Club: ABe/Konaka/Nakamura Fanclub

Hard to get any new content in a fan-club for a trio that no longer exist- one died and two aren't actually active in the anime industry right now. It might be best to just disband it, as the only way we'd really get any new "news" to talk about is if Despera were suddenly shaken out of development hell, and obviously even then Nakamura wouldn't be involved in the finished product. Up to you though.

Well, I for one am still willing to wait another year or two to see if Despera gets released. It won't have Nakamura, but it'd be an understatement to say it'd be influenced by him as if he were directing it, no matter who ends up in that role. The only reason for Despera's existence is as a spiritual successor to Lain, after all- to recreate that magic, and the creators are likely to be very sensitive to that fact.

Very dead.

Dead Club lol

It's originally a 2channel writing project by " ◆oJUBn2VTGE ".

Chiaki Konaka is doing the script for the live action movie, i don't know if he will also write for the live action TV series (I hope so!), and probably not for the manga since it's a guy called Uni.

On the damnedmaster website, Konaka explain that "Shisho series" has new standardｓ for horror stories and he found that interesting.　He is trying to maintain some nuances in his writing, but that seems really difficult.

Ugh... It's like looking at something from Junji Ito- weird and disturbing for the sake of being weird and disturbing. I think "Gyo" was one of the worst animes ever made, and this is heading a little too close in that direction for me.

Thanks for the info, though.

Konaka's doing the script for the new Shisho project: http://www.damnedmaster.com/#staff

Much as I'd love to +1 this, the real reasons are probably a bit different. Few people appreciate their minds getting blown by this kind of works, indeed. Favours have shifted. But that problem aside, there's a question of "monetary worth", which is a combination of: production costs and sales. With lots of crappy stuff produced with a click of a button, works that require attention to detail and great personal involvment do not stand a chance as long as you count the production cost and time. And then the "short attention span of the audience" kicks in.
IMHO, it is only natural that the three authors went into "private mode". I'm not following the other two, but ABe looks like he's totally switched to gadgets, photography and quite sketchy "Lushika, Lushika" manga.
Maybe it's good that this fantastic union did not last long enough to start rotting.

Haven't seen anything anime-related from these three since Ghost Hound (besides a single episode credit to Konaka in the Mitsuganae series in 2009). It's really quite a shame as I'm a fan of all three- maybe they aren't shallow enough for the market these days?

Finally received an art book Gaisokyu by ABe. What a stellar work.

"Also, Lain is God." <- you made me join with that. Also, I'd like to cite Newtype's comment from this page [ http://wakaranai.animeblogger.net/?p=1625 ]:
"There are no words to describe what I am feeling right now. NO WORDS."