Koji Ueno

Ueno provided in-between animation work to the original Dragon Ball series, contributing to the animation infrastructure that supported key animators and episode directors. His career expanded to encompass color coordination, finish animation, and digital paint roles across dozens of anime, making him part of the technical foundation that enabled anime production from the 1980s through the 2020s.

Ueno worked continuously across four decades in animation studios including Studio Gash, contributing to numerous series with roles ranging from in-between animation to color key and finish animation. His work spanned foundational action anime like Dragon Ball and Death Note to modern productions, maintaining expertise in the critical finishing stages that polish final animation frames across diverse production pipelines.