Netflix took to X and released the first six minutes of their highly anticipated animated Stranger Things series. The preview is available to watch below.
attention nerds! SNEAK PEEK: the first six minutes of Tales From ’85 are here! pic.twitter.com/FIM3j2Q49S
— stranger things (@Stranger_Things) April 21, 2026
The official synopsis of the series reads “In the winter of 1985, snow blankets the town and the horrors of the Upside Down are finally fading. Our heroes Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights, and quiet days. But beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened. Could it be from the Upside Down? From the depths of Hawkins Lab? Or from somewhere else entirely? Our heroes must race to solve this mystery and save Hawkins in this untold story set in the Stranger Things universe.”
The voice cast for the series includes Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max, Luca Diaz as Mike, Ej (Elisha) Williams as Lucas, Braxton Quinney as Dustin, Ben Plessala as Will, and Brett Gipson as Hopper. Additional voice cast members are Odessa A’zion, Janeane Garofalo and Lou Diamond Phillips.
The animated series is set to arrive on Netflix on April 23rd. Keep it locked to Horror News Network for more on Stranger Things: Tales From ’85.