Shanzhai Transformers Is Coming

While some shanzhai (cheap skate) products leave you dumbfounded by the street wisdom, or at least the audacity, of Chinese people, some others will simply torture your eardrums and eyeballs and even raise concerns over the status quo of intellectual property protection in China.

We've covered how companies in China borrow inspiration from gadget makers and architects, as well as how they can be prissy about obeying copyright laws, so I guess making copycat cartoons is kind of par for the course.

Administratus Prime 26/11/2008

Here's the newest trailer of a Chinese TV series called Hyperwiz, a 3D vaguely anime-styled cartoon with cars, trucks and helicopters that transform into cars. Wait, don't you mean?… Yes, it's a ripoff of Transformers, complete with Autobots and Decepticons, and characters called Ironhide and Bonecrusher. Optimus Prime would not be pleased.

Here’s the newest trailer of a Chinese TV series called “Hyperwiz” (百变机兽), which copied the ideas of Hasbro’s Transformers, even with the icons of Autobots and Decepticons (they changed it a little and made it like a Traditional Chinese character “車” meaning automobile) and some characters like Ironhide and Bonecrusher.

BTW, you can find some visual elements of Japanese cartoon in this Hyperwiz trailer, which made it stranger.

Source: Youku Buzz

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