Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love Anime: Release Date, PV, Cast and Staff

Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love premieres in January 2027. The romantic comedy, known in Japan as Isshiki-san wa Koi wo Shiritai, pairs a teenage police inspector with a clumsy private detective. Its main visual and four more cast members arrived on September 24, 2026.

Here's the teaser PV, the story, the full cast so far and where to read the manga in English.

Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love at a Glance

• Premiere: January 2027 (exact date not announced)
• Studio: Sakura Create
• Director: Kazuya Komai
• Series composition: Deko Akao
• Leads: Riko Akechi (Rinna), Shuichiro Umeda (Meishi)
• Manga in English: Yen Press, volume 1 on October 13, 2026

When Does Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love Come Out?#

The anime premieres in January 2027. The exact date, the TV network and any streaming service haven't been announced.

The project has been rolling out for a year. The anime was announced in October 2025, the teaser PV and lead cast followed in May 2026, and the main visual came in September.

Watch the Teaser PV#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Hd-y86hIs

The 62-second teaser went up on May 22, 2026, and it's still the only PV. It was the first animated footage of the series, and it carries the tagline: "Drawn to you, the world begins to sparkle."

The teaser has passed 350,000 views on YouTube.

Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love Main Visual#

What Is Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love About?#

Isshiki Rinna Milford skipped grades, graduated top of her university class and became a police inspector at just 17. She works in a special unit for modern crimes. Brilliant and unshakeable, she's known around the station as "Steel Rinna," and romance has never been part of her world.

Then there's Meishi Rokutanda, the bumbling private detective who assists her investigations. Whenever he's around, her heart starts racing for reasons she can't explain.

Rinna wants to stay made of steel. So Meishi offers a solution: "Would you try going out with me?" To find the cause of her pounding heart, the two become a secret pretend couple.

Neither of them knows the first thing about love. The official site calls first love the toughest case they've ever taken on.

Cast and Characters#

• Riko Akechi as Isshiki Rinna Milford, born and raised in Britain to a British and a Japanese parent, and an inspector at 17
• Shuichiro Umeda as Meishi Rokutanda, an honest, earnest detective the officers treat as useless. He applied for the job because he admired Rinna.
• Haruki Ishiya as Danjuro Iwata, Rinna's self-declared right-hand man, who loves cop dramas and can't imagine her in love
• Takuma Nagatsuka as Masato Nakatani, a breezy young officer who turns sharp the moment a case breaks
• Hiiro Ishibashi as Chikai Matsumoto, the quiet, serious one, who seems to notice something changing between Rinna and Meishi
• Yu Wakui as Rena Yamakawa, the unit's calm big-sister figure, who has a partner of her own at the station

Akechi is also the lead of The Case Files of Biblia Bookstore, which follows in April 2027.

Who Is Making the Anime?#

• Original work: Ayune Araragi
• Director: Kazuya Komai
• Series composition: Deko Akao
• Character design: Shohei Hamaguchi
• Sound director: Masanori Tsuchiya
• Music: MICHIRU
• Animation production: Sakura Create

Akao's writing credits include Komi Can't Communicate and Noragami. Akao is also writing The Kept Man of the Princess Knight, another January 2027 premiere.

The Manga, and Its English Release#

Ayune Araragi launched the manga in KADOKAWA's Monthly Shonen Ace in June 2020. Ten volumes are out in Japan, the latest from May 2026.

English readers don't have long to wait. Yen Press releases volume 1 on October 13, 2026, under the title Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love. It was first licensed as Ms. Isshiki Wants to Know About Love, so you may see both names.

For official updates, follow the official site and the official X account. You can also track the anime on Animanga Planet.