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Ao Run, the Dragon Queen of the West Sea.

Ne Zha 2 (Chinese: 哪吒之魔童闹海; pinyin: Nézhā zhī Mótóng Nàohǎi; also known as 哪吒2; Nézhā Èr) is a 2025 Chinese animated fantasy adventure film, serving as the sequel to Ne Zha (2019), and the third film in Enlight Pictures' Fengshen Universe after Ne Zha and Jiang Ziya (2020). It was written and directed by Jiaozi, who also wrote and directed the first film. Like its predecessors, the film is loosely based on Chinese mythology stories and the 16th-century Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods (Fengshen Yanyi) while also containing several creative differences. The film follows Ne Zha and Ao Bing, now spirits, as master Taiyi Zhenren plans to reconstruct the two's bodies with numerous conflicts jeopardizing the process.

The film was released in theaters across China on 29 January 2025, coinciding with the first day of Chinese New Year. As with its predecessor, the film received highly positive reviews from critics. Having grossed more than US$2 billion against a production budget of US $80 million, the film broke multiple box-office records inside and outside of China. The film became the highest-grossing film in a single box office territory in its domestic market China, and globally became the highest-grossing animated film and the highest-grossing non-English language film, being the first non-English language film to gross over $1 billion and $2 billion, and the first animated film in history to hit the $2 billion mark. It also ranks as the highest-grossing film of 2025 and the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time.