Tag: Real life
Jonathan Holmes
This Destructoid writer has interviewed SUDA51 several times since 2011. His profession, coupled with his own personal affinity for GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE, has put him in the unique position to ask for SUDA51‘s comment on more forthright topics than what might not occur to the average journalist. For example, minutes into their first meeting, Holmes questioned…
Fan works
Games Title Developer Year Link Notes killer7 SINdrome Topdrunkee thy ILLnifique 2007 — Original story featuring characters from The Silver, シルバー事件25区, and killer7; unreleased. Daydream Cafe Topdrunkee thy ILLnifique 2007 — Original story featuring characters from シルバー事件25区 and killer7; unreleased. NO MORE PLUMBERS MechaWare 2009 MechaWare SUPER MARIO 64-inspired retelling of NO MORE HEROES submitted to the…
Wakako Suda
This figure is the mother of GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE CEO SUDA51. She was born on January 1, 1942, and went on to marry and welcome a son, Gôichi Kobayashi, on January 2, 1968. Not long afterward, however, her husband left, leaving Suda to continue raising Kobayashi as a single parent. Her separation was accepted around 1975,…
Takuma Araki
This animator attended high school in the United States and later studied experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts. He has directed multiple cinematics and short films for GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE, and designed the ending animations seen in most Grasshopper Archives videos. Credits Nomenclature References Social links
GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE merchandising
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能丸督之の世界 When Tadayuki Nomaru‘s art exhibition was held at TETOKA in Chiyoda, Tokyo, some commemorative items were available for purchase. Product Type Colours Release Price 能丸督之の世界展 Book — July 22, 2023 ¥2,000 Shadows of the DAMNED Skull Back PLAYING CARDS Playing cards — July 22, 2023 ¥3,500 能丸督之の世界展 限定復刻Tシャツ Shirt Black, white July 22, 2023…
能丸督之の世界
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This art exhibition for the works of Tadayuki Nomaru was held at TETOKA in Chiyoda, Tokyo from July 22 to August 7, 2023. It was announced during the Grasshopper Direct 2023. Some merchandise was available at the exhibition, including some of Nomaru‘s pieces, an art book limited to 300 copies, Shadows of the DAMNED playing…
David Forrest
This artist is the CEO of Kinetic Underground, the company behind killer7 Vol.1 and the killer7 Action Figure Series 1 toy line. David was the creative director of killer7 Vol.1, and also designed and coloured the comic, along with Eugene Perez Jr., collectively credited as Kinetic Kolorz. Credits Nomenclature Notes External links
MEGAnaire
This GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE fan is the owner of Death Blow Icons. He has been playing GRASSHOPPER games since the North American launch of killer7 in 2005. He started No More Heroes Wiki in 2008, then later concentrated on Suda51 Wiki after being appointed admin in 2009. During this time, he published the first English instructions…
MEEBEE
Composer of the song “ITADAKIMASU“, and co-composer of the songs “Heartbeats“, “Gold Joe“, “UFO Passage“, “B’s Theme“, “Head-On Fight“, and “ICE SHAVER” from NO MORE HEROES Ⅲ. Credits
Magic Man Tony Astro
This musician composed the song “Gold Joe” for NO MORE HEROES Ⅲ. He also wrote music for the fan project killer BADMINTON, which he published as killer BADMINTON DIRECT AUDIO. Social links
Maddie Copp
Maddie Copp is a community manager for GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE and co-hosts the Twitch series ROAD TO BOSSFIGHT. She also created the character sprites for the fan project killer BADMINTON. As of June 2024, Copp has returned to the United States and her role at GRASSHOPPER is unclear. Credits Nomenclature Notes Social links References
James Mountain
This professional games translator works at GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE. In addition to adapting the Silver Case series into English, he is one of the faces behind GRASSHOPPER‘s social media accounts and co-hosts the Twitch series ROAD TO BOSSFIGHT with fellow community manager Maddie Copp. Mountain has also been SUDA51‘s English interpreter since 2019. Credits Nomenclature Social…
ROAD TO BOSSFIGHT
This video series stars GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE community managers James Mountain and Maddie Copp playing boss battles from GRASSHOPPER games and commenting on how those fights came to be. 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,…
Awashima Marine Park
This venue was given special thanks for the development of FROG MINUTES. While preparing the game, GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE visited Awashima and gathered audio of frogs in their natural habitat. Credits
GHM Lost Media
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This Discord server aims to preserve information about the less accessible works of GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE. In some cases, the community has even explored early concepts from games that are considerably more well-known. Examples include concept art, supplementary books, film footage, 3D models, and even discontinued games themselves. Social links Official website
Grasstream: HOPPER’S TV
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This live presentation was streamed from GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE‘s studio in Tokyo, Japan on May 28, 2010. It was hosted by Rolling Uchizawa and Megumi Ito and also attended by SUDA51, Mask de Uh, DJ HAPIO, MARU, Akira Yamaoka, Kazutoshi Iida, Lupin Kojima, and John Davis. The topics included the video game NO MORE HEROES 2:…