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Barakamon S1E5 — Going Swimming at the Beach

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Barakamon•Season 1•Episode 5

Going Swimming at the Beach

7.8/10 · 136 votesAug 2, 201423 min

Ranked #10 of 12 in Season 1•−0.2 vs season avg

After the job from Miwa's dad breaks his artist's block, Handa's ready to get writing! But some distractions come up, in the form of the girls demanding penmanship help, a day taking the kids to the beach, and Naru's Grampa's addictive pickled daikon...

Directed byShingo Kaneko

Written byPierre Sugiura

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Cast2

Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Sei 'Seishu' Handa (voice)

Suzuko Hara

Suzuko Hara

Naru Kotoishi (voice)

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H

Hideki Ito

Animation Director

Pierre Sugiura

Pierre Sugiura

Writer

M

Ma Yue

Compositing Artist

M

Maziro

Animation Director

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Shingo Kaneko

Director

Masaki Tachibana

Masaki Tachibana

Storyboard Artist

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Yu Wakabayashi

Compositing Artist

A

Akiyo Yamaura

Compositing Artist

K

Kumiko Tsuchiya

Compositing Artist

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Kuniyuki Itou

Animation Director

T

Tsuyoshi Shimura

Compositing Artist

E

Emi Akao

Compositing Artist

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Episode Summary

"Going Swimming at the Beach" is episode 5 of Barakamon season 1. It scored 7.8/10 from 136 votes, ranking #10 of 12 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Shingo Kaneko and written by Pierre Sugiura, it aired on August 2, 2014.

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