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.

SANDA (2025)

★ 7.5/10 October 4, 2025 1 season

Action & AdventureAnimationMystery

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.

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Cast

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