SANDA

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2025-10-04

Last Air Date: 2025-11-29

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 12

Networks: MBS, TBS, CBC

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Top Cast

Ayumu Murase as Kazushige Sanda (voice)
Hiroki Touchi as Santa Claus (voice)
Umeka Shouji as Shiori Fuyumura (voice)
Anna Nagase as Ichie Ono (voice)
Yuuki Shin as Hitoshi Amaya (voice)
Misato Matsuoka as Nico Kazao (voice)
Toshihiko Seki as Hifumi Ōshibu (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata as Saburō Yagiuda (voice)
Masako Nozawa as Toyo Tetsudome (voice)
Honoka Sakai as Female Student B (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (2025)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Everything's Bright, Am I Aging? (2025-10-04)

On a Dec 25 without Christmas, Sanda is attacked by classmate Shiori. Mistaking it for love, he awaits her confession, but hears something else.
Ep. 2: Candies, Canes, Kisses, and Blades (2025-10-11)

Amaya learns Sanda is Santa, restrains him and Shiori to force a kiss. Santa refuses, unlocks sled power to escape. Then Headmaster Oshibu appears!
Ep. 3: Charred Fruit Tastes All the Sweeter (2025-10-18)

Sanda gains lie-detecting power. Shiori tries to use it to find Ono, but doubt overwhelms Sanda. Shiori then tells a self-harming lie.
Ep. 4: Zeus, Smasher of Textbooks (2025-10-25)

At a funeral, Santa fights Yagiuda but fears his power. His resolve returns, shattering the roof and leaving him exposed before all.
Ep. 5: A Typhoon in a Snow Globe (2025-11-01)

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.
Ep. 6: Cyborg vs. Santa Claus (2025-11-08)

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.
Ep. 7: Double-Faced Carnivorous Plant (2025-11-15)

Amaya ends his friendship with Sanda to save him. Meanwhile, the scarred Oshibu, comforted by Yagiuda, turns to Class 10 students who killed adults.
Ep. 8: Love, the Most Selfish Thing There Is (2025-11-22)

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.
Ep. 9: A Fake Flower, Yet Its Roots Rot (2025-11-29)

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.
Ep. 10: You, an Everlasting Moment (2025-12-06)

At the Peak of Youth Ceremony, Niko steals Sanda's first kiss at twilight. Meanwhile Yagiuda faces Namatame alone, offering himself as decoy.
Ep. 11: Episode 11 (2025-12-13)

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 12: Episode 12 (2025-12-20)

No overview for this episode.