Is there any infringement in the domestic animated film "Steel Dragon Goodbye Ultraman" released on October 1? The context of this matter is more complicated, listen to the time jun slowly for you to tell you.
In 1966, the Round Valley Company founded by Eiji Marutani, the "God of Special Photography", launched the work "Ultraman", which was popular throughout Asia. But after Eiji Marutani's death (1970), the company deteriorated and began selling overseas rights in the hands of the copyright for profit.
In 1974, Thai merchants Simpot and Marutani produced two Thai versions of ultraman-themed films, Hanuman and the Seven Ultramans and Jongji Giants and Jambo A.
In 1976, the company's president, Takashi Marutani, sold ultraman overseas rights to Simport, which is the famous 1976 document, which included the overseas perpetual exclusive rights of Ultraman 1, Ultraman 2, Seven Ultraman, Return Ultraman (Jack), Ultraman Ace, Ultraman Tyro, Giant bell temple and Jambo A, and Hanuman and the Seven Ultramans, including the right to release, production, reproduction, copyright, trademark, And the right to use the character (but it should be noted here that this power does not include the film and television adaptation rights, and the document signed by the two sides itself has many loopholes. ）
The promotional material for Goodbye Ultraman mentions the "1976 Document"
In 1995, Kazuo Marutani became the president of the company and continued to sell overseas copyrights to other companies, and Simpot protested, saying that Marutani did not have the right to sell Ultraman-related products overseas, and the two sides disputed overseas copyrights. In 1997, Round Valley sued Simbot, and the Japanese court ruled to recognize the legality and authenticity of the 1976 document, and Round Valley lost the case.
In 1997, Marutani filed a lawsuit against the Thai side, in which the Thai side found that the Documents of The Simbot side were forgeries, and the Thai court finally ruled that Marutani won the lawsuit, and Simbot was imprisoned, at this time it was already 2008, during which Marutani was still fighting a lawsuit in Japan. So things get a long time? Not really.
Simpot has ceded the authorization in his hands to the Japanese company UMC, and the Thai side has confiscated the forged documents, and the Japanese mainland has judged the authorization in the hands of the UMC company to be valid in this case. Subsequently, UMC sold the copyright to a Hong Kong company, and it was from here that Blue Arc, the producer of "Steel Dragon Goodbye Ultraman", obtained Ultraman's overseas license, but the specific licenses obtained are not known...
To sum up, that is to say, because the copyright issue between Round Valley Productions and UM about Ultraman has not been completely resolved, the Blue Arc culture authorized from UM has been involved in this copyright dispute.
That's all there is to it.
Ultraman is arguably one of the most well-known "live-action sci-fi action movies" (which feel weird to say) that grew up with a generation, and almost every post-90s child will have one or two Ultraman plastic dolls in their homes. But in fact, the knowledge about Ultraman, as smart as you, may not know it all.
Why did Ultraman, who was far away in the M78 nebula, come to Earth?
Earth's fate with Ultraman stems from a fugitive, the cosmic monster Bermura. Bermula transformed into a blue ball of light in the universe, flying extremely fast, up to Mach 10,000, similar in shape to a Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaur, with short forelimbs, but huge destructive power, and the killer skill is to emit blue light from the mouth.
Bermula
The original Ultraman came to Earth in order to hunt him down, and was killed by Ultraman at Lake Longsen. Bermula is the first monster to appear in the Ultraman series, and has since opened up the indissoluble relationship between the M78 Nebula and Earth.
What is the relationship between Ultraman in the Showa era and Ultraman in the Heisei era?
Showa and Heisei are the era names used by the Japanese emperors, which are of the same nature as the Qianlong, Kangxi, and Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, except that they died early in the early morning, while Japan adopted a constitutional monarchy system, and the era names are still used today. The Showa period refers to the period from December 25, 1926 to January 7, 1989, while the Heisei period refers to January 8, 1989 to the present.
Diga Ultraman is the representative of the Heisei family
Therefore, as the name suggests, the Ultraman of the Showa Department refers to the most familiar Otter brothers after the 80s and 90s, who are all films and broadcasts in the Showa era, including Ultraman, Zoffe Ultraman, Severn Ultraman, Jack Ultraman, Ace Ultraman, Tyro Ultraman, Ultraman Father, Ultra Mother, Leo Ultraman, Eddie Ultraman and so on.
Most of this generation of Ultraman is from the M78 Nebula in the Land of Light, but there are exceptions, such as Leo and his brother Astra from the L77 Leo Nebula, and Jonyas Ultraman from the U40 Nebula. These Ultramans are all organized by the Company and are subordinate to the Ultra Cosmic Guard.
The Ultraman of the Heisei series refers to the Ultraman series filmed after 1989, the first appearance was Gray Ultraman (launched in 1990), and the subsequent appearances include Parvat Ultraman, Zaas Ultraman, Diga Ultraman, Dana Ultraman, Gaia Ultraman and so on.
