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Handa-kun
Everyone loves him...but him.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Handa-kun actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Handa-kun reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
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.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
Handa-kun and the Cultural Festival
S01E11
Handa-kun and the School Festival Preperations
S01E10
Handa-kun and the Normal Guy | Handa-kun and the Bishoujo
S01E09
Handa-kun and the Frog | Handa-kun and the Stalker
S01E08
Handa-kun and the School Trip
S01E07
Handa-kun and the Supplementary Exam | Handa-kun and the Library
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kiwa WatanabeProducer
- Hidetada SogaProducer
- Atsushi AitaniProducer
- Gorou ShinjukuProducer
- Shigeki HosodaProducer
- Eriko AokiProducer
Cinematography
- Yasuyuki ItouDirector of Photography
Music
- Ken ItoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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