SANDA
Seen it?2025 | 1 seasons | 24 min | Animation, Action & Adventure, Mystery
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a small audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, action fans and animation lovers.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 5 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Limited series that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 314K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Ayumu MuraseKazushige Sanda (voice)
- Hiroki TouchiSanta Claus (voice)
- Umeka ShojiShiori Fuyumura (voice)
- Anna NagaseIchie Ono (voice)
- Yuuki ShinHitoshi Amaya (voice)
- Misato MatsuokaNico Kazao (voice)
- Toshihiko SekiHifumi Ōshibu (voice)
- Hiroaki HirataSaburō Yagiuda (voice)
- Masako NozawaToyo Tetsudome (voice)