SANDA 2025
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.
Episodes
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S1·E1 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.
S1·E2 Candies, Canes, Kisses, and BladesAmaya learns Sanda is Santa, restrains him and Shiori to force a kiss. Santa refuses, unlocks sled power to escape. Then Headmaster Oshibu appears!
S1·E3 Charred Fruit Tastes All the SweeterSanda gains lie-detecting power. Shiori tries to use it to find Ono, but doubt overwhelms Sanda. Shiori then tells a self-harming lie.
S1·E4 Zeus, Smasher of TextbooksAt a funeral, Santa fights Yagiuda but fears his power. His resolve returns, shattering the roof and leaving him exposed before all.
S1·E5 A Typhoon in a Snow GlobeSanda 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.
S1·E6 Cyborg vs. Santa ClausSanta blocks Headmaster Oshibu from attacking adult Ono, but the enhanced 92-year-old overpowers him. Santa asks the kids for their belief to fight.
S1·E7 Double-Faced Carnivorous PlantAmaya ends his friendship with Sanda to save him. Meanwhile, the scarred Oshibu, comforted by Yagiuda, turns to Class 10 students who killed adults.
S1·E8 Love, the Most Selfish Thing There IsSaved from Namatame by Shiori, Santa vows to harden his heart, but when Niko asks for a kiss, Sanda panics and almost transforms before her.
S1·E9 A Fake Flower, Yet Its Roots RotTetsudome says Santa lacks grit. With her aid Sanda becomes dark Santa, but doubts himself. After meeting Namatame again, he vows not to fight kids.
S1·E10 You, an Everlasting MomentAt the Peak of Youth Ceremony, Niko steals Sanda's first kiss at twilight. Meanwhile Yagiuda faces Namatame alone, offering himself as decoy.
S1·E11 Flashback AttackNamatame wrecks the ceremony. Eating yakisoba, she's met by Sanda in child form. His body starts breaking down as Ono's own changes grow.
S1·E12 Pale Blue PallSanta fights Oshibu before the students. The headmaster thrives on cheers, but Santa regains power by revealing his truth. The duel peaks on the roof.Cast
Crew
- Producers
- Yasutaka Hyuga, 安谷屋佑磨
- Executive Producers
- Kenzo Ishiguro, Masanori Fujita
- Cinematography
- Hikari Itoh
- Editing
- Kiyoshi Hirose
- Composer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
Details
- First air date
- Oct 4, 2025
- Last air date
- Dec 20, 2025
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 12
- Episode runtime
- 24 min
- Network
- MBS, TBS, CBC
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- Science SARU, dentsu, Akita Shoten
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
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