On February 22, 2024, the premiere of the long-awaited series “Avatar: The Last Airbender”, which is an adaptation of the cult “Avatar: The Legend of Aang”, which was broadcast by Nickelodeon in 2005-2008. So far, many games and comics have been created based on it, and even a live action film directed by M. Night Shyamalan, which was not a success and collected a lot of negative reviews. Now this finally has a chance to change.
Netflix’s live-action “Avatar” is breaking popularity records. This is how many plays it collected in 4 days
The plot of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” directed by Albert Kim focuses on the adventures of a young boy Aang, who is the only living representative of the Air Nomads. His goal is to become the next Avatar like his ancestors and save the world in war. To do this and fend off the attack of Fire Lord Ozai, who wants to take over, he must unite all four elements and the magicians who control them. Together with his friends, he sets off on a mission full of unexpected twists and turns, and while looking for allies to fight evil, he tries to harness the power that has been dormant in him for generations.
has all the predispositions to become a real hit. In just 4 days after the premiere, a total of as many as 21.2 million plays were made, which made it the most watched title in the website’s library from February 19 to 25, 2024. This is a result that is as much as 13% better than the equally famous “One Piece” from 2023, which collected 18.5 million views over the same period of time. This meant that “Avatar” took high positions in the TOP 10 of the platform’s best productions in as many as 92 countries around the world, including Poland, where it was at the very top.
“Avatar: The Last Airbender.” Will there be a 2nd season of the series? The creator speaks directly about his plans
The success of the live-action “Avatar” was determined not only by the engaging plot, but also by the cast. This time, the creators focused mostly on young actors. Gordon Cormier played the main role, and the other characters were played by, among others, Kiwawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Daniel Dae Kim, Ken Leung, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Ruy Iskandar, as well as Maria Zhang from Poland.
So far, the reviews leave no doubts, although a few complain about the dizzying pace or too extensive dialogues. The creators carefully observe viewers’ reactions, drawing conclusions for the future. There is a chance that another season of the series will be created. – If we get another season, we will definitely include them because we already know what was missing and we will do better the second time around. Animation is a really good guide to where a live-action series might go, executive producer Jabbar Raisani said in a recent interview.
Source: Gazeta
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