SANDA (TV)

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Genres: action
Plot Summary: In a near-future Japan, Christmas has faded into myth, and the birth rate has dropped so dramatically that children are now the most precious commodity. Society has artificially extended adolescence to preserve its youth, and traditional holidays, like Christmas, are a mere legend of the past. Sanda Kazushige is a middle school student who unexpectedly becomes entangled in a strange and dangerous mystery. When his classmate, Fuyumura Shiori, accuses him of carrying a curse that could help find her missing friend, Ono Ichie, Sanda's life takes a dramatic turn. Together, they embark on an incredible adventure to unravel the truth behind Ichie's disappearance and uncover the hidden magic of Christmas itself. (from manga)
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Seen in part or in whole by 154 users, rank: #4551 (of 10176)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.250 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.3919, rank: #2854 (of 10346)
Weighted mean: 7.390 (Good+), rank: #2135 (of 10346) (seen all: 7.36 / seen some: 8.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.419 (Good+), rank: #1722 (of 7795)
Vintage: 2025-10-03
Opening Theme:
"Childlike Adults" by yama
Ending Theme:
"Diary" by Soushi Sakiyama
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SANDA ‒ Episode 12 (Dec 20, 2025)
SANDA ‒ Episode 11 (Dec 13, 2025)
SANDA ‒ Episode 10 (Dec 6, 2025)
SANDA ‒ Episode 9 (Dec 1, 2025)
SANDA ‒ Episode 8 (Nov 22, 2025)
SANDA ‒ Episode 7 (Nov 15, 2025)
SANDA ‒ Episode 6 (Nov 8, 2025)
SANDA ‒ Episode 5 (Nov 1, 2025)
SANDA ‒ Episode 4 (Oct 25, 2025)
SANDA (Oct 19, 2025)
SANDA ‒ Episodes 1-3 (Oct 18, 2025)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Composition: Kimiko Ueno
Script: Kimiko Ueno (eps 1-12)
Episode Director:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (eps 6, 11)
Asami Murakoshi (eps 5, 9)
Iyo Satō (eps 5, 10)
Mari Motohashi (ep 8)
Rushio Moriyama (ep 2)
Shinya Kawabe (ep 8)
Shūgo Tsuneoka (ep 7)
Takuya Yoshihara (eps 3, 9)
Tomohisa Shimoyama (eps 1, 12)
Tomohisa Taguchi (ep 4)
Unit Director: Hao-Tian Gan (OP)
Music: Tomoyuki Tanaka (FPM)
Original creator: Paru Itagaki
Character Design: Masamichi Ishiyama
Art Director: Niki Higaki
Chief Animation Director: Masamichi Ishiyama
Animation Director: Masamichi Ishiyama (OP; ep 1)
Sound Director: Keiichirō Miyoshi
Director of Photography: Hikari Itō
2nd Key Animation:
Adrian48
Kanako Hiruta (ep 1)
Kengo Sunohara (ep 1)
Ting Ruo Tien (ep 1)
3D Animation: Taichi Tokito (OP)
3DCG Generalist: Taichi Tokito (ep 1)
Advertising Design: Hajime Tokushige (Bay Bridge Studio)
Advertising Producer: Ryo Maekawa
Animation producer: Shuta Kanbe
Assistant Art Director: Mizuki Ishiguro
Assistant Director of Photography: Ryōko Takashimizu
Assistant Episode Director: Shūgo Tsuneoka (ep 1)
Background Art:
Mizuki Ishiguro (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; OP)
Niki Higaki (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; OP)
Collaborative Music Production: Hiroshi Nakamura (i-dep/knowone)
Color Check: Saori Goda (OP)
Color Concept: Sophie Li (OP)
Color Coordination: Saori Goda (OP)
Color design: Saori Goda
Color Script: Sophie Li
Cooperation: Hiroshi Kamei
Design Production: Kōsuke Kondō
Editing:
Kiyoshi Hirose (OP/ED; ep 1)
Editing Assistant: Rei Suzuki (SANZIGEN)
Ending Animation: Sophie Li
Ending Production: Kōsuke Kondō
Flash Animation: Rodrigo Makoto Matsumura (Credited as Matsumura R Makoto; OP)
In-Between Animation: Ting Ruo Tien (OP)
In-Between Check: Junko Kai (OP)
Key Animation:
Akane Tsukamoto (OP)
Asami Murakoshi (ep 1)
Hao-Tian Gan (OP; ep 1)
Ikuro Takei (ep 1)
Kairi Unabara (OP)
Kanako Hiruta (OP)
Kengo Sunohara (OP)
Kuma (ep 1)
Leo Kawamoto (OP)
Mari Motohashi (ep 1)
Masamichi Ishiyama (ep 1)
Masashi Yamada (OP; ep 1)
Masumi Yoshida (OP; ep 1)
Miki Kayama (ep 1)
Natsuho Iwaida (ep 1)
Sadakazu Katō (加藤ていいち; ep 1)
Shin Kaneko (OP)
Shun Sakata (OP; ep 1)
Takuya Yoshihara (OP)
Tetsuta Sannomiya (OP)
Toko Ina (OP)
Tomoe Kikuchi (ep 1)
Yooto (OP; ep 1)
Yūki Itō (OP)
Yumeno Hoshi (ep 1)
Line Test: Kōsuke Kondō (OP)
Music Cooperation:
Jun Wamada (DME)
Yasushi Kawamani (DME)
Music Production Cooperation:
Ayumi Kawazaki (KiKi Inc.)
Ryutaro Iizuka (KiKi Inc.)
Music Selection: Maiko Gōda
Official Site:
Kazuo Yamamoto (SALT Inc.)
Megumi Fukui (SALT Inc.)
Yuichi Watanabe (SALT Inc.)
Online Editor:
Kazuki Takahashi (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services)
Reimon Kuwabara (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services)
Opening Production: Shuta Kanbe
Overseas Production: Patrick Spellman
Paint: Ting Ruo Tien (OP)
Photography:
Hikari Itō (Graphinica; OP)
Kiyoshi Hirose (ED)
Kotomi Murayama (Graphinica; OP)
Ryōko Takashimizu (Graphinica; OP)
Su Hyun Lee (Graphinica; OP; ep 1)
Production Desk: Shuta Kanbe
Production Desk Assistant: Kaneeda Matsuyoshi
Recording Adjustment: Yuki Ikeda
Recording Assistant: Ryō Kaneko
Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakajima
Sound Production Manager:
Minori Shimada
Yuji Tange
Studio Coordinator:
Kazumasa Ōno (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services)
Risa Tsutsumi (IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services)
System Management:
Gen Imamura
Takashi Mizukami
Theme Song Performance:
Soushi Sakiyama (ED)
yama (OP)
Ayumu Murase as Kazushige Sanda
Hiroki Tōchi as Santa Claus

