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is a Japanese video game developer founded on March 30, 1998 in Suginami, Japan. Grasshopper gained mainstream attention in 2005 for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 game ''Killer7''. In addition to ''Killer7'', they have developed ''Michigan: Report From Hell'' (released in Japan, Europe) and a number of Japan-only titles. Grasshopper Manufacture was also responsible for the Nintendo DS game ''Contact'', the Wii game ''No More Heroes'' and its sequel ''No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle'', and ''Shadows of the Damned''. The company is headed by Goichi Suda, also known as Suda51, and is noted for its original and imaginative titles - ones that are also fraught with financial risk. Potential losses are often made up by the development of games based on popular anime franchises, such as ''Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked'', ''Blood+: One Night Kiss'', and ''Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact''. In May 2007, Suda announced during a speech at the 2007 Game Developers Conference that Grasshopper was at the time working on three titles for the Wii, two of which have now been released: ''No More Heroes'' and ''Fatal Frame IV''. There is no information on the status of the third Wii game in development then. 〔 Grasshopper was said to be working on an Xbox 360 title, and have presented a concept for a PlayStation 3 game called ''Kurayami'', a non-linear action adventure inspired by the worrying and confused universe of the Czech writer Franz Kafka, whom Goichi Suda admires. This was later renamed ''Shadows of the Damned''. On January 30, 2013, Grasshopper Manufacture was acquired by GungHo Online Entertainment. ==Games developed== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grasshopper Manufacture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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