A mermaid who makes a forbidden wish, dies, and
reincarnates two hundred years later in modern Japan. If the premise sounds
familiar to you, it's because Goodbye, Lara takes Hans
Christian Andersen and takes him directly to Lake Biwa. The third trailer for
the original anime arrived revealing the ending of the season and adding new
members to the cast, with a premiere confirmed for July 6, 2026 on Crunchyroll.
The ending theme is called "Hearts
Glow" and is performed by Hana Hope. The
opening "Sayonara Lara" is in charge of Ikimono-gakari,
one of the most recognized Japanese pop bands, which gives the project
considerable musical weight from the start. The new main visual accompanies the
introduction of additional characters that add to Lara's story of adaptation to
the human world.
The Production Team
Takushi Koide is directed at Kinema Citrus studio,
with Anna Kawahara overseeing scripts and Shiori Tani in
charge of character design. The music is composed by Yuma Yamaguchi in
Kadokawa, with sound direction by Haru Yamada.
About Goodbye, Lara
Goodbye, Lara is an original anime that
follows a mermaid who, after making a forbidden wish to be loved by a human and
dying as a result, reincarnates two hundred years later in contemporary Japan,
in Lake Biwa. There he must learn to navigate and adapt to life in
the human world. The narrative takes direct inspiration from Hans Christian
Andersen's The Little Mermaid, but moves the events to a modern-day
Japanese setting, combining fantasy with slice-of-life moments focused on
family and adapting to a whole new world.
