Kojima Reveals First-Look Teaser for Animated Death Stranding Film

Kojima Productions on Monday unveiled a first-look teaser for an animated Death Stranding film, revealing the project’s working title, creative leads and a striking visual approach as part of the studio’s 10th‑anniversary livestream. The short clip and accompanying art confirmed that Hideo Kojima will produce the feature, Aaron Guzikowski wrote the screenplay and Hiroshi Miyamoto is directing, with animation handled by ABC Animation Studio.

The teaser introduces a new, muscular character wearing a black, tentaclelike mask who is shown swimming underwater and then locked in a rain‑soaked fist fight with a porter in a familiar suit from the games. The sequence also features a caninelike BT creature reminiscent of the series’ supernatural entities. The trailer’s exact narrative connections to the games remain unclear. Some outlets and viewers identified the porter as Sam Porter Bridges, the protagonist of the original titles, while others described the figure only as an unnamed porter; Kojima Productions has not confirmed any voice casting or character identities.

Kojima and the production team emphasized that the film will tell an original story within the Death Stranding universe...