'Barakamon' Prequel Manga 'Handa-kun' Gets TV Anime Adaptation
Handa-kun is a prequel to Yoshino's Barakamon manga, which was adapted into a TV anime in 2014. That series was animated by Kinema Citrus and aired for 12 episodes. Handa-kun takes place six years before the events of Barakamon during Seishuu Handa's time in high school.
The series began serialization in Shounen Gangan in 2013. Four volumes of the manga have been published by Square Enix, with a fifth volume scheduled for February 12. North American publisher Yen Press will release the first volume in English on February 23.
Synopsis
Seishuu Handa is admired by his peers as a calligraphy genius and given the utmost respect, but Handa-kun himself is under the mistaken impression that the deference and attention he receives from the other students is actually bullying. Handa just wants to live a quiet life, but hilarity ensues as one character after another challenges his position as the school idol, and somehow comes away as a fan all while Handa is horrified and clueless.
Source: Otakomu
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I would've preferred a season 2 to this...
Feb 20, 2016 10:09 AM by Liar
Handa is bae
Feb 17, 2016 8:25 PM by GChan
Feb 17, 2016 3:26 PM by psychoalchemist
High School settings are fine but with Barakamon they arnt, id rather have a Season 2 of him in the village because the village setting was what made Barakamon so good and with this its bassicly taking everything that makes the original manga/show good out and injecting in a overdone, generic, setting
ill watch it i guess
Feb 8, 2016 1:17 AM by Zjj
Feb 8, 2016 12:46 AM by Kuma
so many of the old chars not included right? :O
Feb 7, 2016 2:13 PM by Nisx
Feb 5, 2016 11:30 PM by TyphoonS
Feb 5, 2016 9:29 AM by 5shin
Feb 4, 2016 5:00 PM by nehnehneji
Feb 4, 2016 2:52 PM by KamSung
Feb 4, 2016 9:36 AM by chrisbj
Feb 4, 2016 1:36 AM by NarukamiKen
Feb 3, 2016 6:54 PM by AquaWateria
Feb 3, 2016 7:27 AM by Naru030
Feb 3, 2016 5:18 AM by Dull_Lull
Feb 2, 2016 10:32 PM by Dessssy
Hope I'm wrong.
But no doubt this will be hilarious.
Feb 2, 2016 9:46 PM by RenzyBlood
Hope I'm wrong.
But no doubt this will be hilarious.
Feb 2, 2016 9:44 PM by RenzyBlood
> remove everything that makes it good
> call it Handa-kun
> ???
Feb 2, 2016 4:56 PM by Josh
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Well maybe Handa's child and teen age life would be interesting.
So I'll check the manga first, then watch the anime later.
Feb 21, 2016 7:34 AM by Rayzer