Enter the ATLA fan restoration community. Around 2017–2018, a dedicated group of preservationists—using handle names like "TheElusiveGuy" and "RemasteringProject"—began a radical undertaking. They rejected the official Blu-rays as a source. Instead, they sought the highest quality source available: the original European and Japanese broadcast masters, which were less compressed than the US versions, and in some cases, the rare HD broadcast from Korean networks that accidentally aired true 1080p files.
: While fan projects are popular, an official 1080p HD release is available on platforms like iTunes and Amazon.
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