Sayonara Lara is what all modern anime should aspire to look like.
Oops meant to post this instead.
There's no heterosexual explanation for>"Will I be able to find true love?">flash to Mari's face>shot of Lara holding the empty can of the cocoa that Mari gave her
>>289331998That looks great too
Unfortunately I don't see this topping the other anime about a mermaid in love
>>289332012Maybe the true love will be the bonds they share in friendship
I think trolls who keep shitting the threads for the literal AOTY with het x yuri debates should all be turned into fish and fed to Lara.
>>289332038tbf it's unfair to compare any show with the literal greatest love story ever told.
>>289332040True love is the friends we made along the way.
>>289332082I think it's going to be a great story regardless
Thanks AI.
>>289331940this has been gathering the best of industry talents mind you, high talent level in this industry is rare and spread out. not possible, enjoy it and wait for the next time, animators themselves want to break free from the conventional mould so the same director and staff would opt for a different style next time.
>>289331940>aspirewill be able to prompt it in a couple of years
>>289331940I don't even care for the endgame, I just want our cute mermaid to have a normal, peaceful life
ToTalso yuri bros we won!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>289332422a normal peaceful life with her cute wife Mari.
>>289332453The mom running away was hilarious
>>289332453The lack of shell bras has been disappointing. That's like half the appeal of mermaids.
>>289331998Is this cel
kissable brat
>>289332668i dont really like herI get that she has to fit the 'prince' archetype, but her design and personality for now didnt make my PP tingleI guess maybe they make some foid clittie go boom boom?who knows.
>>289332661Yes, they animated a few short clips in the OP on cel.
>>289332711I think she's really cute but I dont see her as a prince
>>289331940Mari step by step telling her how to drink it was hot
The broken window cracks me up every time I see it
>>289332764You're not looking hard enough
>>289332893She's a sporty tomboyA prince is a girl like pic related
>Your family is dead because you fell in love with a male>Find true love, Lara
>>289332959based aunt
>>289332950She's got a ghibli prince vibe, it counts.
>>289333029
>>289333055I'm just saying she looks like him desu
Can mermaids even live in freshwater?
>>289333075I wouldn't be surprised if they took inspiration from older Ghibli films.Say what you want about the guy but his style is timeless.I also see a lot of Sailor Moon and old school Rumiko Takahashi in this>>289333080If salmon, eels, and bull sharks can do it I don't see why not
>>289331940Oh yeah didn't see anyone post this. Episode 2 Endcard, out with the old in with the new
>>289331940The beauty of Burgerpunk.jpeg, Japan
>>289331940>the entire mermaid economy runs on the princesses having to find true love to give everyone lightThat seems rather unstable
>>289331940Was thinking the same.Is this the series that finally proves to /a/ that modern digital anime can look as good as Cel?
>>289332959What kind of fish is Grace?
>>289333170>I sleep.
>>289333175It's just a Kyoto suburb.
>>289333175the walkable roads of Japan, vgh
>>289333373Are those cars CG models? Aieeeeeee
>>289333270Digital isn't bad it's just that mostly everything has shit art design.
>dagger appears right after blue sister says she'll find Laraominous
How is the blue haired sister is alive when all mermaids in coma because of Lara?
>>289333275Reminds me of a betta fish but I could be wrong, not a fish guy
>>289333529Maybe her life force is stronger for reasons.
>>289333506looks more like a tentacle
>>289333080Mermaids aren't real so fiction that uses them can do whatever they want.
Anime appeals to "my ex boyfriends were mean to me, girlfriend will treat me better" bi girls crowd
>>289333691The specter of Ame's show haunts this season.
>>289333607>Mermaids aren't realThey are pretty much real tho
>>289333739but we don't have much information about them, so they can make whatever they want
So their mother is a blue mermaid, not the one they've shown. Her death gave the palace and all the mermaids their light. All her daughters are told to seek true love and become the chosen one to continue that light while Grace says it can be used to resurrect the dead princess. I also noticed that all the mermaids are in pairs. Blue and red. Except Lara, who is also the only one with blue eyes.
>>289333739Only these
>king has five or six daughters*hits pipe*
>>289333799she cute
>>289333842Well he instantly shut down his entire kingdom the moment one of his daughters fucked a human.
>>289333506Big sis is gonna stab her for ruining everything.
>a-anon-kun...
>>289333981The light leaving the kingdom, whatever that means or entails, kind of forced his hand there
>>289333842Since they're fish he probably just splurted on the eggs
>>289333739Anon, these aren't mermaids, they're just aquatic mammals.
>>289331940for all anons who are enjoying this show, I would rec you umi monogatari, another top tier animu
mari --- marry
>>289334091holy shit
Really enjoying this anime so far, it's great. They put a lot of effort into the interactions, especially between Mari and Lara, like Lara not catching the can and Mari going to pick it up. Lara floundering about in the modern age was also fun to watch, like her jumping into the bush to escape. Animation is good, music is nice, it's shaping up to be as good as expected.
Is Lara going to bite off fishe heads in every episode now?
>>289334233Hopefully.
>>289334233She is a growing girl and fish is part of a healthy and balanced diet.
