The official website for the anime adaptation of Satsuki Yoshino's Barakamon manga announced on Thursday that Daisuke Ono (Noragami, Magi - The Kingdom of Magic, Attack on Titan) will play the series' lead Seishū Handa. Kinema Citrus (Yuyushiki, Code:Breaker) will produce the animation for Nippon TV. The series will premiere this year.

The slice-of-life comedy manga centers around the ikemen (handsome) 23-year-old calligrapher Seishū Handa, who moves to the remote Gotō Islands off the western coast of Kyushu. Seishū grew up in the city, and the manga chronicles Seishu's interactions with the people of the island, who drive tractors on public roads and don't enter through his front door when they visit. On top of that, Seishū's house becomes a hangout for the island's children.

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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!!!