Shigeru Ueda


Shigeru Ueda is a Japanese anime storyboard artist and director. When he graduated from university, he joined AUBEC to work in the animation industry. After working as a production manager and assistant director, he made his directorial debut with Tsuruhime Ja!. At that same time, he married a female animator. Later, after working as an episode director on , he left AUBEC and worked at various companies such as Anime Spot and Madhouse, and is currently working as a freelancer.
He has been using the hiragana spelling of his name since his days as an assistant director. This was simply because he believed that the quickest way to become a director was to stand out.

Relationships

Ueda cites Tameo Kohanawa as his mentor for direction. Kohanawa said that when Ueda was a rookie director, he would carefully coach him on how to direct. He also cites Takashi Ikehata, Takeshi Ushigusa, Makoto Sokuza, Yūji Mutō and Shunji Yoshida as his senior directors from his time at AUBEC.
He often gets to work on Studio Deen productions, perhaps due to Studio Deen producer Keiichi Matsuda once being a junior member of AUBEC's production assistant team.

Works

Television series