Grey Ultraman
The worldviews of these Ultraman series are set in parallel to the Showa system, and their hometowns are scattered in different parts of the universe. Digha, Gaia, and Aguru are all descendants of the giants of light that have appeared on earth in ancient times, and the earth is their homeland; Gos Ultraman from the depths of the universe; Zaas is from the Z95 nebula, and so on. The so-called heroes do not ask the source, everyone gathers on this blue planet with justice, that is, fate.
It should be noted here that in the Heisei era, there were also some Ultramans who belonged to the same worldview as the M78 Nebula, such as Pavart, Gray and others who were Ultraman, Jack and their little brothers.
Only Japan has Ultraman? Who will guard peace in other regions?
Of course not. As mentioned earlier, in order to save the deteriorating performance, Ultraman is also actively selling copyrights and developing overseas markets, so it is definitely not a surprise that there is a native Chinese Ultraman in the future.
Thai Ultraman's shape, you feel it
Back to the point, the earliest "foreign blood" Ultraman was Hanuman Ultraman from Thailand. The first Ultraman Grey of the Heisei line came from Australia. In "Ultraman USA", the three protagonists are all Ultraman avatars, namely Scott Ultraman, Chuck Ultraman, Beth Ultraman; later, the American Ultraman family also added Pavat Ultraman; and in the Malaysian stage play, there is also a licensed original Ultraman appearance - Libett Ultraman.
Ultraman also has races?
Although Ultraman's shape is similar, you can still feel that there are obvious differences in painting style and color attribution. Ultraman is divided into three races: Red, Silver, and Blue. There was also the Bai clan, and later it was collectively known as the Silver Clan with the Silver Clan.
Severn Ultraman is the representative of the Reds
Different races are responsible for different functions. The Red Clan is a natural warrior with a talent for fighting, represented by Severn, Tyro, and so on. The Silver Warriors are more diverse, with representative figures including Ultraman, Zoffy, Jack, etc. The Blue Clan is perhaps the least familiar to everyone, because in the official setting, the Blue Clan is responsible for infrastructure construction, and they are in opposition to the Red Clan and the Silver Clan, and have rebelled many times, represented by Shikari Ultraman.
It is worth mentioning that the Ultraman and Otter brothers of the Heisei lineage are not a worldview, so the racial division of the Kingdom of Light has nothing to do with the Heisei lineage.
When did the concept of the Ultraman universe come into being?
The concept of a cinematic universe is becoming more and more popular in the film industry, and Round Valley practiced it as early as the 70s. Although Ultraman did not initially intend to make a huge series, starting with Ace Ultraman, Round Valley Productions consciously associated him with the three previous Ultramans - Ultraman, Severn, jack, plus Zofi Ultraman, who had no independent series, the concept of the Otter brothers was proposed at this time.
From left to right are Zoffy, Severn, Ace, and Monbius
When I was a child, I was excited to see five Ultramans join forces to beat monsters, and the mood of American comic fans today when they see "Avengers" or "Justice League" is the same.
Funny Style Ultraman: Oh As ultraman
The impression of Ultraman is not smiling (face paralysis), a serious face of justice messengers, the only emotional outpouring seems to be the moment after the monster nods, in fact, not always, the Heisei department of Ultraman style is more diversified, there is a cosmic hero known as ultraman in the funny bearer, this is Zaas Ultraman.
From the appearance, Zaas is like Ultraman putting his red underwear on his head, which is very conspicuous when standing with other Ultramans, but in fact, people are originally the background color of the big red head! From the transformation props, you can see his comic attribute - toothbrush!
The hilarious ultraman style ultraman, which was made to commemorate ultraman's 30th anniversary, has only appeared in two tailor-made theatrical versions of the film, and is also a test of the waters made by Round Valley Productions for Ultraman to broaden the path of the play.
Are Ultraman's human identities all public?
The human identity of the early Showa Ultraman was not disclosed, and the identity of the original Ultraman was not revealed in the end, while Severn, Ace, Jack and others were only exposed at the end, but in modern times, this classic setting no longer continues.
In Gaia Ultraman, the commander of the Earth Guard XIG in episode 26 knows that the real identity of the team member I dreamed of is Ultraman, and by episode 48 everyone knows it, and what is even more "mad" is that in episode 50, through the live TV screen, people all over the world know his identity.
Gaia Ultraman
In addition, Monbius Ultraman also revealed his identity early in episode 30.
Are the Human Guards all rubbish? A monster can't win?
wrong! When I was a child watching Ultraman, I felt that the existence of the Earth Guard seemed meaningless, and each episode was first abused by monsters and then Ultraman came out to save the scene, such a setting was still fresh at first, but the routine played too much, and the audience did not think so, so there were also some unit dramas that set the story of the anti-genre, which was destroyed by human forces.
For example, in Eddie Ultraman, the frozen monster Magton, who finally appears, is killed by humans, Eddie and Julian do not transform, and the guard UGM uses its own weaknesses to develop tactics and finally destroys them with a huge iron ball.
As another example, the gas monster Kemla, who appeared in the second episode of Parvat Ultraman, was defeated by Ultraman and humans. Pawatra opened its protective shell to expose the heart, and the Human Guard WINR cooperated with the attack to eliminate it.
