is an upcoming original Japanese anime television series created and animated by Kinema Citrus for the studio's 15th anniversary. It is directed by Takushi Koide and written by Anna Kawahara, with Shiori Tani designing the characters and Yuma Yamaguchi composing the music. It is set to premiere in July 2026.
Goodbye, Lara was announced at the 2024 Anime Central convention in Chicago, Illinois, alongside another original anime project titled Ninja Skooler.
Lara, a mermaid princess who is beloved by her father, the Sea King, and her sisters, enters into a forbidden love with a human prince and aspires to live with him on land. She drinks a potion created by Grace to become a human, only to be tricked into drinking a potion that turns her into bubbles. She vanishes into the sea and would only be reborn if she finds true love. 200 years later, Lara is reborn in Lake Biwa, and she sets out to find her true love.