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Title: A Death Stranding anime is in the works

Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 16:59:27 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/a-deat...

How much Death Stranding are you willing to fire into your eyes? The gameΓÇÖs
sequel arrives in just a few weeks, A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael
Sarnoski is leading up a live-action film adaptation, and now Hideo Kojima
has confirmed that an anime is in production.

Kojima teased the adaptation while discussing the more concrete live-action
project in an interview with Vogue Japan. As picked up by VGC, the Metal Gear
creator was talking about his cross-media ambitions for the Death Stranding,
and comparing the planned film to other successful video game adaptations
from recent years.

"When it comes to adapting games into visual media, there are works like The
Last of Us, which stays true to the original storyline, and films like The
Super Mario Bros Movie which are more of a service to fans of the game,"
Kojima said, according to VGCΓÇÖs translation.

"While these works have their own merits, as a film enthusiast, I want to
pursue the expressive potential of cinema. I aim to create a Death Stranding
that can only be realised through film, one that could win awards at
festivals like the Cannes Film Festival or the Venice Film Festival. In fact,
we are also currently working on an anime adaptation."

Kojima didnΓÇÖt offer any more information, so we donΓÇÖt know how far along
the anime project is, who is making it, when we can actually expect it to
come out, or whether it will tie in with the upcoming live-action movie.

In the meantime, Norman ReedusΓÇÖ Sam Porter Bridges will return in Death
Stranding 2: On the Beach, which is coming to PS5 on June 22. Kojima
Productions dropped its second trailer for the game in March, which clocked
in at 10 minutes and gave us a closer look at what weΓÇÖll be getting up to
in the sequel. (Spoiler alert: lots more walking.)

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