Barakamon Cover of the first Japanese volume of Barakamon featuring main character Seishū Handa (top) and Naru Kotoishi (bottom) ばらかもん Genre Comedy, Slice of Life Manga Written by Satsuki Yoshino Published by Square Enix English publisher NA Yen Press Magazine Gangan Online Original run February 21, 2009 – present Volumes 16 Manga Handa-kun Written by Satsuki Yoshino Published by Square Enix English publisher NA Yen Press Demographic Shōnen Magazine Monthly Shonen Gangan Original run October 12, 2013 – June 11, 2016 Volumes 7 Anime television series Directed by Masaki Tachibana Written by Pierre Sugiura Music by Kenji Kawai Studio Kinema Citrus Licensed by NA Funimation Original network NTV, NIB, SUN, HTV, STV, CTV, MMT, FBS, BS Nittele Original run July 6, 2014 – September 27, 2014 Episodes 12 Anime television series Handa-kun Directed by Yoshitaka Koyama Written by Michiko Yokote Mariko Kunisawa Miharu Hirami Music by Ken Itō Studio Diomedéa Licensed by NA Funimation Original network TBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS, TBS Channel 1 English network SEA Animax Asia Original run July 8, 2016 – September 23, 2016 Episodes 12