Newsroom

This is a page for all the news surrounding the Despera series.

2021

 * April 2021
 * 7th - Chiaki J. Konaka announces in an interview that they found a producer for Despera, with whom they have never worked before. He also reveals that the project was in work since 2003 and it has been completely reworked with new setting, story and character since its 2008 pitch. (source)


 * March 2021
 * 23rd - Chiaki J. Konaka announces on his twitter that Despera development was suspended during the pandemic. He also predicts official announcements in 2022. (source)

2020

 * February 2020
 * 20th - Chiaki J. Konaka announces on his twitter that the project is "not dead" (source)

2018

 * March 2018
 * 21st - Yoshitoshi ABe and Chiaki J. Konaka said the reason Despera is in development hell isn't due to the lack of funds, but because of the current state of the anime industry. (source)

2014

 * October 2014
 * 11th - At the Overload Convention, ABe announced that a new director was found to continue working on Despera. (source)

2013

 * June 2013
 * 29th - Ryūtarō Nakamura, which was supposed to direct Despera, died due to pancreatic cancer (source).

2011

 * April 2011
 * 28th - The graphic novel is published as a whole volume by Tokuma Shoten (source)

2009

 * April 2009
 * 10th- At the Sakura-Con, Yoshitoshi ABe reveals he's working on Despera with many of the same staffers with whom he created Serial Experiments Lain. (source)