Originally airing in 2006, the TV series Bartender finally saw release previously thanks to Shout! Factory and Anime Limited. And out of nowhere, we learned in October 2022 that a new anime project is underway as Shueisha revealed that the manga is inspiring a new project. Crunchyroll made their pickup of it as BARTENDER Glass of God which saw its premiere on April 3rd, 2024 and it’s available to viewers in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
With the show getting streaming on Prime Video as well, the streamer has its Anime Club putting together a seven-minute introductory primer don’t he show to try and expand its reach.
The show saw Ryoichi Kuraya directing it from the series composition by Mariko Kunisawa. Yoichi Ueda is handling the character designs with Liber INC on the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Takuma Terashima as Ryo Sasakura, Yoshino Nanjo as Miwa Kurushima, Haruka Shiraishi as Yukari Higuchi, Eriko Matsui as Kyoko Kawakami, Ryoko Shiraishi as Yuri Kinjo, Makoto Furukawa as Kelvin Chen, Hiroki Tochi as Kitakata, and Naoya Uchida as Kuzuhara.
The English cast includes Tom Aglio as Ryu, Morgan Lauré as Miwa, Celeste Perez as Yukari, Sonny Strait as Kamishima, Chris Rager as Taisho, and Rick Robertson as Taizo.
Check out our review of the 2006 series.
It ran for eleven episodes and definitely had interest back in the day because it wasn’t the usual kind of title but it never saw a domestic license. The series was directed by Masaki Watanabe based on the scripts and series composition by Yasuhiro Imagawa. Based on the original work by Araki Joh and Kenji Nagatomo, Hirotaka Kinoshita adapted the character designs with Palm Studio handling the production of the animation.
The Japanese cast includes Ayumi Fujimura as Miwa Kurushima, Takahiro Mizushima as Ryuu Sasakura, and Leo Morimoto as Narration.
The series features the opening song “Bartender” by Natural High featuring Junpei Shiina and an ending theme “Hajimari no Hito” by Natural High.
Plot Concept: Situated in the Ginza district of Tokyo is the Eden Hall, a quiet bar that few people manage to come across. It is run by the legendary bartender Ryu Sasakura, a genius at mixing the right drink for the right customer. Throughout his period at Eden Hall, customers from all walks of life, carrying all sorts of burdens, arrive for a godly glass at the Hall and a kind word with Ryu, both of which assist in clearing their problems up and reviving them for another go at life.
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