The legendary game creator will executive produce the new series, now in production and set to stream in 2027, that will tell a completely new story in the video game franchise.
Legendary game creator Hideo Kojima has announced that a new animated series based on his video game will be coming to Disney+ in 2027.Kojima will executive produce the show, (working title) that will tell a completely new story separate from the game.
Originally released in 2019, the game has attracted more than 20 million players worldwide.The sequel, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, launched this summer exclusively on PlayStation 5.Kojima and series director Takayuki Sano made the announcement in front of a packed auditorium at the Disney+ Originals Preview at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort.
The deal represents the game franchise’s first ever partnership with a global streaming platform.New concept art created by Ilya Kuvshinov, who served as character designer for .Set in the world of the new serieswill follow a young man and woman as they set out on an adventure.
The show’s traditional, hand-drawn 2D animation style is being handled by Japan’s E&H Production, the studio founded by former MAPPA director and animator Sunghoo Park.The following story synopsis was shared with the announcement: 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as the Death Stranding.These events wipe out nations as well as civilization itself.People who remain are now isolated, withdrawn, and without connections.
As humanity stands at the brink a legendary porter set out to transport both cargo and wishes of its senders, reconnecting people in the hope that they might still be saved.Somewhere in North America, just as Sam Bridges walks through the continent in order to save America, the are also trying to deal with their isolation in their own way.An old man trying to realize salvation through ways outside of the connection advocated by Bridges.
A female warrior who tries to kickstart a world of constant fighting.A boy with a grudge against Bridges.A girl who embraces loneliness.
On the precipice of the end of humanity and the world, their fates and hopes converge, as another story of Death Stranding begins.And now, comes another explosion...Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
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