Sanda
Sanda builds its identity around a wonderfully strange problem: Santa Claus has become folklore in a future where children are scarce and closely controlled. Amazon Prime Video is the exclusive streaming home named for the series. This finished 2025 TV anime has 12 episodes of about 24 minutes each, making it a compact watch with a complete stopping point. Science Saru animates the shifts between forceful action and an uneasy school mystery with plenty of physical personality. Watch it if you like high-concept stories that take their young characters seriously, especially when adult protection begins to resemble confinement.
About
In Sanda, Christmas survives mostly as an old story, while Japan's few children live under relentless supervision at boarding academies. A student's routine breaks apart when a classmate attacks him, convinced that he has a hidden connection to Santa Claus. She believes he can help uncover what happened to a missing friend whom others have already written off as dead. That demand pulls both students toward secrets surrounding their school and the people entrusted with their safety. The premise stays eccentric, but the fear driving the search is treated sincerely, and the larger mystery unfolds without giving away its answers too quickly.
Information
- Japanese
- SANDA
- Premiered
- October 4, 2025
- Episodes
- 12
- Duration
- 24 min per ep.
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studio
- Science Saru
- Source
- Manga
- Themes
- primarily teen cast, drama, female protagonist, japanese production, comedy, coming of age
FAQ
Amazon Prime Video is the exclusive service listed for Sanda. No other major streaming platform is named for the show.
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