# Where to Watch Sanda

**Sanda streams on Amazon Prime Video. It's one of the strangest and boldest premises in recent anime — Santa Claus as a hunted urban legend in a childless future Japan — from the mind of Paru Itagaki, the creator of Beastars, animated with Science SARU's unmistakable elasticity.**

## Where to Watch

- [Amazon Prime Video](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNMQ46XJ)

Prime Video is the exclusive streaming home for Sanda — no other major service carries it.

## Synopsis

In a Japan where children have become so rare they're treated as national assets, students live monitored lives inside boarding academies, and Christmas has faded into myth. Kazushige Sanda is an ordinary class representative until his classmate Shiori Fuyumura attacks him with total conviction: she believes he's the descendant of Santa Claus, the one being who grants wishes — and her wish is to find her best friend, declared dead after vanishing six months ago. What follows is a wild collision of chase thriller, body-swap comedy, and sincere meditation on what adults owe the children they claim to protect.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** TV
- **Episodes:** 12
- **Premiered:** 2025
- **Studio:** science saru inc.
- **Score:** 7.4

## If You Liked This

- **[Beastars](https://hozuna.com/anime/beastars)** — Paru Itagaki's other beast — the same fearless character writing and refusal to sand down weird edges, in a carnivore-herbivore high school drama.
- **[Takopi's Original Sin](https://hozuna.com/anime/takopi-s-original-sin)** — Another recent stunner about childhood pain wrapped in an absurd fantastical premise — shorter, darker, unforgettable.
- **[Heavenly Delusion](https://hozuna.com/anime/heavenly-delusion)** — Kids raised inside a walled facility while mysteries swirl outside — shares Sanda's uneasy 'protected or imprisoned?' tension.
- **[Frieren: Beyond Journey's End](https://hozuna.com/anime/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end)** — 
- **[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood](https://hozuna.com/anime/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood)** — 
- **[Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc](https://hozuna.com/anime/chainsaw-man-reze-arc)** — 
- **[Re:Zero Season 4](https://hozuna.com/anime/re-zero-season-4)** — 
- **[Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/attack-on-titan-season-3-part-2)** — 

## FAQ

### Where can I watch Sanda?

It streams exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

### How many episodes does Sanda have?

Twelve episodes — a complete, self-contained story.

### Is Sanda related to Beastars?

They share a creator — both are based on works by Paru Itagaki — but Sanda is a completely separate story with its own world.