The new Bartender animated project has been confirmed to be a TV anime, and it will premiere in April 2024. Studio Liber will be animating, and the title will be Bartender: Glass of God. The anime will stream on Crunchyroll as a simulcast, and you can check out the teaser visual below:
Ryoichi Kuraya will direct the new anime, with Mariko Kunisawa in charge of the series composition. Ueda Youichi will serve as the chief animation director and character designer.
Bartender is a Japanese manga series with story written by Araki Joh and illustrations by Kenji Nagatomo. It was first serialized in Shueisha’s Japanese seinen magazine Super Jump from 2004 to 2011. The chapters were collected by Shueisha and compiled in 21 volumes.
The manga previously received a TV anime adaptation by Palm Studio in 2006, which ran for 11 episodes. It was also adapted into a Japanese TV drama in 2011. The drama starred Masaki Aiba and ran for 8 episodes. The story follows a genius bartender called Ryu Sasakura, who uses his skills to make all of his customers feel better.
Source: Official Website
© Araki Joh and Kenji Nagatomo / Shueisha, Bar hoppers
