State-run Chinese Central Television (CCTV) used clips from the 2002 anime film Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
in a piece criticizing what it described as Japan's move
toward right-wing conservatism and political nepotism. The piece covered Sunday's national election
in Japan and focused on how 75 of the 480 winners are progeny of
previous generations of politicians, including Shinzo Abe, the
presumptive next prime minister from the winning center-right Liberal
Democratic Party. The clip used shows the character Shiho "Ai Haibara" Miyano looking at a ballroom full of
children of Japan's politicians with disdain, saying that this lineage
is "what led to a corrupted future. […] It's because of this politics
of inheritance which led to human beings repeating its mistakes in
history." After the piece CCTV aired an uncensored version of James McTeigue's live-action film
adaptation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta comic book
series, and both moves have led to speculation about ideological shifts in both the
station’s output and also the ruling administration headed by the
newly-installed Chinese Communist Party general secretary, Xi Jinping. The piece can be viewed (in Chinese) here, and move can be read here.
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