Shigeharu Shiba

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Shigeharu Shiba (born October 1, 1932, in Tokyo) is a Japanese anime sound director and producer. He studied in Mie Prefecture and later formed the Jiyū Theatre Troupe before joining Omnibus Promotion, where he worked on TV anime, OVAs, and feature films. He is known for his work as an audio director and producer, often collaborating with sound director Shigeru Chiba.

All credits listed here are for audio direction unless otherwise noted.

TV anime
- Anime Himitsu no Kaen
- Baldios
- Eat-Man ’98
- Future Boy Conan
- High School! Kimen-gumi
- Maison Ikkoku
- Maitching Machiko-sensei
- Ranma ½
- Sei Jūshi Bismarck
- Sherlock Hound (recording director)
- Tanoshii Moomin Ikka
- Urusei Yatsura
- Gwen’s Pants

OVAs
- Area 88
- Bari Bari Densetsu (audio producer)
- Cosmo Police Justy

Films
- Angel’s Egg
- Anime Sanjushi: Aramis no Bōken
- Castle in the Sky
- Catnapped! (music director)
- Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (recording director)
- Dokaben (recording director)
- Junkers Come Here
- Kenji no Trunk: Futago no Suisei
- My Neighbor Totoro (audio producer)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Only Yesterday (planning)
- Patlabor the Movie
- The Red Spectacles (producer)
- Shiraha­ta no Shōjo Ryūko
- Shizuka na Gogo ni: Suika o Katta, Sawano Hitoshi (short, audio producer)
- Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Muumindani no Suisei
- Teito Monogatari (audio advisor)
- They Were 11 (recording director)
- Tobira o Akete (recording director)
- Urusei Yatsura: Only You
- Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
- Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love
- Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever (recording director)
- Xeno/Kagirinaki Ai ni

Shigeharu Shiba’s career spans many influential anime works, mainly in the sound and production side, helping shape the audio landscape of Japanese animation from TV series to films.