Category: Events

This Screening is an online screening. POWA will not be screening in person at any location this weekend. POWA will return to our physical screening location at the Joondalup Library on the 18th of May.

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As POWA is taking Mothers Day weekend off, we’ve got something of a scaled-back screening for those who just need that weekly anime. 

Online, on POWA’s discord, 6:30pm Sunday May 11th, we are hosting what we are calling the “Runners-Up” special screening!

POWA is proud of its democratically chosen anime traditions, but there is no secret that for every show that “Wins” a vote, there are a bunch of shows that don’t quite make it. This screening is for them!

From our last six votes for new series, there have been seven shows that just barely didn’t make the cut – that is, five “Second Places” and one tie of two shows – and it’s these that get their own full length preview this weekend. 

There is one notable thing we want to say about the shows at this screening, though: us watching these shows will not enter these shows into the “POWA Canon”, as it were. That is, they won’t go on our MyAnimeList profile as “Watched”, and these shows can (and probably will) reappear at future POWA votes.

As this screening is held on our Discord group, one will need to have an active discord account. Other things, like an electronic device to install discord on, and access to the internet, as well as perhaps a fondness for anime, are all heavily recommended. You do not need to have a microphone to join in on the jolly banter that usually occurs during our online screenings, but if you would like to participate it would make it easier.

Each of the shows screened are available on Crunchyroll, and may even be watchable as many first episodes of anime on Crunchyroll are free. However, the screening will also be screen-shared, allowing people to watch the anime entirely, or perhaps just use it to sync up their own streams. 

We Hope to see you there!

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This screening’s schedule:

6:30 – Mashle – Magic and Muscles (Tied Comedy Runner-up, 23rd February)

7:00 – D-frag! (Tied Comedy Runner-up, 23rd February)

7:30 – Trigun Stampede (Action & Sports Runner-up, 2nd March)

8:00 – Appare Ranman (Cultural/Historical Runner up, 29th September)

8:30 – Frieren: Beyond Journey End (Fantasy Runner-up, 10th November)

9:00 – Yatagarasu: the Raven Does Not Choose Its Master (Mature, Horror & Thriller Runner-up, 23rd Feburary)

9:30 – Megalobox (Scifi Runner-up, 9th March)

Event Location: Event Cinemas Innaloo

This time POWA is off to see an Animated film in the cinema, with the newest entry in the “Mobile Suit Gundam” franchise, “GQuuuuuux -The Beginning-”

Poll has been run and a time has been rather solidly chosen – we are on for a session at 4:15pm, Saturday March 1st, at Event Cinemas Innaloo. 

Here’s a short summary provided by the distributor, our friends, SugoiCo:

“Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.

Under the entry name “Machu,” she throws herself into fierce battle day after day, piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shuji.

Now their world is about to enter a new era.”

And a further note, also provided by SugoiCo:

“The first-ever major collaboration between studio khara, the studio behind the EVANGELION Series, and SUNRISE, the historic home to the Mobile Suit Gundam animated works, brings together an all-star creative team for a groundbreaking new entry to the Gundam universe. Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki (FLCL), with a screenplay co-written by legendary screenwriter Yoji Enokido (Revolutionary Girl Utena) and acclaimed filmmaker Hideaki Anno (EVANGELION Series), Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is a stunning visual feast that will captivate fans, both old and new.”

And a FINAL note, to also be provided by SugoiCo… two Admit x2 passes! Make sure your POWA membership is up to date, and rock up to the film on time, and have a chance to win one of the tickets!

Standard citations for the film outing apply; POWA cannot guarantee a spot in the cinema. If the film’s room is booked out, then you might miss out. If you are worried about the availability of seats, the earlier you show up the better your chances are – and you can always purchase a ticket online ahead of time. We also ask that everyone arrive early enough to do everything that needs to be done before the film starts – that is, time to find the group, organise your tickets, purchase snacks and drinks, heed the call of nature, all of it – if you show up late, we may well have moved into the cinema without you!

We hope to see you there!