Barakamon
ばらかもん
Synopsis
Seishuu Handa is an up-and-coming calligrapher: young, handsome, talented, and unfortunately, a narcissist to boot. When a veteran labels his award-winning piece as "unoriginal," Seishuu quickly loses his cool with severe repercussions. As punishment, and also in order to aid him in self-reflection, Seishuu's father exiles him to the Goto Islands, far from the comfortable Tokyo lifestyle the temperamental artist is used to. Now thrown into a rural setting, Seishuu must attempt to find new inspiration and develop his own unique art style—that is, if boisterous children (headed by the frisky Naru Kotoishi), fujoshi middle schoolers, and energetic old men stop barging into his house! The newest addition to the intimate and quirky Goto community only wants to get some work done, but the islands are far from the peaceful countryside he signed up for. Thanks to his wacky neighbors who are entirely incapable of minding their own business, the arrogant calligrapher learns so much more than he ever hoped to. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Staff

Nakatani, Toshio
Producer

Ogasawara, Muneki
Producer

Sasaki, Marina
Producer

Hosoi, Shunsuke
Assistant Producer

Kirimoto, Atsushi
Assistant Producer

Naotsuka, Koujirou
Assistant Producer

Shindou, Tomohiro
Assistant Producer

Tachibana, Masaki
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Principle Drawing, Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation

Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro
Sound Director

Iino, Shinya
Episode Director

Ishikawa, Taketomo
Episode Director, Key Animation

Kaneko, Shingo
Episode Director

Kawatsura, Shinya
Episode Director, Storyboard

Nakamura, Satomi
Episode Director, Storyboard

Nakamura, Ryousuke
Episode Director, Storyboard

Oono, Kazuhisa
Episode Director, Storyboard

Arakawa, Masatsugu
Storyboard

Kaori
Storyboard, Key Animation

Kojima, Masayuki
Storyboard

NoisyCell
Theme Song Performance

PABLO a.k.a. WTF!?
Theme Song Arrangement

SUPER BEAVER
Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition

Abe, Jikou
Key Animation

Abe, Ryuuji
Planning

Abe, Kanako
Key Animation
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- "Rashisa (らしさ)" by SUPER BEAVER (eps 1-10, 12)
Endings
- "Innocence" by NoisyCell
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