Death Stranding , the hit video game from legendary video game creator Hideo Kojima, is getting a second anime adaptation, this time in the form of a series to stream on Disney+. Kojima announced the anime, tentatively titled DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS , alongside the director of the series at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort today at the Disney+ Asia Pacific preview. A teaser visual of the two, currently unnamed, lead characters drawn by the character designer was released (above) along with the lead staff members. This is the third adaptation of Death Stranding currently in the works, all based on the two video games by Kojima Productions. An anime film is currently in production at ABC Animation Studio, directed by Hiroshi Miyamoto, as well as a live-action Hollywood film directed by Michael Sarnoski at A24. RELATED: Death Stranding Anime Film Reveals Teaser Trailer and Main Staff DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS (working title) is directed by Takayuki Sano (animation director on Attack on Titan Final Season , JUJUTSU KAISEN ) at E&H production. Popular designer Ilya Kuvshinov, known for their work on Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 , draws the original character designs for the series, which is set to release on Disney+ in 2027. The Kojima Productions website describes the story of the new anime series as such: 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 People who remain are now isolated, withdrawn, and without connections.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. 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… Source: Kojima Productions official website