Sign up for the fucking card
>>289334274>growing girlPrimarily in the chest department, I hope.
>>289334339>he doesn't want a flat mermaid princess wifeI didn't know the gay prince from the first episode posted here.
>>289334091mari --- mar i(tl note: mar is sea in spanish)
>>289333789>her mom is inside herwoah
>Find a true love>Following by her glancing at Marihmmm
I read the shirt as "sigma" for a second.>Sigma female grindset, punch every mermaid you see.
yurigods are eating good
>>289331940Lara's true love is going to be finding self love. Like why should her own fate be decided by another man or woman. It'll be the perfect tribute to Hans Christian Andersen who stayed as a virgin by choice
>>289334531I can accept that, it feels like it could lead to that
>>289334531Abe_from_Himenospia.jpeg
>>289334531She'll understand it's ok to be gay
>>289334531>Lara's true love is going to be finding self love.Can I expect a masturbation scene?
>>289334531>Grace: Have you decided on your true love?>Lara: It's me. Screw everyone else, I'm leaving.>Grace: Sayonara, Lara™
>The fish lady can just talk like normal and Mari regularly converses with herYeah okay
>>289334670It's magic, I ain't gotta explain shit.
>>289331940>punches her>kidnaps her>never apologizes>gets her back anywayThis is the plot of straight women romance, Mari's endgame
Ending being focused on Lala's family makes me think she'll have some yuri bait moments with Mari and her sister Lisa. In the last episode she returns to the sea, blue balling Mari.
If everyone in the world are lesbians or gays, human will go extinct eventually due to the lack of childbirth. Do you really want that to happen?
>>289334735Waiting for the scene where Mari locks Lara inside a cage and lowers her into a pool.
>>289334768Humans and mermaids can't breed together.
>>289331940How come Mari can talk to fishes?
>>289334826It's more like fishes talk to her
>>289334387Masterful bait, or maybe dishonest bait like pic related
>>289334826The robot could react to Grace so it's not a special power of Mari.
>>289334912Grace probably just doesn't talk to anyone except Mari (and now Lara) while as a fish. Her brother even said fish don't talk.
>>289334842>GQuuX constantly marketed Shu>here the prince barely appearsget better bait
I wonder if they’ll explain why Lara can talk in human form unlike the first time. Something to do with the stitches on her tongue I imagine.
>>289334531Ending was spoiled in the first episode already
>>289334381Hot
>>289334735Add it to the DV chart.
Yuribait never wins
>>289334942>Literally in the key visual
>>289334531Whoever thinks this is yuri is gonna look like a massive retard
>>289332831feets
>>289335066These 'people' are also playing dumb about why the Prince wasn't focused on when the first episode is literally speedrunning the plot of the Little Mermaid, don't bother
>>289335093>These are fins, not ears, you dumbass.
>>289335066>>289335149>around 30 seconds of screentime in all 4 trailers>about as relevant as the side characters in the op and ed>doesn't appear in the first marketing poster for the anime>his romance in the first episode is so speedrun we don't see her saving him from the beach or her attempting to kill him but being unable to do so the pillars of the original romancea lot of anons unable to find true love here...
I love this visual bit of her thoughts being in a clam instead of a lightbulb.
that's the power of kinoema citrus doing yuribait
>>289334979Cold opens tend to be the middle of the story.
>>289335227It's a bit clunky but charming
>>289335227Its very cute
Sayonara...Lara...
Anime for women
>>289334768Ideally all men would live on one continent, and all women on another. They'd work out an agreement to send eachother sperm/eggs and any children born the wrong gender. This is the only way we could ever have a world without conflict.
>>289335330
>>289335330did she died
>>289335232Nope. This was a sports anime all along.
>>289334945It's not explained in the anime really but in the original story the witch cuts out the mermaid's tongue. The stitches imply the tongue was stitched back on. The losing of the voice is not related to the potion.
>>289335330She really went for it
>>289335404She did however lose her voice in the past due to the potion, in the first episode with the prince. It just doesn't work for some reason now with her reincarnation.
>>289335330can't believe the anime ended after 1.5 episodes
>>289331940Dual shadding? I don´t think most anime can afford that.
>>289335455The witch did say she wanted her voice, just like in all other adaptations. So the potion == makes her human, the price == her voice, so for the second time the witch didn't claim her voice (because she's reduced to fishe now)
Hello, old friend. It's been a while.
>>289335496That and Lara not being able to speak would probably ruin the sol plot they're going for. But given her stitches are still referenced maybe that the mute plot point will come back.
I always like the logo changes in Kinema Citrus animeVery soulful
How Lara knows modern japanese, she's 200 years old, damn
>>289331940Higher res version.
>>289335597How do you not know, you have watched anime for 20 years, damn
Cute gif by the the ED card artist
>>289331940the blues mog
>>289335628one of those "rewind on the spot" moments.
>>289335660Do you think Lara would be fooled by a fishing lure
>>289335703she's gonna be fooled by the same prince so yes
Mermaids swim in their own piss and shit.
>Bare Lara shouldersFinally. There mermaids have been wearing too many clothes desu.
