The world of Death Stranding is expanding, and it’s heading to Disney+. Legendary game creator and wholesome movie appreciator (check his X profile if you don’t believe us) Hideo Kojima took the stage at the Disney+ Originals Preview event at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort to announce DEATH STRANDING: ISOLATIONS (working title), a brand-new animated series set within the universe of the award-winning video game franchise. The project marks Kojima’s first-ever partnership with a global streaming platform and will premiere exclusively on Disney+ in 2027.

Joining Kojima on stage was series director Takayuki Sano and character designer Ilya Kuvshinov, best known for his work on Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045. Together, the trio revealed new concept art and confirmed that the series will be animated by E&H Production. The announcement read:

“Set in the world of Death Stranding, DEATH STRANDING: ISOLATIONS will tell a completely new story, separate from that of the video games. The upcoming series will follow a young man and woman as they set out on an adventure.”

What Is ‘Death Stranding: Isolations’ About?

The show’s synopsis teases another hauntingly emotional journey through Kojima’s singular post-apocalyptic world:

“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.”

The story introduces a new ensemble of characters — including a female warrior, a vengeful boy, a lonely girl, and an old man searching for salvation — whose fates intertwine “on the precipice of the end of humanity.” Their journey unfolds parallel to Sam Bridges’ mission from the original game, but on a more intimate and existential scale.

“Somewhere in North America, just as Sam Bridges walks through the continent in order to save America, others are also trying to deal with their isolation in their own way. On the brink of the world’s end, their fates and hopes converge, as another story of Death Stranding begins. And now, comes another explosion…”

The announcement comes on the heels of DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH, which launched exclusively on PlayStation 5 in June 2025. Death Stranding: Isolations (working title) streams exclusively on Disney+ in 2027.

via Collider