I fondly remember watching this show back in my early years. Loving the bending and the world surrounding it. But I never remembered actually finishing it, just watching a lot of episodes multiple times. Now a whole bunch of years later I decided to finally sit down and watch the entire series. It was incredible how much I still remembered, a testament to the show.

In general this a perfect show. Still to this day it's effective and feels like one of its kind. No wonder it still has a following these days.

The characters are diverse and written wonderfully with rich backgrounds and satisfying arcs, especially for Aang where it really comes together in the finale after his entire journey.

The world feel alive and is incredibly well designed, it feels unique but familiar, like an alternate society. But it doesn't feel alien. The mysticism, symbolism, its all there. It really is art.

Oh and how can I forget about the score/music. Especially in the finale they do some incredible things but overall, the themes are incredible. And the main theme never gets old. Just so many instantly recognizable tracks.

The script, story.. It's all rock solid, no changes in quality or weird events that don't fit in. The only minor difference was the sad change of voice actor of Iroh who's original voice actor passed. To me it was noticeable, Mako (Iroh) had a warmth in his voice acting that felt missing later on.

Now the show does mature, which is a good thing, but that does mean the early season feels very kid focused and childish, with lots of silly humor and personally I found it a little tough to get through. Luckily the show matures and whilst there is still silliness, there's much less of it. There are some minor plot-holes/corrections, especially regarding the avatar state, but it didn't bother me.

Towards the end, it's impossible not to tear up at certain moments, it's a journey and you really get sucked into it. There is a cliff-ish hanger regarding Zuko, which sadly wasn't followed up upon. But the cliffhanger isn't part of the main story being told so it doesn't feel that bad.

Fantastic, recommend.