>>289335628This is exactly like feeding a toddler
>>289335628they've been working on this anime for years and it shows. probably spent the last year on this alone.
>>289335755I'm dumb
>>289335628why is lara an idiotdon't mermaids know how to catch stuff?
>>289331998>That visible grainSOVL overload
Why is she still holding onto the can like a retard
>>289335690>>289335628>>289335794I really liked that scene. It was a nice show-don't-tell way of doing some characterization.
>>289335794They don't usually have to deal with the speed of gravity in the air, water has way more resistance.
>>289335671I'm sad there's only two of them, but I suspect there's a story reason for why that is. Interesting that the elder sisters don't seem to be reincarnated like the middle sisters were
the juxtaposition of Mari seeing the same transformation as the prince did but saving her instead
>>289332479What could she have possibly done in that short elevator ride to spook the mom like this?
>>289335628>>289335771>they've been working on this anime for years and it shows. probably spent the last year on this alone.Is this just hard word and time or is this also rotoscopy?
>>289333789I wonder if they'll go into detail on what exactly this Light is or keep it a vague Kingdom Hearts-esque power. Given the fairy tale nature of the story the latter isn't exactly a bad thing.
>>289335886You can easily screw up rotoscoping and you can see this in many anime. So even if it is rotoscoping, if it looks good, it's still due to work and talent.
>>289335885She gave stranger danger vibes
>>289335209>>about as relevant as the side characters in the opkek
>>289335805>cries for home>is gifted "homestyle" drink>puts the can on her heart and cuts to shot of Mari saying "lets go home". A romance for the era. I am swooning.
>>289335883>carrying the bowl with boxing glovesgirl be careful
>>289335628>Give me a drink, Mareee
>>289335883To be fair, she had the witch giving her context.
>>289332950That's basically a prince in these shows. If she fends off an attacker with her boxing gloves, she'll basically be engaged
Reminder that mermaids don't have souls.
>>289336074True, but I think the prince would've killed a talking fish too
>>289336002>romance with the past prince is extremely melodramatic and fantastical>her new dynamic with mari is understated, comedic, but genuineI can hear the writers patting themselves on the back even across the world...
>>289336108How do they reincarnate if they have so souls
>>289335918It's probably also a reference to the recurring star from Revue Starlight which Lara's director worked on.
>>289336148Ask Buddhists.
>sayonara laraare we saying goodbye to her hymen when the prince reincarnation sexes her?
>>289335918Given they only have 12 episodes it's probably for the best if they leave it vague. Trying to get into magic schizobabble later on will just ruin the show unless it ties heavily with the themes.
>>289336148They spend 300 years as a wind spirit. The twist is that this takes place during the afterlife.
This is the new era, we can't just have a prince anymore the prince has to be a girl or evil or unwanted or never existed.
>>289335628I hope we get more scenes like this in the anime, shit like this is comfy as fuck and it honestly shows skill on the animator's part to have a scene rely on solely sound and visuals instead of just a static screen with characters yapping their mouths>>289335918>Kingdom Heartsfucking lolWell the last frame of the episode might lead to something
>>289336121I also noticed that the time spent with the prince is very bright. Like rose-tinted glasses. Highlighting what the witch said about infatuation. While Mari herself is made to not standout, to look entirely like a background character. You're right, her time with Lara is spent in the dark dreary reality. In the rain, in a cramped room. The moments are not showy, they are small but they end up meaning much more.
That cross is pretty metal. Will it protect her from yurifags?
>>289332118Truth.
>>289336290He and Lara will date then mutually realize they're both homo
>>289336326>to find her light she has to go through darknesskino
>>289336290Literally every single girl MC anime this year with otome shojo vibes has a prince love interest
>>289335532I thought she was going to touch its balls.
>>289335228I miss my wife Junah…
>>289334233Her eating fish heads is a foreshadowing of her preference of phallic objects
>>289336334Lesbians are the most christian of all.
>>289336002>Lara cares about her family the most>Mari gives her a new home and family
>>289336326The public gym (or whatever it is) scene really does phone it in>it's dark, probably about to close>raining outside>it's quiet, no OST or something like a disney princess movie>Lara and Mari aren't doing much, just sitting and having a drink from a vending machineHonestly I think this has so far been a very nice subtle anime, I haven't seen this much subtlety and reliance on environmental storytelling in anime recently
>>289335805Its just like The Little Mermaid where Ariel collected all the junk that fell from ship wrecks and what not.
>>289335883What are those pillars? some art statue of rulers?
>>289336449Stop sucking on sardines like a fag, weirdo
>>289334363>drowns because his wife has no buoyancyBet you feel stupid now.
>>289336497Maybe the giant fish knife in the trailer is going to get put there
>>289336497Clearly it's these two
>>289336480>Mari's room is going to be filled with all of Lara's new junk as her new hoarding spaceThinking about it, are they ever going to give her a new room or is she just shacking up with Mari forever?
>>289336543rip, the show needs more gabu
>>289336550She'll redecorate the old church. She'll also marry ____ there at the end.
What's with the Christianity stuff in the show? There's a Church and it looks like Mari is Christian.
