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Shigeru Ueda

Born May 11, 1963 · Japan (age 63)

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).

Known For

Bleach the Movie: Fade to BlackBleach the Movie: Fade to Black · 2008
Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black
7.12008
MovieActionAnimation
A strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul Reapers remember Ichigo, and they think he’s the one responsible for the destruction. Now on the run, Ichigo is forced into a lonely battle in order to find Rukia and stop the real culprits!
Pokémon: Destiny DeoxysPokémon: Destiny Deoxys · 2004
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
6.62004
MovieFamilyAdventure
Deoxys, a Pokémon from outer space, terrorizes the high-tech city Ash Ketchum and his friends are visiting.
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X: The Day of ΣMega Man Maverick Hunter X: The Day of Σ · 2005
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X: The Day of Σ
7.52005
MovieActionAnimation
The year is 21XX. Reploids are commonplace now, after Dr. Cain rediscovered Dr. Light's old lab and based several designs off of Dr. Light's original, called "Mega Man X". X, meanwhile, has joined the Maverick Hunters, and works with unit leader Zero under the command of Commander Sigma. It is their job to terminate reploids who have become violent.
BleachBleach · 2004
Bleach
8.42004
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation
For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.
PokémonPokémon · 1997
Pokémon
8.01997
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
Join Ash accompanied by his partner Pikachu, as he travels through many regions, meets new friends and faces new challenges on his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
Ascendance of a BookwormAscendance of a Bookworm · 2019
Ascendance of a Bookworm
8.12019
SeriesAnimationDrama
When a sickly young girl suddenly becomes obsessed with inventing new things, her family and friends are all puzzled. "What has gotten into Myne?" they wondered, never dreaming that the answer is not a "What" but a "Who": Urano Motosu, a book-loving apprentice librarian who died in an earthquake in Tokyo who somehow found herself in Myne's body! And since Myne's world is still in a medieval stage, where books can only be owned by the elite, the new Myne intends to do everything she can to bring her beloved books to the masses in the time she has left.
Yu Yu HakushoYu Yu Hakusho · 1992
Yu Yu Hakusho
8.51992
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
After dying to save a boy, delinquent tough guy Yusuke Urameshi is granted another chance at life by redeeming himself as a "Spirit Detective."
EDENS ZEROEDENS ZERO · 2021
EDENS ZERO
7.72021
SeriesAnimationComedy
Aboard the Edens Zero, a lonely boy with the ability to control gravity embarks on an adventure to meet the fabled space goddess known as Mother.

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My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I'm Out for Revenge!My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I'm Out for Revenge! · 2025
My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I'm Out for Revenge!
8.22025
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
God created nine races in the ancient times. Humans were the weakest, most ridiculed race among them. Light, a human boy, was fortunate enough to be invited to join a party of all nine races called the "Assembly of the Races." He was happy being a member for a while, but that was a short dream. His hopes were only to be betrayed by his fellow members at the largest, most heinous dungeon "Abyss." After surviving by himself at the bottom of Abyss, Light learns the true meaning of his gift "Unlimited Gacha." Light will rise from the worst despair to build his own empire of the strongest players.

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Hayate the Combat ButlerHayate the Combat Butler · 2007
Hayate the Combat Butler
6.72007
SeriesAnimationComedy
16-year-old Hayate is really down on his luck. Because his unemployed parents are good-for-nothings who waste what money they have on gambling, Hayate had to start working at a young age to help out his family. Although such experience has made him inhumanly fast and tough and skilled at things boys aren't normally skilled at, it has also left him in an awkward position, as his parents have racked up such a huge gambling debt that they have sold Hayate to the yakuza for the value of his organs. In a desperate attempt to avoid that fate, Hayate decides to become a "bad guy" and kidnap someone to be held for ransom, but his efforts to do so are mistaken as a confession of love by the girl he targets. When he helps save the (as it turns out) ultra-wealthy 13-year-old Nagi from real kidnappers, she takes him in and gives him a job as her new personal butler (and love interest) until he can pay off his debt. But Hayate is more attracted to Nagi's beautiful teenage maid Maria, and head butler Klaus is initially disapproving of a boy with such a poor look. And then there's Nagi's pet Tama, who is also a force to be reckoned with.

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NinkuNinku · 1995
Ninku
8.01995
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
The story in Ninku is about an odd-looking 12-year-old named Fūsuke (Fūsuke of the wind) who is a powerful warrior from the Ninku school of martial arts, a style that mixes ninjutsu and karate. It is explained that before the present time in the story that those who could use Ninku were targeted by an evil empire and the Ninku corps were formed to combat the menace. The names of the corps were taken from the twelve Chinese zodiac animals (Eto) and each captain of the corps was called the zodiac animal Ninku master (Etonin). When the war was over, the Ninku were defeated and almost all of them were killed since they were useless and were also dangerous for the rulers. At the beginning of the story, three years later, Fūsuke, the young former captain of the 1st Ninku corps and controller of the wind and Hiroyuki, his flatulent penguin, start searching for the other Ninku captains...

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