By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Amber Pegler has been captivated by the “Demon Slayer” anime franchise since first reading the manga years ago.

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She’s watched the whole series, which focuses on a young boy searching for a cure to save his sister, cursed by a demon that killed the rest of his family. The 32-year-old costume designer loves the art style, particularly during the fighting sequences, and can’t wait for the film “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” to hit U.S. theaters this weekend.

“The ‘Infinity Castle’ is a really gut-punching final arc,” said the Long Beach resident. “It’s about navigating the big world, and sometimes the big world has big demons.”

The Sony Pictures title, released through the studio’s anime banner Crunc

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