Director

Shigeru Ueda

Directing

Career Snapshot

Explained

These indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.

Directed credits

Prolific

Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.4

Low visibility

TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.

Directed movies: 1Directed series: 46All crew credits: 52

TMDB ID: 1222099

IMDb ID: nm1059637

Known for: Directing

Born: May 11, 1963

Age: 62

Place of birth: Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1992 - 2026

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 7.32

Wikidata: Q7496392

Also known as

うえだしげる

Frequent jobs

Director (45)Assistant Director (2)Storyboard Artist (5)

TMDB TMDB IMDb IMDb X W Wikidata

Biography

Shigeru Ueda (うえだしげる, Ueda Shigeru, May 11, 1963) is a freelancer anime director. His name written in kanji is 上田茂. He should not be confused with fellow anime director of the same name but different kanji Shigeru Ueda (上田繁).

Movies

Directed Movies

Movies directed by Shigeru Ueda.

6.6

Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys

Assistant Director

2004 Movie

Series

Directed Series

Series directed by Shigeru Ueda.

7.6

Hana-Kimi

Assistant Director • 10 eps

2026 Series

8.3

My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I'm Out for Revenge!

Director • 1 eps

2025 Series

7.1

Berserk of Gluttony

Director • 1 eps

2023 Series

5.7

Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange

Director • 2 eps

2023 Series

5.3

Kizuna no Allele

Director • 1 eps

2023 Series

6.2

The Fire Hunter

Director • 1 eps

2023 Series

6.5

Raven of the Inner Palace

Director • 1 eps

2022 Series

7.4

Reincarnated as a Sword

Director • 1 eps

2022 Series

7.7

EDENS ZERO

Director • 3 eps

2021 Series

6.7

MARS RED

Director • 1 eps

2021 Series

8.1

Ascendance of a Bookworm

Director • 10 eps

2019 Series

8.2

Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious

Director • 1 eps

2019 Series

6.6

Convenience Store Boy Friends

Director • 1 eps

2017 Series

6.4

Clockwork Planet

Director • 1 eps

2017 Series

7.4

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

Director • 1 eps

2015 Series

6.1

Fafner Exodus

Director • 3 eps

2015 Series

4.5

Argevollen

Director • 5 eps

2014 Series

6.8

Little Busters!

Director • 2 eps

2012 Series

6.4

The Ambition of Oda Nobuna

Director • 1 eps

2012 Series

5.8

Dragon Crisis!

Director • 2 eps

2011 Series

6.3

Pandora Hearts

Director • 5 eps

2009 Series

6.8

Haruka Nogizaka's Secret

Director • 1 eps

2008 Series

6.6

Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne

Director • 6 eps

2008 Series

6.5

The Skull Man

Director • 1 eps

2007 Series

Movies

Top Rated Movies

Highest rated movies linked with Shigeru Ueda.

7.1