Last weekend was MIT’s Campus Preview Weekend, where high school seniors who have gotten accepted to the Institute travel up here to get a sneak peek of what MIT’s really like. Naturally, the school tries to make a good impression to convince admitted pre-freshmen that they really want to go here, so they give avenue for a lot of the student groups to put on cool events. Of course, the Anime Club got to take part as well!
Some readers might recall the discussion on Pani Poni Dash! in my post about MIT appearances in anime last year, in which SHAFT shows that apparently MIT students all wear lab coats, dress shirts, and ties (and short skirts, for the girls!) ALL THE TIME. We decided to play that up here for the pre-frosh, even though we knew that there was no way anyone would understand it.
Thomas and J in the OFFICIAL MIT UNIFORM
We participated in three events over the weekend: the Welcome Festival, where we held an impromptu karaoke booth for passerby pre-frosh to sing anime tunes; Activities Midway, where we handed out flyers and gave out pins; and the highlight of our weekend– a Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged marathon with live virtual Q&A with LittleKuriboh!
If you aren’t familiar with Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, it’s a fan parody of the original anime series of similar name, created by LittleKuriboh in the UK. Each episode tightly condenses episodes of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! into a couple of minutes, adding in satirical jokes and silly character voices that poke fun at Yu-Gi-Oh!’s campiness and rather silly plot, all out of love for the series. It’s a delightful watch (and the source of tons of Internet memes).
Pre-frosh at Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged Marathon
We watched 20 episodes of it and ate snacks (“Wait a minute, did you just watch a bunch of episodes in two hours?” “Yeah, so?” “That’s against the rules, isn’t it?” “Screw the rules, I have snacks!”), then held a hilarious live Q&A with LittleKuriboh all the way from England. He discussed a lot of his creative process, views on the characters and popularity, and graced us with character monologues (including reading the MIT Wikipedia page in Marik’s voice!) and a live performance of his song Brooklyn Rage. It was utterly glorious.
Of course, we wouldn’t simply write about this glorious event without posting the proof of it online! You can listen to the full audio below (not yet edited).
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