Avatar: The Final Airbender turned 20 this yr. To rejoice, the anime’s co-creator Bryan Konietzko and several other members of the solid held an anniversary panel at this yr’s San Diego Comedian Con the place they appeared again over the final twenty years and supplied some tantalizing hints about what’s nonetheless to come back from the franchise.
Chief amongst these was the new animated sequence Avatar: Seven Havens, with Konietzko sharing the first official art from the present. The single picture revealed two new heroes: a new Earthbender character named Pavi, and her mentor Jae.
“These are the important characters,” Konietzko revealed, whereas additionally confirming that Jeremy Zuckerman can be as soon as once more composing the music for the present, and including that, “Mike [Avatar co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino] and I, every alternative we have needed to have one other foray into an animated sequence, we like to alter up the type. We wish to make every undertaking sort of its personal factor. And so, as you’ll be able to see, it nonetheless seems like Avatar, however the world may be very totally different.”
Konietzko additionally went on to tease Avatar: The Legend of Aang, the new animated function movie, to be directed by Lauren Montgomery, and which was given an official launch date of October 9, 2026.
“We will not present you something from this but,” mentioned Konietzko, to audible sighs from the viewers. “However I can let you know of the footage that has been animated, there may be nothing that appears prefer it. It is 2D animation with these actually stunning, deep canvas environments, and it’s simply gonna blow you away.”
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