The most thrilling episode of Ultraman?
In retrospect, many of Ultraman's stories were in the horror genre, with Leo Ultraman being the most depressing of the overall style.
The scene of the dismemberment
The first episode is Severn Ultraman's broken leg, Leo's temporary succession, the entire series also continues the oppressive atmosphere, and there is a plot of the total destruction of the police force MAC, but the most shocking thing is probably the 50th episode where Leo is dismembered. The Buño starmen who planned to kill Leo lured him to the hospital, frozen him and cut him into pieces, but fortunately, the King of Otter appeared on the scene and used magic to revive leo who had been dismembered, which finally thwarted the aliens' plan to destroy the earth.
Is there also an animated version of Ultraman?
The most common Ultraman is a special drama, so does Ultraman have animation? The answer is yes, in 1979, "Jonyas Ultraman" produced by The Round Valley Company was in the form of an animated film.
Jonyas Ultraman
In addition, the "Ultraman USA" that first landed in the United States also adopted the form of animation, and the three Ultramans who appeared on the scene were all animated.
Of course, the domestic production of "Steel Dragon Goodbye Ultraman" is also an animation.
Which of the monsters in Ultraman is the strongest?
Iron Ultraman, flowing monster alien, although Ultraman is the core of the entire series, but the appearance of various terrifying monsters also makes people's blood boil, not every monster is a useless scum of war, and the strength of some monsters is above Ultraman, which is the strongest monster in the universe?
Undoubtedly cosmic dinosaur Super Jayton. There are many monsters that have caused trouble for Ultraman, but there is probably only one monster whose strength exceeds Ultraman's, attacking, defending, and speeding all aspects, and has effortlessly defeated Dana, Gauss, and Cyro.
Cosmic Dinosaur Super Jetton
But Ultraman always has to win, and in the end, these three Ultramans merge (don't try to twist) to become the legendary Ultraman Sega, and then use human power to barely defeat it.
Transform with a spoon? Not only that, but there are derivatives!
Most of the time, Ultraman is a serious monster fight, conscientiously defending the peace of the earth, but occasionally... There are also times when it is not so serious. The original Ultraman once used a soup spoon to transform in episode 34, which is not to mention, the official actually came out with related derivatives, I don't know if someone will suddenly gather three flowers during dinner and transform into an Otter warrior.
Hong Kong and Taiwan translations are very different
In the same world, different names, a film and television work introduced to the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, usually combined with the local culture will be translated separately, Ultraman is no exception.
"Cosmic Hero Ultraman" is the translation of the original Ultraman in the mainland, and the name of the Hong Kong area is "Superman Yoshida", directly using the name of ultraman human body Yoshida (mainland translation Hayata) plus the word Superman, the translated name of Taiwan sounds more like a juvenile manga - "Superman Overlord".
Salted Egg Superman
And when it comes to "Ultraman Severn", the Hong Kong translation name has become seven star heroes, which sounds very ancient and very martial, and the Taiwanese translation name is salted egg superman Severn, well, it is completely named after the appearance.
Other Ultraman naming methods, both sides of the strait and the three places have followed the routine of the first part, the mainland is the name + Ultraman, Hong Kong is superman + human body name, Taiwanese translation of the name continues the power of the overlord + name or salted egg superman + name, the power of the king Jack, the power of the bully Ace, the salted egg superman Deca (Diga), the salted egg superman Kaia (Gaia) and so on.
Why do adults think it's childish and children think it's good-looking?
Ultraman and special dramas are the products of a specific era, in today's CGI special effects prevail, this kind of "blindfold method" style of manual special effects seems rough, but there is still no shortage of loyal fans, especially the pursuit of children, what is the reason behind the popularity?
A widely circulated work must have core values that are accepted by the public, Ultraman is exactly the case, in Ultraman's world, justice, the defense of peace on earth is its core values, Ultraman's majestic appearance contrasts sharply with the ugliness of monsters, and the technological setting is enough to meet the rich imagination of children, the simpler concept of good and evil, the bright science fiction genre, and the fierce fight scene are enough to capture the heart of children.
The time when Ultraman entered the mainland in the 1990s was also the era of advanced computer special effects, the Internet was still in its infancy at this time, and the development of theaters in the mainland was also at a low level, and Ultraman's timely entry into the era was enough to amaze the elementary school students of that era, even if most of them were TV dramas broadcast in Japan in the 70s. (Time Jun also came into contact with Ultraman in elementary school)
In fact, the special film drama was not a special "sub-supply" work at the beginning, in the last century, Japan and Hollywood have filmed some close-up movies with very adult values, in addition to the well-known "Godzilla", "Mothra", as well as the "0 Latitude Battle" with the undersea utopia as the background, and the "Cosmic War" with aliens star wars, etc., are science fiction themes.
And those adults who have followed Ultraman so far may be childlike, perhaps to find their original intentions, and sometimes they are sincerely envious of them.
biu biu biu~
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