Disney+ has teamed up with Hideo Kojima for a new animated series set in the world of Death Stranding, titled DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS (working title). The series is planned to stream exclusively on Disney+ in 2027.
The announcement was made on stage during the Disney+ Originals Preview event at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, with executive producer Hideo Kojima and series director Takayuki Sano confirming that this marks their first collaboration with a global streaming platform. Concept art by illustrator Ilya Kuvshinov, known for his character design work on Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, was also unveiled with the reveal.
Based on Kojima’s Death Stranding universe, which began with the 2019 video game, the series will tell an original story separate from the games. It is set in the same post apocalyptic world shaped by the Death Stranding phenomenon, where contact with the dead triggers catastrophic explosions and leaves the survivors isolated and cut off from one another.
DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS will follow a young man and woman as they embark on a new journey somewhere in North America. Their story unfolds in parallel with Sam Bridges’ continent crossing mission to reconnect a fractured America, with the focus shifting to others struggling with their own forms of isolation.
The series will introduce several new characters wrestling with different responses to this broken world, including an old man searching for salvation outside the network envisioned by Bridges, a female warrior who wants to ignite a world locked in constant conflict, a boy who holds a grudge against Bridges, and a girl who chooses to embrace loneliness. Their intersecting paths and conflicting hopes build toward another pivotal moment for humanity as a new Death Stranding era begins.
The show will be produced using traditional hand drawn 2D animation, with E&H production leading the project and what is described as a team of top tier Japanese animators bringing the setting to screen. The creators position the series as staying true to the spirit and ideas of the original game while exploring fresh perspectives within its world.
Staff confirmed for DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS (working title) are:
- Executive Producer: Hideo Kojima
- Director: Takayuki Sano
- Original Character Design: Ilya Kuvshinov
- Animation Production: E&H production
