ばらかもん

2014 - 2014

Cheerful Child

Episode 1

Handsome young master calligrapher Handa Seishuu has been exiled to a far-western island for punching a critic. He plans to focus on his writing in solitude, but rambunctious little Naru won't leave him alone...

Annoying

Episode 2

A week after coming to the island, Handa is trying to focus on improving his calligraphy. However, he keeps getting interrupted by Naru and her friends, including middle-school girls Miwa and Tama, who want their old base back!

Mochi Thrown in Celebration

Episode 3

Tama hides a deep, dark secret, and meeting Handa may have led her to reveal it. Is it too late for her to save her reputation? Meanwhile, Handa is suffering his own angst after not placing first in a calligraphy competition. Maybe a friendly mochi-picking session with the villagers will cheer him up...

Island Dads

Episode 4

After his computer and cell phone break, Handa's only link to the outside world is the phone at the general store. He decides to focus on his entry for the upcoming Naruka Institute competition, but hits a wall. Can a job from Miwa's gangsterish dad help him break through it?

Going Swimming at the Beach

2nd August 2014

Episode 5

After the job from Miwa's dad breaks his artist's block, Handa's ready to get writing! But some distractions come up, in the form of the girls demanding penmanship help, a day taking the kids to the beach, and Naru's Grampa's addictive pickled daikon...

Guys From Tokyo

9th August 2014

Episode 6

Handa's only friend, Kawafuji, arrives with a kid named Kanzaki Kousuke in tow, but their trip to Handa's house ends up being very roundabout. Why does Kousuke want to meet Handa so badly, and why did Kawafuji agree to bring him?

A High-Grade Fish

16th August 2014

Episode 7

To make up for the turmoil of the previous two days, the village kids and Handa treat his guests to a fun day of fishing before bidding them farewell.

Onde

23rd August 2014

Episode 8

It's Naru's birthday, and Handa wants to present her with a new rhinoceros beetle. However, Kenta not only refuses to help him catch one, but also declares a battle to get Naru the best bug! Later, Handa is invited along for a visit to the Kotoishi family gravesite, but finds the local Obon customs unusually cheerful.

Almost Got Badly Hurt

6th September 2014

Episode 9

It's only two weeks until the Naruka Exhibition. Handa waits for inspiration as he deals with a broken bath heater and various scuffles with the kids. Unfortunately, not long after inspiration falls, so does Handa...

Dacchi Ikode

13th September 2014

Episode 10

After Handa submits his "Star" calligraphy despite some trepidation, he gets roped into helping to build a stone wall and then into taking the girls to the summer festival. Meanwhile, Kawafuji gets the exhibition hall director to agree to welcome Handa back to Tokyo. How will he bid farewell to the kind islanders who've taught him so much?

I am in Tokyo

20th September 2014

Episode 11

Handa has returned to Tokyo, to show his new "STAR" calligraphy to the gallery director he had punched and ask for forgiveness. However, Handa doesn't feel quite right about the work, and ends up smearing it before the director can. Could some inspiration from his time at the island help him create an even better work before the deadline?

Glad You're Back

27th September 2014

Episode 12

With his calligraphy exhibition entry finished, Handa wants to return to the island and the people he cares about there. Unfortunately, his mom is dead set against it. How will he convince her to let him go?

Top Cast

Daisuke Ono•Suzuko Hara

Animation Comedy

After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.

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Full Cast

Daisuke Ono Image

Daisuke Ono

Sei 'Seishu' Handa (voice)

Suzuko Hara Image

Suzuko Hara

Naru Kotoishi (voice)

Full Crew

Mutsumi Fukushi

Executive Producer

Manabu Tamura

Executive Producer

Koji Taguchi

Executive Producer

Toshio Nakatani

Producer

Naoya Kinoshita

3D Artist

Eiko Morikawa

Sound Effects

Yuu Karube

3D Artist

Hiroyuki Ueno

Producer

Junnosuke Ito

Producer

Kazunari Sengoku

Music Producer

Maziro

Supervising Animation Director

Marina Sasaki

Producer

Fumie Ishikura

Sound Mixer

Kazuhiro Watanabe

Music Producer

Kenji Kawai Image

Kenji Kawai

Original Music Composer

Izumi Hoki

Art Direction

Hiromi Miyawaki

Color Designer

Hiroshi Kato Image

Hiroshi Kato

Art Direction

Satsuki Yoshino

Comic Book

Yu Wakabayashi

Director of Photography

Maziro

Character Designer

Nozomi Imamura

Prop Designer

Masaki Tachibana Image

Masaki Tachibana

Series Director

Pierre Sugiura Image

Pierre Sugiura

Series Composition

Hitomi Sudo

Editor

Kazuhiro Wakabayashi

Sound Director

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