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| 3 | ''Despera'' is an upcoming anime by the creators of ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'', written by Chiaki J. Konaka and featuring character designs by Creator/YoshitoshiABe. It was originally to be directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura. A companion light novel serialization relating to the anime was published in Japanese magazine ''Magazine/{{Animage}},'' with thirteen chapters released in serial form between July 2009 and July 2010. The complete novella was published as a single volume on April 28, 2011, and included new story content and illustrations. |
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| 5 | The story is set during the [[RoaringTwenties Taisho era]] and centers around a 12-year-old girl with a familiar hairstyle, named [[{{Expy}} Ain]]. She lives in the cellar of the Ryōunkaku, Japan's first skyscraper, and builds devices [[SchizoTech far ahead of the current time period]], including computers with cathode ray tube display monitors and typewriter keyboards. Her inventions are funded by a mysterious man called Takeshita, who claims he can see the future in Ain's computer screens. Other people who take an interest in Ain and her inventions are Enoshi, a military officer sent to investigate some unexplained electrical currents, and an aristocrat named Kimiyasu Fuenokōji. Living with the latter is Barbara Andrei, a Russian aristocratic refugee from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin_Russians Harbin]]. |
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| 7 | The series is currently in DevelopmentHell due to the health problems and later passing away of the director on June 29, 2013. As of 2015, [=ABe=] announced that [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-10/yoshitoshi-abe-despera-project-is-moving-forward-with-new-director/.83127 they will proceed with a new director]]. |
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| 9 | !!''Despera'' contains examples of: |
| 10 | * DieselPunk: The technology Ain builds is futuristic, but with a 1920s aesthetic. |
| 11 | * TheFaceless: Takeshita's face isn't shown in any illustration. |
| 12 | * MsFanservice /SensualSlavs: [[https://celestialkitsune.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/despera-anime-yoshitoshi-abe_00011.jpg?w=450 Barbara Andrei]]. Ain is scared of her, however, because Europeans were a rare sight in Japan at the time and she has never seen one before. |
| 13 | * ShockAndAwe: Ain seemingly displays an uncanny ability to generate electricity from her hands. |
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