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Bartender (TV)

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Alternative title:
Barman
バーテンダー (Japanese)
王牌酒保 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, slice of life
Plot Summary: Genius bartender, Ryu Sasakura makes the most incredible cocktails anyone has ever tasted. Seeking his "Glass of God", individuals from all different walks of life visit his bar. With both a compassionate ear and a godly drink, Ryu helps people with their problems.
User Ratings: 540 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 93 votes (sub:87, dub:2, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 93 votes (sub:88, dub:2, ?:1, others:2
2 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 110 votes (sub:99, dub:5, ?:1, others:5
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 97 votes (sub:86, dub:6, ?:2, raw:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 55 votes (sub:52, others:3
2 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 45 votes (sub:42, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:16, ?:1)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:12, ?:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1149 users, rank: #1070 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.433 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.0784, rank: #2057 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.308 (Good+), rank: #2335 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.72 / seen some: 6.70 / won't finish: 4.18)
Bayesian estimate: 7.312 (Good+), rank: #2088 (of 7243)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2006-10-14 to 2006-12-30
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Bartender" by Natural High featuring Junpei Shiina
Ending Theme:
"Hajimari no Hito" by Natural High
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Bartender - 15th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Sub.Blu-ray) 2021-01-19 (from $120.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masaki Watanabe
Series Composition: Yasuhiro Imagawa
Screenplay:
Yasuhiro Imagawa (eps 1-11)
Storyboard:
Fumio Kurokawa (ep 6)
Ichizō Kobayashi (ep 7)
Masaki Watanabe (eps 1-4, 10-11)
Ryō Yasumura (ep 8)
Takenori Mihara (eps 5, 9)
Episode Director:
Jiro Fujimoto (ep 4)
Kiichi Suzuno (ep 3)
Masaki Watanabe (eps 1, 11)
Matsuo Asami (ep 6)
Michita Shiraishi (eps 2, 10)
Ryō Yasumura (ep 8)
Takenori Mihara (eps 5, 9)
Yukio Okazaki (ep 7)
Original creator:
Araki Joh (story)
Kenji Nagatomo (art)
Character Design: Hirotaka Kinoshita
Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda
Animation Director:
Hirotaka Kinoshita (eps 1, 11)
Hong Keun Park (eps 5, 9)
Ichizō Kobayashi (ep 7)
Ikuo Yamakado (ep 6)
Jung Chul Kim (ep 10)
Kenji Hattori (ep 4)
Kenji Tojo (ep 3)
Osamu Ōkubo (ep 8)
Sayuri Sugitou (ep 1)
Shuu Watanabe (ep 1)
Yoko Kojo (ep 2)
3D Animation Director: Kenta Ozaki
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
Director of Photography: Norio Matsuda
Animation producer: Masahiro Kametani
Color design: Tomomi Murakami
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Key Animation: Mao Lamdo
Layout: Mao Lamdo
Music Performance: Masahiko Tōdō (Violin)
Planning: Koji Kaneda
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Theme Song Performance: Natural High (OP,ED)
Ayumi Fujimura as Miwa Kurushima
Takahiro Mizushima as Ryuu Sasakura

Leo Morimoto as Narration

Banjō Ginga as Ryuuichi Minegishi (ep 9)
Chikara Ōsaka as Sugiyama (ep 6)
Daisuke Ono as Bartender B (ep 1)
Eiji Hanawa as Masahiro Oda (ep 8)
Eiji Itō as Bartender A (ep 1)
Eiji Takemoto as Miwa's Father (ep 2)
Hirofumi Nojima as Yamaguchi (ep 4)
Hirosumi Higuchi as Customer B (ep 5)
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Shibata (ep 5)
Iemasa Kayumi as Ryuuchi Kuzuhara
Kaori Mine as Yuka (ep 4)
Katsuhisa Hōki as Oden Shop Owner (ep 9)
Kazusa Murai as Kanako (ep 9)
Kenichi Mine as
Customer A (ep 5)
Taxi Driver (ep 7)
Masaaki Yajima as Minoru Higashiyama
Masaki Terasoma as Kamishima's boss
Matomu Kiyokawa as Shimaoka (ep 3)
Mayumi Asano as Tano (ep 7)
Minoru Inaba as Ryuuji Mineyama (ep 6)
Mitsuru Ogata as Kamishima-bucho
Motomu Kiyokawa as Shimaoka (ep 3)
Naoki Tatsuta as Okita (ep 10)
Naoko Suzuki as Aki (ep 8)
Ryou Sugisaki as Driver (ep 7)
Sayaka Ōhara as Sayo Yusada (ep 4)
Seizo Katou as Kouji Souma (ep 7)
Shinsuke Fukui as Yuka's Boyfriend (ep 4)
Takkō Ishimori as Taizou Kurushima (ep 2)
Tomoko Kobashi as Mieko Yunoki (ep 3)
Wataru Hatano as Young Simaoka (ep 3)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as Saito (ep 9)
Yousuke Akimoto as Shizuo Kasahara (ep 6)
Yumiko Daikoku as Customer C (ep 5)
Yutaka Aoyama as Tajima (ep 5)
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Translation: Christopher Ward

Adaptation: Christopher Ward
Proofreading: Andrew Cull
Spotting:
Capucine Cocquyt (eps 8-9)
Charlotte Colart (eps 10-11)
Elouan Tapounie (eps 3-7)
Jonathan Leroy (ep 2)
Supervision: Justine Cocquyt
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Shout! Factory (North America)
Internet Streaming:
ITVX (UK)
Screen Anime (United Kingdom and Ireland; September 2020)
Tubi TV
Licensed by: Anime Limited (UK and Ireland; North America)
Subtitles: Wakanim
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Eui-Jin Chae as Miwa Kurushima
Ja-Hyeong Gu as Ryuu Sasakura

Han Choi as Narration

Gwon Hyeoksu as Minoru Higashiyama
Jeong-Ho Kim as Ryuichi Kuzuhara
Min No as Taizou Kurushima
Tae-Hun Kim as Shimaoka

Korean companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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