For many, Avatar: The Last Airbender is considered one of the best animated series of all time. After the animated series was adapted into a live-action film in 2010, Netflix is now working on a live-action series.
What is Avatar: The Last Airbender about?
- In the world of Avatar, the four nations (Fire, Water, Earth, and Air) lived in harmony and peace, but then the Fire Nation declared war
- The members of a nation can bend their respective element and use it for combat as well as practical purposes
- The Avatar is the only person who can bend all four elements, but one day he simply vanished
- Katara and Sokka belong to the Water Nation and one day discover Aang, the lost Avatar
- Together with his friends, Aang embarks on a long journey to master all four elements
Strictly speaking, Avatar is not an anime, as it was not produced in Japan. However, the animation style clearly contains influences from the anime genre, which is why the series is still referred to as anime by many.
The animated series left fans thrilled. On Rotten Tomatoes, Avatar has a 100% approval rating and on IMDb, the series achieves 9.3 out of 10 stars. There was even a sequel with The Legend of Korra.
With the following teaser, Netflix announced the series:
What’s next for Avatar on Netflix
What’s coming next from Avatar? Netflix has planned a new live-action adaptation of the animated series. The live-action implementation is expected to be released sometime in 2024. On Twitter, the team has already given a glimpse of how the individual characters from the Fire Nation will look:
The images show Fire Lord Ozai, General Iroh, Princess Azula, and Commander Zhao. With another image, we can also catch a glimpse of Prince Zuko. In another article, MeinMMO has already explained where we know the actors from.
After the live-action implementation of One Piece, expectations are high. The series was so successful that a second season was announced.
How are fans reacting to the images? Many users have taken the opportunity to share their thoughts on the images. Many users are reassured by the new images and find them ‘pretty good.’
Following the debacle of the film “The Last Airbender”, skepticism among many is high. The film from 2010 performed extremely poorly: On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 5% approval rating and on IMDb it only reaches 4 out of 10 stars.
It is therefore even more pleasing that users are taken by the new images. MeinMMO has highlighted some comments below the tweet:
- annoyed_sister: ‘They look amazing. Especially Ozai and Iroh, omg, as if they were pulled directly from the animated series.’
- ItsBarbieAlmie: ‘Oh my god… This is so good, I honestly can’t wait!!’
- NieroDraegon_VA: ‘They look incredible.’
However, there are also some users who are skeptical about the live-action adaptation. One user thinks the story needs to be changed to make it interesting. The production team shouldn’t just copy the story.
Currently, Netflix is expanding its repertoire in the animated and anime genres. A controversial series is Castlevania: Nocturne:
New Netflix series on Castlevania causes a stir: ‘This woke-vania makes no sense’