>>289336606The original little mermaid was pretty christian
>>289336497This is based of real locations. The director is from the area. Should be monument in Otsu City. I don't know if its spelled the same as Mari's surname.
>>289336606Hans Christian Andersen was unsurprisingly Christian and inserted many religious themes in his fairytales including the Little Mermaid being allowed to have her soul redeemed after death. For Sayonara Lara it might just be theming but I wouldn't be surprised if they went at least a little into it.
>>289336604>She'll also marry ____Yor is going to be pissed>>289336606The original story was pretty clear about Ariel wanting to have an immortal soul and to go to heaven She did but she had to do good deeds for roughly 284 years as she had to live the rest of a mermaid's life which is 300 years, she does make it to HeavenThe prince was a bonus
>>289336643The ending will be Lara choosing glorious nippon Shiga over the ocean to properly shill the place
>>289336727The final scene will be her finally signing up for the store membership card.
>>289336745>The Sea Witch becomes a loan shark
>>289336727>to push the agenda she must choose the japanese tomboy over the foreigner princeit's over...
>>289336550What's with princesses being hoarders?
>>289336805They're all materialists
>>289336727Lara can enjoy all the sushi she wants
The mermaid I found in a manhole and took home is dying, lots of blisters and pus. Any ideas?
>>289337058take her to the hospital
>"Oh no the hot evil aunt turned into a fish">
The context of this scene will determine the fate of the show.
>>289336727>Cool Japan rugpull show
>>289337298Mari is mugging him.
>>289337298>Tomboy pussy or otome pussy?
>>289337288She's oddly ok with being treated as a pet. And being named Gon-chan.
>>289336805They all have dragons in the family tree.
>>289336745>we get a scene reminiscent of this episode, with Lara walking through town>she interacts with the people, animals, waits at stop lights, is comfortable in the environment>she signs up for the HOP Card successfully>she meets with Mari, who finished up boxing practice and is heading home, and throws her a can>Okaeri, Lara10/10, KINOma Citrus does it again.
thought those were lilies
of all the places in Japan it was >shitga
>>289337348This whole anime kind of reminds me of older anime/cartoons the way they do stuff. Even if it's more modern styles and coloring if you put an old tv filter and adjust the saturation it would really fit with the kind of writing is going for.
>>289337407If they end with a spin on the sayonara, I will be happy
>>289334979imagine Lara as a cornerman>no pain, no pain, take it to her
>>289337533It'd be the most cheesy thing they could do... which is exactly why they're going to do it
>>289336727Well Shiga is more beautiful than the bottom of the ocean which is all dark and has those weird ugly fishes
>>289332082Mermaid breath is probably rancid
>>289336543Sex with Shiisa women…
>>289337348My guess is the loss of the light despite her smugness affected her too and shrinking down to a fish was her way of not having to end up in a clam like the rest.
The cel animated parts of the op are so pretty. Desperately hope they release at least reproductions of them to collect.
Is this Flip Flappers 2.0?
>>289337946It's GQuacks 2.0
>>289337946I haven't felt the writer change yet.
>>289337946It doesn't seem to suck ass like flip flappers (dropped mid 2nd episode)
>>289337817>literally walked back to the ocean to drownno wonder Grace was desperate to get Mari to keep an eye on her
can i skip ep1 ? i watched Disney Film many years ago
>>289338161No bitch, you watch episode 1 to understand how we got here
>>289338113>the oceanwho's going to tell him?
>>289338220ok maybe last 6-7 minutes
>Hugging the can to sleepCute.
>>289337298Gotta love female NTR
>>289336448THE DAZZLING LEAD
>want to save the pretty fanart>the show already looks so good all the fanart feels like a downgrademy steak is too juicy, my lobster too buttery...
>>289338285This mermaid adaptation is based off the original story, not the disney one, better to watch the first episode in its entirety. The first episode is more of a prologue anyway so you'll get through it fast.
>>289333691>>289333734You should expect something like this every season. Asian girls are gayer every year.
>>289338310A rare blessing these daysIt's like Mato Seihei no Slave managing to outdo all the hentai doujins based on it
>>289334842Romance in this show was such a massive fucking flop that if they ever make S2 or movie they will likely go full yuri. But most likely they are never touching it again. It's the worst rated Gundam show ever.
>>289338464From all the screenshots it just looked to me as being Gundam but "we want the trigger audience"
>>289338484I mean the screenshots look nice. But I never watched it, and it appears it was the right choice to make
>>289338484Movie was good and created insane hype. First half of the show was ok. Then second half was a complete fucking disaster.
>>289337595>Lara brings Gon-chan/Grace to the corner>Grace: Mari, take the light from her.>Mari: You mean, knock her lights out?>Grace: Hm... Yes, that's what I meant.>Lara looks on nervously
>>289338617kek
>>289338464Problem was the male love interest barely had any character in Gqux so the girls obsessing over him felt like nonsense all the way to the end.
Literally me......
I better see a Punch out edit eventually
>>289331940>>289331998Damn I love stylish anime.I am picking this up and the Mongolian anime too.
>>289338721Who will Mari face? The prince's descendant or Lara's sister?
