
SANDA
- 2025
- Ended
- Animation · Action & Adventure · Mystery
- ~24m / ep
- 1 season
- 7.7/10
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.
Latest: Season 1 · 2025
View all seasonsE1. Everything's Bright, Am I Aging?
Oct 4, 2025 · 24m
On a Dec 25 without Christmas, Sanda is attacked by classmate Shiori. Mistaking it for love, he awaits her confession, but hears something else.
E2. Candies, Canes, Kisses, and Blades
Oct 11, 2025 · 24m
Amaya learns Sanda is Santa, restrains him and Shiori to force a kiss. Santa refuses, unlocks sled power to escape. Then Headmaster Oshibu appears!
E3. Charred Fruit Tastes All the Sweeter
Oct 18, 2025 · 24m
Sanda gains lie-detecting power. Shiori tries to use it to find Ono, but doubt overwhelms Sanda. Shiori then tells a self-harming lie.
E4. Zeus, Smasher of Textbooks
Oct 25, 2025 · 24m
At a funeral, Santa fights Yagiuda but fears his power. His resolve returns, shattering the roof and leaving him exposed before all.
E5. A Typhoon in a Snow Globe
Nov 1, 2025 · 24m
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.
E6. Cyborg vs. Santa Claus
Nov 8, 2025 · 24m
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.
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