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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: 541 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 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 98 votes (sub:87, 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 1153 users, rank: #1065 (of 9687)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.432 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.0765, rank: #2086 (of 9812)
Weighted mean: 7.307 (Good+), rank: #2374 (of 9812) (seen all: 7.71 / seen some: 6.70 / won't finish: 4.18)
Bayesian estimate: 7.311 (Good+), rank: #2121 (of 7428)
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
News:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 17-23 (Jan 19, 2021)
Shout! Factory, Anime Limited Reveal Details, Trailer for Bartender Anime Release (Oct 13, 2020)
Shout! Factory, Anime Limited License Bartender Anime for N. America (Sep 4, 2020)
Anime Limited to Also Offer B: The Beginning Anime on Blu-ray in U.S. (May 30, 2020)
Press Release:
Bartender 15th Anniversary Collector's Edition – News & Trailer (Oct 13, 2020)
Other articles: Show:
This Week in Anime - A Toast to Bartender (Feb 7, 2023)
Shelf Life - Miracle (Nov 29, 2009)
The Fall 2006 Anime Preview Guide (Oct 22, 2006)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Bartender - 15th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Sub.Blu-ray) 2021-01-19 (from $49.99)

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)
Music: Kaoruko Ohtake
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)
Art design:
Shigemi Ikeda
Shūichi Ōkubo
3D Animation Director: Kenta Ozaki
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
Director of Photography: Norio Matsuda
Producer:
Atsuya Takase (Fuji TV)
Kōji Yamamoto
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Yukihiro Ito (Fuji TV)

