Anime don't get into philosophy too often and when they do, rarely rise above the level of a fortune cookie.
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Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 09
It would be hard to overstate how much better this worked than the last couple of arcs.
Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 11
I’ll say this for Bartender, it’s really finishing on a high.
Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 08
There are times in this series where it straddles the line between entertainment and commercial.
Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 06
In spite of its resolutely realistic settings, Bartender is actually not a series that's trying to be realistic.
Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 07
Bartender is working better for me when it's quirky and geeky - the drama just doesn't pack the same punch.
Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 12 (End) and Series Review
I go to see the person who is nowhere to be found.With clean water,And beautiful flowers in my hand.
Bartender: Kami no Glass – 05
Whatever Suntory paid for that, they got their money's worth.
Bartender: Kami no Glass – 04
I certainly don't see any overlap with this premise and much else I've watched over the past few years.
Bartender: Kami no Glass – 03
Broadly speaking I believe there are multiple paths to greatness in any art - and bartending is certainly no exception.
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 10 — 10 Second Anime
Edenhall’s owner asks Sasakura to consider a promotion for his career. What will convince him? Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 10
First Impressions – Bartender: Kami no Glass
For some reason spring has two remakes of anime from the bygone past.
Second Impressions – Bartender: Kami no Glass
The symbolism of all this isn't exactly subtle, but there's a reason bars and bartenders are such a timeless and integral part of fiction.
Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 3 - 10 Second Anime
Sasakura meets the bartender, Mr. Perfect, who challenges him to a bartending duel. Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 3
Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 4 - 10 Second Anime
Expectations affect flavor, so Sasakura teaches another bartender how bars and drinks have personality. Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 4
Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 1 - 10 Second Anime
Ryuu Sasakura serves a custom-made highball for the frazzled Hotel Cardinal recruiter, Miwa Kurushima. Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 1
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 6 — 10 Second Anime
A trading manager and a doctor connect over cigar smoke. Sasakura serves Yukari her first Glass of God. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 6
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 5 — 10 Second Anime
Potential master bartenders tour the Yamazaki Distillery. They meet Chen, a foreigner with ties to the area. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 5
Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 2 - 10 Second Anime
Sasakura must find drinks to satisfy fussy customers — an irritable gentleman and a coarse-tongued lady. Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 2
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 9 — 10 Second Anime
Sasakura runs into a former bartending colleague and discovers what happened to his mentor. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 9
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 11 — 10 Second Anime
Kitakata’s bar becomes a popup Bar Kaze. Grandpa Kurushima reconciles with his late son over whisky. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 11
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 8 — 10 Second Anime
Bartenders compete in the Cocktail Award, but one has extra motivation to prove his drink-mixing skills. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 8
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 7 — 10 Second Anime
Chen chooses bartending instead of taking over his family’s hotel. Can Sasakura help convince his father? Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 7
Bartender – Kami no Glass – Episode 04 Review
「バーの隠し味 / マティーニの顔」 (Bar no Kakushiaji / Martini no Kao) A Bar`s Secret Ingredient / The Face of a Martini Looks like I’m gonna try to get drunk…
Bartender – Kami no Glass – Episode 03 Review
「完璧な味」 (Kanpeki na Aji) The Perfect Taste "I am what I say I am, and I say...I'm perfect."
Bartender – Kami no Glass – Episode 02 Review
「古き仲間 / One for the Road」 (Furuki Nakama / One for the Road) Old Pal / One for the Road “You gave me old liquor because I’m old.”
Bartender – Kami no Glass – Episode 01 Review
「優しい止まり木」 (Yasashii Tomarigi) A Gentle Perch I like the Bartender - Kami no Glass (ooh, if you're lookin' for me).
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 12 [END] — 10 Second Anime
Sasakura helps an author find motivation. Edenhall finds a home for the Glass of God. Season Finale. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 12 [END]
Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 10
Jigokuraku may be turning into the sort of series I was hoping it would be. Read more
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 10 (Season Finale)
Ironically given the series' title and theoretically its central theme, Shoushimin suffered from nothing about it really being extraordinary.
Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 09
Talk about flower power. Read more
Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 06
That was pretty disturbing on multiple levels Read more
Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 12
Sooner or later the humans have to figure out that the entire premise of their presence here is a sham. Read more
Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 11
That was certainly a dark turn. Read more
Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 08
For me, once a series has established that plot armor doesn't exist, I'd rather it not revel in demonstrating it ad nauseam. Read more
Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 07
Jigokuraku seems to waver between Hunter X Hunter and Monster Hunter. Read more
Patron Pick Fall 2024 – Negaposi Angler
We’re still solidly in slice of life mode here and ignoring elephants.
Patron Pick Summer 2023: Helck – 10
This show has the chops to go full comedy when the mood strikes it. Read more
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 07
It’s always a bit of a minefield when pure slice-of-life series get serious in their final episodes.
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 05
Can you imagine "The Chinese Restaurant" or "The Parking Garage" with little or no humor? Do you want to?
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 06
I almost expected him to light a cigarette.
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 04
Was this interesting? I guess sort of, though that's very much in the eye of the beholder.
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 08
For me at least the ship has long since sailed on Shoushimin Series being remotely realistic.
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 09
Fun fact - the seiyuu playing Kawamata Sanae is named Osanai.
Spring 2024 Impressions: Bartender: Glass of God, A Condition Called Love, Yuru Camp S3
Bartender: Glass of God Short Synopsis: A hotel seeks out a Bartender capable of making the perfect drink. Can they find such a man? Lenlo: Bartender is in…
Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 13 (Season Finale)
There's definitely the core of something rather good here, and we managed to see a fair bit of it in the second half of this season. Read more
First Impression: BARTENDER Glass of God
Miwa Kurushima is desperately searching all around the city with her enthusiastic coworker Higuchi for a bartender. So far, they have had no luck. Each and every candidate,…
First Look: Bartender Glass of God
A series following bartenders as they chase the “Glass of God”: the perfect drink that will change their world.
Episode 318 - Bartender: Glass of God
This week, Remington is otherwise preoccupied so Shaun has grabbed our editor Dylan to watch 4 episodes of 2024’s Bartender: Glass of God. Meanwhile Dylan gives a whole new…
Bartender: Glass of God Review — C
Bartending is serious business.