, flexibility, Tanjiro and the trainees dance to music and stretch themselves to become more limber, with Mitsuri forcing Tanjiro to do a split. At Snake Hashira Obanai’s stage, swordsmanship, Tanjiro must swing a bokken between bound trainees as he spars with the Hashira. Despite difficulty for the first several days, Tanjiro succeeds and moves to Wind Hashira Sanemi’s stage, joining Zenitsu. Sanemi’s younger brother Genya tries for family connection. Will they survive to reach the Stone Hashira?

KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!) season 3

The further adventures of Kazuma Satou who, after he dies of a heart attack after pushing a girl out of the way of a truck, which turned out to be a tractor, is sent to an RPG-like world, going on various adventures alongside a goddess named Aqua, a magician named Megumin, and a knight named Darkness.

Tonight’s Episode: “A Re-education for This Bright Little Girl!”

Kazuma is welcomed as a guest at the royal palace due to Iris very rarely acting on her desires. Initially wary, Kazuma quickly builds a connection with Iris, who considers him like an older brother. He decides to stay at the palace a little longer, acting as her playmate and learning about her lonely and isolated life inside the castle due to her royal status, as well as constant attacks by the Demon King’s army.

The Witch and the Beast (“Majo to Yajuu”)

Ashaf, a tall quietly spoken man and his partner, Guideau, who has the appearance of a girl, but whose masked and powerful alter ego is contained within a coffin strapped to Ashaf’s back. They are tasked by the Order of Magical Resonance to bring rogue witches to account and they travel the country seeking a particular witch who poses as grave threat to society.

Tonight’s Episode: “Beauty and Death: Opening Act”

Ashaf and Guideau intercept and stop an Undead on a rampage, who appears to have not been “maintained” by his necromancer. Ashaf calls in the Order’s necromancy specialists, Phanora Kristoffel, accompanied by her servant, Johan. When Sergeant Jeff Enker explains that six Undeads have recently gone out of control, Phanora suspects an unauthorized necromancer is responsible.

Undead Unluck

Fuuko Izumo is known as a woman cursed with “Unluck.” Fuuko brings misfortune to anyone who touches her and the scale is proportional to how long they had physical contact. She’s saved by Andy, a man who cannot die (“Undead”). He hopes to figure out a way to use Fuuko’s misfortune to finally bring him death. The unlikely pair team up to complete missions given to them by the Book of Revelations, but if they or any of the other negators in their union fail, the book can punish humanity.

Tonight’s Episodes: “Undead + Unluck“

Juiz reveals that the book said to show both the past and future is actually Fuuko’s favorite manga series, To You, From Me, and demonstrates how certain story arcs detail past events, like the alien invasion and fight with Spoil. Juiz believes that the raw manuscript was actually made via use of an Artifact that the author, Anno Un, used. Andy decides the best plan is to infiltrate the manga’s production office with a copy of their own manga. Together with other Union members, Fuuko creates her own manga about the first time she and Andy met titled Undead + Unluck.