Anna Nagase as Ichie Ono
Hiroaki Hirata as Saburō Yagyūda
Masako Nozawa as Toyo Tetsudome
Misato Matsuoka as Nico Kazao
Toshihiko Seki as Hifumi Ōshibu
Umeka Shōji as Shiori Fuyumura
Yūki Shin as Hitoshi Amaya

Ayumi Sakai as
Female Student A (eps 7, 12)
Female Student B (ep 10)
Shiodome (eps 3-4)
Daichi Fujiwara as Ikkei Dozono (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7-8, 12
)
En Yoneda as Teacher A (ep 11)
Haruka Matsudaira as
Female Student A (ep 9)
Female Student C (ep 12)
Haruka Ojima as Female Student B (ep 8)
Hikaru Araki as Male Student (ep 4)
Hinata Tadokoro as Narration (ep 7)
Honoka Sakai as Female Student B (ep 9)
Kazuhiro Fusegawa as Teacher B (ep 11)
Kōsuke Echigoya as
Doctor (ep 6)
Iori Utagawa (7 episodes
eps 1-4, 7-8, 12
)
Kota Yasuhara as
Amagi (eps 1, 4)
Male Student A (eps 11-12)
Male Student B (ep 10)
Mana Koshirakawa as
Female Student (ep 1)
Maruyama (ep 4)
Mariya Ise as Fumi Namatame (ep 8)
Masayuki Ohshita as Math Teacher (ep 2)
Mayu Aoyagi as Female Student A (eps 8, 10)
Mei Shibata as Miku Izawa (5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 7, 12
)
Minami Kamibayashi as
Abe-Chan (ep 3)
Female Student B (eps 7, 12)
Female Student C (ep 10)
Shinjo (eps 4, 7)
Momoko Miyashiro as
Homeroom Teacher (eps 1, 5, 12)
Serizawa (eps 3, 7, 12)
Mutsuki Iwanaka as
Hajime Mogi (8 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 12
)

