Ne Zha 2 (2025)
Original title: 哪吒之魔童闹海
Ne Zha 2 is a 2025 Chinese-language animation movie directed by Jiao Zi, with a running time of 2h 24m. It stars Lu Yanting, Joseph and Han Mo.
Ne Zha and Ao Bing return from ruin sharing a single restored body, a fragile arrangement that forces the rebellious boy-god and the dragon prince into uneasy partnership. Jiaozi's sequel widens the world of Chinese myth drawn from the sixteenth-century novel Investiture of the Gods, pitting the pair against dragon clans and celestial authorities who want them controlled or erased. The animation is enormous in scale, stacking huge set pieces and thousands of moving figures, while the story keeps circling questions of identity and defiance. It became a phenomenon in China, shattering box-office records on the strength of spectacle and its scrappy, fated heroes.
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What is Ne Zha 2 about?
Ne Zha and Ao Bing return from ruin sharing a single restored body, a fragile arrangement that forces the rebellious boy-god and the dragon prince into uneasy partnership. Jiaozi's sequel widens the world of Chinese myth drawn from the sixteenth-century novel Investiture of the Gods, pitting the pair against dragon clans and celestial authorities who want them controlled or erased. The animation is enormous in scale, stacking huge set pieces and thousands of moving figures, while the story keeps circling questions of identity and defiance. It became a phenomenon in China, shattering box-office records on the strength of spectacle and its scrappy, fated heroes.
When was Ne Zha 2 released?
Ne Zha 2 was released on 29 January 2025.
How long is Ne Zha 2?
Ne Zha 2 runs 2h 24m.
Who made Ne Zha 2?
Ne Zha 2 was directed by Jiao Zi.
Where can I watch Ne Zha 2?
Ne Zha 2 is available on HBO (Via Hulu), HBO Max, MAX (Via Amazon Prime), Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Ne Zha 2
Stream: HBO (Via Hulu), HBO Max, MAX (Via Amazon Prime)
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
Buy: Fandango at Home
Cast
- Lu Yanting as Young Nezha (voice)
- Joseph as Youth Nezha / Jie Jie Shou Left (voice)
- Han Mo as Ao Bing (voice)
- Chen Hao as Li Jing (voice)
- Lu Qi as Mrs. Yin (voice)
- Zhang Jiaming as Taiyi Zhenren (voice)
- Yang Wei as Shen Gongbao (voice)
- Wang Deshun as Wu Liang Xian Weng (voice)
- Yu Chen as Longwang of the East Sea Ao Guang / Seller (voice)
- Li Nan as Longwang of the East Sea (voice)
- Zhou Yongxi as Xi Hai Long Wang Ao Run (voice)
- Yuze Han as Ao Shun, Beihai Longwang / Marmot / Muzha (voice)
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A few thoughts on Ne Zha 2
The mythic reinvention and the weight of fathers and fate echo God of War, which drags an old legend into intimate, brutal reach. For more Chinese-myth spectacle built on a defiant folk hero, the game Black Myth: Wukong answers almost directly.
Chinese mythology reborn as blockbuster animation
Ne Zha 2 pulls Investiture of the Gods into modern animated spectacle, and this wave does the same: Yang Jian breaking from heaven's rules, a fox spirit's tragic romance in Green Snake, Jiang Ziya distrusting the gods he serves, Sun Wukong's rebellion in The Monkey King 2, and Ne Zha's own myth continuing across New Gods: Nezha Reborn and The Legend of Hei 2.
Games about mortals rebelling against the gods that rule them
Ne Zha 2's boy-god openly defies the celestial order meant to control him, and these games hand you the same fight: Black Myth: Wukong sends a rebel simian storming heaven's bureaucracy, God of War strips a former god down to a father fighting his own pantheon, Elden Ring lets a nobody rise by killing demigods, and Breath of the Wild has you undo an ancient divine catastrophe.
Animated and myth-epic adventures where an outsider defies the old order
Ne Zha 2 keeps asking whether a marked outsider can escape the fate the heavens assigned him, and these epics circle the same question: Raya crossing a fractured kingdom to rebuild trust, orcs and men under an ancient prophecy in The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim, a wandering swordswoman defying her clan in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, and Rama's exile in Ramayana.
Epic fantasy novels built around dragons, gods, and serpent spirits
Ne Zha 2 turns on a boy-god and a dragon prince sharing one body, and these novels build whole worlds from the same materials: a dragon rider's war against an empire in Brisingr, ascendant gods clashing over a besieged city in Gardens of the Moon, Radiants channeling divine power in Oathbringer, and Hindu serpent deities reimagined as political players in The Secret of the Nagas.