First Screening of 2025, on Saturday 11th January 2025

Rejoice! We are back!

For JAFWA returns for our first screening of 2025, with a new program lineup (we managed to finish everything from 2024). Thus you should be feeling hot for this coming Saturday.

Due to scheduling issues, you won’t be getting the entire new line-up this week, you will have to wait for next week for the other 4 regular items. After the drought of the Summer Break, there may also be the risk of overwhelming our anime starved attendees. Due to the the results of the last survey, it seems we will be showing mostly sequel series.

If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like both Lindsay and Elliot did last year, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally did, 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 and inform us in advance please.

Below is the draft program for the evening of Saturday January 11^th, 2025

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

5:15pm	The Weakest Tamer	Ep 1/12
5:40pm	That time I was Reincarnated as a Slime season 2	Ep 1/12 of part B
6:05pm	That time I was Reincarnated as a Slime season 2	Ep 2/12 of part B
6:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
7:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm	Oshi no Ko season 2	Ep 1/12
7:55pm	The Rising of the Shield Hero s3	Ep 1/12
8:20pm	The Rising of the Shield Hero s3	Ep 2/12	(v)
8:45pm	Late Break
8:55pm	Re: Zero (season 3 episode 1)	Ep 51/58	(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:

• Saturday January 11^th 2025, 0900-1200 — Once more Nexus Toy & Collectors fair at 34 Kent St, East Victoria Park WA, then come to JAFWA in the evening.
• Saturday January 11^th 2025, normal Summer hours — JAFWA’s glorious return and we overlord it with an all new regular program!
• from Thursday January 30^th 2025 — in assorted cinemas is the live action “Oshi no Ko -The Final Act”. Warning, will contains spoilers for those watching at JAFWA.
• Saturday March 1^st to Monday March 3^rd 2025, 0900-1600 — the return of the small but vibrant Anime in the Valley at the Swan Settlers market.
• Sunday March 2^nd 2025, 0930-1300 — the return of the small but vibrant Collector Zone Toy & Hobby Fair ECU Sport & Fitness Centre, Joondalup, 22/270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup WA 6027.

Synopsis

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The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash (“Saijaku Teim? wa Gomihiroi no Tabi o Hajimemashita”)

Young Ivy can’t catch a break. Though she has a few memories of her past life, she was reborn into an RPG-like world in the weakest class, and worse, as the weakest rank. As a no-star Tamer, even her parents want nothing to do with her, and she soon realizes she must survive on her own. She learns to live off the land and salvage what she can from other people’s leavings. But when Ivy manages to tame Sora, a lowly slime, everything changes for both of them. There’s something special about this frail little monster, and Ivy’s care will bring out the best in both of them.

This Evening’s Episode: “On a Journey Alone“

Femicia, an 8-year-old tamer who is deemed an unwanted child by her family and fellow villagers for being starless, sneaks out of Latomi village during the night and grabs her resources that were given to her by the village’s fortune teller. Along the way, she remembers pieces of her past life, and heeding the advice of her past life, she takes on a boyish appearance and a new name, Ivy. Ivy befriends a disintegrating slime, the weakest monster in existence and the only monster she can tame, and shares her life struggles with it.

That Time I Was Re-incarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) season 2 part b

A criminal group known as Demon Seed terrorises Tokyo with its vast armies of mecha. The local police is afraid to confront them, but one person stands in their way: Maron Namikaze, a 13-year-old idol singer with a catchy voice and unbelievable superhuman strength.

This Evening’s Episodes: “The Visitors” and “A Meeting of Humans and Monsters“

The citizens of Tempest welcome newly evolved Demon-Lord Rimuru and dragon Veldora back and they have a huge celebration together. Afterwards, Rimuru, his subordinates and his allies gather to discuss their next moves given the recent events. Dwargon and the newly allied Sorcerer Dynasty Sarion later arrive to take part in the meeting. Laplace is chased out of the Holy Western Empire after being caught. It is revealed that he and the rest of the Moderate Harlequin Alliance are working for Yuuki, who schemes to take over the world for his own means and has been manipulating the recent events. Laplace then proposes the idea to have Walpurgis, a special meeting for Demon Lords, in hopes that they can deal with Rimuru. Meanwhile, the representatives of Tempest and their allied nations hold a meeting to deal with Rimuru’s ascension as a Demon Lord, Veldora’s resurrection, Hinata’s motives, and Clayman’s interference among other subjects.