Saburō Yagyūda (young; eps 8, 10)
Paru Itagaki as English Teacher (ep 8)
Ryō Nasuhara as Tsuboyama (eps 3-4, 8)
Ryoko Gi as Namatame's Mother (ep 11)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Yagiuda's Colleague B (ep 5)
Sachie Togin as Female Student (ep 11)
Shūki Satō as Domon (ep 4)
Taichi Takeda as Nurse B (ep 6)
Taihi Kimura as Kozuki (eps 3, 12)
Takaaki Torashima as
CM Voice (ep 9)
Male Student (ep 8)
Male Student A (ep 10)
Male Student B (eps 11-12)
Nurse A (ep 6)
Toa Yukinari as Tetsudome Wakai (ep 9)
Volcano Ōta as Yagiuda's Colleague A (ep 5)
Yū Hatori as
Band Member (ep 3)
Male Student C (ep 11)
Nurse C (ep 6)
Radio (ep 5)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
animocaramel (ep 2)
Asahi Production (eps 2, 5)
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio (ep 1)
Bakken Record (ep 1)
C-Station (eps 3, 6)
CompTown (ep 5)
CygamesPictures (eps 1, 5)
ENGI (eps 1, 4-6)
Fincrossed Studio (eps 2-4, 6)
Gekkō (ep 3)
Geno Studio (ep 6)
Gift-o’-Animation (ep 2)
Kamiiru Animation Studio (eps 2, 4)
Makaria (ep 1)
NAZ (ep 1)
Nichi Studio (eps 2-6)
ProMEtheus (eps 2, 5)
REGRIM (eps 2, 5)
Studio Colorido (ep 1)
Studio Dot (ep 4)
Studio Eight Colors (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Studio Kafka (eps 3, 6)
Studio KAI (ep 1)
Wit Studio (eps 5-6)
Yumeta Company (eps 2-3, 6)
Animation Direction: Fincrossed Studio (ep 6)
Animation Production: Science SARU
Color Check: Graphinica (eps 4-6)
Color Key: Graphinica (eps 4-6)
Editing: CASCADE Inc.
Editing Assistance: SANZIGEN
Finish Animation:
Asahi Production (eps 2-6)
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio (ep 1)
CygamesPictures (ep 1)
Fincrossed Studio (eps 2, 4, 6)
Iris Media (OP; eps 2-5)
MAA Mopics (eps 1, 6)
Nippon Animation (ep 3)
PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud (ep 1)
RadPlus (eps 1, 5-6)
Studio Blue (OP; eps 2-6)
Studio BUS (OP; eps 1-4, 6)
White Line (eps 1, 3-5)
Wish (ep 6)
In-Between Animation:
Akatsuki (eps 1, 5)
Asahi Production (OP; eps 2-6)
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio (ep 1)
Candy Box (ep 1)
CLAP (ep 1)
CompTown (eps 5-6)
CygamesPictures (ep 1)
Fincrossed Studio (eps 2-4, 6)
GAINAX Kyoto (ep 5)
Gekkō (ep 3)
Gift-o’-Animation (eps 4-5)
Iris Media (OP; eps 2-4)
Kinema Citrus (ep 5)
Lay-duce (ep 3)
MAA Mopics (eps 1, 5-6)
Madhouse (eps 1, 4)
Nippon Animation (ep 3)
PT.Kreasi Studio Ubud (ep 1)
RadPlus (eps 1, 3, 5-6)
Revoroot (ep 1)
SHAFT (eps 1, 5)
Signal.MD (ep 1)
SILVER LINK. (ep 1)
Studio Blue (OP; eps 1-6)
Studio BUS (OP; eps 1-4, 6)
Studio Colorido (ep 1)
studio daisy (ep 1)
Studio M2 (eps 1, 4)
Studio PaTHoS (ep 1)
SynergySP (eps 1, 5)
TROYCA (ep 1)
White Line (eps 1, 3-5)
In-between Check: MAA Mopics (ep 6)
Key Animation:
CygamesPictures (ep 5)
Fincrossed Studio (eps 2-3, 6)
Photography: Graphinica
English cast
English staff
Translation: David Fleming
ADR Script: Chris Cason
Executive producer: Eric P. Sherman

Audio Operations Supervisor: Ismael Yanez
Casting Director: Mami Okada
Engineering Assistant: Mara Westgaard
Project Manager: Misa Shimogata
Re-Recording Mixing: Benjamin Harrington
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman
Spotting: Seth Fuentes
Subtitle Editor: Koray Ozaka
Video Coordination: Kevin Ross
Video Technician: Koray Ozaka
Voice Direction: Alex Von David
Ben Balmaceda as Santa Claus
Edward Mendoza as Kazushige Sanda

