SANDA

SANDA is a TV series by Science SARU that premiered in Fall 2025. It is finished airing with 12 episodes of about 24 minutes each. Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery. Average AniList score: 7.4/10.

Synopsis

In a future where children are few and regarded as Japan's most valuable assets, Christmas has become a mere legend of the past. For the students of Daikoku Welfare Academy—a boarding school where they are educated, protected, and monitored—the mythical Santa Claus is a forgotten character of fiction. For the adults, Santa Claus is a very real menace that needs to be neutralized by the Saint Nick Pursuit Unit in case he makes an appearance.

Shiori Fuyumura, a student of Daikoku Welfare Academy, is determined to find her best friend, Ichie Ono, who has been declared dead after being missing for six months. One morning, Fuyumura summons her fellow class representative, Kazushige Sanda, only to attack the unknowing boy. She is convinced that Sanda is the descendant of the infamous Santa Claus—the only person who can make her wish of finding Ono come true—and is determined to force out his dormant true self by any means necessary.

(Source: MAL Rewrite)

SANDA episodes

  1. Episode 1: Everything`s Bright, Am I Aging? — aired October 3, 2025
  2. Episode 2: Candies, Canes, Kisses, and Blades — aired October 10, 2025
  3. Episode 3: Charred Fruit Tastes All the Sweeter — aired October 17, 2025
  4. Episode 4: Zeus, Smasher of Textbooks — aired October 24, 2025
  5. Episode 5: A Typhoon in a Snow Globe — aired October 31, 2025
  6. Episode 6: Cyborg vs. Santa Claus — aired November 7, 2025
  7. Episode 7: Double-Faced Carnivorous Plant — aired November 14, 2025
  8. Episode 8: Love, the Most Selfish Thing There Is — aired November 21, 2025
  9. Episode 9: A Fake Flower, Yet Its Roots Rot — aired November 28, 2025
  10. Episode 10: You, an Everlasting Moment — aired December 5, 2025
  11. Episode 11: Flashback Attack — aired December 12, 2025
  12. Episode 12: Pale Blue Pall — aired December 19, 2025

Main characters

  • Kazushige Sanda (Main) — voiced by Ayumu Murase
  • Shiori Fuyumura (Main) — voiced by Umeka Shouji
  • Saburou Yagiuda (Supporting) — voiced by Hiroaki Hirata
  • Niko Kazao (Supporting) — voiced by Misato Matsuoka
  • Hitoshi Amaya (Supporting) — voiced by Yuuki Shin
  • Hifumi Ooshibu (Supporting) — voiced by Toshihiko Seki
  • Hajime Mogi (Supporting) — voiced by Mutsuki Iwanaka
  • Ichie Ono (Supporting) — voiced by Anna Nagase
  • Fumi Namatame (Supporting) — voiced by Mariya Ise
  • Toyo Tetsudome (Supporting) — voiced by Masako Nozawa

Anime like SANDA

Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery · Season: Fall 2025