~vincentbatignole

feeling a bit grumpy today... too bad i do not know why haha!

anyway! i went on working on "ENCHANTED", taking some hours from drawings to test some colours on a page and see which ones look good. the page is not fully done, just two panels, so i will not post it for the moment. i will finish all the linearts for the 2 first issues first, and then do the colours.

i also started a couple of designs for my online shop, thought about some of my scenarii and especially "AU-DELA DU MIROIR" ("BEYOND THE LOOKING-GLASS") and started to learn my lessons as the exams are coming (from June 9th to 12th)...

i also took some time to relax and watch a few things, like the solo show of Laurent Paquin that made me laugh a lot, and a couple of episodes of different Animes that made me want to write once and a while about one of them i loved so much, that i would like the entire world to watch it.

i have to admit that the new generation of animes (since the end of the 90s/beginning of the 2000's) really, deeply annoys me. i have been a huge anime/manga fan since i was 5 years old and TO ME Japan never produced shows as useless and uninteresting as the ones they are producing now. same stories, same designs, same musics... the worst is that it happens when japanese animation is finally recognized worldwide.

fortunately, some wonderful gems are still coming out of all this, though they mostly come from good old authors like with the film & show of "xxxHOLiC" (nothing to do with the fact that i am a CLAMP fan, i just hate the TV anime of TSUBASA...), or are based on old series like with "NEON GENESIS EVANGELION 1.0: YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE" and the latest "HOKUTO NO KEN" film.

and to me, "BARTENDER" (based on the manga by Araki Joh and Kenji Nagatomo) is one of them, hence the title of my little post

(taken from animenewsnetwork)
Genius bartender, Ryu Sasakura makes the most incredible cocktails anyone has ever tasted. Seeking his "Glass of God", individuals from all different walks of life visit his bar. With both a compassionate ear and a godly drink, Ryu helps people with their problems.

delightful!! there is no other word! the chara-design by Hirotaka KINOSHITA is gorgeous, Masaki WATANABE and Yasuhiro IMAGAWA did a marvelous work on the direction & scripts (using CGI for the bottles and glasses is a fantastic idea, they never looked that great and real!!), and the jazzy music by Kaoruko OHTAKE from NATURAL HIGH is just wonderful!

oh! and let us not forget one of the most brilliant ideas of the shows: THE COCKTAILS!!! thanks to "BARTENDER" you will, first spend a few great hours watching a classy and inspiring show, but also learn to recognize and how to prepare fantastic cocktails, like the GRASS HOPPER or the NIKOLASCHKA, thanks to the recipes at the end of each episode and to a bartender, showing you how to do during the ending theme.

i want to be a bartender now...