Death Stranding anime gets its first teaser trailer
Kojima Productions has released a short teaser for Death Stranding Isolations, an original anime story that is due on Disney+ next year.
The facts
- Kojima Productions has released the first teaser for the anime Death Stranding Isolations, according to Engadget.
- The story is original and set just after the game's hero reconnects North America through the Chiral Network. It follows a girl who has cut herself off from the outside world.
- Hideo Kojima is an executive producer and Takayuki Sano directs. The show is due on Disney+ sometime next year.
- Other adaptations are in the works: an animated film called Death Stranding Mosquito, and a live-action movie with A24 involved.
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Why it matters
Game studios no longer just sell games. They build worlds that can run across anime, film and streaming. Death Stranding now has three screen projects in progress, and the anime tells a new story rather than retelling the game. That tells you the studio is betting on the world, not just the plot. A trailer is only a teaser, though. Whether the show works is a question for next year.
For builders
If you build games or other creative IP, this is the playbook. Make a world that can carry stories in more than one format, and the audience can follow it from the controller to the screen.
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This story was summarised with AI from Engadget's reporting and checked against our editorial policy. Danny's take reflects his views. Disclaimer.
Danny Walter
Founder of Moon Republic, Volt Terminal and Moon Republic Academy. Author of The Market Is a Crime Scene and After the Applause.