Death Stranding anime to be locked to Disney Plus
Hideo Kojima confirms Death Stranding Anime’s Disney Plus exclusivity
Kojima Productions has confirmed that their upcoming Death Stranding Anime, which currently has the working title “Death Stranding Isolations”, will be exclusive to Disney Plus. The series is due to be released in 2027, featuring an original story that’s set in the Death Stranding universe.
E&H Production will animate the series with Takayuki Sano acting as director. Hideo Kojima will act as the anime’s executive producer. The series will use “a traditional, hand-drawn 2D animation style”, not full 3D animation. This will give the series an entirely different aesthetic from the games.
Legendary game creator Hideo Kojima stepped on stage at the Disney+ Originals Preview to announce the animated series – DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS (Working Title) which will be streaming exclusively on Disney+ in 2027.
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Below is a story synopsis of Kojima Productions’ planned Death Stranding anime. The new anime appears to take place at the same time as the first Death Stranding game.
STORY SYNOPSIS
Once, there was an explosion…
Lonesome souls of the dead manifest in the physical world, reaching in search of the living. However, the connection they create triggers a massive explosion that eradicates anything of this world—a phenomenon referred to as the Death Stranding. These events wipe out nations as well as civilization itself. People who remain are now isolated, withdrawn, and without connections. As humanity stands at the brink a legendary porter set out to transport both cargo and wishes of its senders, reconnecting people in the hope that they might still be saved.
Based on the video game born out of the mind of legendary game creator, Hideo Kojima, comes a new animation series headed by Japan’s up-and-coming animation studio E&H production. Helmed by E&H’s Takayuki Sano, it follows in the footsteps of the original in spirit and ideas and depict the world of Death Stranding through a bold and yet subtle touch and top-class hand-drawn animation.
Somewhere in North America, just as Sam Bridges walks through the continent in order to save America, the someones are also trying to deal with their isolation in their own way. An old man trying to realize salvation through ways outside of the connection advocated by Bridges. A female warrior who tries to kickstart a world of constant fighting. A boy with a grudge against Bridges. A girl who embraces loneliness.
On the precipice of the end of humanity and the world, their fates and hopes converge, as another story of Death Stranding begins.
And now, comes another explosion…
Kojima Productions is also reportedly working on a Death Stranding movie alongside A24. A24 has previously worked on movies like Everywhere All At One and Hereditary. This means that Death Stranding could soon be a franchise that bridges gaming, anime and film. Add on the game’s official novelisation, and the series may soon bridge all forms of modern media.
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