The character designs, with its roots in classic Asian folklore, are colorful and inventive, and the overall animation is smooth and consistently executed". Rich from DVD Talk remarked, "In addition to the solid writing, Avatar the Last Airbender also has amazing animation. ReceptionĪs with previous seasons, the critical reception was generally positive. Mark Hamill joins the cast to voice Fire Lord Ozai, who had previously only been shown playing minor roles in the series. Zuko, who is voiced by Dante Basco, joins the Avatar during the episode "The Western Air Temple." This leaves Azula, who is voiced by Grey DeLisle, as the primary antagonist. After the voice actor Mako died during the production of season two, Iroh was voiced by Greg Baldwin. CastĪll of the protagonists from season 2 remained the same, with Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Toph voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, and Jessie Flower, respectively. The season's music was composed by "The Track Team", which consists of Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, who were known to the show's creators because Zuckerman was Konietzko's roommate. Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Aaron Ehasz, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz, Tim Hedrick, John O'Bryan along with creators DiMartino and Konietzko. Most of the individual episodes were directed by Ethan Spaulding, Lauren MacMullan and Giancarlo Volpe. The season's executive producers and co-creators were Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who worked alongside episode director and co-producer Aaron Ehasz. The season was produced by and aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom. The boxed set was released on Februin the UK. Each of the four volume DVDs consisted of one disc and five episodes, with the exception of volume four, which had six episodes, and the boxed set contained all twenty-one episodes on five discs. īetween Octoand September 16, 2008, Nickelodeon released four DVD volumes and a "Complete Box Set".
The season, and especially the finale, received much critical acclaim, with praises from sources such as DVD Talk and IGN. Season Three received a similar positive critical reception to that of the previous seasons. The season finale consisted of the four episodes airing together as a two-hour television movie. The final season features twenty-one episodes, one more than the previous two seasons. He takes away his bending to keep what he has learned in the northern air temple. Former antagonist and anti-hero Zuko changes sides and joins Aang, serving as his Firebending teacher until the season finale, when Aang finally defeats the Fire Lord and ends the war in a surprising way. Midway through the season, Aang gathers friends he met in previous episodes and leads a failed invasion into the Fire Nation. In the season's beginning, protagonist Aang and his friends Sokka, Katara, and Toph are traveling through the Fire Nation, conjuring a plan for invading the Fire Nation and looking for a teacher to teach Aang Firebending. This third and final season focuses on Aang's quest to defeat the tyrannical Fire Lord. The season was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and starred Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Jessie Flower, Dante Basco, and Grey DeLisle as character voices.
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Season Three ( Book 3: Fire) of Avatar: The Last Airbender, an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, first aired its 21 episodes from Septemto July 19, 2008. Cover for "The Complete Book 3 Collection" DVD