Barakamon
Sign in to saveis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . 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 fro
Key facts
- Animanga/Header.image
- Barakamonv1.jpg
- Animanga/Header.caption
- First volume, featuring Seishu Handa (top) and Naru Kotoishi (bottom)
- Animanga/Header.ja_kanji
- ばらかもん
- Animanga/Header.genre
- Comedy, slice of life
- Animanga/Print.type
- manga
- Animanga/Print.publisher
- Square Enix
- Animanga/Print.imprint
- Gangan Comics Online
- Animanga/Print.first
- October 12, 2013
- Animanga/Print.last
- September 12, 2016
- Animanga/Print.volumes
- 7
- Animanga/Print.volume_list
- List of Barakamon chapters#Handa-kun
- Animanga/Print.title
- Handa-kun
- Animanga/Print.author
- Satsuki Yoshino
- Animanga/Print.magazine
- Monthly Shōnen Gangan
- Animanga/Video.type
- drama
- Animanga/Video.director
- Keita Kono
- Animanga/Video.writer
- Kumiko Asō
- Animanga/Video.music
- Ken Itō
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Author
- Satsuki Yoshino
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Official website
- www.ganganonline.com/comic/barakamon
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- intended public
- shōnen
- number of parts of this work
- 19
- language of work or name
- Japanese
- social media followers
- 63220
- hashtag
- Barakamon
- title
- Barakamon
- start time
- 2008-02-22
- end time
- 2023-09-12
- illustrator
- Satsuki Yoshino
- published in
- Shōnen Gangan
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Characters
- ''Barakamon''
- Main characters
- Supporting characters
- ''Handa-kun''
- Media
- Manga
- Anime
- ''Barakamon'' episodes
- ''Handa-kun'' episodes
- Drama
- Episodes
- Notes
- References
- External links
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . 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 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barakamon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.