{"id":747055,"date":"2026-09-15T13:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/goodbye-lara-gets-manga-adaptation-by-citrus-saburouta\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:41:21","slug":"goodbye-lara-gets-manga-adaptation-by-citrus-saburouta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/goodbye-lara-gets-manga-adaptation-by-citrus-saburouta\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye, Lara Gets Manga Adaptation by Citrus’ Saburouta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the announcement of a Goodbye, Lara<\/em> light novel adaptation last month, it has now been revealed that a manga<\/a> adaptation is also on its way. The manga version of Lara\u2019s quest for true love is drawn by Saburouta<\/strong> of Citrus<\/em> fame and will begin serialization on Kadocomi sometime in October, the same month as the novelization\u2019s release.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how Lara, Mari and Grace (in her Gon-chan form) look like in the upcoming title, via a preview image accompanying the announcement:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Goodbye, Lara<\/em> began airing on July 5 at 24:30 JST (effectively July 6 at 00:30) and will run for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll describes the show as such:<\/span><\/p>\n

Once upon a time, a mermaid princess named Lara fell in love with a human prince. To be with him, she used a witch\u2019s potion to become human\u2014but the magic came at a cost: If she failed to find true love, she would vanish into sea foam forever. Now, 200 years later, Lara awakens in Lake Biwa with one final chance at life and love.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Goodbye, Lara\u00a0<\/em>is the series<\/a> director debut of Revue Starlight<\/em>\u00a0assistant director\u00a0Takushi Koide <\/strong>and the 15th anniversary project of animation production studio Kinema Citrus<\/strong>. It features character designs by Shiori Tani<\/strong>\u00a0(Revue Starlight<\/em>\u00a0prop designer,\u00a0Revue Starlight the Movie<\/em> co-main animator and animation director et al.) and series composition by Anna Kawahara<\/strong>\u00a0(Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo<\/em> live-action series co-writer).<\/span><\/p>\n

The cast includes Hana Hishikawa<\/strong> as Lara and\u00a0Nana Kawaishi\u00a0<\/strong>as Mari Otsu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Production credits (those with asterisks had the same role on the\u00a0Goodbye, Lara<\/em>\u00a0pilot film)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 *Director: Takushi Koide (assistant director, revue costume designer, weapon designer, and more on\u00a0Revue Starlight<\/em>\u00a0and its movie sequel)<\/span>
\u2022 *Character designer:\u00a0Shiori Tani\u00a0(Revue Starlight<\/em>\u00a0prop designer,\u00a0Revue Starlight the Movie<\/em>\u00a0co-main animator and animation director et al.)<\/span>
\u2022 Series composer:Anna Kawahara\u00a0(Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo<\/em>\u00a0live-action series co-writer)<\/span>
\u2022 *Background art director: studio Pablo\u2019s\u00a0Mari Fujino<\/strong>\u00a0(Sonny Boy<\/em>)<\/span>
\u2022 *Color designer:\u00a0Miyao Yamashita<\/strong>\u00a0(Made in Abyss<\/em>)<\/span>
\u2022 Color designer:\u00a0Rika Aizawa<\/strong><\/span>
\u2022 *Compositing director:\u00a0Kazuto Izumita<\/strong>\u00a0(Revue Starlight<\/em>)<\/span>
\u2022 Music composer:\u00a0yuma yamaguchi<\/strong>\u00a0(Undead Murder Farce<\/em>)\u00a0<\/span>
\u2022 Animation production: Kinema Citrus<\/span><\/p>\n

Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Hana Hishikawa as Lara<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Nana Kawaishi\u00a0as Mari Otsu<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Rika Fukami\u00a0<\/strong>as Grace<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Ayumu Murase\u00a0<\/strong>as Luca<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Tomohiro Ono\u00a0<\/strong>as Yoshiya Otsu<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Mitsuaki Madono<\/strong>\u00a0as Makoto Otsu<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Nanae Sumitomo<\/strong>\u00a0as Ema Otsu<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Masaki Terasoma<\/strong>\u00a0as Rowan<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: <\/strong>@Goodbye_Lara<\/a> (via Comic Natalie<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n