Ultraman production company Tsuburaya Productions has claimed the film is a violation of copyright, but it opened in China on October 1.
The Chinese production company, BlueArc, claims that they acquired the license to use the character from a Thai company that supposedly holds the overseas rights for Ultraman.
A Chinese production company based in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province produced a movie featuring the Japanese character Ultraman.
In a press release from July, Tsuburaya Productions claimed that it had not granted permission to the Chinese production company to use the character, and the movie was made without Tsuburaya Productions’ knowledge or supervision.