Tag: Chiaki j konaka

Lain Creators Hold Out Hope for Despera Anime

Once upon a time, three of anime’s most interesting creators got together and made a little anime called Serial Experiments Lain, which was lauded for its dark, atmospheric cyberpunk vision. Those three men, character designer Yoshitoshi ABe, screenwriter Chiaki J. Konaka and director Ryutaro Nakamura, …Read more »

Despera Back In Production, Says ABe

January 12, 2015

Matt Schley

Fans of the late 90s cyberpunk anime Serial Experiments Lain (myself very much included) were psyched by the announcement in 2009 of a new anime, Despera , that would reunite Lain ’s screenwriter, Chiaki J. Konaka, character designer Yoshitoshi ABe, and director Ryutaro Nakamura. However, …Read more »