Death Stranding Is Getting an Anime Adaptation, Hideo Kojima Says

Looks similar Death Stranding isn't lone heading to live-action, but anime arsenic well. In a caller nonfiction up of June's Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, manager Hideo Kojima has seemingly confirmed an anime adaptation of Death Stranding is connected the way.

Speaking to Vogue Japan (via VGC), Kojima mentioned his existent collaboration with A24 connected the live-action Death Stranding movie adaptation, but closed disconnected with a small other enactment astir an anime successful the works. Here's the quote, via instrumentality translation:

"I americium besides presently moving with A24 connected a live-action movie adaptation of 'DEATH STRANDING". When it comes to movie adaptations of games, determination person been caller films similar 'The Last of Us' that support the crippled of the archetypal intact, and films similar 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' that are much similar a work to crippled fans. Each of these works has its ain merits, but arsenic a movie lover, I privation to prosecute look arsenic a film. I americium aiming to marque 'DEATH STRANDING' successful a mode that tin lone beryllium done arsenic a film, and that volition triumph awards astatine the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. In fact, we are besides presently moving connected an anime adaptation."

While nary accumulation workplace was confirmed, it does surely dependable similar Death Stranding has different adaptation connected the way, successful anime form.

In 2023, A24 officially confirmed it was collaborating with Kojima Productions and its manager connected a live-action Death Stranding movie. At the time, Kojima said the adaptation was not conscionable a "direct translation" of the game. "The volition is that our assemblage volition not lone beryllium fans of the games, but our movie volition beryllium for anyone who loves cinema," said Kojima. "We are creating a Death Stranding beingness that has ne'er been seen before, achievable lone done the mean of film, it volition beryllium born.”

Earlier this year, A Quiet Place: Day One manager Michael Sarnoski reportedly signed connected to constitute and nonstop the Death Stranding adaptation. Death Stranding Star Norman Reedus has said helium would "of course" play himself successful the movie "if it was an option."

With different adaptation connected the way, I'm admittedly funny to spot what could beryllium done with Death Stranding successful the anime space. Depending connected which workplace picks it up, we could get immoderate antithetic and absorbing versions of the Death Stranding universe. It's beauteous amusive to ideate a Studio Trigger-made Death Stranding, for example.

Meanwhile, successful the video crippled world, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is owed retired connected June 26, 2025 for the PlayStation 5. If you're funny astir however the adjacent introduction successful Death Stranding is coming together, cheque retired our hands-on impressions of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach aft a whopping 30 hours with the game.

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.