Death Stranding: Isolations

Death Stranding: Isolations is an animated series set in the world of Death Stranding.

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 People who remain are now isolated, withdrawn, and without connections.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.

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...

Development

In an interview with Vogue Japan, Hideo Kojima reveals his ambition to expand the saga into new languages ​​and his vision for the future of the franchise. Speaking about the live-action Death Stranding film, which is in development with A24, Kojima said that he wants to make a version of the Death Stranding story that is only possible a film, compelling enough to win prestigious film awards, before briefly revealing that he is also working on an anime adaptation as a separate project.

During the Disney+ Originals Preview, held at the Disneyland Hotel in Hong Kong, executive producer Hideo Kojima announce the animated series working title Death Stranding: Isolations, which will be streaming exclusively on Disney+ in 2027, along side the series’ director Takayuki Sano (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods), appeared on stage to announce that their first ever partnership with a global streaming platform, a new concept art created by Ilya Kuvshinov (character designer for Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045), and produced by E&H Production. Just like Death Stranding: Mosquito, Isolations is set in the world of Death Stranding, and will tell a completely new story, separate from that of the video games, told through a traditional, hand-drawn 2D animation style.

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Key art

The first key art of Death Stranding: Isolation (working title).