It’s time to learn more about the story behind the development of Jet Set Radio! Follow along as we examine interviews, documentaries, magazines, beta footage and much more to get the full scope of Smilebit’s adventure.
Sources:
Books & Magazines:
SEGA Dreamcast Collected Works – lots of previously unknown info in here. I recommend it for any SEGA/Dreamcast fan: https://readonlymemory.vg/shop/book/sega-dreamcast-collected-works/
Edge Magazine Interview regarding the SEGA 2000 restructure:
https://retrocdn.net/images/9/9f/Edge_UK_089.pdf
https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Jet_Set_Radio#cite_note-Edge-mag-interview-15
Official Dreamcast Magazine Issue 6: Jet Grind Radio Interview
https://archive.org/details/OfficialSegaDreamcast6JulAug2000/page/n33/mode/2up
Pictures:
Dedtoot’s cleanup of the concept art from the documentary: https://twitter.com/dedtoot/status/1356339187792932864
JSR before and after cel shading:
https://twitter.com/vgdensetsu/status/727251249192701952
Articles:
First Impressions of JSR @ TGS 1999:
https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/09/17/tgs-jet-set-radio-first-impressions
TGS: SEGA Shows Jet Set Radio
https://web.archive.org/web/20140718194202/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/tgs-sega-shows-jet-set-radio/1100-2461289/
https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2008/06/jet-set-radio-or-grind-radio-if-youd.html
Interviews:
IGN Interview just after E3 2000:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/26/igndc-interviews-the-creators-of-jet-grind-radio
Behind the Scenes of Jet Set Radio:
https://web.archive.org/web/20151001105809/http://www.gamestm.co.uk/features/behind-the-scenes-jet-set-radio/
SEGA 60th Anniversary Masayoshi Kikuchi Interview:
https://www.otaquest.com/masayoshi-kikuchi-interview/
Polygon Interview with Masayoshi Kikuchi & Ryuta Ueda:
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/9/12/3319792/jet-set-radio-hd-creators-look-back-on-the-original-game
USGamer 20th Anniversary Interview:
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/jet-set-radio-20-year-anniversary-sega-feature-interview
Hideki Naganuma Sapporo Jinkutan Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PngFE9mUEj8
Videos:
A Dream Cast Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD7JYqty8aE
Jet Set Radio: A Rude Awakening Documentary
Media Graveyard JSR Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IywkLPdnoqA
IGN Japanese Trailer: https://youtu.be/oMWI18w11ag
TubeCowp Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7PG-z25i-0
Tronic Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R923ROKm3XU
Dreamcast Express Trailer: https://twitter.com/NewXity/status/1358113653430644739
Miscellaneous Links:
https://tcrf.net/Jet_Grind_Radio_(Dreamcast)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-10-08-mizuguchi-in-tokyo-when-sega-made-art-from-the-arcade-spirit
https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-creators-of-jet-set-radio-reveal-why-they-never-made-a-new-game-20th-anniversary-feature-on-usgamer.237730/
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CelShading
https://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11164&start=20
https://segaretro.org/Ryuta_Ueda
https://segaretro.org/Jet_Set_Radio
https://segaretro.org/Hideki_Naganuma
https://segaretro.org/Masayoshi_Kikuchi
https://segaretro.org/Masayoshi_Yokoyama
