{"id":46507,"date":"2025-04-01T12:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T03:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46507"},"modified":"2025-04-01T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T03:33:48","slug":"grasshopper-manufacture-celebrates-27th-anniversary-with-best-of-video-playlist-including-suda51-interviews-and-studio-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/grasshopper-manufacture-celebrates-27th-anniversary-with-best-of-video-playlist-including-suda51-interviews-and-studio-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Grasshopper Manufacture celebrates 27th anniversary with &#8220;Best Of&#8221; video playlist, including Suda51 interviews and studio tours\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While the people at <strong>Grasshopper Manufacture<\/strong> are busy working on their next project, they couldn\u2019t let March 30 pass by without celebrating the company\u2019s 27th anniversary. A \u201cBest of Grasshopper Archives 2025\u201d playlist was posted on the official Grasshopper Manufacture YouTube channel, which includes 28 videos of some of the best moments in the company\u2019s recent history.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1134\" height=\"458\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1134px) 100vw, 1134px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331-46507-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331-46507-001.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331-46507-001-380x153.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331-46507-001-768x310.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the more popular videos include trailers for No More Heroes 3, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, and Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered. More interesting, however, are the interviews in which founder Goichi \u201cSuda51\u201d Suda talks about the formation and evolution of Grasshopper Manufacture as well as the one where he and Shinji Mikami discuss the development process behind the original <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/interview-suda51-on-the-resurrection-of-shadows-of-the-damned-his-undying-love-for-zelda-and-getting-more-directly-involved-in-game-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shadows of the Damned<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Creator&#039;s File_#1 SUDA51: Bonus Track (*EN Subs Available)\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lg6HBVKQGnc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grasshopper Direct 2024! SotD:HR Behind the Scenes Special - feat. Shinji Mikami!\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aAQE3GIjdu4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing as <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/grasshopper-manufacture-asks-fans-not-to-visit-the-studio-unannounced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grasshopper Manufacture recently asked fans to refrain from visiting the studio<\/a>, watching the Dev Room videos allows you to see what it\u2019s like to work there without arriving unannounced. These videos are typically laid back in nature and help foster a sense of communication and transparency between the company and its fans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Magical Mystery Yabukiri Studio Office Tour! with Grasshopper James [JP Subtitles]\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fLkCd5hn33c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching the playlist is like going on a trip down memory lane. Grasshopper Manufacture has accomplished a lot in the past 27 years. If its track record is any indication, the next 27 years are set to be filled with more weird and edgy video games from the company.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grasshopper Manufacture official YouTube Channel has released a compilation of some of the developer&#8217;s recent highlights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":46509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-46507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grasshopper Manufacture celebrates 27th anniversary with &quot;Best Of&quot; video playlist, including Suda51 interviews and studio tours\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Grasshopper Manufacture official YouTube Channel has released a compilation of some of the developer&#039;s recent highlights.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/grasshopper-manufacture-celebrates-27th-anniversary-with-best-of-video-playlist-including-suda51-interviews-and-studio-tours\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grasshopper Manufacture celebrates 27th anniversary with &quot;Best Of&quot; 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