Bartender (manga)

Bartender
	First volume cover
バーテンダー; (Bātendā)
Genre	Drama; Slice of life;
Manga
Written by	Araki Joh
Illustrated by	Kenji Nagatomo
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Super Jump (2004–2011); Grand Jump (2011);
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 2004 – December 2011
Volumes	21 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Masaki Watanabe
Written by	Yasuhiro Imagawa
Music by	Kaoruko Ōtake
Studio	Palm Studio
Licensed by	BI/NA: Anime Limited;
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 15, 2006 – December 31, 2006
Episodes	11 (List of episodes)
Television drama
Directed by	Osamu Katayama
Written by	Natsuko Takahashi
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	February 4, 2011 – April 1, 2011
Episodes	8 (List of episodes)
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 (List of volumes)
Manga
Bartender à Tokyo
Written by	Araki Joh
Illustrated by	Osamu Kajisa
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Grand Jump (2013–2015); Grand Jump Premium (2015–2016);
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 6, 2013 – August 17, 2016
Volumes	8 (List of volumes)
Manga
Bartender 6stp
Written by	Araki Joh
Illustrated by	Osamu Kajisa
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Grand Jump Premium (2016–2018); Grand Jump Mucha (2018–2019);
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	August 24, 2016 – December 25, 2019
Volumes	4 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Bartender: Glass of God
Directed by	Ryōichi Kuraya
Written by	Mariko Kunisawa
Music by	Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Studio	Liber
Licensed by	Crunchyroll; SEA: Medialink; ;
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 4, 2024 – June 20, 2024
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
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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 was later adapted into an anime television series by Palm Studio, broadcast in 2006 on Fuji TV. 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 12-episode reboot anime television series produced by Liber, titled Bartender: Glass of God, aired on TV Tokyo from April to June 2024.

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