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SANDA

SANDA
★ 7.6/10•2025•24m•TV-14•Animation•Action & Adventure•Mystery
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In near-future Japan with ultra-low birthrates, children are treasured but monitored. Santa is banned as dangerous. One snowy December 25th, middle-schooler Kazushige Sanda, descendant of Santa, is attacked by classmate Fuyumura who wants him to find her missing friend, Ono. "Santa, please find my friend." To protect children from adults, Sanda decides to become Santa and fight the adults.

StatusEnded
Runtime24m
LanguageJA
First Air DateOct 4, 2025

Episodes

Episode 1 - Everything's Bright, Am I Aging?E124m

Everything's Bright, Am I Aging?

On a Dec 25 without Christmas, Sanda is attacked by classmate Shiori. Mistaking it for love, he awaits her confession, but hears something else.

Oct 4, 2025

Episode 2 - Candies, Canes, Kisses, and BladesE224m

Candies, Canes, Kisses, and Blades

Amaya learns Sanda is Santa, restrains him and Shiori to force a kiss. Santa refuses, unlocks sled power to escape. Then Headmaster Oshibu appears!

Oct 11, 2025

Episode 3 - Charred Fruit Tastes All the SweeterE324m

Charred Fruit Tastes All the Sweeter

Sanda gains lie-detecting power. Shiori tries to use it to find Ono, but doubt overwhelms Sanda. Shiori then tells a self-harming lie.

Oct 18, 2025

Episode 4 - Zeus, Smasher of TextbooksE424m

Zeus, Smasher of Textbooks

At a funeral, Santa fights Yagiuda but fears his power. His resolve returns, shattering the roof and leaving him exposed before all.

Oct 25, 2025

Episode 5 - A Typhoon in a Snow GlobeE524m

A Typhoon in a Snow Globe

Sanda vows never to love, but in a typhoon his message to fiancee Niko fails and he's drawn to her. The next day, Yagiuda arrives as a teacher.

Nov 1, 2025

Episode 6 - Cyborg vs. Santa ClausE624m

Cyborg vs. Santa Claus

Santa blocks Headmaster Oshibu from attacking adult Ono, but the enhanced 92-year-old overpowers him. Santa asks the kids for their belief to fight.

Nov 8, 2025

Episode 7 - Double-Faced Carnivorous PlantE724m

Double-Faced Carnivorous Plant

Amaya ends his friendship with Sanda to save him. Meanwhile, the scarred Oshibu, comforted by Yagiuda, turns to Class 10 students who killed adults.

Nov 15, 2025

Episode 8 - Love, the Most Selfish Thing There IsE824m

Love, the Most Selfish Thing There Is

Saved from Namatame by Shiori, Santa vows to harden his heart, but when Niko asks for a kiss, Sanda panics and almost transforms before her.

Nov 22, 2025

Episode 9 - A Fake Flower, Yet Its Roots RotE924m

A Fake Flower, Yet Its Roots Rot

Tetsudome says Santa lacks grit. With her aid Sanda becomes dark Santa, but doubts himself. After meeting Namatame again, he vows not to fight kids.

Nov 29, 2025

Episode 10 - You, an Everlasting MomentE1024m

You, an Everlasting Moment

At the Peak of Youth Ceremony, Niko steals Sanda's first kiss at twilight. Meanwhile Yagiuda faces Namatame alone, offering himself as decoy.

Dec 6, 2025

Episode 11 - Flashback AttackE1124m

Flashback Attack

Namatame wrecks the ceremony. Eating yakisoba, she's met by Sanda in child form. His body starts breaking down as Ono's own changes grow.

Dec 13, 2025

Episode 12 - Pale Blue PallE1224m

Pale Blue Pall

Santa fights Oshibu before the students. The headmaster thrives on cheers, but Santa regains power by revealing his truth. The duel peaks on the roof.

Dec 20, 2025

Actors

Ayumu Murase

Ayumu Murase

Kazushige Sanda (voice)

Hiroki Touchi

Hiroki Touchi

Santa Claus (voice)

Umeka Shoji

Umeka Shoji

Shiori Fuyumura (voice)

Anna Nagase

Anna Nagase

Ichie Ono (voice)

Yuuki Shin

Yuuki Shin

Hitoshi Amaya (voice)

Misato Matsuoka

Misato Matsuoka

Nico Kazao (voice)

Toshihiko Seki

Toshihiko Seki

Hifumi Ōshibu (voice)

Hiroaki Hirata

Hiroaki Hirata

Saburō Yagiuda (voice)

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Toyo Tetsudome (voice)

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