--- title: Suda 51's Grasshopper Manufacture splits from NetEase description: Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes led by Goichi Suda, is becoming independent after five years under Chinese conglomerate NetEase... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/suda-51-s-grasshopper-manufacture-splits-from-netease-dy5emhis9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Suda 51's Grasshopper Manufacture splits from NetEase | daily.dev og:description: Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes led by Goichi Suda, is becoming independent after five years under Chinese conglomerate NetEase... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/suda-51-s-grasshopper-manufacture-splits-from-netease-dy5emhis9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Dy5EMhIs9.png og:image:alt: Suda 51's Grasshopper Manufacture splits from NetEase og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Suda 51's Grasshopper Manufacture splits from NetEase **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes led by Goichi Suda, is becoming independent after five years under Chinese conglomerate NetEase Games. The split follows the completion of Romeo Is A Dead Man and was reached after discussions with NetEase; Suda cited improved self-publishing capabilities and a desire to create a wider variety of game styles under its own independent banner ahead of its 30th anniversary. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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