If you ever hoped there would be an action-themed Santa Claus story that didn’t involve Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, then this announcement is what you’ve been waiting for. Paru Itagkai’s Sanda manga series will be getting an anime adaptation, joining the ranks with her other manga series, BEASTARS.
The announcement was made right after SANDA finished its run, the studio in charge will be Science SARU (Inu-OH, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Dan Da Dan), but no details have been released on the staff or release date at this time.
SANDA (Not to be confused with the Chinese Boxing Full-Contact Sport originally developed by the Chinese Military) was first serialized in Akita Shoten’s Shōnen Magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion in July 2021 and ran until July 2024. It has been collected into fourteen tankōbon volumes with the fifteenth volume set to go on sale on August 7.
Set in Japan in 2080. Affected by the declining birthrate in the country, a series of control policies were implemented for minors, including arranging marriage partners from infancy, not allowing children to sleep to slow down development, and having to use the bathroom separately from adults. An ordinary boy named Sanda finds out that one of his classmates, Shiori Fuyumura, is trying to kill him, because of Fuyumura’s missing friend and a certain “curse” that Sanda is carrying.
Source: Official Website
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