POWA Online “Runners-up” Screening, May 11th, 2025

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.


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!


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)

POWA Film outing: COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Cant Sing!, May 4th, 2025

Important notice before the details of the event: POWA Will not be screening at the Library on May 4th or May 11th this year.


Event Location: Event Cinemas Innaloo

Time: Sunday, May 4th, 3:45pm

POWA is off to the cinemas to see the long time arriving to Australia release of “COLORFUL STAGE!”. Its time to see a certain song-less Miku on the big screen for the first time!

As always, POWA was polled, and a time was decided upon – this time, POWA chose the 3:45pm session at Event Cinemas Innaloo on Sunday the 4th of May.

Which is funny, because POWA would usually be screening at this time! No worries, though, POWA was unable to get the Library due to the Joondalup Festival of Motoring closing the Library this weekend, so instead, lets go to the Cinema!

“COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing is an animation film by studio P.A.WORKS featuring an all-new Hatsune Miku and the first film with the iconic Virtual Singer. Based on HATSUNE MIKU: COLORFUL STAGE!, a game about high school students finding their true feelings through music in an alternate world called “SEKAI” with the help of Hatsune Miku.
Ichika is a high school musician who can enter a mysterious place called “SEKAI,” where she and her friends express their innermost emotions through music alongside Hatsune Miku. One day after giving a live performance, Ichika meets a new Miku that she has never seen before. No matter how hard this new Miku tries to sing, she struggles connecting with the hearts of her listeners. Miku must rely on the
help of others to find a way to sing again.”

This movie is being distributed by our good friends at SugoiCo, who have been such darlings as to not only release the film in our country, but have also provided some passes! Yes, a few lucky POWA members will be able to get in free, all thanks to SugoiCo!

Standard movie going citations apply – POWA cannot guarantee seats in the cinema! If the film is extremely popular, you might find that there are no seats for your bum – so make sure you arrive at the cinema early enough to reserve your ticket, find the group, but snacks and drinks, and share Miku songs with the group. If you arrive late, we might have already moved into the cinema without you – so our Discord is a good way to coordinate efforts!

We hope to see you there!

POWA Spring Seasonal Preview, 27th April, 2025

Location: Joondalup Library, Upstairs Meeting Room

This time… THIS TIME, For sure! Unforseen problems caused POWA to delay the first attempt at this screening, followed by a (Expected) easter weekend holiday, but now we have a chance to bring a preview of whats happening this season. That is to say…

Spring is upon… someone, out there, probably, but not us, but it does mean that it’s time for a Spring Seasonal Preview! 

Weird opening line aside, this screening will be bringing a selection of shows from the 2025 Spring season of Anime to your viewing pleasure!

There’s, as always, a bit of a mixture of genres and show types – ranging from Anime adaptations of Edwardian-Era classic novels (No, really!) to shows that will likely have you looking away from the screen at your phones… to check Flight Centre for travel options to Japan just to check out some of the locations in the show.

There’s even talk of an anime where a guy dies and then wakes up in a fantasy world! 

And while POWA can’t bring all that is to air to this screening, it is still a good chance to get an idea of what’s on offer in the Spring 2025 season.

Entry for our weekly screenings is $4 for members and $5 for guests. However, your first time is free! Every entry prior to our break receives a raffle ticket for a weekly prize. We will be in the upstairs meeting room of the Joondalup Library. Our meeting will start at the same time as the library opens – 1:00PM – and we will start watching anime at 1:30PM, leaving you time to find the room and settle down with some drinks and snacks.

We hope to see you there!


This week’s schedule:

1:30pm – Spring 2025 Anime, Episode 1

2:00pm – Spring 2025 Anime, Episode 1

2:30pm – Spring 2025 Anime, Episode 1

3:00pm – Short Break & Raffle

3:15pm – Spring 2025 Anime, Episode 1

3:45pm – Spring 2025 Anime, Episode 1

4:15pm – Spring 2025 Anime, Episode 1