>>289338161>>289338285>can't even watch a full episode of animeThe absolute state of /a/
>>289338695Machu had no character beyond "me like Shu" too. She was a complete waste of time. And then the finale was some TTGL like shit with alt timelines and multiverse magic. Just fucking terrible.
>>289338776Maybe I'm underestimating her but she doesn't look like she can box
>>289338776She's already had her first bout
>>289338776>Onee-san says she has to find Lara followed by a glint of the knife. Mari is going KO her to protect Lara. I can feel it.
>>289338464I’d be mad if Gundam, UC at any rate, had ever had a romance that wasn’t based purely on Newtype mindmelding from a single meeting. Machu is just Kamille but a biological women. If there’s ever a Gquacks Zeta I hope they meet desu. They could bend space with their combined autism.
>>289338898Lara's face is so goddamn funny
>>289331940Wouldn't Lara be the villain of this story, why should I root for her?
>>289338878She'll have green hair take off the mask and fight Mari while she's busy belittling Lara.
>>289332038name?
Mari Sue
>>289333373ive been in this situation in americashit sucks when you have no cars and yhere ate no sidewalks.
>>289339031>didn't even try reverse image searching or even simply Googling "anime with mermaids" and browsingThis is an incredible level of laziness.
I for one am looking forward to seeing Mari boxAnd I would fucking laugh if the animation is better than 90% of most boxing anime.
>>289338878Are these mermaids the new houseki girls?Look how FLAT they are!
Who has a screenshot of Lara's feet from opening?
>>289339133>houseki girls>girls
I have so many high hopes for this series, it may possibly be the best original anime I have seen in ages.Only Apocalypse Hotel can come close to that quality
>>289339159
>>289339192ApoHotel wasn’t very good though and it had the tanuki. This beats it already.
>>289339192I loved Yachiyo's show but Goodbye Lara is already on another level.
>>289338028I want to suck flip flapper's ass
>>289339208I don't have a doubt that this is better than Apocalypse Hotel.Depending on how it goes, it might even compete with Cowboy Bebop
>>289339208This show has tanuki too.
Cosmic Princess Kaguya gave me hope in yuri.Please don't be a bait.
If she thinks a regular car is terrifying then God help her if she rides on a convertible muscle/sports car
>>289339232Chill, it just started. You know it's going to shit the bed or end up a dud.
>>289338464Romance was never the point of GQuuuX but regardless, people still make fanart of these two to this day, so don't know what counts a s a flop to you. Season two will be about Shuuji and will explain why Machu finds his vagabond hotness so hot
>>289331998Did we slip back through time or why does this and the new Ghost in the Shell look like they do?
>>289339273At least use another example, anon
>>289339320I don't think so, there's too much love put into this to just fuck up the storyI think the studio really did put their heart and soul into this.
>>289339192The last original i watched was very shoujo as well. So far. I hope it is as enjoyable, but so far, something about the Lara feels a bit boring
>>289339340People finally realized that endless isekai/school shit gets old and doesn't sell, so they're finally putting effort back into anime like they used to.
>>289339390>ZenshuuLmao I dropped that.This is so much better in all honesty, hell, if they can stick the landing, I will gladly pay big money for a collector's edition of the blu ray set if it ever comes out
>>289339390Zenshuu ended up being a great show, too bad most of /a/ got filtered by the early episodes.
Picture me surprised, here i thought Kinema Citrus was a new studio which only made originals, yet here i find they have made shoujo shit and horrible isekai before. Well, looking forward to their next show. Hopefully they don't fuck it up with Lara
>>289339395Not to mention that anime looks too cheap, despite anime being cheap as it is
>>289339351>there's too much love put into this to just fuck up the story>laughs in Wonder Egg Priority
>>289338464>It's the worst rated Gundam show ever.It can't be worse than Gundam AGE
>>289339463IT WILL PREVAIL
Other than the visuals I'm not liking the show that much, the story is not well structured and Lara is just not a likeable character, maybe that will change with time.
>>289339531I like Lara enough so far but Mari is a good draw in her own right
>>289339463The love was put all into the animation, not the writing in that case.
>>289339463These anniversary projects always go downhill fast, remember Metallic Rouge? Me neither.
>>289339531If you find Lara unlikable I don't know how you got past the first episode. Or this one.
>>289339463Wonder Egg gave us amazing animation with hot horny girls so i still give it a pass. Also, Ai's friend being a teacher predator all along was too good
>>289339622If the Chicago Cubs can beat the Curse of the Billy Goat then this will prevail too
Hard to explain, but aside the opening had cel animations in certain parts, overall opening really have that nostalgia vibe on it
>>289339450The main problem with a lot of originals is they try to fit too much into too few episodes. Here at least it's an adaptation of a story everyone already knows, and it seems to have a simple theme of "what is true love?" which can be easily wrapped up in 12 if they're tight with the writing, which they currently seem to be.
>>289339690Oh wait this is a "jesus walks with you" reference isn't it?
>>289339701ThisIt's keeping things simple and not introducing too much world building shit as if they assume this will be a multi media franchise.Darling, Metallic Rouge, and Towa no Yuugure had those issues
Rowan fucked 6 times.
