A press release announced that the manga written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki“SANDA“, will have an anime adaptation. Although the statement did not reveal a release date, it listed that the studios SARU Science They will be responsible for animating the project.

For its part, Paru Itagaki The manga began publication through the magazine Weekly Shonen Champion from the publisher Akita Shoten in July 2021, and finished today with a total of fifteen compilation volumes. The author also wrote the popular manga “BEASTARS“, which is also being adapted into an anime.

SANDA Synopsis

The story is set in Japan in 2080. Affected by the declining birth rate, Japan has implemented a series of child control policies, such as arranging marriage partners from infancy, not letting children sleep to disrupt their development, and forcing them to go to the bathroom separately from adults. The social status of young people is also higher than that of adults. Santa Claus has long been sealed away because of the curse, causing society to think that Santa Claus has disappeared, and consider Christmas an ancient custom or a fictional legend.

On December 25th, while it was snowing, high school student Sanda Kazushige's body seal was broken by his classmate Fuyumura Shiori, making him look like Santa Claus. Sanda later discovers that he can return to high school by eating jelly beans or change into Santa Claus form by dressing in red. The reason Fuyumura unsealed the seal was that he hoped Sanda would help find his missing classmate, Ono Ichie, and also hoped it would remind society of Christmas.

Source: Natalie in comics

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