Yasuyuki Ueda ( Ueda Yasuyuki) is a Japanese producer, who has worked on such projects as Serial Experiments Lain (a producer and story writer). He was a director for the Noel video game, worked on the Lain video game, and also on WachenRoder for the Sega Saturn. He first hired Yoshitoshi ABe, who would become a regular collaborator in the future on many other anime projects.