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Why should you watch “Avatar: The Last Airbender”?
Sep
Despite being 15 years old, Avatar the Last Airbender (ATLA) is still an entertaining, an awesome TV series. Here are three reasons why you should watch this interesing movie!
1.High fantasy with an Eastern twist
“Avatar: The Last Airbender,” the animated adventure series that ran on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008, was probably surprised by the buzz that greeted its arrival on Netflix last month. In “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” Aang, a 12-year-old air-bending monk, travels the world with a water-bender named Katara and her brother, Sokka. While you won’t really get into Buddhism directly in The Last Airbender, there’s definitely an Eastern Religion vibe. Aang is a vegetarian who shaves his head and looks every bit the Tibetan monk. Themes of harmony and balance weave throughout. None of this is hokey or in-your-face, however. There is no proselytizing taking place.
2.This movie has a compelling, conflicted villain
Prince Zuko is the disgraced son of the Firelord, and a talented—albeit ruthless—firebender in his own right. He’s made it his mission to capture the Avatar and bring him back to his father. His pursuit of Aang and his companions is an ongoing conflict throughout the show. But like our heroes, Zuko is far from a one-dimensional bad guy. Zuko is one of The Last Airbender’s best, most interesting characters. Of course, Zuko isn’t the only villain—or even the chief villain of the story—but he is Aang’s nemesis early on.
3. It’s anime for everyone even not anime’s fan.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an anime designed for an American/Western audience. Maybe it just bridges that cultural divide between very distinctly Japanese anime and the kind of animated content we’ve come to expect on this side of the pond. For whatever reason, this is a show that can appeal to a very broad base. Anime fans and people who normally pass on anime both love this show.
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