>>289339756Mermaids hug each other then a clam glows
Yep, this is going to wind up being doomed yuri.
>>289339756>Live footagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6zEeunHXJI
Am I the only one not impressed by footage I've seen so far. Modern anime looks so derivative.
>>289339308What if she rides the shinkansen
>>289339828Brain explodes
>>289339701I'm hoping it feels right. The opening made me think it would fit with a 50 episode anime.
>>289331940>computer generated yuri slop
I for one loved the credits of the first episode, felt very nostalgic
>>289339667>nimation with hot horny girls so i still give it a pass. Also, Ai's friend being a teacher predator all along was too good
>>289331940Any fish keepers here, how would you rank Gon-chan's tank?
The wait is killing me
>>289339812
>>289339463To be fair, we knew production of Wonder Egg Priority was fucked very early on. They were transparent on Twitter with recruiting animators to salvage the situation.
>>289332711>>289332764She's definitely not the prince type but she has the vibes of an old shoujo main love interest. Cool disinterested dude but is nice and soft hearted or whatever.
I believe in true yuri ending with yuri mermaid babies
>>289340433What are you gonna do if it doesn't happen
>>289340578He'll make yuri mermaid babies with me
>>289340716But you're not a girl
>>289339572i like that her only eating their heads is a gimmick now
>>289337298>Lara and Mari compiting for the princeBring it in! I'm ready
The broken window looks like a vagina and the speaker a clit
>>289338464Female normies love the show and Sunrise has been looking for non-neckbeard audience for years
>>289331940Lofi playlist - chill beats to relax/study to
>>289335330Silly Lara you're not a starfish
>>289341136>Lara finds /pol/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vo7ppZ6aQ8
>>289339862People would not have the patience for a 50 episode sol anime these days
>>289341190What's with her tongue again?
>>289341199https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf6TCMADX98
>>289341199It's symbolism for the witch taking her voice in the past when she turned human. She can talk in the present however.
>>289341191And that's why the industry is in such a terrible state
It's going to be an FFM threesome ending
>>289341362I didn't know Grace was a dude
>>289341254Not naked enough for a mermaid imo but I admit her outfit is cute.
Grace and her sister were so cute
>>289341470>when the queen died she provided the light for usSo will Lara have to die after she finds true love to revive everyone...?
>>289341470All these smiles, ruined by Lara...
>>289338898>still haven't found the ring>blue sis's ring can apparently detect itEither Blue is the one who finds it and gives it to her or the missing ring is the reason Lara isn't going to get ganked immediately because Blue will still be looking for her
Am I the only one hoping for a Mari x Gon crackship with HAL going haywire as a plot twist?
anons wouldnt a fish, would they?
>>289341768Being groomed by a hag fish would explain why Mari's like that
"Find true love and reproduce."
>>289341862Is handholding enough to reproduce?
>>289334531Bisexual faggot Anderson was not a virgin by choice but a virgin because Charles Dickins rejected him.
What is the plot so far
>>289341862>>289341974Pretty sure there was a futurama gag where Fry chooses a mermaid until she explains sex is just him jizzing over the eggs she lays. Probably something similar here. Mari just has to jork it over a clam...oh my god the clam.
>>289331940Oh GOD!! Is incest!! incest!!!!!
>>289342226Lara fucks up
>>289342241I have seen the future, this is not actually the sister.
Just watched the first episodethe show is much better than I expectedall I heard about it was that it was based on The Little Mermaid and I thought it would just be that story, possibly with the original endingI was 100% not expecting a revenge/redemption story in modern japan and was very confused when they started montaging through the original story plot
>>289338734was gonna say, I wasn't expecting two "simplistic but absolutely gorgeous" shows this season
>>289339876agreedthough I wish they didn't localize the title"sayonara" has been in the western lexicon since at least the 80s and it kills the rhyme
>>289342737
>stop liking evil women
>>289342737I wonder what those three torpedo looking things are
>>289334531>Hans Christian Andersen who stayed as a virgin by choiceI am literally Hans Christian Andersen
>>289333414Nah, digital anime in the 00s had good art design. Not to mention that digital doesn't stop to anime, fanart, video games etc.
>>289342879some kind of cargo transport I assumeI went back to try and get a better look and a second later they actually speed up
>>289339463For the love of God of Animu please Citrus don't fuck up this show
>>289339460I can accept "cheap" anime but "soulless" anime is unacceptable
>mari doesn't believe lara is a princess>is fine with her being a mermaid, seeing her tail turn to legs, her pet talking fish, and also her falling from the skyWhy is she like this?
is the sister's helper a merman
>>289339192Have you watched odd taxi and id invaded? I thought those were good originals. I guess also the new Mononoke movies if you count them as originals and from what I've heard Chao was pretty good as well.
>>289339395Will we finally got back to the 2000s? That era had so many great originals(even school related ones).
>>289333175Yeah, going to Lawson's, big boy and mister donut in Tokyo really feels like>USA, Japan :O
>>289343047It's her angler fish friend
>>289341282But how could the industry predict that modern people would have such garbage attention spans? At least some kodomo shows still keep a runtime of 40-50 epsidoes.
