Hideo Kojima has never been one to do the expected, but even by his standards, today’s announcement landed with the sort of “wait what?” energy that gets the entire industry buzzing. Death Stranding: Isolations, a brand-new anime series based on Kojima Productions’ 2019 game, is officially in the works and set to launch on Disney+ in 2027.

The news came out of nowhere, dropped quietly in a short video message from Kojima himself, who spoke about wanting to explore ideas and themes he “didn’t have space for” in the original game. He didn’t go into detail classic Kojima but the brief teaser art showed a stark coastline, a lone figure, and a trail of BT footprints fading into black sand. Fans are already tearing it apart frame by frame.

We’ll likely hear more over the next year or so as casting, production details, and the first real footage come together. Until then, fans can do what they always do with Kojima announcements: speculate wildly, dig for clues, and wait for the next cryptic teaser to drop.