Yasuyuki Ueda

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, as well as on ''Wachenröder'' for the Sega Saturn. He first hired Yoshitoshi Abe, who would become a regular collaborator on many other anime projects. Provided by Wikipedia