- Netflix has publicly revealed the first images and footage of Stranger Things: Tales from ’85
- The voice cast for the animated spin-off has also been revealed.
- It will be released sometime in 2026.
Netflix has publicly released the first images, images and voice cast of Stranger Things: Tales from ’85.
To celebrate Stranger Things Day 2025, the streaming giant has revealed new details about the first spin-off of the popular series. This includes a first look at the aesthetic of the Saturday morning cartoon-style show via two official images and new images of Stories from 85 through a behind-the-scenes report, which you can see below.
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We already knew that Netflix was developing a stranger things animated spin-off, but this is the first time the world’s best streaming service has truly lifted the veil on a series developed by Eric Robles (Failure Techniques, Fanboy and Chum Chum) and executive produced by franchise masters Matt and Ross Duffer.
In fact, aside from showing it at the 2025 edition of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June, Netflix has been hesitant to show or tell us much about the first stranger things project that will expand the universe in new and surprising ways.
There are some things we knew Stories from 85 However, before this latest revelation. Netflix had already confirmed that it will arrive sometime in 2026, will be set between the second and third seasons of the main show and will take place during the winter of 1985. Additionally, it will feature the many characters from Netflix’s best show and will include an original character named Nikki Baxter (voice actor TBA).
Now we know who is part of Stories from 85The voice cast and, unfortunately, none of the actors who are part of the main show have returned to play their characters in animated form.
- Brett Gipson as Jim Hopper
- Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven
- Luca Diaz as Mike Wheeler
- Ben Plessala as Will Byers
- Eliseo ‘EJ’ Williams as Lucas Sinclair
- Braxton Quinney as Dustin Henderson
- Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max Mayfield
- Odessa A’zion as TBC
- Janeane Garofalo as TBC
- Lou Diamond Phillips TBA
With stranger things With season 5 set to premiere on November 26, this year’s Stranger Things Day is the last time fans will have the chance to celebrate one of the biggest Netflix TV originals of all time before it ends.
There will surely be one or two stranger things Season 5 is revealed before the day is out: would it be too much to ask for official news on the live-action spinoff whose outline star Finn Wolfhard guessed correctly? So, stay tuned to TechRadar for more details on this.
In the meantime, get all the information on the latest chapter of the sci-fi supernatural horror by reading my guide at stranger things season 5.
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