Screening of Saturday 26th September 2026

Screening earlier on the evening of Saturday, 26^th September 2026.

Until the end of October JAFWA will be operating on Winter Hours – ie screening starts at ~4:15PM.
Though we may have a survey regarding that.

The Spring weather continues at JAFWA, especially since the Equinox will now have passed, which would be the official Season start in Japan.
Last week, it appeared that the cherry trees on Collins Street were in full blossom. I don’t know how much longer it may occur. It is best to view the Sakura by daylight. NOTE JAFWA can not provide Sake.

As is typical at this JAFWA screening at the end of each month, we will perform a couple of extra activities:
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, both current shows and preview episode that we have recently screened that you can rate in a scalar fashion (Hindu-Arabic numerals, one-based with ascending numbers representing less popular titles).
Secondly, there is the monthly Member’s Prize Draw. Please come along for both.

This week’s JAFWA program sees a regular item ready to leave our program, as our Korean webtoon, animated by a Chinese studio, dubbed into Japanese and finally subtitled into English comes to a conclusion.
And even though we are hoping to finish many regular series by the end of the Year, we will include a preview episode of some other anime recently produced in Japan. This week we have a story of yesteryear, when the Mongols took control of half of Eurasia, and what happened to the peoples that they conquered and enslaved.

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 September 26^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 16/16	final
4:40pm	Draw This and Die	Ep 3/12
5:05pm	A Witch’s Life in Mongol	Ep 1	preview
5:30pm	dinner break, with possibly interesting stuff
6:15pm	door prize drawing, and announcements
6:30pm	The Invisible Man and his soon to be Wife	Ep 3/12
6:55pm	The Cat and the Dragon	Ep 3/12
7:20pm	The Cat and the Dragon	Ep 4/12
7:45pm	Nier Automata Ver1.1a	Ep 5/24	(v)
8:10pm	Late Break
8:20pm	The Ghost in the Shell	Ep 3/?	(v)
8:45pm	Re: Zero season 4 part B	Ep 5/8?	(v)
9:10pm	Sentenced to be a Hero	Ep 7/12	(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:

• 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.
• Transformers Day September 17^th 2026 — To commemorate the 40^th anniversary of “Transformers the movie”, many cinemas will be showing a special 4K version. Ticket pre-sales started August 7^th.
• Saturday September 26^th 2026 10:00-15:30 — Tokyo Market 6 Victoria Park Leisurelife Centre.
• Saturday October 3^rd 2026 — JAFWA having a Bunnings BBQ fundraiser down at Cannington. Come for the sausage sizzle.
• from Thursday October 8^th 2026 1pm->4:30 — the 4K remastered 1993 landmark Ninja Scroll will be sneaking into cinemas.
• Saturday October 31^st 2026 1pm->4:30 — JAFWA having another make your own fun Event Arvo in the Hall before JAFWA screening.
• the sequel to the surprise hit Godzilla minus one come to all good cinemas. Prepare for Godzilla minus Zero.

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 That Transcends Time” final

Athanasia is confronted by a manifestation of her loneliness and resentment that claims without emotions Claude has never once loved her. It also claims it is inevitable she will be replaced by Jennette as it was Athanasia that killed Diana. Athanasia almost succumbs to despair but is saved by Diana’s soul returning from the Wellspring.

Draw This, Then Die! (Kore Kaite Shine)

Ai Yasumi is a first-year high school student living on Izu Ooshima, 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: “Kokoro’s Heart: Draw This, Then Die!!!!“

There are troubles setting up a new manga club, like location and members. While on the search for a third manga club member, Ai comes across Kokoro, a struggling introvert with a talent for art. Though their personalities do not communicate well. Teshima-sensei recalls painful memories.

preview item – A Witch’s Life in Mongol (Tenmaku no Jaaduugaru)

Fatima’s desire for a stage where she can put her knowledge to work has brought her to the palace of the Mongols, where she falls under the wing of Töregene, the sixth wife of Ögedei, the second Great Khan-a mighty woman with complicated feelings about the direction of the empire. These two women are the axle upon which the politics of the palace, and soon the very world, will turn.

This evening’s Episode: “All That Is in the Heavens and All That Is in the Earth“

In Tus, a Muslim city in the east of Persia, little Sitara is a slave in a scholarly household where she is encouraged to study and learn. Menial labor isn’t her forte. Muhammad, the young man of the house, demonstrates how ignorance causes fear, and knowledge banishes it. But then the Mongols capture the city.

