The original TV anime "Sayonara Lala" will begin broadcasting on July 5, 2026, at 24:30. Lara, a mermaid princess who once fell in love with a human prince but was unable to fulfill her love and disappeared into a bubble, is revived.
Shiga Prefecture 200 years from now!? The internet was so excited about this unexpected development!
Episode 1 “Mermaid Princess Lala”
Immediately, the subtitle is posted, and the setting is suddenly ``1777 AD.'' The sixth princess, Lala, was born to the Sea King. Three years later, Lara, who has grown up well, goes out of the castle with her sister and finds a ``doll'' on the ocean floor.
Years passed and Lara, now 10 years old, officially became a member of the royal family and was given a ring. Although they are allowed to swim farther out in the sea than before, they are warned not to approach the world of humans above the sea.
Lara saves the human (prince), but her father asks her about the fact that there was land sand in your room. Getting close to humans is a serious violation.
The Journey to the Human World
When Lara replied, "Are humans really ugly creatures?", she was prohibited from leaving the castle. As Lala wonders, ``Why did she say that?'', Lala's aunt Grace, a witch, appears and gives her a drug that turns mermaids into humans.
The witch Grace told her, ``If you take this medicine, you can become a human. However, it is temporary. Before you turn into a bubble and disappear, you must find true love.'' In exchange for Lara becoming human, she received a ``voice.''
Lara, who has become a human, meets a prince, but it is a forbidden love. Her happy days came to an end, and she turned into bubbles and disappeared into the sea...
After the broadcast, Nana Kawaishi, who plays Mari Otsu, a girl with boxing gloves from Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, posted, ``Did you watch our 'meeting'? I would be happy if you could watch Lala and the others grow from now on.'' What will happen next after this surprising encounter?
The opening theme for "Sayonara Lala" (the first episode is the ending) is "Sayonara Lala" by Ikimonogakari.
■TV anime “Sayonara Lala”
Original work: Kinema Citrus
Director: Takashi Koide
Series composition: Anna Kawahara
Character design: Shiori Tani
Art director: Mari Fujino (Studio Pablo)
Color design: Rika Aizawa
Director of Photography: Kazuto Demizuta (T2studio)
Editing: Masayuki Kurosawa
Graphic design: Yuto Hama, Mao Yamaguchi
Deep sea image: MON
Water Artist: Naoki Yoshibe
Sound director: Yo Yamada
Music: yuma yamaguchi
Music production: KADOKAWA
Senior Producer: Munenori Ogasawara
Team Producer: Shokei Ishikawa
Creative producer: Natsuki Moriyama
Opening theme: “Sayonara Lala” Ikimonogakari (EPIC Records Japan)
Ending theme: “Hearts Glow” Hana Hope (Sony Music Labels)
Animation production: Kinema Citrus
Production: “Sayonara Lala” Production Committee
Lala: Kana Hishikawa
Mari Otsu: Nana Kawaishi
Grace: Rika Fukami
Luke: Ayumu Murase
Shoya Otsu: Tomotaka Ohno
Makoto Otsu: Mitsuaki Shindo
Eman Otsu: Nanae Sumitomo
Rowan: Terasomamasaki
Lisa: Minami Tsuda
Couter: Kazuomi Yamamoto
