Kojima Productions Releases First Death Stranding Isolations Anime Trailer for Disney+
TOKYO — Oct. 30, 2026 — Kojima Productions released the first teaser trailer for Death Stranding Isolations on Oct. 30, a hand-drawn 2D anime series that will stream exclusively on Disney+ in 2027, with Hideo Kojima as executive producer.
TL;DR
- Kojima Productions released the first teaser for Death Stranding Isolations on Oct. 30.
- The hand-drawn 2D series streams exclusively on Disney+ in 2027, with no exact date set.
- Takayuki Sano directs, Ilya Kuvshinov designs the characters and Hideo Kojima executive produces.
- UK viewers will need a Disney+ plan, starting at £6.99 a month with ads.
The clip offers the first footage from what appears to be Disney+’s first video game-based animated series. It also arrives as the franchise expands across screens, with a live-action film and a separate anime movie in development.
“I grew up loving Japanese anime, and it has shaped my worldview,” said Hideo Kojima at the Disney+ Originals Preview in Hong Kong in November 2025.
Teaser Centers on a Lone Porter
The roughly 45-second clip opens on a porter standing at a cliff edge above a vast crater, with a blue column of light rising from its center. Poster art carries the tagline “My mom became a crater.”
Kojima Productions first announced the series at the Disney+ Originals Preview on Nov. 13, 2025. The studio said it would tell a completely new story, separate from the games.
Story Follows a Girl Marked by Loss
Set in the same North American world and timeline as the games, the series follows a solitary young girl who lost her mother, the studio said. She joins an old man, a warrior and a resentful boy on a journey through isolation and unexpected bonds.
The studio’s synopsis says she comes to prefer solitude and avoids real human connection. Fate, rather than choice, keeps pulling her along.
Hand-Drawn Team Behind the Show
Takayuki Sano directs the series, and E&H Production, whose credits include Ninja Kamui and Bullet/Bullet, handles the animation. Kojima serves as executive producer.
Ilya Kuvshinov, character designer on Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, designs the characters. The teaser’s end credits also name Tow Ubukata as series composition writer.
What UK Viewers Need to Know
Disney+ is the only announced streaming home for the series, and no UK release date has been confirmed. Kojima Productions has given only a 2027 window.
UK prices rose on Oct. 14, T3 reported, to £6.99 a month for Standard with Ads. Standard costs £11.99 and Premium costs £15.99.
Other Death Stranding Projects Loom
The anime is one of several screen projects built on the franchise. An A24 live-action film and an anime movie titled Death Stranding Mosquito are also in development.
This article was human-curated and verified for accuracy by Elena Vane after an initial AI-assisted draft.
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