Barakamon
| Barakamon | |
Cover of the first Japanese volume of Barakamon featuring main character Seishū Handa (top) and Naru Kotoishi (bottom)
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| ばらかもん | |
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| Genre | Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Satsuki Yoshino |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Gangan Online |
| Original run | February 21, 2009 – present |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Manga | |
| Handa-kun | |
| Written by | Satsuki Yoshino |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shonen Gangan |
| Original run | October 12, 2013 – June 11, 2016 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masaki Tachibana |
| Written by | Pierre Sugiura |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Kinema Citrus |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NTV, NIB, SUN, HTV, STV, CTV, MMT, FBS, BS Nittele |
| Original run | July 6, 2014 – September 27, 2014 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Handa-kun | |
| Directed by | Yoshitaka Koyama |
| Written by |
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| Music by | Ken Itō |
| Studio | Diomedéa |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS, TBS Channel 1 |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 8, 2016 – September 23, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Barakamon (ばらかもん?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satsuki Yoshino. It started serialization in Square Enix's Gangan Online February 2009 issue. The story follows Seishū Handa, a calligrapher who moves to the remote Gotō Islands off the western coast of Kyūshū, and his various interactions with the people of the island. An anime adaptation was announced that began airing on July 6, 2014 and ended on September 27, 2014. Funimation has licensed the series for streaming and home video release. In February 2014, Yen Press announced they have licensed Barakamon for English release in North America.
A spin-off manga Handa-kun (はんだくん) started serialization in the November 2013 issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine. A television anime adaptation began airing on July 8, 2016 and ended on September 23, 2016.
Seishū Handa is a pro calligrapher, despite his young age. When the elderly curator of an exhibition criticizes his calligraphy for being too unoriginal ("like a textbook"), Seishū gets angry and punches him. Because of this, his father sends him off for a retreat on Gotō Island, near Kyūshū. There, he meets the colorful villagers, interacts with them, and begins to find his own style.
The title of the series means "easy-going person" in the local dialect, and in the beginning of the series Handa is anything but one.
The story of prequel spin-off Handa-kun is about hilarious high school days of calligraphy genius, Seishū Handa - so in short - Barakamon's protagonist school times.
Barakamon began serialization in Square Enix's Gangan Online February 2009 issue. The first tankōbon volume was released on July 22, 2009; twelve volumes have been released as of September 22, 2014. The series was licensed by Yen Press in February 2014, who released the first volume on October 28, 2014.
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