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Ne Zha 2 (simplified Chinese: 哪吒之魔童闹海; traditional Chinese: 哪吒之魔童鬧海; pinyin: Nézhā zhī Mótóng nào hǎi; lit. 'Nezha: The demon child churns the sea'; also known as 哪吒2; Nézhā èr) is a 2025 Chinese animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Jiaozi. It is adapted from Chinese mythology stories and the 16th-century Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods (Fengshen Yanyi). The film serves as the direct sequel to 2019's Ne Zha and the third film in Enlight Pictures' Fengshen Universe, after 2020's Jiang Ziya.

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 wholly 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 wholly animated film in history to hit the $2 billion mark. It also ranks as the highest-grossing film of 2025 and the sixth-highest-grossing film of all time.