>>289339932lucky to have one instead of dying in a sewer/10
>>289343040Lara is not ladylike enough for her
>>289331940Whoa, is that an animeIs it any good?
>>289339450>et here i find they have made shoujo shit and horrible isekai before.They've made ShoujoKageki + the fantastic movie, Made in abyss, Barakamon and Tokyo Magnitude 8(I bet most of you don't even remember that) so they have a pretty good track record.
>>289343125>Whoa, is that an animeWhat kind of dumb question is that? Of course it's an anime. >Is it any good?Watch the 1st episode and see for yourself.
Rewatching the opening, so the witch was a human fucker too? Slut needed to be exiled
>>289343149Hrm, you're coming off pretty defensive...Probably for a reason...I'm having my doubts now if it's an anime, and if it's a good one...
>>289343188>Probably for a reason...Yes because it's a dumb question. What else would it be if it weren't an anime?
>>289343195>What else would it be if it weren't an anime?To be fair, the moderation is so shit that threads about gookshit, chinkshit and westernshit could be up for hours
>>289343195>What else would it be if it weren't an anime?A lot of things. Anything could be anything, if you put your mind to it. If you open your eyes...
AOTY if they don't feel a writer change like Flip Flappers or Wonder Egg.
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>>289343225
>>289343067The 2000s had great originals, but early digital stuff hasn't aged well from a visual perspective.
>>289343219WEP was just a collosal collapse, felt even the scriptwriter had no time and had to rewrite it
>>289342230subtextual scene of clam shell touching soon
>>289343242Eh I don't mind if they are stuck in lower resolution, the soul is still there and it's the rea that had the highest amount of originals so that's a +
>>289343300>reaMeant to write era
>>289343225>Hal, order me 55 burgers 55 fries 55 tacos 55 pies 55 cokes 100 tater tots 100 pizzas 100 tenders 100 meatballs 100 coffees 55 wings 55 shakes 55 pancakes 55 pastas 55 peppers and 155 taters
What would you do if you met Lara irl?
>>289339340Contrary to what retarded newbadfags will tell you, there's nothing stopping digital from looking like old school anime, no 'cel magic' that can't be replicated. It's simply that the masses' taste in art style had shifted. Retro is simply coming back into vogue.
>>289341974>>289341190Literally Cocona and Papika
Post more silly Lara webms
>>289343225i hate it when my fish orders bullshit through alexa directly charged to my debit account
>>289343169What if Grace was actually the one who provided the light?
>>289343169witch wanted sum prince dick tbf
Dreamy
>>289339031Seto no Hanayome. It's mostly a romcom but it has some surprisingly elaborate fight scenes out of nowhere. Also a lot of Arnold Schwarzenegger references. Really fun.
The nu-prince grooms little girls! Which is based, but you're not a little girl anymore Lara, so don't fall for him!
>>289343829I think that's just his sibling...
>>289343225Hear me out bros...
>>289343907Do NOT the fish
>>289343679>ronald mcdonald in her eyes
>>289344049It's only a matter of time until Lara eats borg.
Just finished the episode, it was all so promising until right at the end where the started teasing yuri, why>>289332040I thought true love would be parental, lara would find an orphan to raise
full yuri by episode 6
>>289335883I don't know if I should be overanalyzing this, but in ep1 the crescent moon at first appeared large then shrunk when Lara's potion wore off. Now, the full moon is gigantic. Obviously this means that in the end there will be a plot to destroy the moon and the world will be at peace.God damn it this show is rent-free in my head.
If the show goes full yuri I will film myself having sex with another anon.
>>289344096Writer change by episode 9
>>289344102Destroying the moon would vastly shrink the size of oceans.
>>289334633Go back faggot
>>289343516>no 'cel magic' that can't be replicatedyou can make out cuts that are cel and ones that aren't in the OP alone, old school anime looks like it does because it was limited.
>>289344107We're here for yuri not yaoi
>>289344156Mari's brother and prince will have gay sex, so you're here for yaoi too
>>289331940I can't stand this uncertainty. Is it yuri, or not, I need to know. I wish the show stated it outright right from the start. I don't want to find out in the last episode.i just hope it's not gonna be limp-dicked shit like "this time my true love was the friends I made along the way!"
>>289332737What a time to be alive
>>289344196It's most certainly going to be that
>>289333373Heh
Yuri mermaid Anne and Diana Barry?
Isn't Yuri a name?
>>289334233I hope
>>289339098Why are they both looking at me like that?
>>289331940This sounds sad.
>>289344279Russian mermaids
>>289344314Even though the title might imply otherwise I hope we get a happy ending.
>>289335835My thoughts exactlyplus you know, she's dazed and confused in general
>>289336745that would totally make up for a yuri ending
>>289335835it was similar in the first episode where her tears were differently differently under water.
>>289338161Leaving aside that it's closer to the original story even then it's different, you should watch it
>>289338161Sure skip it, infact just watch the final episode.
