Series · 2014
Barakamon
ばらかもん
Calligrapher Seishu Handa is sent to a remote island after punching an influential figure in his profession. He expects space to work, but the local children and their neighbours keep entering his life. His unfamiliar home becomes a place to reconsider both his writing and the way he treats people.
Handa’s rented house is already a secret base for Naru, an energetic first-year primary-school pupil. Even the retreat he hoped would let him work alone comes with visitors. His professional pride meets people who have little interest in observing the distance he tries to keep.
Naru does not wait to be formally invited into Handa’s world. Her first-episode image has her leaning over a wall, reaching into someone else’s space with an ease the guarded adult lacks. The island’s children turn entrances and boundaries into places for contact, even while he is trying to keep to himself.
Complete 2014 TV series · Approx. 4.6 hours · 12 episodes
All 12 television episodes of the 2014 anime. Mijikamon bonus shorts, live action and Handa-kun are excluded.