Screening of Saturday 26th April 2025

JAFWA reached the end of April

April has gone so fast, with the JAFWA regular program winding down, ready for a renewal in May (during our Winter Hours). We have a couple of special end-of-month activities:
First, during the Dinner Break we will have a special survey to help determine which shows will be happening in May. Just as the Japanese battle-cruise Ibuki escorted and guarded the first ANZAC troop carriers, we suggest it is your JAFWA duty to help guide the course of JAFWA‘s program with disciplined wisdom.
Secondly, after the usual Door Prize draw (where you can buy extra tickets) we will have the monthly Member’s Prize draw (which gets you entries based on how many times you attended JAFWA screenings this month).

Specifically to this week’s program we are pausing “Dr Stone – Science Future” (on an awesome plot point no less) while we await Japan to reveal more episodes scheduled for July. “Apothecary Diaries” does not appear to have a delay before the second cour. We show the final two episodes of the current season of “Oshi no Ko” and “Overlord”. And we finish the first season of “DanDaDan, but dread not for there will be a second season later this year, for in June there will be a movie out in Perth cinemas “DanDaDan – Evil Eye” that comprises the first 3 episodes of the second season and presumably some exposition to explain the first season.
With all that excitement JAFWA still has room for a requested preview episode before the survey, and room before the Late Break for an OAV based off of the work of horror manga-ka Junji Ito.

Both Elliot and Greg have provided little 2 minute shows that you might be interested in.

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 April 26^th, 2025.

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

5:15pm	Atelier Ryza	Ep 1	(preview)
6:05pm	Dr Stone season 4 “Science Future”	Ep 12/?	(pause)
6:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
7:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
7:30pm	Apothecary Diaries season 2	Ep 12/24?	(preview)
7:55pm	Oshi no Ko season 2	Ep 12/13
8:20pm	Oshi no Ko season 2	Ep 13/13	(final)
8:45pm	Uzumaki	Ep 1/4
9:10pm	Late Break
9:20pm	Overlord IV	Ep 12/13	(v)
9:45pm	Overlord IV	Ep 13/13	(v)(final)
10:10pm	DanDaDan season 1	Ep 12/12	(v?)(final)

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:

• originally April 14^th to May 14^th 2025 — The Consulate-General of Japan in Perth was to be displaying Yokai Parade at Gallery Central in Northbridge, North Metropolitan TAFE. Unfortunately the OPENING has been POSTPONED.
• Saturday May 3^rd 2025, 0800-1600 — JAFWA putting on a fund-raising sausage sizzle at Cannington Bunnings. Volunteers welcome.
• Weekend May 3^rd and 4^th 2025, 1000-1700 — Want something to do other than attend the sausage sizzle at Cannington Bunnings? Support local artists at Tokyo Alley 13: Mystery in Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.
• Saturday May 10^th 2025, 1615 — JAFWA goes to Winter hours, an hour earlier from 4:15PM to 9:45PM.
• From Thursday June 6^th 2025 — DanDaDan: Evil-Eye will be appearing at various cinemas. You should check if the session is subbed or dubbed.
• Weekend June 28^th and 29^th 2025, 1000-1800 — A big crowded fandom festival Supanova 2025- Perth in Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Remember to make time to come to JAFWA.
• Weekend August 30^th and 31^st 2025, 1100-1700 — Meet a few fellow fans at Evolve Pop Culture Expo 2025 at Cannington Exhibition Centre & Showgrounds. Remember to make time to come to JAFWA.
• Weekend September 13^th and 14^th 2025, 0900-1800 — Self-Described as WA’s biggest gaming and animation expo is Pixel Expo: IV at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Remember to make time to come to JAFWA.

Synopsis

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preview item – Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (“Atelier Ryza: Tokoyami no Jo? to Himitsu no Kakurega”)

Based off of the role-playing video game, Ryza, a girl with entirely too much energy for her quiet island village, whose main feature was that she was so ordinary that she has no outstanding features. One day, she encounters a man who uses a mysterious power called alchemy. Ryza is completely enchanted by this power and asks him to teach it to her.

This Evening’s long Episode: “The Alchemist”

Reisalin “Ryza” Stout is a young girl living in the village of Rasenboden on the island of Kurken, along with her friends, the scholar Tao and swordsman Lent. Not content with living the rest of her life on Kurken, Ryza proposes to Tao and Lent that they leave the island on an adventure, despite a tradition forbidding Kurken’s residents from leaving the island. Using a rowboat they reach the mainland, rescue young archer Klaudia Valentz from a pair of monsters, get lost in the forest and are attacked by Pixies. They are saved by the intervention of alchemist Empel and his bodyguard Lila. Ryza becomes fascinated with alchemy after witnessing Empel’s feats.

Dr Stone season 4 “Science Future”

Modern society is lost when a mysterious light leaves everyone petrified in stone. Thousands of years in the future, super genius Senku awakens and begins restoring civilisation with his Kingdom of Science. After the battle on Treasure Island, Senku and the gang return to the Kingdom of Science. With their sights set on the Moon, they must first voyage to the Americas in hopes of beginning to harvest the required materials. Through teamwork and science, they continue the fight to save humanity once and for all.

