Masato Jimbo (神保 昌登, Jimbo Masato) is an anime director, animation director, animator, and screenwriter. He is the representative director of PartsCraft.
He became a director after working on studio CAB and Zion (シオン). He often participates in Studio Dea
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).