Interesting. Thanks for pointing that out. Now I'm deep in a wikipedia hole better understanding what anime means and what it doesn't. The more you know.
I can't put my finger on why but it just feels off. It's like they are trying too hard but hitting the uncanny valley instead, or maybe I'm just too old and it's a bit cringe to me now? Then again I felt the same way about the netflix one piece and that turned out to be entertaining so who knows. If they go for that rather than expecting me to take it seriously maybe it works here for ATLA as well.