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Tachibana has recently quit his job at a high-class firm, and for unknown reasons, decides to open a bakery. His first employee is Ono, an extremely talented patissier who is also known as the 'Gay of demonic charm' - something that has caused him to lose his job countless times. Joining the crew also is Eiji - a retired champion boxer - who is hired on the spot as only a trainee purely because he is not Ono's 'type.' However, Chikage, the bumbling childhood friend and shadow of Tachibana, is exactly his type! Now, with the shop finally open, everyone seems to be filling their positions well; but one question remains: what were Tachibana's motives for opening the bakery, and does it have a link to his troubled and forgotten past?
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What led me to Antique Bakery was my love for Bartender (one of my favorite anime). The fact that both have that real world essence and have the element of dealing with humans on a real and individual basis is what is fantastic. The thing about Bartender and Antique Bakery is you really do fall for the characters and their stories. In Bartender it's on really a show by show basis with the main character, Ryuu Sasakura being the main link. In Antique Bakery it felt like each episode, though all characters there, was it's own story too. I'd say that it still had an overall theme/storyline but they didn't just focus on that. Overall if you like anime with a more modern drawing, a very real life theme, and that can take an individual away and have them anticipating the next episode these two are very well done and fit the bill.
Both Antique Bakery and Bartender are slice of life series that are quite gentle in their overall tone. Though Bartender focuses more on the story of the customer than Antique Bakery, both involve the primary staff member selling their customer the ideal beverage/cake for their situation or tastes. If you enjoyed one then it is well worth trying the other.
If you enjoyed the slow and gentle pace of Bartender, I think you would also enjoy the similarly paced Antique Bakery. While both are themed upon the daily doings at a refreshments selling establishment (Bar Eden bar in Bartender and the bakery/cafe known as Antique in Antique Bakery), they also offer slice of life vignettes as well. Bartender offers more focus on the bar's patrons and significant history of the episode's focus drink while Antique Bakery's attention is more concerned with the proprietors and only secondarily on the ingredients of the day's special pastry. Each is a gentle and enjoyable tribute. If you want Bartender with a bit more depth and heart, try Antique Bakery.
Bartender and Antique Bakery both feature a mostly adult male cast. You learn more about their backstories and the trauma that they posses, all while usually in their place of wook in the food industry. They want to serve their customers exactly what they want, even if the customer doesn't know what they want. They are filled with the typical drama that surrounds a bar and a cafe. Both have late 2000's animation and are easy enough to get through in a sitting or two.
Located on a small street near the center of Rome, the Casetta dell'orso is a small yet popular restaurant staffed by a group of older, bespectacled gentlemen. Nicoletta is a twenty-one-year-old woman who has just arrived in Rome to meet with her estranged mother's husband, who owns the restaurant. She intends to inform him that not only was his wife married once before, but also that she is her daughter - a secret her mother desperately wants kept. When she arrives at the restaurant Nicoletta becomes enamoured with Claudio, one of the waiters, and begins to spend more time there. Despite the age gap, Nicoletta finds her feelings towards Claudio growing; and after making a promise to keep her mother's secret, Nicoletta begins working at the restaurant as an apprentice chef. Now she is trying her hardest to become a good cook, but can Nicoletta overcome the difference in age and win the quiet Claudio's heart?
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Both the anime involve food and drink and how these things bring people together. They are also about the lives of the people who visit and work at these places. Bartender focuses more on the drinks themselves and Ristorante Paradiso focuses more on the people, but they are both at a relaxing pace and have beautiful animation and music to go along with them. I would check out one if you liked the other.
Ristorante Paradiso and Bartender are both extremely slow shows that bring all of the characters together. Each of the anime series involves a great detail on the character development and takes time to progress through the story. They also each involve food and drinks captivating the people that are in the restaurants while spinning a relaxing tale of their lives.
These 2 are slice of life adult style anime. They are slow paced with their drama and just have a wonderful adult feel to them. Bartender takes on a episodic feel where Ristorante Paradiso is completely fleshed out with a great romance story. If you like your anime more geared towards the adult in you check either of these out.
An urban legend tells of a Miracle Train that runs the tracks of Tokyo’s subways. Appearing only to troubled ladies, it’s said to house a few young men who are manifestations of the Oedo Line’s stations; together, they are able to solve any problem that plagues their passengers. Whether it’s helping a girl who lost her dog to a woman who refuses to tell the boys of her problems, Shinjuku, Roppongi, Shiodome, Tsukushima, Ryogoku and Tocho-mae will help anyone they meet aboard the Miracle Train.
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Both anime are about people who help others that end up coming to them one way or another. Miracle Train has males helping women who come onto their train where Bartender has people enter the bar and the bartender gives advice and such. Both are episodic and have a nice range of likable characters. Check one out if you liked the other.
The pace, the ambience, the overall feel of these two episodic series makes them feel very similar.
Both are shows where an average person in need stumbles upon help. In Miricle it is a group of men, who represent rail stations on a magical train, in Bartender it is a singular man who has the insight to help people with the right words and a stiff drink.
Also both are also fantastic at teaching you things along the way.
Like Train lines and the underground transit in Miricle or drinks and Bartenders and the history of some liquor mixes. It is like learning while you watch.
These two episodic titles have a character, or characters, helping out random folks that are in need of assistance. Neither are very good and are slow paced.
Gallery Fake is an art gallery that deals exclusively in counterfeits of well-known masterpieces... or is it? Rumor has it, the store is just a front for owner Fujita Reiji's black market sales of stolen paintings. Mitamura Sayako, the curator of Tokyo's Takada Museum, has made it her mission to expose Fujita's shady deals to the public. But is that what's really going on?
