Screening of Saturday 25th July 2026

Screening earlier on the evening of Saturday, July 25^th 2026.

Until September JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.

Last week’s Annual General Meeting of JAFWA was held with no more than a little excessive passion being displayed. Who is looking forward to the club’s sponsoring the anime kickstarter? I am! I am also looking forward to the new club T/S, as the designs held up looked good enough to go without any further fine tweaking.
Unfortunately we did not get any new nominees for the JAFWA committee election, so dear members you are stuck again with the previous committee. The less said about the fate you have chosen, is probably better on my part.

But enough of the big picture. We have reached the end of July, and you know what that means. Firstly, during the Dinner Break we will hold the usual survey to find out what anime we have shown at JAFWA is more popular than others. Secondly, there is the monthly Member’s Prize Draw. Please come along for both.

In this week’s JAFWA program we are starting to come to the end of many of our regular series. But all will reach August, except “Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods”. I wanted to have a garden like that.
However, we do have time this week for a preview item. In this slice of life we meet a rural girl to whom manga is a lifeline, and her new teacher who seeks to dissuade her.

As a Public Service Announcement from JAFWA we regretfully inform people with the news that the long-time fixture of Perth fandom – Tokyo Underground is being forced to close for the final time.Though Bronwyn has taken her store through many misfortunes and relocations, she has indicated that she will not be maintaining her stall at the Wanneroo Weekend Markets much longer due to health reasons. Before it is too late visit Tokyo Underground one last time, and help her empty the shop.

Anime is definitely going mainstream. Last year at the cinemas has been the “Demon Slayer” movie, followed by the “Chainsaw Man” movie, and then the “Jujitsu Kaisen” movie. This year there has been the “Zombieland Saga” movie, and a “Gundam” movie, and an unbelievably good “Scarlet”. Life is wonderful for anime fans.
What else will be showing up in cinemas? It sometimes seems that all the popular Japanese anime movies are coming.
Not to mention that Luna Leederville is putting anime films in their Monday Double Feature program and Thursday Tokyo Nights.

If you would like to showcase the anime that holds great meaning and value to you, please offer to sponsor a night of JAFWA and screen your favourites. If you don’t want to sponsor an entire night like Lindsay, Elliot and Dale did previously, there is the other scheme for our signed up members. On the night nearest your birthday, as Greg and Sally have done, 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 July 25^th, 2026.

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

4:15pm	Who Made Me A Princess?	Ep 10/16
4:40pm	Dr Stone final cour	Ep 8/13
5:05pm	Draw This, Then Die	Ep 1	(preview)
5:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
6:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
6:30pm	Witch Hat Atelier	Ep 9/13
6:55pm	Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods	Ep 12/12	(final)
7:20pm	Champignon no Majo	Ep 9/12
7:45pm	Champignon no Majo	Ep 10/12
8:10pm	Late Break
8:20pm	Re: Zero season 4	Ep 10/11	(v)
8:45pm	Roll Over and Die	Ep 10/12	(v)
9:10pm	Clevatess	Ep 11/12	(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:

• from Thursday July 23^rd — The latest Detective Conan movie Detective Conan: Fallen Angel Of The Highway coming to Event and Hoyts cinemas.
• Monday July 27^th 2026 ~6:30PM — Luna Double Feature at Luna Cinemas Leederville – “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” $17.
• Weekend August 15^th and 16^th 2026 9:30AM->6PM — Pixel Expo Vs at Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
• Sunday August 23^rd 2026 9:30AM->1PM — Collector Zone Toy & Hobby Fair at ECU Sport & Fitness Centre, Joondalup, 22/270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup WA 6027.
• September 7^th to 20^th 2026 — If perchance you are down South and unable to attend JAFWA, perhaps the various events that the South West Japan Festival might soothe you.

Synopses

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Who Made me a Princess? (In Japanese: Aru Hi, Ohime-sama ni Natteshimatta Ken ni Tsuite, in Korean: Eoneu Nal Gongjuga Doeeobeolyeossda, in Chinese: Mófaa Goungzhuu de Xiao Fánnao)

The story follows Athanasia de Alger Obelia, a young princess executed by her father, Claude de Alger Obelia, the cold-blooded emperor of the Obelian Empire. However, Athanasia is reincarnated as her baby-self and given a second chance at the same life. Athanasia must use all of her wit and cunning to survive in the palace and to prevent her own death.

This evening’s Episode: “Love Rival’s Homecoming“

Princess Athanasia has a nightmare of her father Emperor Claude dancing with Jennette while ignoring her. Claude finally sends a message agreeing to be her dance partner. Athanasia asks Wizard Lucas to transform into an adult as she needs practice dancing with someone as tall as Claude, but he refuses. She considers asking Ijikiel who recently came home after seven years at Arlanta University to be Jennette’s dance partner. From sheer pettiness Lucas teleports her on top of Ijikiel again at Alpheus’ mansion, who still remembers her as the Angel. Lucas is in a foul mood.

Dr Stone season 4 “Science Future” final cour

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 will involve creating a space program to go to the Moon.

This Evening’s Episode: “Challengers of Science“

Senku explains that due to free fall in zero gravity, the Senku-1 satellite does not require fuel, but it still requires electricity, so he constructs solar panels from magnesium, gold, copper, selenium and glass. Soyuz and his team build a launch pad on Treasure Island to launch the satellite with Xeno’s engine. Unfortunately the rocket crashes, as does the next model, and the next. Lucky number 7. Chrome and Suika watch every single step, learning from their mistakes. Needing complex input from around the world, it is time to recreate the internet.

preview item -Draw This, Then Die! (Kore Kaite Shine)

Ai Yasumi is a first-year high school student living on Izu ?shima, an island that is part of Tokyo prefecture. She loves to read manga, but a certain event triggered her to start thinking about creating manga. The world that awaits her and the pain and joy of creating works of art opens up. But that single decision sets off a chain of encounters that will shatter her assumptions about art, genius, and what it truly means to create.

