Barakamon

Barakamon
Cover of the first manga 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
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Magazine	Gangan Online (February 2009 – December 2018) Monthly Shōnen Gangan (April – September 2023)
Original run	February 21, 2009 – 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 Shonen Gangan
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 12, 2013 – June 11, 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 (List of episodes)
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 (List of episodes)
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
Anime and manga portal

Barakamon (ばらかもん) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satsuki Yoshino. It was serialized on Square Enix's Gangan Online website from February 2009 to December 2018. 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. An anime adaptation^[2] by Kinema Citrus aired in Japan between July and September 2014. Funimation has licensed the series for streaming and home video release.^[3] In February 2014, Yen Press announced they have licensed Barakamon for English release in North America.^[4] The manga resumed limited serialization in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from April to September 2023.

A live-action television drama adaptation by Kyodo Television aired from July to September 2023.

A spin-off manga series Handa-kun (はんだくん) started serialization in the November 2013 issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine.^[5] An anime television adaptation by Diomedéa aired in Japan between July and September 2016.