Barakamon

duchessliz Apr 29, 2015

9

As a punishment for punching a famous calligrapher, young handsome calligrapher Handa Seishu is exiled to 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! I actually started watching Barakamon on a whim.  I didn't have any expectations for it whatsoever and yet, it was one of the best anime I've seen to date. Barakamon has a very relaxing atmosphere. It is a very sweet, adorable, sincere, and funny anime that I absolutely loved! My one regret is that Barakamon isn't longer than 12 episodes... The animation served it's purpose splendidly and really added to the relaxed feel. It was lovely, yet not overdone. The OST was also impeccably chosen and also added wonderfully to the overall ambience. The characters were lovable, funny, and incredibly entertaining. I loved each and every one of them and that is extraordinarily rare as there is usually at least one that I dislike, but in Barakamon I adored all of them. Overall, I highly recommend Barakamon. It's the perfect anime to settle down and relax you after a bad day ... or if you just want something to make you smile.

rbjr73 Oct 6, 2014

10

What makes this anime good is is not the special effects or the overhypedness of such shows...it's the simple  nature of the story telling from beginning to end... along with the fact that every episode you will have that killer laugh the will leave you smiling from ear to ear...Just watch the show!!!!!!!!! You will not regret it!

harshrox2 Sep 22, 2014

8.7

This series is overall a nice slice of life about a calligrapher handa seishu who smacked the director of all japan calligraphy assosiation and as a result he was forced to move to an island out of nowhere to improve his art, when he have lived his whole life in city  .It is a story of how he improves his art while interacting with all the villagers , and understand fun of living with society ........ Plot wise it is a nice story with good opening act and a great follow through it have its bunch of funny moments which unlike recent tradition of comedy it is not ecchi, so it is kind of clean comedy which is sort of fresh breath.It is fun to watch how the interaction of Naru with handa makes some moments delightful, while delusion of glasses are also quiet funny.If I compare it to any series which is delightful & comic at the same time , only silverspoon comes to my mind. Though its ending seems kinda rushed which makes me feel unsatisfied. well it is also one of its charm (to tell a great story in a inmum span of 12 episodes). Animation is one of its relatively weak point , though I will not say it is was bad , rather it suits the story perfectly but it is still lacking compared to other fronts of the anime, like background are kinda a plain, which is good but not vivid, character design was average except the main cast ,overall it was a decent art but not something noteworthy. Sound and Character Design are its strongest point the , opening and ending theme are both nice , even ost are good and fits perfectly with the situation , also voice of voice actos are great and seems to fit the characters perfectly escpecially the role of naru. charcter are great and unique nothing more to say about them , they each have there own personality which are able to connect with the viewer and that is this anime's strongest point (though design wise they are some what lacking especially side characters). Overall it is a decent anime which everyone should watch atleast once it gave a fresh breath of air to the viewer who is watching this series after watching all those main stream genre of extreme shounen action and mindless comedy.Though it is a slice of life , it is not a tear jerker type of story so it is kinda nice innovation in the genre of slice of life. If you see this review helpful or you want to suggest any thing ,please comment below. HARSHROX2