Hajime Ueda

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Hajime Ueda
ウエダ ハジメ
Area(s)Manga artist, animator

Hajime Ueda (ウエダ ハジメ, Ueda Hajime) is a Japanese manga artist who created a two-volume adaptation of the Japanese animated OVA series FLCL, and the original manga Q·Ko-chan: The Earth Invader Girl. He started his career as a dōjinshi artist, gaining a reputation for his quirky and unique style of art. He also does some costume design and sculpting. Ueda is also an artist known for his works with studios Shaft and Khara, particularly on the Monogatari series in which he's acted as an opening and ending animator for various installments of the franchise;[1] and on the works of director Kazuya Tsurumaki.

Works

Manga

Year Title Publisher Role(s) Ref(s)
1999 FLCL Magazine Z (Kodansha) Author and illustrator [2][3]
2003 Q-Ko-Chan: The Earth Invader Girl Magazine Z (Kodansha) Author and illustrator [4][5]
2009 Jagdtiger Faust (Del Rey) Illustrator (written by Kouhei Kadono) [6]

Anime

Year Type Title Director(s) Studio Role Ref(s)
2004 OVA Diebuster Kazuya Tsurumaki Gainax Design assistance (#1, 4–6)
TV Uta Kata Keiji Gotoh Hal Film Maker Costume transformation (#3)
Ending illustration (#3)
2006 Movie Gunbuster vs. Diebuster Hideaki Anno
Kazuya Tsurumaki 		Gainax Design assistance
2009 TV Bakemonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo
Tatsuya Oishi 		Shaft Ending animation
Back sponsor screen illustration (#12)
TV Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chuu Akiyuki Shinbo
Kenichi Ishikura 		Shaft End card illustration (#10)
2011 TV Puella Magi Madoka Magica Akiyuki Shinbo
Yukihiro Miyamoto 		Shaft End card illustration (#6)
2012 TV Nisemonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomoyuki Itamura 		Shaft Ending animation
Hitagi's flashback scene (#6)
Key animation (#10)
TV Nekomonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomoyuki Itamura 		Shaft Ending animation
Eyecatch
2013 TV Monogatari Series Second Season Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomoyuki Itamura
Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Yuki Yase 		Shaft Opening animation (Shinobu Time arc)
Ending animation
2014 TV Nisekoi Akiyuki Shinbo
Naoyuki Tatsuwa 		Shaft End card illustration (#2) [7]
TV Hanamonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomoyuki Itamura 		Shaft Ending animation[a]
Eyecatch
TV Tsukimonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomoyuki Itamura 		Shaft Ending animation [1]
2015 Short film I Can Friday By Day Kazuya Tsurumaki Khara Original concept
Screenplay 		[8]
TV Owarimonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomoyuki Itamura 		Shaft Opening animation (Shinobu Mail arc)
Ending animation
2016 ONA Koyomimonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomoyuki Itamura 		Shaft Ending animation
Movie Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen Akiyuki Shinbo
Tatsuya Oishi 		Shaft Key animation
2017 Movie Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen Akiyuki Shinbo
Tatsuya Oishi 		Shaft Old Kizumonogatari (animation sequence)
TV The Dragon Dentist(2017) Kazuya Tsurumaki Khara Concept design
TV March Comes in Like a Lion 2nd Season Akiyuki Shinbo
Kenjirou Okada 		Shaft Illustration (#8) [9]
TV Owarimonogatari II Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomoyuki Itamura 		Shaft Ending animation
Hell image in the play (animation sequence)
2018 TV Darling in the Franxx Atsushi Nishigori A-1 Pictures
CloverWorks
Studio Trigger 		Concept design assistance
TV Fate/Extra Last Encore Akiyuki Shinbo
Yukihiro Miyamoto 		Shaft Key animation (#9)
2019 TV Zoku Owarimonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo Shaft Opening animation
Ending animation
2020 TV Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Doroinu
Various 		Shaft Illustration (#5)
2022 TV RWBY: Ice Queendom Toshimasa Suzuki
Kenjirou Okada 		Shaft Illustration (#4)
2024 ONA Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season Akiyuki Shinbo
Midori Yoshizawa 		Shaft Ending animation
Opening animation (Shinobu Mustard arc)
2025 TV Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Kazuya Tsurumaki Sunrise
Khara 		Concept design [10]

Notes

  1. ^ Used as the opening animation in the initial TV broadcast, but changed to the ending animation in the DVD/Blu-ray release.

References

  1. ^ a b "Monogatari 'Final Season's' Tsukimonogatari Opening Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Dark Horse Comics: FLCL Manga Omnibus Planned in 2012". Anime News Network. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Magazine Z, Comi Di Gi+ Manga Mags Ending in Japan". Anime News Network. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Media Blasters, Del Rey Announce New Manga Licenses". Anime News Network. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. ^ "単行本全巻：QコちゃんTHE地球侵略少女(マガジンZ KC)" [Book whole volume : Q co -chan THE Earth invasion girl ( magazine Z KC)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  6. ^ Faust, Volume Two. Ballantine Books. 2009. ISBN 9780345503572. Retrieved 25 July 2015 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Story - NISEKOI -False Love- USA Official Website". NISEKOI -False Love- USA Official Website. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  8. ^ "19th Animator Expo Short Is Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hajime Ueda's 'I can Friday by day!'". Anime News Network. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. ^ "End Card | March comes in like a lion Official Website".
  10. ^ Loo, Egan (December 3, 2024). "Khara, Sunrise Animate Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 4, 2024.


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