Don’t say goodbye to Hawkins just yet. Though the flagship "Stranger Things" series concluded with its fifth and final season, Netflix is keeping the Upside Down open with an all-new animated adventure.

Tales from ’85 is Netflix’s animated spin-off set between Seasons 2 and 3. Here’s the release date, where to watch, cast details, and what to expect.

The Stranger Things gang is back in animated form in the first trailer for Stranger Things: Tales From '85. Watch it now.

Stranger Things: Tales From '85: Nearly a month after creating a record as the most-watched web series on Netflix, the science fiction series has returned with another series. The new animated series is based on the same story, with a storyline revolving around the winter of 1985.

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Fans of Stranger Things may have caught a sly inside joke during the series finale when Jonathan Byers, played by Charlie Heaton , mentions he’s attending NYU to chase a filmmaking career and is developing an “anti-capitalist cannibal movie” called “The Consumer”.