Funimation brought out the Handa-kun series as a bilingual DVD/BD release back in November 2017 after simulcasting it and bringing out a dub for it and it’s now getting some additional attention. The twelve-episode series previously found its way from Funimation’s legacy service over to Crunchyroll with it in both the original Japanese language with English subtitles as well as the English dub.
Now, the manga itself by Satsuki Yoshino is getting some new attention. Yen Press has the North American rights for the series and has released it all, as it originally began in 2013 and wrapped up in 2016. The manga has now gotten some new digital distribution with Manga UP! adding it to its service here.
Check out our review of the North American edition.
Animated by Diomedea, Yoshitaka Koyama directed it based on the scripts and series composition from Michiko Yokote. Mayuko Matsumoto worked on the character designs for it. Fo’xTails performing the opening theme song “The Liberty” while Kenichi Suzumura performed the ending theme, “HIDE-AND-SEEK.”
The Japanese cast for the show includes Nobunaga Shimazaki as Sei Handa, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Takao Kawafuji, Yuuya Hirose as Junichi Aizawa, Tetsuya Kakihara as Reo Nikaidou, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Akane Tsutsui, Daiki Yamashita as Yukio Kondou, Yuusuke Shirai as Kei Hanada, and Makoto Furukawa as Kotaro Higashino.
Mike McFarland served as the ADR director and the cast includes Rob McCollum as Handa, Duncan Brannan as Kawafuji, Micah Solusod as Junichi Aizawa, Chris Burnett as Nikaido Reo, Dallas Reid as Yukio Kondo, Alejandro Saab as Akane Tsutsui, Terri Doty as Juri, and Sarah Wiedenheft as Maiko Mor.
Plot concept: 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
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