四川成都十五公尺高機動戦士模型要改做

Recently the Excite News reported the following:

中国四川省成都市の遊園地「国色天郷楽園」が人気アニメの「機動戦士ガンダム」にそっくりな巨大立像を造った問題で、同園は８日までに像を撤去した。「著作権侵害」との批判を受けての対応とみられるが、同園は「担当者がおらずコメントできない」としている。像の存在は昨年末に発覚。クリスマスに合わせて建設したもので、高さ約１５メートルでガンダムに酷似していたが、同園は「自分たちでデザインを考えた」と主張。その後、「イメージと違う仕上がりになったため、修理する」として顔の部分を布で覆い隠していた。

On the 8th, China's amusement park the "Country Paradise" in Chengdu City of Sichuan removed the huge statue which looked like the popular animated cartoon "Mobile Soldier Gundam" because of the problems it had generated. This garden said that "It is not possible to comment because the person in charge not here" although it was thought that this was a response to the criticism on "Copyright infringement" that the garden had received. It was said that the drawing of the image came to light at the end of last year. It was constructed in Christmas, about 15 meters in height; although it resembled the Gundam closely, the garden insisted that "The design was thought out by themselves". Afterwards, part of the face was covered and hidden under the cloth as "it was under repair for the purpose of making it into a different image".

This "Made in China" Gundam statue has been a topic of discussion in some Japanese media in recently weeks. Finally China has decided to do something about it.