Bye Bye, Earth

Bye Bye, Earth (ばいばい、アース, Bai Bai, Āsu) is a 2024 anime series based on the Japanese fantasy novel series with the same name written by Tow Ubukata and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano. Kadokawa Shoten have published two volumes in December 2000. A new edition written by Ubukata and illustrated by Hyung-Tae Kim was published by Kadokawa Shoten in four volumes between September 2007 and February 2008 under their Kadokawa Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation illustrated by Ryū Asahi was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from January 2020 to July 2022, with its chapters collected into four tankōbon volumes.

The anime series was announced in November of 2022.^[1] It was also announced that the series would be co-produced by Wowow, Sony Pictures, and Crunchyroll. The anime was animated by Liden Films, directed by Yasuto Nishikata, and it premiered in Japan from July 12, 2024 to September 13, 2024, consisting of 10 episodes. The second season was announced after the airing of season 1's finale.^[2] The second season premiered on April 4, 2025.

Crunchyroll licensed the anime, announced an English Dub on July 25, 2024, which premiered on its streaming service on July 26, 2024.^[3] The second season's English Dub premiered on April 18, 2025.^[4]

Synopsis

In a world of anthropomorphic animals, Belle Lablac was born as the only human being.

Having no fangs, fur, or scales, she was called "Faceless," and she lived a lonely life with no one else she could identify with.

"I want to be part of the world..."

With such longing in her heart, she decides to set out on a journey to find her roots, carrying the Runding, a great sword as tall as she is. She doesn’t know how many adversities await her along the way...

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Season(s).
Main Characters
	Bell Loverak	Fairouz Ai	Megan Shipman	1-2
	Adonis Kuestion	Kōki Uchiyama	Daniel Van Thomas	1-2
Secondary Characters
	Sian Lablac	Junichi Suwabe	Mike Smith	1-2
	Kitty the All	Natsuki Hanae	Kyle Igneczi	1-2
	Gaf Shandy	Satoshi Hino	David Wald	1
	Gaf Shandy	Satoshi Hino	TBA	2
	Shelly	Saori Hayami	TBA	1-2
	Guinness	Junya Enoki	TBA	1-2
	Benedictine / Bennett	Ami Koshimizu	Elise Baughman	1-2
	Benedictine / Bennett	Toshiyuki Toyonaga	Sean Letourneau	1-2
	Drambuie	Miyuki Sawashiro	Robin Clayton	1-2
	King Lowhide	Kenjirō Tsuda (Justice)	Anthony Bowling	1-2
	King Lowhide	Setsuji Satō (Evil)	R. Bruce Elliott	1-2
Recurring Characters
	Mist	Mariko Higashiuchi	Katie Wetch	1-2
	Cloud	Shōgo Batori	Rudy Lopez	1-2
	Tom Collins	Hiroshi Shirokuma	TBA	1-2
	Kir Royale	Daichi Endō	Monty Thompson	1
	Jin Buck	Hiroshi Naka	Jim Foronda	1
	Bram	???	Dee Meo	1
	Colonel Collins	Hiroyuki Kinoshita	Trey Upton	2

Episodic Characters[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Season One
	Ja	Shinpachi Tsuji	David Wilson-Brown	1
	Negroni	Kaori Kimura	TBA	1
	Lunding	Ahiru Ōhira	TBA	1-2
	Haggis	Tsuyoshi Koyama	Brent Mukai	2
	Bellein		TBA	3
	Belle's Parents	Yūgo Sekiguchi	Aaron Roberts
	Belle's Parents	Ahiru Ohira	TBA
	Snow		TBA
	Toddy		TBA
	Minotaur		Eli Farmer
	Cassis	Tomoyuki Shimura	TBA	4
	Pop	Yumiko Matsuura	Trisha Mellon
	Bamboo	¿?	James Marler
	Gordon	Yasuhiro Mamiya	William Ofoegbu	4-5
	Perrier	Akinori Egoshi	Jacob Eiseman
	Campari	Kōsuke Echigoya	TBA
	John Collins		TBA	5
	Sandy Collins		TBA	5
	Coral	Masaomi Yamahashi	TBA	6
	Froze	Kōsuke Echigoya	TBA	6
	Guidance	Junichi Suwabe	TBA	6-8
	Old Man	Yōhei Tadano	TBA	7
Season Two
	Ain	Hiroya Egashira	TBA	15