The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife (Toumei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fuufu ni Naru Futari‘)

In a world where humans, demi-humans and monsters co-exist, Shizuka Yakou is a quiet and bashful woman who works at a small detective agency. Her employer, Tounome, is the refined and courteous owner of the agency, who possesses the unusual ability to turn invisible. While his power is invaluable for investigative work, it proves ineffective on Yakou, who is blind, yet can always sense Tounome’s presence.

Tonight’s Episode: “Dating For a Week“

Yako and Tonome draw boundaries at work and the wait for after-work Tea can be agonising. And then there is Shizuka’s considerate mother. Then they learn something about their taciturn and tactless co-worker Kikira.

The Cat and the Dragon (Neko to Ryuu)

Deep in a forest inhabited by ferocious beasts and magical creatures, a cat takes an orphaned baby dragon under her wing and raises it as her own child. As years passed and the cats left him behind, he grows and vows to protect them.

Tonight’s Episode: “The Kittens and the Winged Uncle” and “The Black Cat and the Prince“

Dragon continues to raise kittens and teach them hunting and magic, yet some kittens are simply one of a kind. Can the Cat Dragon have a heart attack? Elsewhere the black cat named Kurobane meets and becomes entangled with a human prince, Stan, who wishes to become an adventurer as he grows.

Nier: Automata Ver1.1a

In the year 11945 on a post-apocalyptic Earth abandoned by humanity. Earth has been occupied by aliens, who fight using an army of Machine Lifeforms. Androids, created by humans, fight against the Machine Lifeforms, with the conflict turning into a prolonged proxy war. The latest addition to the android forces is YoRHa, an elite android fighting force based in the orbital Bunker and communicating directly with the Council of Humanity on the Moon.

Tonight’s Episode: “mave[R]ick“

Adam and Eve are shown steadily gaining intelligence as Adam eagerly reads old human books. 2B and 9S are given a mission by Lily to deliver supplies to a village of Machine lifeforms that have developed into a peaceful community and are willing to trade with the Resistance.

The Ghost in the Shell (Koukaku Kidoutai)

In a near future, technology has firmly taken root into society at large. Cybernetic implants are nothing uncommon and robots roam as plentiful as humans, all connected through their ”ghosts” to the electronic datastreams of the net. Major Motoko Kusanagi and the Public Security Section 9 find themselves in a constant battle with the newly created wave of technological terrorists and cyber-hackers.

Tonight’s Episode: “Junk Jungle ii + Megatech Machine i + ii“

After a brief pursuit and shootout, Kusanagi and Togusa are able to apprehend the hacker. As Aramaki and Batou spy on Malles’ mansion, a man claiming to be the Puppet Master arrives and meets with Malles and a corrupt intelligence agent who has been covering Malles’ crimes. At Section 9 headquarters, the team’s AI controlled Fuchikoma units get into a debate about whether they should rebel against humanity or not, but cannot come to a conclusion. The philosophical debate about at what point a cyborg will no longer be considered human.

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: “Subaru Natsuki“

Subaru finds a series of Books of the Dead storing the “real Subaru’s” deaths and reads them to uncover what made him special. However, he finds nothing and, after reading the Book from the loop where he lost his memories, gets transported back to Od Lagna, where he meets the “real Subaru”.

Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 (Yuusha-kei ni Shosu: Choubatsu Yuusha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku)

In a world where heroism is a punishment, Xylo Forbartz, a condemned goddess killer, battles endless hordes of monstrous abominations as part of Penal Hero Unit 9004. Death is no escape, only a cycle of resurrection and relentless combat. But when Xylo encounters a mysterious new goddess, their unlikely alliance sparks a rebellion that could shatter the chains of eternal punishment.

Tonight’s Episode: “Sentence: Feigned Day Off at Port City Ioff“

Now in the port city Ioff, Kivia orders Xylo to protect Teoritta from the heretics expelled from the temple and are temporarily off the front lines. Afterwards, Jayce Partiract, a dragoon hero who has trafficked drugs and was sentenced for allegedly inciting a rebellion, comes in to collect his pay from Xylo for winning a wager over who killed more Demon Lords.