

Sayonara Lara
さよなら ララ Not Yet Released
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In Sayonara Lara, a profound and forbidden wish for human love leads a mermaid to a tragic fate. Reborn into the modern world two centuries later, she finds herself in Japan's Lake Biwa, navigating a society entirely foreign to her.
The anime explores her poignant journey of adjustment and discovery, as a being from myth learns to exist in a contemporary human landscape. It is a tale woven with themes of love, loss, reincarnation, and the search for belonging across time.
TV
2026
Characters

Lara
Main
Mari Otsu
Main
Narrator
BackgroundStaff

Takushi Koide
Director, Episode Director (PV), Storyboard (PV)
Shiori Tani
Character Design, Animation Director (PV)
Yuma Yamaguchi
MusicAkane Ueda
Assistant Director of Photography (PV)
Akiko Takase
Key Animation (PV)
Alfredo Sirica
Music (PV)
Anna Kawahara
Series Composition
Haru Yamada
Sound Director (PV)Kazuto Izumita
Director of Photography (PV)
Kou Yoshinari
Key Animation (PV)
Mari Fujino
Art Director (PV)Masayuki Kurosawa
Editing (PV)Miyao Yamashita
Color Design (PV)
Mizuki Takahashi
Key Animation (PV)
Naoki Yoshibe
Key Animation (PV)Ryou Nishikawa
Key Animation (PV)