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 did list that Science
SARU studios will be responsible for the animation of the
project.
For her part, Paru Itagaki began
publishing the manga through the magazine Weekly Shonen Champion from
the publisher Akita
Shoten in July 2021, and ended it 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 decline in the birth rate, Japan has implemented a series of
child control policies, such as arranging marriage partners from childhood, not
letting children sleep to stop 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 been sealed for a long time 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 25, when it was snowing,
high school student Sanda Kazushige's body seal was broken by his classmate
Fuyumura Shiori, making him look like Santa Claus. Later, Ella Sanda discovers
that she can revert to her middle school form by eating jelly beans, or change
into Santa Claus form by dressing in red. The reason Fuyumura lifted the seal
on her was that she hoped that Sanda would help find her missing classmate Ono
Ichie, and she also hoped that she would remind society of Christmas.
Source: ComicNatalie
(c)板垣巴留（秋田書店）／SANDA製作委員会
