During the Disney APAC Showcase today, hosted at the Disneyland Hotel in Hong Kong, the company announced Death Stranding Isolations, a new Japanese animated series that will be coming to Disney+ in 2027.
A few months back, just before the launch of Death Stranding 2, series creator and director Hideo Kojima announced that along with the movie adaptation being handled by A24, there would also be an anime movie based on the Death Stranding IP called Mosquito. This is a completely separate project and will be an animated series instead of a movie.
The anime will tell a completely original story separate from the games. Here’s a brief synopsis from Kojima Productions:
“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 People who remain are now isolated, withdrawn, and without connections.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…”
The anime series will be directed by Takayuki Sano, known for working on Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, and produced by E&H Production. The original character designs were handled by Ilya Kuvshinov, and Hideo Kojima will serve as executive producer on the project.
Death Stranding Isolations will be available for streaming on Disney+ in 2027.
