History Animation / NeZha

* TheStoic: The initially emotional Li Jing adopts this as his primary persona after Nezha is born to act as a warm and assuring figure of strength and wisdom for his son, even as Nezha's impending death weighs heavily on his soul.

* RestrainingBolt: Subverted. The collar Taiyi manages to get around Nezha's neck can barely hold back his power, and he's still strong enough to shatter the face of a mountain with a kick.

* LetThemDieHappy: The core conflict of Nezha's parents as the divine curse that will strike down Nezha is inevitable. They struggle to determine whether it is to be honest with him or to fabricate well-meaning lies to make his short existence a happy one.

* LongestPregnancyEver: By the time she finally gives birth to Nezha, Lady Yin's been pregnant with him for ''three years''.

* WarriorPoetry: When bored or feeling particularly lonely, Nezha whittles the hours away by composing rather depressing poetry.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Nezha spends much of the movie moving, speaking, and thinking at a much higher level than the average one-to-three year old. Ao Bing, who is a day younger than Nezha at least, looks and acts even older.

* TheAntiAntiChrist: Taiyi and Nezha's parents try to make the boy's doomed and very short existence less sad and rage-filled by raising him with care and, less admirably, telling him that he is in fact the earthly vessel for the Spirit Pearl rather than the Demon Pill.

* TheAntiAntichrist: Taiyi and Nezha's parents try to make the boy's doomed and very short existence less sad and rage-filled by raising him with care and, less admirably, telling him that he is in fact the earthly vessel for the Spirit Pearl rather than the Demon Pill.

* TheAntiAntichrist: Taiyi and Nezha's parents try to make the boy's doomed and very short existence less sad and rage-filled by raising him with care and, less admirably, lying that he is in fact the earthly vessel for the Spirit Pearl rather than the Demon Pill.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Nezha spends much of the movie moving, speaking, and thinking at a much higher level than the average one-to-three year old. Ao Bing, who is a day younger than Nezha at most, looks and acts even older.

It was released in China exclusively in Creator/{{IMAX}} and China Film Giant Screen theatres on 13 July 2019, followed by other theatres on 26 July, distributed by Beijing Enlight Pictures. It is the first Chinese-produced animated feature released in IMAX format, and, despite being the debut feature of its director and animation studio, and having no widely known actors in its voice cast, it has been one of the biggest commercial successes in the history of animation and that of Chinese cinema, setting numerous records for box office grosses: as of August 2019, the film is the highest-grossing animated film in China, the worldwide highest-grossing non-U.S. animated film, and the second worldwide highest-grossing non-English-language film of all time. With a gross of $729 million, it is the fourth-highest-grossing animated film of that year and the second-highest-grossing film of all time in China. It began a North American release on 29 August 2019 in select IMAX 3D theatres, before a nationwide rollout on 6 September. An English [[{{Dubbing}} dub]] was released on 31 January 2020.

It was released in China exclusively in IMAX and China Film Giant Screen theatres on 13 July 2019, followed by other theatres on 26 July, distributed by Beijing Enlight Pictures. It is the first Chinese-produced animated feature released in IMAX format, and, despite being the debut feature of its director and animation studio, and having no widely known actors in its voice cast, it has been one of the biggest commercial successes in the history of animation and that of Chinese cinema, setting numerous records for box office grosses: as of August 2019, the film is the highest-grossing animated film in China, the worldwide highest-grossing non-U.S. animated film, and the second worldwide highest-grossing non-English-language film of all time. With a gross of $729 million, it is the fourth-highest-grossing animated film of that year and the second-highest-grossing film of all time [[List of highest-grossing films in China|in China]]. It began a North American release on 29 August 2019 in select IMAX 3D theatres, before a nationwide rollout on 6 September.