On Tuesday, Netflix dropped five new photos of Fire Nation characters from its upcoming live-action "reimagining" of Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender. In four of the photos, fans finally get a first look at Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as General Iroh, Ken Leung as Commander Zhao, and Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula.
There's also a new shot of Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko, who fans saw a first look of back in June — when Netflix released four photos of the main cast. Here's that first photo of Zuko:
In case you need a quick refresher, here are the original three photos of Aang, Katara, and Sokka. First, there's Gordon Cormier as Twinkle Toes — er, Aang...
...Ian Ousley as Sokka (peep the boomerang on his hip)...
...and Kiawentiio as Katara.
With the founding members of the Gaang out of the way, here are the newly released photos of the Fire Nation — starting with Dallas Liu as Zuko:
For comparison, here's the live-action and animated 16-year-old hot-man side-by-side:
Next, here's Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Iroh:
...and here he is next to the animated version of everyone's favorite uncle:
Here's everyone's favorite uncle's younger brother — Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai...
...and here's a comparison of him and the animated self-proclaimed Phoenix King:
Here's Ken Leung as Commander Zhao:
Check him out next to the animated Moonslayer:
And last but never least, here's the Crown Princess of the Fire Nation herself, Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula:
Here she is next to the animated version of the 14-year-old prodigy:
When announcing the debut of the Fire Nation characters, Netflix made sure to drop the photos on TikTok and X, formerly known as Twitter. Needless to say, fans have thoughts about the flameo photos.
THE FIRE NATION HAS ARRIVED 🔥 Meet Fire Lord Ozai, General Iroh, Princess Azula and Commander Zhao in Avatar: The Last Airbender, coming in 2024. pic.twitter.com/qx3QDhocGz
While some point out that original series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko departed from the Netflix live-action series due to creative differences and a few take issue with Zuko and Azula, the majority of responses have been overwhelmingly positive:
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They actually look great. Especially Ozai and Iroh omg, ripped straight out of the animation.
— Laura 💙❄️ | Certified #1 Frost Stan (@annoyed_sister) October 17, 2023
