A mermaid who makes a forbidden wish, dies, and reincarnates two hundred years later in modern Japan. If the premise sounds familiar, it’s because Goodbye, Lara takes Hans Christian Andersen’s story and transports it directly to Lake Biwa. The third trailer for the original anime has arrived, revealing the season’s ending and adding new cast members, with a confirmed release date of June 6, 2026 on Crunchyroll.

The ending is called “Hearts Glow” and is performed by Hana Hope. The opening “Sayonara Lara” is by Ikimono-gakari, one of Japan’s most recognized pop bands, giving the project significant musical weight from the start. The new main visual accompanies the introduction of additional characters joining Lara’s adaptation to the human world.

The Voice Cast

New Additions

• Minami Tsuda as Risa. (Hinata Misogiya in Dara-san of Reiwa and Yui Funami in YuruYuri).
• Kazutomi Yamamoto as Kota.

Previously Confirmed Cast

• Hana Hishikawa as Lara. (Tome and Inari in Sparks of Tomorrow and Riirii in Bride of the Barrier Master).
• Ayumu Murase as Luca. (Kotaro Tatsumi in Kotaro Lives Alone and Akaashi Keiji in Haikyuu!!).
• Masaki Terasoma as Rowan. (Sosuke Aizen in Bleach and the Japanese voice of characters played by Tom Cruise in Hollywood dubs).
• Mitsuaki Madono as Makoto Otsu. (Gourry Gabriev in Slayers and the usual Japanese voice of Will Smith in Hollywood dubs).

The Production Team

Direction is handled by Takushi Koide at studio Kinema Citrus, with Anna Kawahara supervising the scripts and Shiori Tani in charge of character design. The music is composed by Yuma Yamaguchi at 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, at Lake Biwa. There, she 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 transports the events to a modern Japanese setting, combining fantasy with slice-of-life moments focused on family and adapting to a completely new world.

Are you more drawn to this Japanese contemporary reimagining of The Little Mermaid or do you prefer adaptations more faithful to the original tale?