Japan lost the lawsuit.

Ultraman’s copyright dispute has continued to stir up waves since the film “Steel Dragon: Goodbye Ultraman” was released in July 2017. This time, after the film received the Long Label from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television , rushing to put pressure on theaters before the movie is released.

It is reported that after learning that the film "Steel Dragon: Ultraman Goodbye" applied for a screening license from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, Tsuburaya contacted the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television to claim that the film was infringing, and the State Administration contacted the founder of Blue Arc Animation, Film director Wang Wei communicated the matter, confirmed that there was no infringement and granted a film screening license.

In fact, when Tsuburaya first claimed that the film infringed upon copyright infringement, Lan Arc issued a statement in response:

1. The final trial of China’s Supreme Court (and the second trial of the High Court) both ruled against Japan’s Tsuburaya. ;

2. China’s Supreme Court determined that Japan’s Tsuburaya has lost the exclusive right to use Ultraman’s overseas copyright and trademark rights;

3. Tsuburaya publicly refused to acknowledge this ruling, and in China There are a large number of Ultraman commercial activities in China and they refuse to hand over the trademark rights. Our company will take necessary legal action against this;

4. Our company has obtained legal authorization from UM Company this time.

On September 15, 2017, film director Wang Wei also responded domineeringly in his personal capacity: "Japanese Tsuburaya is lying! Lying! Lying!" and listed the original English version of the "1976 Contract" The content, the content of the final ruling of the Supreme Court of China, and China's Copyright Law clearly reiterated that Lan Arc has the right to produce Ultraman movies, and expressed his disdain for Japan's Tsuburaya for confusing the public.