Kinema Citrus announced a new original project. People care because these are the Made in Abyss people. They make pretty things that hurt.
Kadokawa released the first PV today. Goodbye, Lara (Sayonara Lara) hits screens July 2026. They also named two voice actors.
The Trailer
The story lives at Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture. Director Takushi Koide chose his hometown. This matters. He knows this place.
The staff:
- Director: Takushi Koide (Revue Starlight assistant director)
- Story: Anna Kawahara
- Design: Shiori Tani (Star Wars: Visions)
- Music: Yuma Yamaguchi (Link Click)
The Voices
- Rica Fukami as Grace. She was Sailor Venus in the original Sailor Moon. Old school. Respect.
- Ayumu Murase as Luke. He voiced Hinata in Haikyu!! and Iruma in Mairimashita! Iruma-kun. Earnest boys are his specialty.
The Premise
It adapts Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. Not Disney. The real one. The one where she dies.
A mermaid makes a forbidden wish for human love. She dies. Two centuries later she wakes at Lake Biwa in modern Japan. She must learn human customs.
What was the wish? What are the rules now? Why this lake?
Original Risk
Original anime have no manga safety net. No one knows the ending. You cannot spoil it. That is the value.
Kinema Citrus makes heavy things. They have earned trust.
Do you prefer original anime or adaptations? The risk or the certainty?
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