Abby Trott as Ichie Ono
Barbara Goodson as Toyo Tetsudome
Brittany Lauda as Niko Kazao
Jonathan Leon as Hitoshi Amaya
Kirk Thornton as Saburō Yagyūda
Lucien Dodge as Hifumi Ōshibu
Morgan Berry as Shiori Fuyumura
Suzie Yeung as Fumi Namatame

Alan Lee as Ikkei Dozono
Allegra Clark as Namatame's Mother (eps 9, 11)
Arnie Pantoja as Iori Utagawa
Brian Timothy Anderson as Hajime Mogi
Eurie Nam as
Abe
Maruyama
John Patneaude as
Amagi
Tsuboyama
Katiana Sarkissian as
Homeroom Teacher
Izawa
Riley Fussenegger as Shiodome
Seth Fuentes as Saburō Yagyūda (young; eps 8, 10)

English companies
Dubbing Studio: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
French staff
French cast
Philippe Resimont as Père Noël
Valentin Gaillard as Kazushige Sanda

Alayin Dubois as Shiori Fuyumura
Bernadette Mouzon as Toyo Tetsudome
David Manet as Saburō Yagyūda
Nancy Philippot as Ichie Ono
Pierre Lognay as Hifumi Ooshibu
Yannick Besson as Hitoshi Amaya

Brieuc Lemaire as Hajime Mogi
Elise Martinez as Fumi Namatame
Léone François as Nico Kazao
Loïc Buisson as Iori Utagawa
Marielle Ostrowski as Mère de Fumi (ep 9)
Oceane Benghadda as
Abe (ep 3)
Professeure (eps 1, 5)
Salomé Biver as
Maruyama (ep 4)
Miku Izawa (eps 1, 3-4)

French companies
Dubbing: IMAGINE
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Javier Balas (Spain dub)
Translation: Iván Fraile Ramos (Spain dub)

ADR Engineer: Carlos Rivares (Spain dub)
Carlos Bautista as Kazushige Sanda (Spain dub)
Jorge García Insúa as Santa Claus (Spain dub)

Ana de Castro as Shiori Fuyumura (Spain dub)
Carlos Larios as Hitoshi Amaya (Spain dub)
Irene Valadés as Ichie Ono (Spain dub)
Tania Ugía as Nico Kazao (Spain dub)

Conchi Lopez as Homeroom Teacher (Spain dub; ep 1)
Javier Balas as Iori Utagawa (Spain dub)

Álvaro Balas (Spain dub)
Cristina Yuste (Spain dub)
Laura Nogales (Spain dub)
Raúl Rojo (Spain dub)
Tania Ugía (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Best Digital (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Rossa Caputo

Dialogues: Rossa Caputo
Dubbing Assistant: Jeanne Parlato
Dubbing Engineer: Gian Maria Dinallo
Mixing: Alessio Masi
Synchronization: Matteo Zito
Emanuele Suarez as Kazushige Sanda
Stefano Thermes as Santa Claus

Andrea Di Maggio as Hitoshi Amaya
Andrea Lavagnino as Saburo Yagiuda
David Chevalier as Hifumi Oshibu
Emanuela Ionica as Ichie Ono
Gaia Bolognesi as Shiori Fuyumura
Giulio Bartolomei as Iori Utagawa
Graziella Polesinanti as Toyo Tetsudome
Leonardo Caneva as Ichiori Tozono
Lorenzo D'Agata as Hajime Mogi
Sofia Suarez as Fumi Namatame
Veronica Benassi as Nico Kazao

Erica Necci as Toyo Tetsudomoe (da giovane)
Ilaria Latini as Madre di Fumi (ep 8)
Italian companies
Dubbing: Pumaisdue
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
German staff
German cast
Dubbing Director: Ingo Tuletz
Jannika Jira as Shiori Fuyumura
Robert Knorr as Sanda Kazushige
Tim Grobe as Santa Claus

Ben Küch as Hitoshi Amaya
Emily Seubert as Nico Kazao
Jana Dunja Gries as Ichie Ono
Martin Sabel as Hifumi Oshibu
Tim Niebuhr as Saburo Yagiuda

Janek Schächter as Iori Utagawa
Jesse Grimm as Hajime Mogi
Maurice Sarnacki as Ikkei Dozono
Tetje Mierendorf as Lehrer (ep 2)
German companies
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
Polish cast
(none)
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