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After taking the 2025 Spring Festival box office by storm and smashing a long list of records, “Ne Zha 2” has been progressively released in select theaters across the world. And as it turns out, the super-charged animated blockbuster, also known as “Nezha: The Demon Child Churns the Sea”, offers plenty of action, beautiful scenery, laugh-out-loud humor, drama, and heartwarming emotions around themes of family, friendship, and self-determination.

The film, which draws heavily from Chinese mythology and the 17th-century shenmo novel “Investiture of the Gods”, picks up not long after the events depicted in 2019’s “Ne Zha.” Almost as soon as our rebellious demon child and his best friend dragon prince Ao Bing (aka Spirit Pearl) are given new physical bodies, the Dragon King of the East Sea and Master Shen Gongbao attack Chentang Pass to avenge the supposed death of Ao Bing. The attack leads to the destruction of Ao...

Ne Zha 2, China’s animated mega-blockbuster, is getting another, and very special, way to excite fans and the entertainment industry. The Beijing International Film Festival has unveiled that an exhibition featuring 150 posters for the movie hand-painted by director Yang Yu, who goes by the name Jiaozi, will take place during its 15th edition, which runs April 18-26.

Enlight Media recently sold the movie across Europe. Ne Zha 2 is already the highest-grossing animated film in movie history. Since its release over Chinese New Year in January, it has earned more than $2 billion in China. In North America, Ne Zha 2 opened on Feb. 14 and has performed far better than most Chinese commercial blockbusters do in the West.

The Beijing festival will “promote the milestone breakthrough” for Chinese animated movies as the film’s “box office miracle continues,” organizers said. “The Beijing International Film Festival has always been committed to...