Category: Videos
Grasshopper Archives
This YouTube channel is the official home for GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE videos. Some of these are conventional game trailers, however, most are episodes from multiple ongoing series, generally directed by Takuma Araki. These are Creator’s File_#1, Grasshopper Direct, Kinema51, ROAD TO BOSSFIGHT, and THE DEV ROOM. One-off documentaries featuring a tour of GRASSHOPPER‘s Yabukiri Studio and…
Creator’s File_#1
This Grasshopper Archives web series explores SUDA51‘s experiences in the video game industry. Episodes Episode title Release date Link “Creator’s File_#1 SUDA51: Episode 1 “Quickening”” September 11, 2022 Video “Creator’s File_#1 SUDA51: Bonus Track” October 17, 2022 Video “Creator’s File_#1 SUDA51: Episode 2 “Investigating The Silver Case”” August 10, 2023 Video See also
キネマ51
This film review column was written by SUDA51 and Kei Sekine and appeared in issues of ファミ通. They represented the fictional cinema テアトル51, with SUDA51 acting as the venue’s manager and Sekine its publicist. Special events were also held at 喫茶SMiLE in Shibuya, Udagawachō, where SUDA51 and Sekine discussed 相棒, TWIN PEAKS, and the tenth…
「能丸督之の世界」のFilm
This short film directed by Takuma Araki chronicled the events of the 能丸督之の世界 art exhibition, held between July 22 to August 7, 2023 for the works of Tadayuki Nomaru. In the film, Nomaru talked about his drawing process, including when he first started drawing and how he began working with GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE. He shared how…
ROAD TO BOSSFIGHT
This Grasshopper Archives web series stars GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE community managers James Mountain and Maddie Copp livestreaming the studio’s most popular boss characters while discussing them with each other. The series is streamed live on Twitch and uploaded to YouTube afterwards, usually coinciding with the next Twitch stream. In these videos, James and Maddie combine their…
Grasshopper Direct 2023
This pre-filmed presentation was shared on June 15, 2023. It was hosted by GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE community managers James Mountain and Maddie Copp. Information was given for several games and other ventures during the 11-minute video. A showreel containing most of the studio’s games was shown, including the canceled Project SSK, Project MGD, and Project GMC,…
NO MORE HEROES 1.5: DESPERATE STRUGGLE
This animation was included as a special feature in the Japanese HOPPER’S Edition of NO MORE HEROES 2: DESPERATE STRUGGLE. In a story set between NO MORE HEROES and NO MORE HEROES 2: DESPERATE STRUGGLE, Travis Touchdown became a local hero to the Santa Destroy community after becoming a top-ranked assassin, but his fame began…
THE DEV ROOM
This Grasshopper Archives web series follows the jobs and antics of GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE. The series is published on YouTube in both Japanese and English. The earliest episodes censored most works-in-progress, although future episodes were more lenient, such as showing the practical model and artwork for a monster from ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN. The most…