{"id":692630,"date":"2025-09-29T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sanda-delivers-opening-and-ending-animations-early\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:25:12","slug":"sanda-delivers-opening-and-ending-animations-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sanda-delivers-opening-and-ending-animations-early\/","title":{"rendered":"SANDA Delivers Opening and Ending Animations Early"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The opening and ending animations of Santa Claus action <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a><em> SANDA<\/em> have been released on its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> channel in advance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>\u2019 October 3 JST premiere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The opening animation\u00a0is storyboarded by <span style=\"color: initial\"><strong>Abel G\u00f3ngora<\/strong>, who was in charge of <em>DAN DA DAN<\/em> Season 1\u2019s opening and directed the <em>Scott Pilgrim Takes Off <\/em>series (Gongora also co-directed <em>DAN DA DAN<\/em> Season 2). It limits the color palette to a contrasting trio of red, white, and black (or some shade of them) and has a textured look and feel to the drawings.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300eSANDA\u300f\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30cb\u30f3\u30b0\u6620\u50cf\uff5cyama\u300c\u30a2\u30c0\u30eb\u30c8\u30c1\u30c3\u30af\u30c1\u30eb\u30c9\u30ec\u30f3\u300d\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U1qcMPqzYN4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the ending animation features illustrations and color <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>s from<strong> Sophie Li<\/strong>, who handled the color scripts for<em> DAN DA DAN<\/em>. It provides a series of evocative scenes of life, with gentler and more varied colors than its opening counterpart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300eSANDA\u300f\u30ce\u30f3\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8\u30a8\u30f3\u30c7\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\u6620\u50cf\uff5c\u5d0e\u5c71\u84bc\u5fd7\u300c\u30c0\u30a4\u30a2\u30ea\u30fc\u300d\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PwOKS7BiJ50?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The opening song is <strong>yama<\/strong>\u2018s \u201cAdultic Children,\u201d while the ending song is <strong>Soshi Sakiyama<\/strong>\u2018s \u201cDiary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>SANDA <\/em>is based on the manga by <em>Beastar<\/em>\u2018s<strong>\u00a0Paru Itagaki<\/strong>, which began serialization in Akita Shoten\u2019s Weekly Shonen Champion in 2021 and released its 16th and final volume on October 2024. Prime Video has exclusive worldwide streaming rights and describes the premise as such:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"_5tB6mN dv-dp-node-synopsis\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: medium\">In near-future Japan with ultra-low birthrates, children are treasured but monitored. Santa is banned as dangerous. One snowy December 25th, middle-schooler Kazushige Sanda, descendant of Santa, is attacked by classmate Fuyumura who wants him to find her missing friend, Ono. \u201cSanta, please find my friend.\u201d To protect children from adults, Sanda decides to become Santa and fight the adults.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Titan Books began publishing the manga in English earlier this month.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Staff<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:\u00a0<strong>Tomohisa Shimoyama<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Yurei Deco<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer and scriptwriter:\u00a0<strong>Kimiko Ueno<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Ranma \u00bd<\/em>\u00a0remake series composer and co-scriptwriter)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer and chief animation director:\u00a0<strong>Masamichi Ishiyama<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Yurei Deco<\/em>\u00a0Episode 9, 10, and 12 sub-character designer)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production:<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> SARU<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Ayumu Murase<\/strong>\u00a0as Sanda\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Hiroki Tochi<\/strong>\u00a0as Santa Claus<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Umeka Shoji<\/strong>\u00a0as Shiori Fuyumura<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Anna Nagase<\/strong>\u00a0as Ono<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Yuki Shin<\/strong>\u00a0as Hitoshi Amaya<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Misato Matsuoka<\/strong>\u00a0as Niko Kazao\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Toshihiko Seki<\/strong> as Hifumi Oshibu<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Hiroaki Hirata<\/strong> as Saburo Yagiuda<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <em>SANDA<\/em> anime YouTube channel<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n                (function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n          js.src=\"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=269442613521839\";\n          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n        <\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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