Announcements, Events

Upcoming POWA film outing: “Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye”!

The sequel season to the hit anime “Dan Da Dan” comes out next season – and as is the fashion these days, a supercut preview of the first few episodes (Specifically, the first three) is on its way to Australian cinemas, courtesy of our friends at SugoiCo!

From June 6th the film will be appearing in cinemas, and POWA needs the community to pick a time and place for our outing! SugoiCo is even being really really good friends of POWA and is offering us a couple of Admit 2 passes for our community to use!

If you are intested in having a say on what time and place we do pick, there is currently a poll available on our Facebook group. Head there and have a vote, why dont you?

“DAN DA DAN follows Momo, a high school girl from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult geek. In this new arc, Momo and Okarun set out on their latest adventure, traveling to a hot springs town home rented by Jiji, Momo’s childhood friend and former crush, with the goal to solve the mystery surrounding his family. When they arrive, strange locals derail their investigation before it can properly begin, and the group soon learns there’s more lurking under the surface of the town than they could possibly have imagined.”

Screenings

POWA Screening, May 18th, 2025

After what seemed like a very long time, POWA returns to our regular screening location and our regular screening schedule!

POWA plans to pick up right where we left off on our last regular screening. As it has been a while, perhaps its a good idea to familiarise yourself with what episodes we are up to? Check the bottom of the event for our schedule.

To recap last screening, though; Last time POWA voted for the last time on our Cultural & Historical series “The Apothecary Diaries” and for the first time on our Scifi series “ID:Invaded”. For the relief of those who like these shows, both series passed their vote and remain in our lineup – until its end, in the case of “The Apothecary Diaries.” 

And, as if to only ease us into screening again, none of our shows in our lineup are up for vote this week!

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 rooms of the City of Joondalup Library. Our doors will open at the same time as the library – 1:00PM – and we will start screening 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:

1:00 – Doors Open 

1:30 – Kakushigoto – Episode 3 (Comedy)

2:00 – The Apothecary Diaries – Episode 21 (Cultural/Historical) 

2:30 – Spy x Family – Episode 6 (Action & Sports)

3:00 – Break & Raffle

3:45 – ID:Invaded – Episode 5 (Sci-Fi)

4:15 – Vinland Saga – Episode 7 (Mature, Horror & Thriller)

Events, Screenings

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)