Despera (ですぺら, Desupera) is a planned anime series, written by Chiaki J. Konaka and featuring character designs by Yoshitoshi Abe.

An alternate history science fiction story, it is set in Tokyo during the Taishō era in 1922, one year before the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

Abe announced at Sakura-Con 2009 development of a new anime, revealing that it would be set during Japan's Taishō era.

Beginning in July, a graphic novel serialization penned by Konaka and Abe ran in the Japanese magazine Animage, terminating a year later.

[8] In 2018, Abe and Konaka acknowledged that Despera was in development hell, citing the state of the anime industry.