this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2025

19 points (85.2% liked)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

2457 readers

9 users here now

A community for all things related to Avatar: The Last Airbender, Legend of Korra, cartoon or live action TV, movies, comics, novels, etc.

Rules:

Be kind, regardless of nation or tribe
Credit artist(s) when possible
Post relevant content
No spoilers in title, mark spoilers
No spamming or trolling
Only relevant posts
Let people like what they like
Follow all Lemmy.world rules

Please report any rule violations.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

ahimsabjorn@lemmy.world

brucethemoose@lemmy.world

19

'Avatar: The Last Airbender's New Spinoff Just Made A Divisive Recasting [Steven Yeun as Zuko] (www.inverse.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to c/avatar@lemmy.world

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 6 months ago

I think the claim is just that recasting at all is divisive? I can't say I'm too bothered myself, though Basco's voice is so iconic it may take some getting used to. Recasting Aang is a no-brainer since Eisen isn't an actor anymore and his post-puberty voice is completely different from child Aang's anyway. And Whitman's voice was never quite as iconic as Basco's, and there's probably room to believe it may have changed; plus, they used the opportunity to recast to someone of Indigenous Canadian background, a better cultural fit for the Water Tribe.