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Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:57 pm
by lhb412
http://kotaku.com/japans-biggest-superh ... 1797047149



Title says it all: Chaiyo has licensed Ultraman for a starring role in what is apparently some CGI superhero series made in China? To add insult to injury: all this unlicensed Tsuburaya commercials used in this promo! And take a look at that horrific body paint Ultraman who showed up at the press conference!

Anyway, August Ragone reports on Tsuburaya's open letter threatening legal action:

http://augustragone.blogspot.com/2017/0 ... legal.html

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:16 pm
by Dr Kain
Sigh, can't they both just "OH GODZILLA! WHAT TERRIBLE LANGUAGE!" and get it over with already?

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:17 am
by lhb412
^I don't quite get your metaphor, but if one were to, metaphorically, copulate with the anthropomorphic personification of Chaiyo I imagine you'd wake up in a bathtub full of ice missing a kidney with a post-it saying 'get to a hospital' on your face.

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:30 am
by Dr Kain

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:40 am
by lhb412
^This isn't just distributing those first six shows, this is putting out (crappy) original content when Tsuburaya's trying to raise the brand by putting out quality content. To quote Tsuburaya's open letter, it 'devalues the brand.'

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 2:55 am
by sentaison
Can't Chaiyo just give up on milking this cow? :x

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:59 am
by RichCo

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:10 am
by klen7
^ This isn't the first time they have done this either. Tsuburaya has successfully shot down other attempts at derivative work like an Ultraman cartoon. Not sure if the China factor will sway this in a different direction

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 10:40 pm
by lhb412
Wow. Sci-Fi Japan(Keith Aiken)'s article really lays everything out nice and tidy like - and the ending is quite enticing, giving an optimistic outlook about Tsuburaya finally settling this thing once and for all in American court!

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2017 ... s-dispute/

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 11:58 pm
by Dr Kain
Any reason in particular why it is now being done in an America court? The article didn't seem to really explain that.

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:02 pm
by RichCo

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 4:34 pm
by Henry88
one could hope this will open the door to Ultraman joining the monsterverse .

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:09 pm
by Dr Kain

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:41 pm
by lhb412
^Yeah, it's not clear from the article why it's happening, but I'm certainly happy it is happening.

The sooner Chaiyo/UGM is out of the picture is the sooner Tsuburaya can better market and distribute all things Ultra worldwide.

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:45 am
by RichCo

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:30 pm
by Specium Ray
Chaiyo sold most of their Ultraman rights to a company based in Japan called UM Corporation. UM Corporation then sub-licences to different partners around the globe. Most of what you see for sale in the Western market (budget DVD sets, smartphone games, Xbox Live avatars, etc) traces back to them. UMC licensed YouTube rights for the original Ultraman series to a party in the US, and it was flagged as a content strike from Tsuburaya. Hence, the case is being tried in the US: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-es ... ube-797291

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:03 pm
by lhb412
BAM! Thanks for that.

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:27 pm
by Dr Kain

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:13 pm
by Geno
Can't be any worse than the MonsterVerse flicks.

Re: Chaiyo & China's new Ultraman film

PostPosted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:01 pm
by Henry88