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Both anime are based off of terrific manga of the same genre (seinen), but are lacking when compared to the manga version. The main characters are similar in the fact that they are masters of their art and have a large circle of influence. Gallery Fake deals with art in the same way Bartender deals with wine, beer, etc.
both are episodic shows that present various interesting tidbits about there corresponding subject matters (drinks/works of art) along the way while the mc is trying to assist someone who has problems. similar mood.
In the future, androids live side by side with humans – but not as their equals, as their slaves. Though they look identical, these androids must display a holographic ring over their heads so the difference is clear. One day, a boy named Rikuo finds abnormal activity patterns in the logs of his own android, and alongside his friend Masaki, he sets forth to find where the android has been. Much to their surprise, the duo discovers a secret café known as Eve no Jikan with a single rule: within its walls, there must be no discrimination between humans and robots. In this place, androids appear to be human and are even displaying signs of independence – a trait that should not be possible. Rikou finds his perceptions increasingly challenged as he struggles to come to terms with his own android, and the relationship between man and machines...
This might seem like an incredibly strange recommendation, and it is, but the one thing that made both of these shows so enjoyable for me was the atmosphere and feel both anime shared. They both have the same idea of what a bar is: a place of relaxation to escape from the rest of the world. Both anime are almost fully conversation-driven, and you get to understand the different characters, their problems and how they are solved through these conversations. If you enjoyed one of these shows for their laid-back, yet thought-provoking feel, give the other a try.
Bartender and Eve no Jikan are both short series that revolve around characters within a community. They are both episodic and leave you wanting for more episodes.
With a history of leading a motorcycle gang and getting bad grades in school, why would 22 year old Onizuka ever want to become a teacher? Is it to educate young minds or spread the joy of education? Sure, if it involves being able to look up high school girls' skirts! Watch as this would-be educator uses his own life lessons and unconstituted methods as a means to control a delinquent class of students -- students who certainly aren't as happy to have him as a teacher as he is happy to be teaching...
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If you liked Bartender, you'd also like Great Teacher Onizuka because both have similar assets yet they are complete opposites.
In Bartender the atmosphere is very calm, and comforting. This helps viewers become more relaxed and are able to fully enjoy the stories that Ryu Sasakura, bartender or "Glass of Gods", encounters from his customers. He is a genius bartender that realizes what drink his customers are in need of at the moment from little hints, that the customers does not even realize themselves. The drink resolves their problems and their problems seem to change for the better afterwards.
On the other hand, In Great Teacher Onizuka, Teacher Onizuka is the complete opposite; instead of resolving problems in a graceful manner he chooses to use the more extreme approach. At the same time he understands most of his students very well, and helps them through their problems. He is also not a very intelligent person. The atmosphere is roaring with laughter and excitement which is completely different from Bartender though.
In conclusion both series are similar because the main characters try to help resolve problems for their customers/students. Also both Sasakura and Onizuka have just started their jobs and... well besides that, they are complete opposites.
28-year-old Hiroko Matsukata is the definition of a workaholic. On top of smoking too much, rarely having sex and having lousy luck nurturing her romantic life, she works excessively to get the job done. Alongside many co-workers at the weekly news magazine Jidai, Hiroko tirelessly works on countless stories – thus negating any chance of a social life. Can Hiroko balance her home and work life, or is she doomed to be a 'working man' forever?
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Both Hataraki Man and Bartender have one point in common: "The plot in both series is adult-oriented." They involve people who are about thirty-years-old, with a normal life and normal worries. The stories could be considered boring; the main characters only have a few peculiarities, like all us, and the series talk about many people and their problems, but with a positive viewpoint. They are the perfect series to see when you have had a bad day at work.
Asai Mugi's everyday life is very much impacted by a singular problem: she suffers from extreme shyness. Her sole friend Touyama Kayo would like to help her out as they've just entered high school, but Mugi's shyness is the sort that steals her voice entirely. It is too bad for Mugi that a freak shout on her part attracted the attention of Nono Ichinose. Nono is on a mission to save her Drama Research Society, and she isn't prepared to accept shyness as excuse from on-stage performances! With a small group of close friends to encourage and educate her, Mugi will be given a chance to be more than she is now. But, can someone so terribly shy really become a stage actress in just a few short months?
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Hitohira and The Bartender both take an inspirational outlook on life. Although Bartender has a little more stop and go approach. It does not seem to flow as nicely as Hitohira does although it does have a certain appeal. Both series seem to put the viewer in a nice mood that makes them feel happy.
In feudal Japan, evil spirits known as mononoke plague both households and the countryside, leaving a trail of fear in their wake. One mysterious person has the power to slay the mononoke where they stand; he is known only as the Medicine Seller, and he vanquishes the mononoke using the power of his Exorcism Sword. However, in order to draw his sword he must first understand the Form, Truth and Reason of the mononoke. Armed with a sharp wit and keen intellect, the Medicine Seller wanders from place to place, striking down the mononoke in his wake.
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When Daikichi's grandfather dies he leaves behind a young daughter named Rin. However, as most of the family is embarrassed at the idea of a 79-year-old man having a six-year-old child, they can't seem to figure out what to do with her. Disgusted by this behavior, Daikichi decides to take care of her himself, but he's a bachelor, has no idea how to raise a child, and isn't even all that comfortable with kids! Now, Daikichi must do the normal things a parent does such as enroll her in school, buy her clothing and teach her about the life and world around her. But more importantly, he must also help her deal with her father's death and decide whether or not she should try to find her mother. Together, the two begin their unlikely relationship as father and daughter, navigating each of life's bumps along the way.
Both of them are cute set of short little episodes in characters life. There are no "full" plot, but it isn't nesessary in this case.
Both are non-dynamic, calm series. Watching isn't boring but interesting.