Original Anime Goodbye New Visuals - The upcoming mermaid-in-modern-times original TV anime Goodbye, Lara has received some updates, including new visuals one main visual and two character ones and an announcement trailer for the character Mari Otsu.
Mari is a high school boxer who lost her mother at a young age, and the kind of girl who runs with a slice of bread in her mouth (see the main visual below). Living with her grandmother, father, and older brother, she becomes housemates with the titular mermaid Lara after encountering her. The Mari trailer teases a little of what that cohabitation life looks like.
Goodbye, Lara is set to surface in 2026. The premise sees Lara appearing in Shiga Prefecture’s Lake Biwa 200 years after being reduced to bubbles by a witch’s potion. In the past, Lara had fallen in love with a human prince and used the potion to become human, but met her initial bubbly end after being unable to find true love.
The original anime is the 15th anniversary project of animation production studio Kinema Citrus as well as the series directorial debut of Takushi Koide (assistant director, revue costume designer, weapon designer, and more on Revue Starlight and its movie sequel.). Shiga Prefecture is Koide’s hometown.
