5 min Comment Long ago in early 2005 Avatar The Last Airbender hit our very thick television screens. Within the world of original series The Last Airbender Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko created an expansive saga inspired by Chinese. The writer and executive producer of Netflix s live-action retelling of the Nickelodeon cartoon took on the role of showrunner after creators. It depends on your definition of anime If you mean a cartoon created in Japan then no Avatar The Last Airbender isnt an anime. One of the reasons why Avatar The Last Airbender is considered an anime is due to its artistic and animation style..