MIT Students Perform a Stage Play "Live Action Anime" In Tokyo
Picture of the performance
The play is one hour long mystery taking place in an imaginary university "Mokuba Institute of Technology". Characters such as giant robots, shinigami, ronin, game otaku dance to express a mixture of reality and anime. Dr. Condry produced the play to show his gratitude to Japanese animation.
Sources:
Yomiuri Online
Tsuchiya Motohiro's blog
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12 hours per day for watching anime/ reading manga, 12 hours for studying?
I always thought otakus were too lazy to work so hard on their studies.
Jun 1, 2009 11:29 AM by Sohei
I want to know the critics of the audience...
Jun 1, 2009 9:50 AM by dawnferra
There is no word in the English vocabulary to translate what I feel.
Credo.
May 31, 2009 4:55 PM by ladyxzeus
May 31, 2009 11:41 AM by Scud
May 31, 2009 11:40 AM by Cookie-chan-
May 31, 2009 8:44 AM by CCZilla
this news may actually affect my future university choices O_o
Whenever read that , makes you sound like you think MIT is in japan ><
May 30, 2009 11:12 PM by llxwarbirdxll
Dr. Condry produced the play to show his gratitude to Japanese animation.
Gratitude... I wonder what the audience thought.
May 30, 2009 1:28 PM by Lvhina
May 30, 2009 11:41 AM by tehnominator
May 30, 2009 10:42 AM by tentacle_raep
May 30, 2009 10:37 AM by LonerGoth
May 30, 2009 8:34 AM by honya-chan
this news may actually affect my future university choices O_o
Whenever read that , makes you sound like you think MIT is in japan ><
What are you talking about, Massachusetts is clearly in Japan.
May 30, 2009 6:19 AM by LEGENDOFTHEAEIOU
May 30, 2009 5:44 AM by yakyuu-addict
this news may actually affect my future university choices O_o
Whenever read that , makes you sound like you think MIT is in japan ><
May 30, 2009 5:42 AM by Lvhina
Huh... unexpected. It's funny since that's my dream university.
May 30, 2009 3:42 AM by amayadori
I think I speak for everyone when I say: What the hell?
May 30, 2009 3:13 AM by Bakayaro
I think I speak for everyone when I say: What the hell?
May 30, 2009 3:05 AM by BlackAssassin
May 30, 2009 2:56 AM by Kappaka
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