What are the differences between the animation and the series?

When a title changes format, it is normal for the story to undergo some changes to fit the new way in which it will be presented, as each format meets different needs and audiences, even though they may converge at some point.

Thus, “Avatar: The Last Airbender”, a live-action Netflix series that adapts the animation shown by Nickelodeon between 2005 and 2008 under the title “Avatar: The Last Airbender”, will feature some differences in terms of relation to the original work.

With this in mind, RECREIO brought together all the changes already confirmed in production in the sequence below. Check out:

NEW EVENTS

Albert Kimwho acts as showrunner, executive producer and screenwriter on the series, revealed, in a chat with SFX Magazine (via Omelete), that the new production will show events that were not presented in detail in the animation, such as, for example, the War 100 Years.

The original series never shows the Fire Nation attacking the Southern Air Temple [local em que Aang cresceu antes de descobrir que é o Avatar]and that’s something we see in our version.”

INTRODUCTION OF AZULA AND THE FIRE LORD OZAI

In an interview with IGN, Kim revealed that the introduction of Azula and Fire Lord Ozai will be made in advance of the series. While in “Avatar: The Last Airbender” the characters appear in the second season, in the Netflix live-action they will appear in the first episodes of the plot, in order, according to the showrunner, to make the story “a little richer and deeper in terms of character stories.”

Furthermore, he said that the change also happened, as they wanted to “ensure that Zuko was a much more dimensional character”.

We needed to know more about Zuko’s background and why he’s doing what he’s doing, and set that in the context of his family dynamic and how he fits in with his father and sister.”

NEW FORMAT

“Avatar: The Last Airbender” will not follow the weekly adventure format seen in the Nickelodeon cartoon. The story will be portrayed in a “serialized drama”, as explained by Kim in conversation with SFX Magazine.

Now with IGN, Kim explained the reason behind the decision, in addition to emphasizing that Aang’s journey will have the same beginning and ending as the animation.

[A motivação de Aang] It’s a little looser, as befits a cartoon. We needed to make sure he had that motivation [alta] from the beginning. And so, that’s a change we made. Essentially, we give him this vision of what’s going to happen and he says, ‘I have to get to the Northern Water Tribe to stop this from happening.’ This gives him a lot more narrative compulsion going forward, rather than [quando Aang diz]: ‘Let’s take a detour and ride the elephant koi, that kind of thing.’ So that’s something, again, that’s part of the process of going from a Nickelodeon cartoon to a Netflix serialized drama.”