>>289342754On a semi related note I find it interesting that they are still using the english word princessactually how does Lara understand japanese
More contrast more better.It's been a long time coming, we've been blowing out anime's colors for over a decade.>>289339340No but professional animators on nip twitter have been slowly preaching the good word of how old anime understood color theory better and how we need to relearn what we understood in the past.The first time I really noticed it was when the Gundam recreations went viral about 4 years ago but it's older than that.
>>289344425I feel like directors with good understanding of theory color haven't left, they've been here since the 2010s when the colors got worse. All the studio 4c works, all the stuff directed by Yuasa, the Ghibli movies that we still got. It's just that the rets didn't try to learn from them.
>>289344425>Gundam recreationsWhich ones?
>>289331940>Fantasy, RomanceNo!
the japanese are also wondering if this will be yuri
>>289332038Yes, it'll be hard to surpass the best mermaid romance anime, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.
>>289344575Keeping people guessing is great for engagement.
>>289344454I've read some of the old guy directors who are marginally still around blame photography not being an acquisition specialist anymore but a more generalized photoshop artist person. The latter think more in terms of pure element composition and to a degree effects. The former thinks in terms of light first and then composition. But the push for saturation like I said seems to be from animators themselves. And these guys are pretty young not old dudes not interested in simply recreating old shit but learning from it.
>>289344590They should have probably done that in the mid 2010s when things started getting really shit in terms of colors not now. I would have liked to discuss Sayonara Lara with /a/ from back then not with current /a/.
Posted in February 2025, I wonder if the series took so long to release just because of the animation.
>>289338709>/a/non finally touches grass for the first time in years and starts sweating bullets being alone in the vicinity of a child
>>289344469The kentaro waki one most likely, people forget how some animators also dislike this guy for thinking how he understands their cuts and drawings better than the director himself.
Speaking of Gundam, mermaid meets tanuki.
>>289343169Well, the disney version did that too
>>289344636Around 2010s with digital capabilities expanding most wanted to go for a higher contrast and lines with shinier gloss and 2 shadings because they couldn't manage it before, even after 2010s there were still odd shows with good color design which is frankly the same now.
>>289344575Do nips rike it?
>>289345326Yeah, I know.
>>289332012I've come up with a cope, it's foreshadowing that the love will be in Mari's womb, she will give birth and then die and Lara will raise the child
>>289344581Hard to guess anymore, the series is too serious for the tease at the end of the episode to be just a tease
>>289345361That just makes it futa
>>289345388Never underestimate how retarded nips can be while writing fiction, and anime originals in particular.Pretend I posted a screenshot of the kiss from Yorukura, I deleted all that crap from my PC a while ago.
>>289345356So not exactly right to say colors went to shit when it's the opposite
>>289345418I agree that not all of them had shit colors, only a part but it still started the trend
>>289344425Which animators, please name some names
>>289345416Yorukura was a masterpiece compared to some anime originals like Mayoiga. I still like them though, because even if they become complete trainwrecks, they're fun with /a/nons.
>>289345416It all depends on the writer(and desu tv shows in general have had awful endings lately). Anyways the writing should offer more than just "it's yurishit or it isn't yurishit"
>>289345470Please stop bringing up mayoiga, I get mad just thinking about it.
>>289345476Sure, I was just referring to that particular point since it was brought up and it is supposed to be important since rekindling the light by finding true love is Lara's main goal. Of course it can be subverted and done well, but it's too early to tell if they'll try that.>>289345470I haven't watched that, QRD?
>>289345470Most people posting on 4chan were children when that aired.
>>289345504I was already an old man but I was watching Flip Flappers instead.
>>289345507Did you Flip or did you Flap while watching it?
>>289345537I GOKIGENYO'd.
Is this yuri?
>>289345632It's girlship
>>289345470Mayoiga was so bad holy shit. But the shitposting on /a/ was so good.
>/a/ suddenly likes fishe
>>289346069OUT OF 10
>>289346110Lara is not a 10.Maybe a 4.
>>289346134what about the mermaid from watatabe?
>>289346140-94/10.
>>289345632Higher chance of it after episode 2 than there was before
Why'd they have to make it gay?>YEAH LETS MAKE IT GAY GUYS!
>>289346250I'm disapointed but i'm hoping the ending is good enough to make up for it
>>289346250Most animators just want to draw cute girls. You can see it here with the prince too, who is drawn like the cutest girl (male).
>>289346250HxH is soft yaoi.
>>289346440That's why he's crying, because he's in HxH.
I can't believe a show about fishe is AOTS (again).
>>289346636>(again)When was it before? Muromi?
>>289346636Name ONE previous example
>>289346675Watatabe
>>289346715So you can't name any?
>>289346154basedfuck fishesex with FOXE
I just went home from my corporate slavehouse and I already missed 2 threads
>>289346134What about the witch?
>>289346951Hinako canonically said this.
>>289347109Crack open a beer and watch the episode
>>289347109Don't worry anon, 75% of posts are>is this yuri???
>>289346675Nagi no Asukara
>>289347274but is it yuri?
>>289347320I don't know, are (You) yuri, anon?
>>289347287
>>289347320Yuri anime, yuri board, yuri website.
Sayonara AnonsSee you next sunday
>>289347353(You) ree ?
>>289347436You think therefore yuri.
