Kojima Productions surprised fans during its 10th anniversary showcase with Death Stranding: Mosquito, an original anime project that trades parcels for punches. Built from the same eerie world as the games, this new strand brings action to the front line.

Death Stranding: Mosquito trades silence for survival

Revealed during the Beyond the Strand event, the project introduces a brand-new character masked, tar-streaked, and already dying in the first teaser. He repatriates from death just in time to protect a spectral BT-like dog and engage in a hand-to-hand brawl that looks more John Wick than Death Stranding.

The animation is handled by ABC Animation Studio. Directing is Hiroshi Miyamoto (Blood Chronicle), with writing by Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners, Raised by Wolves). Their involvement suggests the project will lean heavily into high-concept storytelling and physical intensity.

Combat replaces quiet in the new anime

Unlike the game’s long stretches of solitude, this teaser hits hard and fast. The action sequence is a single, fluid take cinematic, grounded, and brutal. There’s no sign of Sam Porter Bridges, and that’s the point.

Kojima hinted that Death Stranding: Mosquito would explore “a different kind of strand.” So far, that strand looks like it bleeds through bone and blood, not rope and connection.

What we know so far about Death Stranding: Mosquito

While full plot details remain under wraps, here’s what’s been confirmed:

• Directed by Hiroshi Miyamoto
• Written by Aaron Guzikowski
• Produced by ABC Animation Studio
• Original character, not connected to Sam
• BT-like creature appears in teaser
• No official release date yet, updates coming in 2025

Beyond familiar ground

This isn’t a retelling. Death Stranding: Mosquito isn’t content to walk well-worn paths. It’s rewriting what a strand can mean, less philosophy, more impact. And if the teaser is any sign, the pain will be earned, not handed out.

The silence is gone. Something stranger is speaking now.