Despite the movie's poor box office and critical reception at the time of its original release, it is gradually becoming a favorite among fans due to its dark nature, brief but entertaining kaiju battles, and the return of series veterans Ishiro Honda and Akira Ifukube.

Despite several brief interludes of British occupation, including once during the Seven Years ' War and twice during the Napoleonic Wars, Martinique has remained a French possession.

Despite a brief revival immediately after independence, the prestige of Quechua decreased sharply and it gradually became restricted to rural areas.

Despite his brief career, he had a profound influence on other artists.

Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, however, Mosaic was never released as open source software during its brief reign as a major browser ; there were always constraints on permissible uses without payment.

Despite a brief delay caused by a mechanical problem early in the first act, the performance was an unqualified success, and the play went on to become one of the year's biggest West End successes.

Despite killing the Arab man with the first gunshot, he shoots the corpse four more times after a brief pause.

Despite struggling on Friday nights at 9 PM in its brief first season, NBC renewed the series because of its impressive 18-49 demographics.

Despite its brief pre-eminence, the period is characterised by its own unique architectural style, fashion, and lifestyle.

Despite her declared expertise, Minako herself has little personal experience in relationships ( aside from a brief and ill-fated love in the Sailor V manga ), but is enthusiastic about romantic opportunities — even to the point of two-timing a pair of the series ' villains.

Despite having very little actual battle experience during his brief military career, cut short by the loss of his leg, Adam Trask's father Cyrus joins the GAR and assumes the stature of " a great man " through his involvement with the organization.

Despite the statement above claiming that there were no valves inside Trinitron TV sets, for a brief period in the United Kingdom between 1969 and 1971 / 72, the KV-1320UB was fitted with 3AT2 valves for the extra high tension ( high voltage ).

Despite the brief descriptions of him, Enoch is one of the main two focal points for much of the 1st millennium BC Jewish mysticism, notably in the Book of Enoch.

Despite his involvement with Factory was brief, Sharp was an associate for a short while of Martin Hannett and wrote a book called Who Killed Martin Hannett which unfortunately upset Martin's surviving relatives owing to the large amount of untruths and fiction Sharp put into the book.

Despite her best intentions, Eliza's stubbornness that she's always right leads her strong desire to help to become destructive, she has also been seen to develop brief periods of megalomania on more than one occasion.

Despite the new tube station opening sequence, the occasionally seen exterior shots of the show's locales along with brief glimpses of Sadie's home and the frequently visited Charnham Common suggested that Charnham was a modern, green and spacious small town.

Despite his brief career, Gwinnett however does hold one claim to fame: his autograph is among the most valuable in the world, a fact used to good effect by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in his short story " Button, Button.

Despite its brief span of use as a major route by people of the United States, the Trace served an essential function for years.

Despite brief affairs, Biggles and his chums remain steadfastly single.

Despite its brief existence, the French government still managed to issue postage stamps for the administrative unit, in the form of a version of its Navigation and Commerce series, inscribed " SENEGAMBIE / ET NIGER ".

Despite Blair's hostility, Meacher gained a reputation for being a politician who was on top of a complex brief and was one of the longest serving minsters in the same job in the Labour government, from 1997-2003.

Despite his brief pursuit of an official career, he mainly lived in and wrote about the area in which he was born and raised, in what is now the province of Hubei, China.

Despite a brief economic depression, the urban growth of Chadderton accelerated after the famine.

Despite his brief fame, this was the last of just three matches Glass played at Carlisle, who were unable to sign him on a permanent basis.

Despite Guy Montag's attempts to break her from the spell society has on her, Mildred continues to be shallow and indifferent.

Despite the two Manchester clubs attracting supporters from Stockport, Stockport County did enjoy a spell of success over their neighbours Manchester City.

Despite his spell at Liverpool being short and disappointing, he was at that time the most expensive player ever to be sold by the club.

Despite a belief by the Lazio owner Sergio Cragnotti that Capello had made a verbal agreement to coach his club, Capello instead returned to Milan for a brief and less successful spell.

Despite a disappointing spell with the Trotters – eight league appearances, all as a substitute, the first in a 1 – 3 away defeat against Portsmouth – Wilhelmsson was instrumental in closing the club's signing of countryman Johan Elmander for a record transfer fee, for the 2008 – 09 season.

Despite her kind heart, Miss Cackle can be intimidating when she wants to, and has occasionally broken into fits of rage at Mildred, most notably both when Mildred humiliated the reputation of the Academy by ruining a broomstick display to honour the Wizards ' Council ( Ethel had cursed Mildred to ensure she would make a fool of herself ), and after she incorrectly believed Mildred was cheating at the school sport's day, after Enid cast an improper spell upon Mildred to make sure she won the pole vaulting competition.

Despite his weak spell count, each spell he performs is treated as an epic event.

Despite missing the last game of his initial loan spell through suspension, having been sent off in the match against Charlton Athletic, the loan was extended for a further month, and again for a third and final month, until 17 January 2009.

Despite not being trained in magic he managed to " learn the odd spell " in his years in Scot's service.

Despite spending his loan spell as first choice goalkeeper, he started the 2008 – 09 season as second choice goalkeeper to loanee Tom Heaton.

Despite goalscoring records in France and Europe to add to his World Cup medal, he was named as the Premier League's worst ever striker by the British newspaper Daily Mail, in recognition of his brief and unsuccessful spell at Newcastle United.

Despite a failure of 16 in the first test, he produced a fine spell of batting with a good 92 in the second innings.

Despite Wigan's success in finishing 10th in the Premiership and reaching the League Cup final, it was a disappointing spell professionally for Francis, who did not feature as much as he would have liked to.

Despite his loan spell at West Ham having ended, the club continued talks with Portsmouth regarding a deal to bring Ben Haim back ; the two clubs could not come to an agreement, while financial issues prevented him from linking up with Pompey.

Despite his short spell at Liverpool, he was voted in 91st position in the 2006 poll " 100 Players Who Shook The Kop ", which was conducted by the official Liverpool Football Club web site.

* Despite only spending a short spell at Barnet at the beginning of his playing career, Freedman was voted as the fans ' favourite player in the club's all-time history in late 2007.

Despite a successful spell at Rangers, Mackay wanted to manage in his own right, and therefore moved onto Blackburn Rovers.

Despite the subsequent acquisition of players like Mo Johnston and Peter Beardsley, Everton remained little more than a mid table side during Kendall's second spell and he resigned on 4 December 1993.

Despite showing fine early form in his first few matches for Middlesbrough, the remainder of his spell at the club was a struggle to justify his price tag and during the 2004 – 05 season he was loaned out to Serie A club Parma, moving ( yet again on loan ) on January 2005 to Siena.

Despite an influx of new players, continued poor results meant Stourbridge's 29-year spell at Southern League level ended with defeat in the last game of the season at Hinckley United in May 2000.

Despite an excellent goals-to-games ratio when fit, injuries curtailed his Derby career, and he was eventually given a free transfer, with which he returned to Croatia for a brief spell at Dinamo Zagreb to wind up his career.

Despite only playing in 14 games, and being cup-tied from the FA Cup, Pienaar finished his spell with 6 assists, the most of anyone at Everton for the season.