This Evening’s Episode: “Reunion” (pause)

The battle team infiltrates Xeno’s tower, rescues Gen, and captures Xeno. Attempting to escape back through their tunnel, a mishap with Chrome’s homemade bomb causes the tunnel to collapse on both sides, trapping Chrome with Xeno. Meanwhile, the other Perseus spy, Max, frees Luna, plus Francois and Kaseki at Luna’s request, before regrouping with the battle team, Senku and Ryusui. While some of the Americans can be negotiated with, Stanley will go to the ends of the Earth to defeat Senku.

The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) season 2

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 favourite concubine. So much for flying under the radar…

Tonight’s Episode: “Ka Zuigetsu“

A search party is sent two hours after Jinshi’s disappearance, while MaoMao discovers something about the “eunuch” Jinshi she does not wish to know. Lihaku’s barking dog is a great sniffer, and the dog, Lihaku and MaoMao set out to capture the would be assassins. MaoMao is really having difficulty learning Jinshi’s secret.

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 Episodes: “Reunion” and “Wish” finale

Aqua brings Akane along for the trip to Miyazaki, much to Ruby’s delight and Kana’s frustration. Upon arriving at the town, they meet MEM-cho’s friend and video creator Anemone Monemone, who immediately gets B-Komachi to start filming their music video. Aqua meanwhile takes Akane to the local hospital to ask about the fate of his previous life, only to find out Gorou is currently declared missing. After her part of the filming ends, Ruby leaves with Akane, but her inn key is stolen by a crow. However, when they chase the crow into a cave, they find Gorou’s corpse, much to Ruby’s disbelief. Aqua admits to Akane that he was subtly manipulating her to find Gorou’s body. Now having closure, he can start a real relationship with Akane. Ruby is later approached by a white-haired girl, who informs her that both Ai and Gorou were murdered by the same man and that he had an accomplice, suggesting that Ruby find the truth.

Uzumaki (literally “spiral”)

Kirei lives in a town that lately has odd occurrences, and each one somehow is connected to a spiral. Soon the spiral occurrences spread to infect even the bodies of people, which suddenly turns the everyday events in her life into chaos and horror.

Tonight’s Episode: “Episode 1”

Shuichi Saito tells his girlfriend Kirie Goshima that his father, Toshio, has become obsessed with spirals to the point of madness. Kirie sees for herself when she returns home and sees Toshio insanely demanding her potter father, Yasuo, make a spiral pattern pottery for him. Later at school, Kirie and classmate Azami Kurotami discuss Azami’s crescent-shaped forehead scar, which seems to attract boys to her. But her scar is slowly growing into a spiral. Events continue to spiral out of control.

Overlord season 4

With his foundations now set in this new world, the first steps of Ains Ooal Gown’s master plan apparent begin to come to fruition. The value of Carne village and especially the political value of his alter ego Momon are reaffirmed; the “hidden” genius of his actions is continuously met with shock and awe by Demiurge, Albedo, the rest of his guardians, and even Ains himself at his “great wisdom.” His attempts to act in a way befitting the ruler of Nazarick, continuing to further cement his guardian’s loyalty, push him ever further down the path of not-so-intentional world domination.

Tonight’s Episodes: “Invasion of the Royal Capital” and “The Witch of the Falling Kingdom” finale

Ainz is curious about Aganeia’s barrier skill, which Albedo only broke as she carries Ginnungagap, the world item Ainz gave her. Princess Renner visits Brain, Lakyus and the Blue Roses in Re-Estize. Preparing to teleport out of Re-Estize they offer to take Brain and Renner with them to safety, which they decline. Brain in particular refuses as he hopes to duel Ainz, but he gives Gazef’s sword to Renner and Climb to return to King Ramposa. Cocytus and Aura arrive and begin destroying the city. Brain, while searching for Ainz, encounters Cocytus who agrees to duel him after a brief introduction. Princess Renner convinces King Ramposa have Climb hide the royal treasures around the city, hoping Ainz will want to obtain them and thus spare more people. Elsewhere, Aura raids the city’s magician’s guild. After completing his mission, Climb returns to the palace only to find Ainz on the throne and Ramposa dead.

DanDaDan

Takakura, an occult maniac who doesn’t believe in ghosts, and Ayase, a girl who doesn’t believe in aliens, try to overcome their differences when they encounter the paranormal.

Tonight’s Episode: “Let’s Go to the Cursed House” finale

After realising the kintama Momo saw was just a Christmas ornament, the group takes Hana to Seiko’s house where they wait for Taro to visit, as Jiji increasingly experiences hallucinations of the spirit responsible for his parents’ illness. Momo, Jiji, and Okarun travel to Jiji’s cursed house as Okarun continues to be jealous of Momo and Jiji bonding.