After a huge campaign to launch Avatar: The Last Airbender, the BC-filmed anime-adaption debuted as Netflix’s #1 series in its premiere week — with 21.2 million views.
That’s better than the premiere of Netflix’s other big anime-adaption One Piece.
You could see the hit coming. As well as taking over the Las Vegas sphere for its premiere . ..
❄️🌀 After 100 years trapped in ice, Aang is finally breaking free! Join the Avatar on his journey starting TOMORROW 🧊 @spherevegas
— Netflix (@netflix) February 21, 2024
Only 12 more hours until Avatar: The Last Airbender! pic.twitter.com/VUogTwZRxz
Avatar: The Last Airbender drew a massive crowd at Fan Expo Vancouver on February 18th: there to see the main cast and to get a sneak peek at the final trailer.
Ian Ousley(Sokko), Kawentiio (Katara), Gordon Cormier (Aang), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Uncle Iroh), Dallas Liu (Zuko) at Fan Expo Vancouver.
Related: Look at the Crowd for Avatar: The Last Airbender at Vancouver Fan Expo.
The official trailer has 85 million views to date:
And the global social campaign has reached over 1..5 billion impressions, with the #AvatarTheLastAirbender hashtag generating 1 billion views on TikTok in the past week, according to Deadline: Hollywood.
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Aang (Gordon Cormier) and his friends Katara (Kiawentiio) and Sokka (Ian Ousley) must save the world by defeating Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim) and ending the destructive war with the Fire Nation.
Main cast:
Katara (Kiawentilia), Aang (Gordon Cormier). Sokka (Ian Ousley).
Fire Nation’s Prince Zuko (Dalas Liu) and Uncle Iroh (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee)..
Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim).
Avatar: The Last Airbender:
Episodes: 8.
Working title: Trade Winds.
Vancouver filming dates: November 16th 2021 to June 11th, 2022.
Reshoots: September 01 2022 – September 23 2022.
Showrunner: Albert Kim.
Cast: Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Daniel Dae Kim, Elizabeth Yu, Ken Leung, Yvonne Chapman, Tamlyn Tomita, Maria Zhang, Lim Kay Siu, Casey Camp-Horinek, C.S. Lee, Arden Cho, George Takei, Momona Tamada, Thalia Tran, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Amber Midthunder, Danny Pudi, James Sie.
Producers: Rideback, Four Factor Productions, Ice Productions.
Filming in BC:
Avatar: The Last Airbender’s core four on set in Vancouver.
Gordon Cormier at his trailer.
Daniel Dae Kim.
Set in Surrey at Panther Paintball.
Set in Langley.
