CCTV Year-End Cultural Roundup: Surprise Cameos from Anime-style Games

Recently, CCTV released a year-end cultural highlight reel featuring clever cameos of characters from various domestic games, which has sparked heated discussions in the ACG (Anime, Comic, and Games) community.

Sharp-eyed netizens identified the games as 'F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch', 'Onmyoji', and 'Genshin Impact'. The character choices caused quite a stir: users jokingly debated the cultural nuances of 'Gui Tun' (Onikiri/Shuten Doji) from Onmyoji, while the reappearance of 'Keqing' from Genshin Impact—often nicknamed 'Master Ke'—led to memes about her 'selling beef brisket' as a representative of Liyue's positive energy. Some users also debated whether characters like Zhuang Zhou from 'Honor of Kings' were present, concluding that such features indicate the growing mainstream recognition of Chinese games.