Barakamon

Barakamon
First tankōbon volume, featuring Seishu Handa (top) and Naru Kotoishi (bottom)
ばらかもん
Genre	Comedy, slice of life[1]
Manga
Written by	Satsuki Yoshino [ja]
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Imprint	Gangan Comics Online
Magazine	Gangan Powered (2008–09) Gangan Online (2009–19) Monthly Shōnen Gangan (2014–18, 2023)
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	February 22, 2008 – September 12, 2023
Volumes	19 (List of volumes)
Manga
Handa-kun
Written by	Satsuki Yoshino
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Gangan
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 12, 2013 – September 12, 2016
Volumes	7 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Masaki Tachibana
Written by	Pierre Sugiura
Music by	Kenji Kawai
Studio	Kinema Citrus
Licensed by	NA: Funimation UK: Anime Limited
Original network	NNN (NTV, NIB, HTV, STV, CTV, MMT, FBS, BS Nittele), Sun TV
Original run	July 6, 2014 – September 27, 2014
Episodes	12
Anime television series
Handa-kun
Directed by	Yoshitaka Koyama
Written by	Michiko Yokote Mariko Kunisawa Miharu Hirami
Music by	Ken Itō
Studio	Diomedéa
Licensed by	AUS: Hanabee NA: Funimation
Original network	JNN (TBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS, TBS Channel 1)
English network	SEA: Animax Asia
Original run	July 8, 2016 – September 23, 2016
Episodes	12
Television drama
Directed by	Keita Kono
Produced by	Masataka Takamaru
Written by	Kumiko Asō
Studio	Kyodo Television
Original network	FNN (FTV, KTV)
Original run	July 12, 2023 – September 20, 2023
Episodes	11
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Barakamon (ばらかもん) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satsuki Yoshino [ja]. The story follows Seishu 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. The manga started with three one-shots published in Square Enix's Gangan Powered magazine from February 2008 to February 2009, and began serialization on the Gangan Online website on the same month; it was also serialized in parallel in the Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine from July 2014 and finished in December 2018; it resumed for a limited time in the magazine from April to September 2023. Its chapters were collected in 19 tankōbon volumes.

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Kinema Citrus, aired from July to September 2014. An 11-episode television drama adaptation by Kyodo Television aired from July to September 2023. A spin-off manga series, titled Handa-kun, was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from October 2013 to September 2016. The spin-off received 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Diomedéa, aired from July to September 2016.

In North America, both the original manga and the spin-off have been licensed by Yen Press. The anime adaptations of both works have been licensed by Funimation (later Crunchyroll).