A brand-new teaser trailer released today for the upcoming anime adaptation of BEASTARS creator Paru Itagaki's SANDA manga announced an October 3 at 25:53 JST (effectively October 4 at 1:53) premiere date for Japanese television and confirmed four additional cast members. The first episode will be screened at Anime Expo on July 4 with Itagaki, director Tomohisa Shimoyama and producer Kohei Sakita in attendance. SANDA Teaser Trailer The SANDA anime's confirmed cast to date is now as follows: Kazushige Sanda voiced by Ayumu Murase Santa Claus voiced by Hiroki Tochi Shiori Fuyumura voiced by Umeka Shoji Ichie Ono voiced by Anna Nagase Hitoshi Amaya voiced by Yuki Shin Niko Kazao voiced by Misato Matsuoka RELATED: SANDA Anime Reveals Fall 2025 Release, Main Cast and Staff in First Teaser Trailer Tomohisa Shimoyama ( YUREI DECO ) directs the SANDA anime at studio Science SARU, with series composition and scripts by Kimiko Ueno ( Delicious in Dungeon ), character designs and chief animation direction by Masamichi Ishiyama ( Scott Pilgrim Takes Off ) and music by Tomoyuki Tanaka. Set in a future with a declining birth rate, the story follows a boy named Sanda who finds out his classmate, Shiori Fuyumura, plans to kill him because of a "curse" he carries and Fuyumura's missing friend. Source: MoCa News , Press Release
