Ultraman production company Tsuburaya Productions filed a lawsuit in a Shanghai court against BlueArc, a Chinese production company based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, for alleged copyright infringement of Tsuburaya Productions’ Ultraman character and franchise.
Tsuburaya then filed another lawsuit in February, claiming that the film’s production, advertising, and screening was a copyright infringement of the Ultraman property.
The film uses the Ultraman character, and casts Ultraman as an enemy that fights against a Chinese robot hero.
Tsuburaya stated to NHK that it has not surrendered any rights to the Ultraman property, and will continue to take legal action.