Vox Machina: More mature and ‘Korra-like,’ contains explicit callouts to Avatar (including a Janet Varney cameo), and is just a darkly funny and wholesome D&D adventure show. Scratches that same fantasy itch.
DOTA: Dragon’s Blood: Animated by Studio Mir in the same style as Avatar, another fantasy epic, and mature and fast-paced. The plot is kinda wild, but it still feels ‘western’ for lack of a better word, and I really like the characters and their VAs. There are some explicit callouts to Avatar too (like Luna’s characters design and magic that looks a whole lot like bending).
Arcane. Not a direct inspiration, but it’s simply really good and “magitech”
Pantheon. Not actually very similar to Avatar, kinda sci-fi, but watch it if you haven’t. I think this is the one ‘cartoon’ I rate significantly above Avatar.
And some more ‘mixed’ recommendations I bounced off of but many fans swear by:
Dragon Prince: The most ATLA-like, produced by an ATLA writer. As shallow as it sounds, I bounced off because of the animation style, and it felt kinda immature, but its long running and very popular among ATLA fans.
Voltron: Legendary Defender: Sci fi, but animated by Studio Mir, and has a similar “epic fantasy” feel. I actually liked this one, but just forgot to pick it back up…
Classic cartoons like gravity falls, she-ra, owl house, steven universe, adventure time. If you’re really into it, LoK paved the way for LGBTQ relationships in many of them. I also enjoyed Young Justice and Justice League, while I’m throwing those out.
The novels! The novels are great! They’re way better than the comics,.
LoK is awesome, don’t listen to anyone who tells you otherwise. Watch it in HD with headphones, its gorgeous.
I can recommend similar “western anime” shows, as we have some that are clearly pay homage to Avatar.
Yea go ahead.
Kinda depends what you’re looking for.
Vox Machina: More mature and ‘Korra-like,’ contains explicit callouts to Avatar (including a Janet Varney cameo), and is just a darkly funny and wholesome D&D adventure show. Scratches that same fantasy itch.
DOTA: Dragon’s Blood: Animated by Studio Mir in the same style as Avatar, another fantasy epic, and mature and fast-paced. The plot is kinda wild, but it still feels ‘western’ for lack of a better word, and I really like the characters and their VAs. There are some explicit callouts to Avatar too (like Luna’s characters design and magic that looks a whole lot like bending).
Arcane. Not a direct inspiration, but it’s simply really good and “magitech”
Pantheon. Not actually very similar to Avatar, kinda sci-fi, but watch it if you haven’t. I think this is the one ‘cartoon’ I rate significantly above Avatar.
And some more ‘mixed’ recommendations I bounced off of but many fans swear by:
Dragon Prince: The most ATLA-like, produced by an ATLA writer. As shallow as it sounds, I bounced off because of the animation style, and it felt kinda immature, but its long running and very popular among ATLA fans.
Voltron: Legendary Defender: Sci fi, but animated by Studio Mir, and has a similar “epic fantasy” feel. I actually liked this one, but just forgot to pick it back up…
Classic cartoons like gravity falls, she-ra, owl house, steven universe, adventure time. If you’re really into it, LoK paved the way for LGBTQ relationships in many of them. I also enjoyed Young Justice and Justice League, while I’m throwing those out.
Thanks for recommendation