Oshi no Ko (“My Favorite Idol” or “Their Idol’s Children”) season 2

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.
As Aqua continues his quest to find his father—the puppet master behind his mother’s murder—within the Japanese entertainment industry, he finds himself acting in a stage play based on the wildly popular manga Tokyo Blade. Surrounded by competent professionals— including his friends Kana and Akane—it looks like this will be one of his easier jobs… If only things could be that easy.

Tonight’s Episode: “Tokyo Blade“

Four months after B-Komachi’s debut at the JIF, Aqua, Kana, and Akane begin rehearsals for the Tokyo Blade stage play alongside their co-stars, Melt Narushima, Sakuya Kamoshida, and Taiki Himekawa. Meanwhile, B-Komachi has been steadily gaining in popularity, holding numerous small concerts for its fans. Akane struggles to keep up with Kana due to her character, Princess Saya, not being as popular as Kana’s, nor habing a large role in the manga.

Rising of the Shield Hero (Tate no Y?sha no Nariagari) season 3

Naofumi Iwatani was summoned into a fantasy world along with three other people to become the world’s Heroes. Each of the heroes were respectively equipped with their own legendary equipment when summoned. Naofumi happened to receive the Legendary Shield, the sole defensive equipment, while the others received weapons capable of attacking. Unlike the other heroes who are fully supported by the kingdom and gain several strong allies each, Naofumi’s luck turns to the worse, shunned by everyone from the King to peasants, Naofumi is forced to train as a hero alone while working to make ends meet acquiring only the most pitiful of followers.

Tonight’s Episodes: “The Dark Coliseum” and “Nadia“

With the Spirit Tortoise’s defeat, Naofumi prepares for the impending awakening of the Phoenix within the next few months. He learns from Queen Mirellia that after handling the last Wave while Naofumi was in the other world, the other three Heroes have gone missing. She also says the Seven Star Heroes are missing as well, with the only one they know about being the Staff Hero: disgraced King Aultcray (Trash). Naofumi and his party visit slave trader Beloukas in order to free the demi-humans that came from Lurolona Village to bring them back home, only to learn most of them have been purchased already. He s convinced to take part in an underground fighting arena in order to gain enough money to free them. Naofumi talks at a bar with a mysterious woman Nadia to learn about the rules, and later they are ambushed by several of their competitors who forfeited. With all the fighters forfeiting, the finals are set for Naofumi’s team against Nadia and her lightning magic.

Re: Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Re: Life in a Different World from Zero) season 3

Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favour, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.

Tonight’s (extra long) Episode: “Theatrical Malice“

One year after the events in the Sanctuary, Emilia’s camp receives a visit from Mimi and Joshua Juukulius, courtesy of Anastasia’s camp. Joshua conveys an invitation from Anastasia to visit her in the Watergate City of Priestella, further enticed by information on a magic stone which could help them bring Puck back. Subaru, Emilia, Beatrice, Otto, and Garfiel travel to the great city, and meet up with Anastasia and Julius, who inform them about “the Songstress Maniac” who runs the Muse Company, which has the magic stones they desire. They soon learn that both Felt and Crusch’s camps received invitations as well, as they reunite with Reinhard, Felt, Crusch, Felix, and Wilhelm; Anastasia reveals she has information on the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony, in order to help restore Crusch’s memories and wake up Rem. Later Subaru and a crowd of people are greeted by the Sin Archbishop of Wrath, Sirius Romanée-Conti, preaching to them all atop a tower, with everyone inexplicably being drawn in to her.