2D Photography:
Manabu Komatsu (WELZ; eps 1-11)
Masahiko Yagi (WELZ; eps 1-11)
Munehiro Kasuya (WELZ; eps 1-11)
Norio Matsuda (WELZ; eps 1-11)
Satoru Yoshizumi (WELZ; eps 1-11)
Shigenori Toyooka (WELZ; eps 1-11)
Tomokazu Oishi (WELZ; eps 1-11)
2nd Key Animation:
Chul Hwan Park (GK Entertainment; ep 6)
Hiroaki Sakuma (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Uehara (ep 1)
Ji Chul Yun (GK Entertainment; ep 6)
Jin-Hee Lee (GK Entertainment; eps 6, 9)
Mi Yeon Yun (GK Entertainment; eps 6, 9)
Ryuusuke Chayama (ep 1)
Seung Hee Han (GK Entertainment; eps 6, 9)
Taisuke Yoshioka (ep 1)
Tatsuya Tanaka (ep 11)
Tomoko Fukui (ep 11)
3D Work:
Chiho Kobayashi (WELZ; eps 1-11)
Kenta Ozaki (WELZ; eps 1-11)
Shigenori Toyooka (WELZ; eps 1-11)
Animation producer: Masahiro Kametani
Art Board: Yukiko Maruyama
Background Art:
Azusa Kakoi (Atelier Musa; eps 1-2, 4-6)
Chiharu Kono (Atelier Musa; eps 1-11)
Chizuru Kakimoto (Atelier Musa; eps 6-11)
Fumiaki Kaneko (Atelier Musa; eps 1-11)
Kei Yamazaki (Atelier Musa; eps 1-11)
Mai Hamako (Atelier Musa; eps 1-11)
Masaki Katō (Atelier Musa; eps 1-11)
Masami Ohta (Atelier Musa; eps 1-11)
Miki Oomori (Atelier Musa; eps 1-11)
Yōichi Nangō (eps 3-11)
Yoshimi Mineda (Atelier Musa; eps 1-11)
Yoshimichi Yashiro (Atelier Musa; eps 6-11)
Yuko Doi (Atelier Musa; eps 1-11)
Color Coordination:
Mie Itō (ep 4)
Min A Lee (eps 3, 5, 9-10)
Shinobu Nakamura (ep 8)
Tomomi Murakami (eps 1, 11)
Yue Murakami (eps 2, 6-7)
Color design: Tomomi Murakami
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Finish Animation:
Akemi Nagao (Wish; ep 6)
Akiko Inoue (Wish; ep 6)
Asami Nomaguchi (Wish; ep 11)
Atsuko Ito (Wish; ep 6)
Ayumi Andou (Wish; ep 1)
Chizue Saitō (Wish; ep 6)
Daiki Egusa (Wish; ep 2)
Emiko Okui (Wish; ep 1)
Eun Mi Kim (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Eun Ok Kwon (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Fusako Nakao (Wish; ep 6)
Haruka Yoshida (Wish; ep 1)
Hikaru Takigawa (Wish; ep 6)
Hiromi Mitome (Wish; ep 2)
Hiroyasu Kanemitsu (Wish; ep 2)
Hisako Furukawa (Wish; ep 6)
Hun Young Park (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Izumi Inoue (Wish; ep 2)
Ja Young Kim (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Jee Seon Park (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Ji Eun Lee (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Jin Young Kwon (GK Entertainment; ep 10)
Jung Hun Park (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Jung Yun Go (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Kayo Ishikawa (Wish; ep 1)
Kazuko Kikuchi (Wish; ep 6)
Kazumi Takeuchi (Wish; ep 11)
Masako Kumada (Wish; ep 2)
Mayumi Hiraide (Wish; ep 1)
Mi Kyoung Kim (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Mi Kyung Lee (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Min Jung Kim (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Miyoko Suzuki (Wish; ep 6)
Miyuki Satō (Wish; ep 2)
Mizue Ueda (Wish; ep 11)
Mun Kyung Lee (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Myoung Hee Cho (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Naoki Ishikawa (Wish; ep 1)
Naoko Sasaki (Wish; ep 11)
Naoko Sunahara (Wish; ep 1)
Rie Katō (Wish; ep 2)
Rieko Umemura (Wish; ep 2)
Rika Kingetsu (Wish; ep 6)
Sayuri Arakaki (Wish; ep 1)
Shiho Okamiya (Wish; ep 2)
Tohru Kawamura (Wish; ep 1)
Tomoko Takahashi (Wish; ep 11)
Toshiko Itokawa (Wish; ep 11)
Woo Jin Lee (GK Entertainment; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Yoko Chiba (Wish; ep 2)
Yoshiki Ito (Wish; ep 11)
Yoshitaka Narasaki (Wish; ep 11)
Yosuke Amamoto (Wish; ep 6)
Yukari Goto (Wish; ep 11)
Yuki Atsumi (Wish; ep 6)
Yumi Matsumoto (Wish; ep 11)
In-Between Animation:
Bu Kyung Kim (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Chea Sick Park (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Emi Iwatari (Palm; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 11
)
Geon Mi Park (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Hey Jin Lee (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Hey Kyoung Park (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Hun Hee Lee (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Ji Hee Kim (GK Entertainment; eps 3, 5-6, 9)
Joo Hee Mun (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Jung Ah Kang (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Kumiko Ōtani (eps 2, 11)
Kyung Min Kang (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Mamiko Sekiya (Palm; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 11
)
Mi Jin Lee (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Mi Ok Ham (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Mi Young Song (GK Entertainment; eps 3, 5-6, 9)
Miki Terunuma (eps 6-7, 11)
Min Kyoung Park (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Ritsuko Shiina (ep 2)
Ryuusuke Chayama (Palm; eps 1-3)
Sang Min Lee (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Seon Hee Shin (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Suck Won Kim (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Sun Hee Lim (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Sun Yeun Yun (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Sun Young Kim (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Sung Mi Kim (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Sung Mi Lee (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Tatsuya Shibata (Palm; eps 1-3, 7)
Tomoko Fukui (ep 11)
Tsutomu Kaburaki (ep 11)
Yumiko Totsu (Palm; eps 1-3, 7, 11)
In-Between Check:
Hong Keun Park (eps 5, 9)
Kumiko Ōtani (eps 1, 11)
Tomoko Fukui (eps 2, 7)
Key Animation:
Akira Hosogaya (eps 1, 6)
Byung Hee Choi (GK Entertainment; eps 9-10)
Byung Hee Yun (GK Entertainment; ep 3)
Eiji Uemura (ep 8)
Emiko Kataoka (ep 1)
Heung Su Lee (GK Entertainment; eps 6, 9-10)
Hiroki Kai (Mito Animation; ep 7)
Hirotaka Kinoshita (eps 1-2, 11)
Hiroyuki Kamura (ep 1)
Hong Keun Park (GK Entertainment; eps 3, 5-6)
Hyung Rock Hwang (GK Entertainment; ep 9)
Ikuo Yamakado (ep 6)
Jin-Hee Lee (GK Entertainment; eps 3, 5-6)
Jung Chul Kim (GK Entertainment; eps 3, 5-6, 10)
Junichirō Taniguchi (OP)
Kazuhiro Taga (eps 3-4)
Kenji Aoyagi (Mito Animation; ep 7)
Kenji Nishikawa (ep 1)
Kenta Kawai (Mito Animation; ep 7)
Kiichi Suzuno (ep 11)
Kyung Rock Seo (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Mao Lamdo
Masaharu Morinaka (ep 2)
Masaki Watanabe (ep 1)
Masao Takeda (eps 2-4)
Mi Yeon Yun (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Miki Kamada (ep 1)
Minoru Yamazawa (ep 2)
Nozomi Ōnuki (Mito Animation; ep 7)
Rie Furuya (Mito Animation; ep 7)
Rie Ogasawara (Mito Animation; ep 7)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (ep 2)
Sachiko Ōto (ep 1)
Sachiyo Takada (ep 3)
Sang Min Lee (GK Entertainment; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Satoru Kusuda (eps 1-2)
Sayuri Sugitou (ep 1)
Setsuko Unno (ep 1)
Seung Hee Han (GK Entertainment; eps 3, 5-6, 10)
Shinya Uchida (ep 2)
Shizuko Minami (OP; ep 1)
Shōzō Katsura (Mito Animation; ep 7)
Sōichi Higuchi (eps 4, 8)
Soon Young Seo (GK Entertainment; ep 9)
Tadashi Aizawa (Mito Animation; ep 7)
Takao Yamazaki (ep 8)
Tomoko Fukui (OP; eps 1-3, 11)
Toshiharu Matsuno (ep 2)
Wataru Hasegawa (ep 2)
Yoshinobu Aohachi (eps 3-4)
Yoshinori Takahashi (eps 3-4)
Yuichi Kikuchi (Mito Animation; ep 7)
Yuichiro Miyake (eps 4, 8)
Yukiko Ishibashi (ep 11)
Yuuko Kamiyama (eps 1, 11)
Layout: Mao Lamdo
Music Performance: Masahiko Tōdō (Violin)
Music producer:
Hiroaki Sano
Yūichi Suzuki
Planning: Koji Kaneda
Production:
Kouichi Uchida (Fuji TV)
Yoko Furukawa
Yukio Sonobe
Production Advancement: Jun Hirata (eps 3, 5-7, 9)
Setting Production: Jun Hirata
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)
Mikako Takahashi as Mika
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

Gwak Yunsang
Gyeong-Su Hyeon
Yang Jungeon
Korean companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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