Overview
- Hideo Kojima announced the series on stage at the Disney+ Asia Pacific Originals preview at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, where he was confirmed as executive producer alongside director Takayuki Sano.
- Animation will be handled by Japan’s E&H Production in traditional hand-drawn 2D, with concept and character designs by Ilya Kuvshinov.
- The show tells a new story set in the Death Stranding universe that follows a young man and woman, with the official synopsis referencing Sam Bridges and introducing new characters.
- The series will stream exclusively on Disney+ in 2027 under the working title Death Stranding Isolations.
- The announcement advances a wider transmedia rollout that also includes an A24 live-action film led by Michael Sarnoski and a separate animated feature, Death Stranding: Mosquito, written by Aaron Guzikowski.