A hub for all SUDA51 projects that aren’t covered in their own subsection.
The Blondes Era – History of GhM (2008-2016):
- Part 1 – No More Heroes 2
- Part 2 – Minor Projects (2011-2012)
- Part 3 – Lollipop Chainsaw
- Part 4 – Grasshopper Universe & Planet G
- Part 5 – Killer is Dead
- Part 6 – Let it Die
The Newborn GhM Era – History of GhM (2016-2021):
- Part 1 – Setting the Stage
- Part 2 – Travis Strikes Again
- Part 3 – No More Heroes III
Extras:
Super Fire Pro Wrestling III: Final Bout
Suda51’s directorial debut under Human Entertainment; a sequel to the popular Fire Pro Wrestling series.
- Development history
- Art and manual scans
- Trailers
- Champion’s Bible
- Fight Book
- Technique Book
- Edit Wrestler Book
- Victory Special
- Soundtrack (Game rip)
Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special
Suda51’s very first outing as a writer; he is responsible for the “Champion Road” scenario in the game, following the career of rising star Morio Sumisu. We have produced a video translation, and an earlier text translation is also available.
- Development history
- Art and manual scans
- Trailers
- Original Soundtrack
- Fight Book
- Edit Wrestler Book
- Victory Special
- Video translation and analysis
- Text Translation (Archive)
S.U.D.A.
A column ran by Suda51, acronym of “Super Universal Deadly Association”, covering a variety of topics published on Continue Magazine by Ohta Publishing beginning on issue 20.
HOPPER’s Live Events
A series of live events hosted by Suda51 and featuring a variety of guests from the gaming industry and Grasshopper Manufacture itself.
HIDECHAN! Radio
HIDECHAN! Radio was a podcast ran by Hideo Kojima on his own blog, Hideblog, between December of 2005 and August of 2008. Through its original run, Suda Goichi made several appearances on the broadcast.
Sujoho’s Fighting Golden Street
A three-part episodic novel written by Suda51 and Masahiro Yuki with illustrations by Masahiro Nakagawa, published on Continue Magazine by Ohta Publishing between issues 27 and 29.
Death Sentence
The first volume of Comic BEAM (コミックビーム) Fellows!, which was released in a bundle with its second volume, contained a one-shot manga written by Goichi Suda and drawn by Kazuhiro Sasaki. Death Sentence was not picked up for serialization, and the publication was then re-launched as just “Fellows!” and eventually as “Harta”.
Ryu Ga Gotoku 2 (Yakuza 2)
Suda51 lent his “voice” to the coliseum fighter “Mask de Yakuza” (Third patriarch of the Yamazaki clan), following the “Mask de” naming convention which originated in Firepro and also appeared in Killer7. It was incorrectly translated as “Masked Yakuza” in the west. He did not reprise his role in the remake.
Area51
A talk show in which Suda51 and Mask de Uh (who would later make an appearance in No More Heroes as the store owner of the eponymous Area 51 fashion store) discussed western games for a Japanese audience. Episodes were released through the Famitsuwave series of DVDs between 2006 and 2009. Two live events, called “Foreign Video Game Unlawful Assembly”, were held respectively in 2006 at Ebisu Tower Café and in 2008 at Roppongi Super Deluxe, for which Mask de Uh designed two exclusive t-shirts.
Airport51
A long running Famitsu column in which Suda51, again with Mask de Uh, reviewed western games in text format. A book collecting them was later released by Famitsu in 2008.
Theatre51
A movie talk show produced by Famitsu Wave and hosted by SUDA51 and Kei Sekine.
Inside51
A partially autobiographical column ran by Suda51 on Weekly Famitsu between 2011 and 2013. Unfortunately it has not been fully collected; some excerpts are available on the Suda51 Official Complete Book.
Sdatcher
A radio drama, penned by Suda51, acting as a prequel to the Hideo Kojima game “Snatcher”. It was originally released episodically on Konami’s own website from September to December 2011 and later collected in a double CD set. It was meant to be the beginning of several Snatcher-related projects in which Kojima and Suda would cooperate, but unfortunately those never came to be.
- Development history
- Art and manual scans
- Official website
- Fan translation (Archive)
Cinema51
A movie talk show produced by 4gamer and hosted by SUDA51 and Kei Sekine. A spiritual successor to the earlier Theatre51. After the show’s original run ended in 2018, it was brought back as a video series by Grasshopper Manufacture in 2024.
Kiteru 51 Indie
A column ran by Suda51 on Dengeki Playstation discussing his favourite indie titles.
Tsukikage no Tokio
An animated short written by Suda51 and directed by Takanobu Mizuno of Kamikaze Douga for the Japan Animator Expo, a series of weekly anime shorts promoted by Hideaki Anno’s Studio Khara. Tokio, a young pilot assigned to the moon, must protect Earth from alien invaders with his mech.
The Art of Grasshopper Manufacture
An artbook dedicated to all GhM games that had been released up until that point, starting from the then-upcoming Let it Die and going all the way back to The Silver Case.
Makkana Onnanoko
An episodic story penned by SUDA51, published weekly as part of the “Fable51” Famitsu column, which also included a reprint of Killer is Dead. The column abruptly ceased publication on April 2016, leaving both stories incomplete.
SUDA51: Le punk du jeu vidéo japonais
A french biography of SUDA51 penned by Mehdi Debbabi-Zourgani and published by Pixnlove.
SUDA51 Official Complete Book
A behind the scenes book featuring interviews, production stories and artwork, covering the entirety of Suda’s career up until its release.
Subculture 51 Chambers
A video series, hosted by IGN Japan, where SUDA51 discussed a variety of subculture subjects.
Fire Pro Wrestling World:
Champion Road Beyond
A DLC for the spike-chunsoft title Fire Pro Wrestling World, Champion Road Beyond is actually a sequel to the very first scenario ever written by Suda, Champion Road for Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special. It follows the wrestling career of Morio Sumisu’s son together with the newcomer Notorious.
- Art and manual scans
- Trailers
- Official website (Archive)
Hotel Barcelona
A side-scrolling action game, a slasher pastiche where serial killers from all over the United States gather in Hotel Barcelona to participate in a game of death. Written and directed by Swery and developed by his team, White Owl, partially conceptualized by SUDA51.
KILL THE PAST by Lost in Cult
