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Anime fans drawn into another world

It’s another wild weekend in the Humanities building on the UW-Madison campus.

Men and women climb over chairs in the auditorium like hyperactive monkeys, chattering about classes, movies and the Internet while trying to set up a DVD player. Leftover Halloween candy and other snacks provide the fuel the audience will need to stay up late to watch and discuss the cultural implications of . . . schoolgirl nun exorcists in the roaring ’20s?