Bartender (manga)
Bartender (Japanese: バーテンダー, Hepburn: Bātendā) is a Japanese manga series written by Araki Joh and illustrated by Kenji Nagatomo. Its focus is Ryū Sasakura, a genius bartender who uses his talents to ease the worries and soothe the souls of troubled customers. The manga was first serialized in Shueisha's Japanese seinen manga magazine Super Jump from 2004 to 2011. The individual chapters were collected by Shueisha and released in twenty-one tankōbon volumes.
| Bartender | |
First volume cover | |
| バーテンダー (Bātendā) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Araki Joh |
| Illustrated by | Kenji Nagatomo |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | May 2004 – December 2011 |
| Volumes | 21 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masaki Watanabe |
| Written by | Yasuhiro Imagawa |
| Music by | Kaoruko Ōtake |
| Studio | Palm Studio |
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| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | October 15, 2006 – December 31, 2006 |
| Episodes | 11 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Osamu Katayama |
| Written by | Natsuko Takahashi |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | February 4, 2011 – April 1, 2011 |
| Episodes | 8 |
| Manga | |
| Bartender à Paris | |
| Written by | Araki Joh |
| Illustrated by | Osamu Kajisa |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Grand Jump |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | January 4, 2012 – October 2, 2013 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Manga | |
| Bartender à Tokyo | |
| Written by | Araki Joh |
| Illustrated by | Osamu Kajisa |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | November 6, 2013 – August 17, 2016 |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Manga | |
| Bartender 6stp | |
| Written by | Araki Joh |
| Illustrated by | Osamu Kajisa |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | August 24, 2016 – December 25, 2019 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Bartender: Glass of God | |
| Directed by | Ryōichi Kuraya |
| Written by | Mariko Kunisawa |
| Music by | Hiroaki Tsutsumi |
| Studio | Liber |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 4, 2024 – present |
| Episodes | 3 |
Bartender was later adapted into an anime television series, broadcast in 2006 on Fuji Television. The manga was also adapted into a Japanese television drama in 2011 that aired on TV Asahi. Three spin-off manga (Bartender à Paris, Bartender à Tokyo, and Bartender 6stp) have been serialized in Grand Jump and Grand Jump Premium between 2012 and 2019. In Japan, Bartender has sold over 2.8 million copies, while it received a mixed reception from English-language manga and anime publications.
A new anime television series produced by Liber, titled Bartender: Glass of God, premiered in April 2024.