Original anime Goodbye Lara will receive a manga adaptation by Saburouta (Citrus), releasing in October. It will be available on Kadokawa’s KadoComi platform.
The announcement came from the official Goodbye Lara X (formerly Twitter) account:
The anime is currently airing, with episode 12 due to premiere on September 20. Ikimono-gakari performs the opening theme song “Sayonara Lara,” and Hana Hope performs the ending theme song “Hearts Glow.”
The cast includes:
- Hana Hishikawa as Lara
- Nana Kawaishi as Mari Otsu
- Rica Fukami as Grace
- Ayumu Murase as Luca
- Tomohiro Ōno as Yoshihiro Otsu
- Mitsuaki Madono as Makoto Otsu
- Nanae Sumitomo as Ema Otsu
- Masaki Terasoma as Rowan
- Minami Tsuda as Risa
- Kazutomi Yamamoto as Kōta
Takushi Koide is directing the series at Kinema Citrus, and Anna Kawahara is overseeing the series scripts. Shiori Tani is the character designer, and Yuma Yamaguchi is composing the music.
The official website describes Goodbye, Lara as follows:
Once upon a time, there was a mermaid princess named Lara. She grew up surrounded by the love of her father, the King of the Sea, and her sisters. One day, Lala falls in love with a human prince who lives on land, a forbidden love that is not permitted in the world of mermaids. Nevertheless, Lara sets off to the surface, drinking the potion given to her by the witch Grace and transforming into a human.
However, it was a forbidden drug that would disappear like bubbles if he did not find “true love.” Although she was a mermaid princess, Lala longed for love with a human. However, her wish was not granted, and she turned into foam and disappeared into the sea. 200 years later, the mermaid princess Lara is reborn in Lake Biwa, this time to find true love.
