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Araki Joh, Kenji Nagatomo's Bartender Manga Gets New Anime Project

Shueisha announced on Friday that writer Araki Joh and illustrator Kenji Nagatomo's Bartender manga is inspiring a new anime project.

As part of the announcement, the anime is also working with a new project called "BAR Katsu" to support the enjoyment of bars and alcohol. The projects as part of the collaboration will help to explain the appeal of bars and alcohol. The projects include a community website called BAR Katsu BASE.

A previous 11-episode television anime based on the manga premiered in Japan in October 2006. Masaki Watanabe directed the series at Palm Studio. Yasuhiro Imagawa wrote the scripts and was in charge of series composition. Hirotaka Kinoshita designed the characters. Shigemi Ikeda was the art director. Kaoruko Ohtake composed the music.

Shout! Factory and Anime Limited released the first anime on Blu-ray Disc in January 2021. The companies describe the series:

Situated in the Ginza district of Tokyo is the Eden Hall, a quiet bar that few people manage to come across. It is run by the legendary bartender Ryu Sasakura, a genius at mixing the right drink for the right customer. Throughout his period at Eden Hall, customers from all walks of life, carrying all sorts of burdens, arrive for a godly glass at the Hall and a kind word with Ryu, both of which assist in clearing their problems up and reviving them for another go at life.

Shueisha started serializing the original manga in its Super Jump magazine in 2004, and the manga later moved to Grand Jump. The 21st and final compiled book volume shipped in February 2012.

The manga inspired a live-action television adaptation that debuted in Japan in January 2011.

Sources: Bartender new anime's website, Comic Natalie