Ultraman Forum

It appears that if the Chinese Prime Minister speaks, people listen.  It turns out that Prime Minister Wen Jiabao complained that his grandkid was watching too much Ultraman rather than Chinese cartoons, according to Variety.

During a recent visit to Jiangtong Animation, the Prime Minister said the following:

I sometimes take care of my grandson.  But he always watches 'Ultraman.' He should watch more Chinese cartoons.

Your work is meaningful. You should play a leading role in bringing Chinese culture to the world ... let Chinese children watch more of their own history and its own country's animation.

In an effort to try to help the underperforming Chinese industry, a boycott of Ultraman has been underway. 

Is this a battle that Ultraman can win?  Should a country only watch entertainment made in that country?  What about the children?  Should they be deprived of watching a show just because it was made in another country?  Do you think a boycott like this would happen in other countries if the government expressed their "concern"?

Don't worry China. In three years your economy will outperform the japanese one and you won't have to worry about these things anymore. Moreover, your movies are way better than the japanese, so no need to complain.

boycotts do nothing to china my mateys (but on national tv it does) :) there is always pirates and heaps and heaps of them. And chinese cartoons only show history with weird deformed ugly drawings, its a wonder why kids never watch them (mum tried to make me when i was 5. it was horrible) .Ultraman is Ultraman it even has a nickname in china that literally translate to salty egg head superman :D (not to insult, simply becuase suited to be called that especially since the audience was a bunch of little children, repeat not to insult). I don't think many children will like the idea of ultraman being doomed in their nation. But then again, I barely see ultraman showing on china TV, when I went to visit the several times, its almost no where. the giant hero they have is the power rangers (when they like put their powers together and form that massive robot) but even then I think that the version they show is an export.

SHIT! They caught onto your plan to destroy the Red Chinese! Get out of there, Ultraman! RUN!