On June 12, 2026, Kodansha confirmed that Fall in Love, You False Angels (Koiseyo Mayakashi Tenshi-domo), the shoujo manga by Coco Uzuki currently serialized in Monthly Dessert, is getting a television anime adaptation in 2027. The series has sold over 2.25 million copies and won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shoujo category, making it one of the most talked-about shoujo titles of the past few years. Here’s what’s been confirmed so far.
What Is Fall in Love, You False Angels About?
Serialized since April 2023, the manga is a school romantic comedy built around two students who each have a public image to protect. Otogi Katsura is the school’s “perfect beautiful girl,” and Ikkoku (Toki Ninomae) is its “perfect handsome boy” — both polished, admired, and quietly exhausted by the roles they’ve built for themselves. Neither persona is really who they are underneath. When circumstance forces them to see past each other’s mask, their relationship begins to shift into something neither of them expected.
The manga’s central hook — the gap between the face characters show the world and who they actually are — has resonated widely. The first chapter drew 195,000 likes when it was posted on X (formerly Twitter), and the series currently holds a 4.9 out of 5 rating on Amazon.
Confirmed Anime Staff
As of June 12, 2026, the following staff have been announced:
- Original creator: Coco Uzuki
- Director: Yasutomo Okamoto
- Character designer: Mariko Oka
- Animation studio: MAPPA
MAPPA, the studio behind Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man, has built a strong reputation internationally. A shoujo school rom-com isn’t the genre most fans would expect from the studio, which has only raised expectations for how the adaptation will look on screen.
A teaser PV offering the first look at the animation was released on June 19, 2026.
Broadcast and Streaming: Not Yet Announced
As of this writing, no broadcast network, air date, or international streaming details — including whether the series will get an English subtitled release — have been confirmed. Rather than guess, we’ll update this article once official information is available. MAPPA’s past titles have generally ended up on major international streaming platforms, so there’s reasonable optimism about a wider release, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
About Creator Coco Uzuki
Coco Uzuki marked the anime announcement with a commemorative illustration and comment. In past interviews, she’s mentioned that she’s always been drawn to characters with a gap between their public and private selves, and that this series grew out of wanting to build an entire story around that kind of contrast rather than keeping it as a minor character trait.
The manga is currently up to volume 7, and has continued to gain industry recognition, including a placement in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi rankings and the 2025 Kodansha Manga Award.
This article will be updated as more details are confirmed.
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