An all-new unique animated collection primarily based on Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding collection is coming to Disney+. It has the working title of Death Stranding Isolations.
Introduced at the moment, November 13, the collection will “deliver to life a brand new story primarily based on the award-winning Death Stranding online game to life for audiences throughout the world” in 2027. Kojima was joined by collection director Takayuki Sano to announce the partnership with Disney+, and shared idea artwork by Ilya Kuvshinov, who served as character designer for Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.
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Death Stranding Isolations’ story might be informed by way of “a standard, hand-drawn 2D animation fashion,” with a few of Japan’s prime “animation expertise at E&H manufacturing […] working to deliver the collection to life.”
We’ve got solely the picture above to go on — there isn’t any video as but — however we do have a narrative synopsis:
Someplace in North America, simply as Sam Bridges walks by way of the continent in order to save lots of America, the someones are additionally attempting to cope with their isolation in their very own approach. An previous man attempting to appreciate salvation by way of methods outdoors of the connection advocated by Bridges. A feminine warrior who tries to kickstart a world of fixed combating. A boy with a grudge towards Bridges. A lady who embraces loneliness.
On the precipice of the finish of humanity and the world, their fates and hopes converge, as one other story of Death Stranding begins.
With Death Stranding 2 out the door, Kojima remains to be busy engaged on plenty of new tasks, together with horror sport OD for Xbox Sport Studios. He revealed the first trailer for it final month, sparking hypothesis that it’s linked to P.T. in a way. The mysterious sport will star Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves’ Sophia Lillis, Hunters’ Udo Kier, and Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer, with the trailer showcasing Lillis’ character in a spooky home, lighting candles earlier than assembly a malevolent determine.
There’s rather a lot happening with Death Stranding, too. There is a Death Stranding live-action film in the works, which Kojima and director Michael Sarnoski have confirmed will inform a brand new story as a substitute of retelling the occasions of the video games. In different phrases, these hoping to see a few of Death Stranding’s real-life film stars reprise their roles for the live-action movie could also be out of luck. There’s additionally a seperate Death Stranding animated movie, known as Death Stranding: Mosquito.
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