The official site for Barakamon has gone live at http://www.barakamon.jp/ and the official Twitter feed as well at brkmn_anime. With the hashtag of #brkmn_anime as well, the first bit of casting news has surfaced along with the first piece of key visual artwork for the show. Daisuke Ono is taking on the lead role of Seishi Handa and through the announecment, we also know that Kinema Citrus will be handling the animation for the production. The manga series began in 2009 by Satsuki Yoshino and released its eighth installment last fall in compiled form. Yen Press picked up the series for distribution here earlier this month as well. Satsuki Yoshino has had a few other series running prior to this one with a handful of anthology books and short stories as well as the five volume release of Princess of Mana.
Plot concept: As a punishment for punching a famous Calligrapher, young handsome Calligrapher Handa Seishu is exiled on a small island. As someone who has never lived outside of a city, Handa has to adapt to his new wacky neighbors, like people traveling on a tractor, unwanted visitors who never use the front door, annoying kids using his home as a playground, etc. Can this city guy handle all the crazy hardships? Find out in this wacky island comedy full of innocence and laughter!!!
