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Death Stranding Isolations: Kojima's hand-drawn animated series gets first teaser, streams on Disney+ in 2027
Kojima Productions showed the first teaser of Death Stranding Isolations, a hand-drawn 2D animated series streaming on Disney+ in 2027, at its 10th-anniversary event in Tokyo on 30 October. It tells a new story set just after the first game, directed by Takayuki Sano.
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Kojima Productions has released the first teaser for Death Stranding Isolations, a hand-drawn 2D animated series set in the world of its Death Stranding video games. The series streams exclusively on Disney+ and other Disney services in 2027. The teaser and new details were shown at the studio's 10th-anniversary event, Beyond the Strand: The Odyssey of Creation and Endeavor, in Tokyo on 30 October 2026. No premiere date, episode count or cast has been announced, and the title is still described as a working one.
The story
Death Stranding Isolations tells a completely new story, separate from that of the games. It takes place in North America just after Sam, the hero of the first game, reconnects the continent through the Chiral Network. Accounts of the central character differ slightly. One report says that it follows a young man and a young woman on an adventure, and that it also features a girl who chose to cut off contact with the outside world. Another says the central character is a young girl who, after the cataclysm, chooses isolation over human connection. Other characters mentioned include a wise old man, a female soldier and an angry boy.
The team
Hideo Kojima is the executive producer, and Takayuki Sano directs. Tow Ubukata, a novelist who debuted in 1996 and won the 24th Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2003 for Mardock Scramble, writes the series composition and screenplay. Ilya Kuvshinov designed the original characters. The series is produced by Kojima Productions, and the traditional hand-drawn animation is by E&H Production, which is known for Ninja Kamui, Bullet/Bullet and Magic Knight Rayearth.
Sano said that he approached the production with a strong sense of duty and responsibility, and that he wanted to achieve the same spiritual impact as Kojima's works. He said that no matter what, he needed to accomplish the same thing. Disney+ and Kojima Productions first announced the series last November under a working title.
The studio's 10th-anniversary exhibition, Beyond the Strand, runs from 31 October to 20 December 2026 at Azabudai Hills Gallery in Tokyo. It features unreleased production materials, a limited 10th-anniversary LUDENS statue, and a 360-degree immersive video installation made for the series.
As of June 2026, the Death Stranding series had more than 27 million players. Death Stranding Director's Cut and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach are available on PlayStation 5 and PC. Kojima Productions also has an animated film, Death Stranding Mosquito, and a live-action feature adaptation from A24 in development.
The reports found do not give a release month for the series or the number of episodes. They do not name the voice cast, and they do not say whether the series will be available in all regions where Disney+ operates. The animation studio and the staff are the main details, and the teaser is available on YouTube.
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