The TV anime "SANDA," based on the manga by Itagaki Paru, known for "BEASTARS," will begin airing on MBS, TBS, and other stations on the late-night anime slot "Animeism" from October 3rd. The original manga was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Champion" (Akita Shoten) from July 2021 to July 2024. The unique "Santa Claus" hero action is set in a near-future Japan where children are overly protected in an era of extremely low birth rates. The anime is directed by Shimoyama Tomohisa, known for "Yurei Deco" and "SUPER SHIRO," and produced by Science SARU. Voice actors Ayumu Murase and Tochi Hiroki will play the main character, Mita Kazue, and Santa Claus.
In the first episode, "Everything is Dazzling - Is This What It Means to Grow Old?", on December 25th, a day without Christmas, middle school student Mita Kazue's life is threatened by his classmate Fuyumura Shiori. Unable to think of any reason for the attack, Mita assumes that Fuyumura has feelings for him and that her outrageous behavior is the result of her adolescent clumsiness. After school, Mita is left alone with Fuyumura, waiting for her to confess her feelings to him, but what comes out of her mouth is...
*Staff (titles omitted)
Director: Tomohisa Shimoyama▽Series composition and script: Kimiko Ueno▽Music: Tomoyuki Tanaka (FPM)▽Character design and chief animation director: Masanobu Ishiyama▽Art director: Hitoshi Higaki▽Color design: Saori Goda▽Director of photography: Hikari Ito▽Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose▽Sound director: Keiichiro Miyoshi▽Animation production: Science SARU
*Cast (titles omitted)
Mita Kazue: Ayumu Murase ▽Santa Claus: Hiroki Tochi▽Fuyumura Shiori: Umeka Shoji▽Ono Kazue: Anna Nagase▽Amaya Isshi: Yuki Shin ▽Fuyu Erhu: Misato Matsuoka ▽Oshibu Hifumi: Toshihiko Seki▽Yagyuda Saburo: Hiroaki Hirata▽Tetsudome Juyo: Masako Nozawa
