Explore the winter of 1985 in Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85, premiering April 23, 2026, on Netflix. Meet the new voice cast and witness the Hawkins crew battle unseen monsters in this thrilling animated chapter between seasons.

Although Stranger Things officially wrapped up its main storyline with season five, Netflix is not ready to leave Hawkins behind. With Stranger Things: Tales From '85, the streaming giant is expanding the universe through an animated spin-off that revisits a crucial moment in the timeline and taps deep into 1980s nostalgia.

Just a couple months until we get to return to Hawkins for the first animated series set in the world of Stranger Things.

Netflix has shared the first official preview of its next Stranger Things project, giving fans a look at what comes after the main series. The new show is called Stranger Things: Tales from ’85. It is an animated spinoff set during the winter of 1985.

Fisher's Tonight Show appearance included several other sweet moments between Fallon and Fisher as well, including when Fisher presented Fallon with a personalized "Jimmy the Joyful" necklace, modeled after her Stranger Things character's "Holly the Heroic" necklace from Season 5.

The Duffer Brothers set ‘Stranger Things’ in the ’80s, and now one creator is imagining what the cast would have looked like if it aired 40 years ago