Handa-kun: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set six years prior to the events of Barakamon, detailing the life of Seishuu Handa as a high school student—and a very interesting life it is.

In Handa-kun, 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.

Series details

• Title: Handa-kun
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Anime
• Premiere date: 2016-07-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-09-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 14212
• TVDB ID: 309210

Cast and credited roles

• Nobunaga Shimazaki — Handa Sei
• Yûya Hirose — Aizawa, Junichi
• Tetsuya Kakihara — Nikaidou, Reo
• Yusuke Shirai — Hanada, Kei
• Makoto Furukawa — Higashino, Kotaro
• Kazuyuki Okitsu — Kawafuji, Takao

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-07-08; final listed air date 2016-09-23; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Handa-kun on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.