Death Stranding is getting an anime. Here's everything we know: release date, where to watch, the story and who's making it. Death Stranding Isolations (working title) is a hand-drawn 2D series from Kojima Productions and studio E&H Production, streaming exclusively on Disney+ in 2027. Its teaser opens with a gut-punch of a line: "My mom became a crater."

Published November 4, 2026. We'll update this guide when Disney+ announces a premiere date.

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Death Stranding Isolations at a glance

TitleDeath Stranding Isolations (working title)
FormatHand-drawn 2D anime series
Where to watchDisney+ (Hulu in the US, according to the poster)
Release2027, no exact date yet
Executive producerHideo Kojima
DirectorTakayuki Sano
Character designIlya Kuvshinov
StudioE&H Production, presented by Kojima Productions

What is it about?

Death Stranding Isolations poster: a blonde girl in a sci-fi suit beside a futuristic motorbike and a small robot at the edge of a crater, with the tagline My mom became a crater
The teaser poster. Image: Kojima Productions / Disney+

Isolations tells a new story in the Death Stranding world, not a retelling of either game. Reports say it centres on a young girl who has lost her mother, which the teaser's tagline makes painfully clear. The poster shows her in a sci-fi suit beside a futuristic motorbike and a small robot companion, at the edge of a huge crater.

Hideo Kojima is executive producer rather than writer, and the series is directed by Takayuki Sano. Character designs come from Ilya Kuvshinov, the artist known for his striking anime portraits and his work on Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.

Death Stranding Isolations key art: a blonde girl with green eyes and a young man with red eyes in red and grey suits
Key art in Ilya Kuvshinov's style. Image: Kojima Productions / E&H Production

How it was announced

Kojima revealed the series at the Disney+ Originals Preview in Hong Kong in November 2025, and the teaser followed at Kojima Productions' 10th-anniversary event.

Hideo Kojima on stage presenting Death Stranding Isolations in front of a giant screen showing the key art
Hideo Kojima presenting Death Stranding Isolations at the Disney+ event. Photo: Disney+ / Kojima Productions

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Why it's a big deal

Death Stranding's lonely, strange world of couriers, craters and BTs has always felt made for anime, and a hand-drawn series gives it room to tell smaller, more personal stories than the games. It also arrives as Death Stranding keeps growing: Death Stranding 2 came out on PS5 in 2025, and a live-action film is in development separately.

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Release date and where to watch

Death Stranding Isolations streams exclusively on Disney+ in 2027 (Hulu in the US, according to the poster). There's no exact premiere date yet.

How to get ready

There's no premiere date yet, so you have time to catch up. Death Stranding Director's Cut is the best way to play the first game, and Disney+ is where the anime will stream when it lands.

Looking for something to watch now? See our fall 2026 anime guide.

Sources

  1. Kojima Productions: Death Stranding Isolations streaming exclusively on Disney+ kojimaproductions.jp
  2. Gizmodo: The other upcoming Death Stranding anime gizmodo.com
  3. Dot Esports: Death Stranding Isolations brings Kojima's world to Disney+ in 2027 dotesports.com
  4. Oricon: Death Stranding Isolations teaser trailer revealed us.oricon-group.com

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