This evening’s Episode: “Magic House: What Would a Manga Protagonist Do Here?“

On an island 120km south of Tokyo, a girl with too much imagination has issues in her small town. A rental bookstore is her salvation, falling in love with manga, especially a certain title. Not that her teacher approves. But when after 10 years it is announced that a sequel volume will be released in Tokyo, there is no choice but to sneak off and get a copy. But it is all overwhelming, and meeting the author will leave her in tears.

Witch Hat Atelier (Tongari Boushi no Atorie)

In a world where only witches can cast magic, they must avoid being seen by ordinary people while casting. While Coco does her chores, she daydreams of becoming a witch. When a young witch named Qifrey visits her village, Coco uncovers the “absolute secret,” becomes Qifrey’s apprentice, and begins her studies. This is the story of children who encounter despair, yet reach out toward hope.

Tonight’s Episode: “A Nightmare Stained in Black“

hile Tartah suspects Qifrey is involved in Nolnoa’s memory lapse, Qifrey lectures the apprentices on the five tests to become a full-fledged witch. Coco has a nightmare of causing destruction from becoming a witch, prompting her to continue studying late at night. Meanwhile, Qifrey secretly attempts to extract the tainted Conjuring Ink’s contents to narrow his search for the Brimmed Caps.

Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods (Kami no Niwatsuki Kusunoki-tei)

Minato Kusunoki ends up becoming the caretaker of a newly constructed house deep in the countryside. A procession of unique and peculiar gods is drawn to the comfort of the purified Kusunoki residence, and Minato spends his days relaxing in the company of his spiritual neighbors. What else lies in store for Minato as he lives peacefully surrounded by gods.

Tonight’s Episode: “Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods” (finale)

Tenko arrives and warns Yamagami humans are not worth sacrificing himself. Yamagami insists some humans are worth it, and closes the dimension. The resentful spirit escapes but Yamagami’s power is gone. The air spirits return Minato’s lost talismans which he throws at the spirit, but they do not make it past the miasma. Tenko will depart, glad that Yamagami found one of the good humans.

Champignon Witch (Champignon no Majo)

Luna is a young witch who lives alone in a forest known for its poisonous mushrooms. Feared and shunned by nearby villagers for being a black witch in a kingdom ruled by white witches, Luna is believed to bring illness and death because of the poisonous mushrooms that she leaves everywhere she touches.

Tonight’s Episodes: “The House in the Black Forest” and “Reunion“

Lize asks Luna about what she would do if she felt an intense sadness, so she makes him a tea with tear mushrooms that will make him cry, which helps him feel better. Lize sees a drawing of two people kissing in a book and decides to ask Luna about it. Lize is sent to the village to go shopping, and on his way back, he is attacked by a poison crow who tries to steal their goat. Lize uses the special seeds given to him by the spirits to capture the crow and conjure a special sheet that will help the crow, but this angers the spirits who wanted him to kill the crow. The End of All Things has appeared on the country border, and the Wind Mage has gone to deal with it. With more refugees in the city, the air has gotten polluted and the book seller sends a letter to Luna asking her to come and purify the air. things are getting dangerous.

Re: Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (“Re: Life in a Different World from Zero”) season 4

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 Episode: “Murder Is a Habit“

Believing the “real Subaru’s” consciousness momentarily returned and killed Meili, Subaru hides her corpse before being confronted by Emilia, who has deduced something is wrong and tells him to confide in her. However, the others then inform them that the library has materialized Meili’s Book of the Dead, revealing her fate.

Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! (Omae Gotoki ga Maou ni Kateru to Omou na to Yuusha Paati o Tsuihou Sareta no de, Outo de Kimama ni Kurashitai which literally translates as ‘Banished from the Hero’s Party Because They Said ‘Don’t Think Somebody Like You Can Defeat the Demon Lord’, I Want to Live Freely in the Capital‘)

Flum Apricot is born with a unique Affinity known as “Reversal” that leaves her with zero stats across the board. However, after being prophesied by the God Origin to join the Hero’s party and defeat the Demon Lord, Flum finds herself with what seems like an impossible task. Things only get harder when the party’s renowned sage, Jean Inteige, decides to sell her into slavery instead. Flum finally learns the true meaning of her unique “Reversal” Affinity.

Tonight’s Episode: “Truth and Reality“

With strange fog covering the city, Flum receives a request from the guild regarding the mysterious woman, whose name is Satils Francois, who came to the guild the other day in search for a missing child, revealed to be Ink. Flum also finds the guild mostly empty and is denied entry to the area where Dein and Kahnis fought.

Clevatess (Clevatess -Majuu no Ou to Akago to Shikabane no Yuusha-)

After killing a group of heroes and destroying an entire kingdom as revenge for attacking his lands, one of the Four Beast Kings, Clevatess, takes in a baby belonging to the kingdom’s royal family. He then resurrects one of the heroes, Alicia Glenfall, whom he enslaves so she can help him take care of the baby while hoping to examine humanity more closely.

Tonight’s Episode: “Fake Hero“

Alicia is approached by T’ala, and she explains to the princess that her fellow heroes are all dead, making Alicia the only survivor, and that her son, revealed to be Luna, is alive. As they proceed to the forge, T’ala explains the history of the heroes to Alicia and does not wish for her son to be king under the forge’s power. The Haiden King uses Luna to open the forge, but Klen stops him and questions his motives. Meanwhile, Dorel also heads to the forge, but is ambushed by Rod and Gart, with Alicia joining the fight.