[Anime Review] Bartender

BARTENDER


"An interesting anime about Bartender, if you love the manga, you will definately love the anime" -Bezoe



Bartender follows the nightlife of Ryū Sasakura, a bartending prodigy who is said to mix the best cocktails anyone has ever tasted. Sasakura bides his time in a bar named Eden Hall, hidden in a nook of the Ginza district in downtown Tokyo. It is said that normal people cannot simply find and enter Eden Hall, but they must be invited in by the host. Over the course of the anime, various figures of high and low stature, all of who share unusual troubles and heavy burdens, are "invited" into Eden Hall and are treated to Sasakura's fine drinks, which, with guidance from the young bartender, lead the customers to reflect on their lives and decide on a course of action to tackle with their problems. - Wiki

Woohoo! finally I watched anime again! So the anime that I watched this time was called Bartender. I love the manga a lot so I actually looking forward to watch the anime (but I didn't know that they released it quite a while ago).

Manga to anime comparison :
Manga version
+ Deeper storyline
+ Detailed background story of each characters
+ Longer story
Anime version
+ Better presentation
+ Every episodes have a very interesting topic and story (and also can feel the moral of the story)
+ Every ending got "how to" create a drink from the episode.

So which one is better? Manga or Anime? since both have a different approach I recommend to read the manga first, then watch the anime afterwards, because if you start with anime, you won't be able to get into each characters in Bartender.

Graphically and animation wise, Bartender have a very sloppy drawings. I am totally not amazed with it since a lot of angled view to the main character, the face and facial expression was inconsistent. Proportional wise also sometimes inconsistent. A lot of Recyclable drawings and also pan or zoom in into a still image.

Music, I love the ending music, somewhat I felt its appropriate, and also I love the music video in the end, plus they teach us how to make the drinks, which is awesome.

In conclusion, I really recommend this anime, IF you read the manga.

Overall Rating : B++