The first trailer for the Death Stranding anime is now out. It’s brief, punchy, and sets the stage for the entire show in under 60 seconds. We get to see Beached Things’ iconic footprints, a character struggling to understand her own circumstances and why she can sense such entities, and, of course, a massive crater. There are always craters.

The trailer came out last night, confirming a 2027 release on Disney+. Death Stranding: Isolations is the full title, and is being produced by Kojima’s studio in collaboration with E&H, a Japanese animation company founded by former MAPPA director Sunghoo Park. It previously worked on the ONA Bullet/Bullet , as well as Ninja Kanui and Red Cat Ramen .

The trailer opens up with a courier standing on the outer rim of a crater caused by a Beached Thing (BT) explosion, which, if you are not aware, happens when a BT entity swallows a living creature. The event is known as a voidout and is equivalent to several thermonuclear bombs going off at once.…