The Most Exciting Apocalypse Franchise’s Next Adaptation Just Got A Promising Update

Death Stranding has become a cult hit for a faction of video game players, but its upcoming live-action adaptation, , Guzikowski is writing a new story couched in the world of Kojima’s game. The anime will be set in the immediate aftermath of the “Death Stranding,” a cataclysmic event that shattered the world and brought the dead into the land of the living. After a series of mysterious explosions, what was left of humanity holed up in underground communities called Knots, avoiding trapped souls called BTs (“Beached Things”) with the power to trigger further annihilation.

The game digs deep into the dangers of this new world, and Kojima will likely explore more consequences of the Death Stranding in its sequel, On the Beach — but the anime has the potential to show audiences how it all began, and how society rebuilt after the apocalypse. If nothing else, it’ll help to justify Kojima’s push into a different medium: Even if the A24 film doesn’t meet fans’ expectations, a new story set in the same world is a fine consolation prize.