SANDA (2025)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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.

• Released: 2025-10-04
• Genres: Animation, Action & Adventure, Mystery
• Seasons: 1, 12 episodes
• Episode length: 24m
• Network: MBS, TBS, CBC
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.5/10 from 43 votes

Top cast

• Ayumu Murase as Kazushige Sanda (voice)
• Hiroki Touchi as Santa Claus (voice)
• Umeka Shoji 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)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch SANDA

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
• India: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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