Canadian comic book artist Nina Matsumoto, who will be working on The Last Airbender manga prequel, recently posted a piece of fan art of Avatar: The Last Airbender on her deviantART page.
While she admits she will not be rendering the Gaang like this for the actual prequel manga, it’s a nice sample of her style and a taste of things to come. She does go on to note that the prequel manga will chronicle Zuko’s banishment.
Thanks go out to valalight for the tip!
Tags: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Katara, m. night, Nina Matsumoto, Noah Ringer, Zuko
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August 20, 2009 at 7:52 am |
FIRSTINACOUS friggin yeah
August 20, 2009 at 11:35 am |
Wow! That looks amazing!!
January 24, 2010 at 5:29 pm |
if by amazing you mean they are the spitting images of the actors in “Ember Island Players”
August 20, 2009 at 5:41 pm |
it looks nice, the manga should be good then!
August 20, 2009 at 6:04 pm |
your welcome ^_^
I’m really interested in how she will do the manga. and I’m glad they actually got someone with talent to do the illustration.
August 21, 2009 at 3:31 am |
So now Zuko will be a *real* bishonen lol
August 21, 2009 at 4:30 am |
Haha @ Nikita!!!!
Can’t wait to pick it up! The art should be beautiful, so hopefully the story’s good.
August 21, 2009 at 3:46 pm |
The story is big ,nice y good for the word thanks!
August 21, 2009 at 7:40 pm |
The manga will cover Zuko’s banishment?
Does that…does that mean it won’t be in the movie?
August 22, 2009 at 5:02 pm |
No, I don’t think it means that at all…
this manga is covering what happens in the movie, same with the TV show manga. If anything that means his banishment definitely will be covered in the movie.
That’s my opinion, though. You can look at this matter however you like.
August 23, 2009 at 3:46 am
But this is for the prequel manga, not the manga that reflects what’s in the movie.
Believe me, I’m not trying to be negative, but this is what springs to mind when I read this.
August 22, 2009 at 9:32 pm |
No, it’s going to cover Zuko’s banishment by the movie’s standards.
August 23, 2009 at 3:57 pm |
To your reply:
Huh, I guess you’re right. I must have overlooked where it said “prequel”.
But, that doesn’t mean it won’t be in the movie. This could just be where it starts before Zuko gets his scar, and then the story moves on from that point. In the movie they could still do a flashback to it. Just because it’s in the prequel doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t be talked about in the movie.
I was having trouble wording that, though, so if you don’t understand what I’m saying I get why. 😉
But actually the movie really has no choice but to cover why he has his scar. Without that information the whole storyline falls apart, really.
August 22, 2009 at 4:58 am |
aang looks like a girl
August 22, 2009 at 11:37 am |
looking good!! cant wait to get some more details on zukos banishment
August 22, 2009 at 11:23 pm |
aang looks like the girl who played him at the fire nation theatre..
August 23, 2009 at 4:26 am |
@ew: Yeah, you’re kinda right. lol
August 24, 2009 at 12:20 am |
anime eyes can do that to a person, lol
like the style, though! Can’t wait to see the comic.
August 24, 2009 at 12:44 am |
I think it will cover the banishment if full detail, not just iroh telling the story 😀
August 28, 2009 at 9:54 pm |
I used to read the artist’s webcomic Saturnalia, before it went on permanent hiatus, and enjoyed it immensely. She certainly has a very unique, interesting art style, and a pretty good grasp of pacing and story. Plus, she makes funnies! So, all in all, I’m actually pretty excited about this piece of news.
September 11, 2009 at 6:51 pm |
Hey! They posted a pic of what Zuko is gonna look like!
http://spacecoyote.deviantart.com/art/Zuko-sketch-136606488
December 31, 2009 at 4:51 am |
Aang does look like a girl. Does Sokka’s head look a little too long and pointy?
December 31, 2009 at 4:01 pm |
Thanks!!!
April 1, 2010 at 1:06 am |
I loved aang.. He is so funny ^.^
July 24, 2010 at 9:44 am |
wow nice but aang looks like a girl from the fire nation theatre i think but keep up the good work!!<3