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What you might be seeing (depending on the source) is the exceptionally low release quality.
ATLA has notorious problems with interlacing, frameskipping, inverse telecine blending... if you watch a bad source, it looks like a low-res oversharpened slideshow.
I wouldn't say its bad though. The sequel series in particular... other than the ugly CGI, I can't even pause the show anywhere and say "wow, that looks hideous and lazy."
Its not just that. Some battle aninations are fluid while others have very few frames dedicated to them. The character expressions are exagerated and unrealistic, like a caricature of anime. But yeah, the CGI in the sequel must be the worst sin they committed.
ATLA is kinda immature and exaggerated in some places yeah (which is something way too many people overlook) but the second?
Missing frames? Exaggerated expressions? Outside of a few comical scenes, LOK much more subdued and refined. Most fights are meticulously detailed and not missing frames, even setting aside the realistic posing they do for both shows.
A lot (but not quite all) of the animation is 12p, but this is standard for anime, no?
I know because I went through parts of both shows frame by frame, trying to get training data... There are some sketchy parts Studio Pierrot did for Book 2, and all of Book 2 is interlaced, but other than I could hardly even find bad example frames.
LOK is much better in that regard, but sometimes it introduced comedic moments and animation in places that were supposed to be dramatic and thrilling instead. It was really odd. But the battles were generally very good.
True. I like some of the mixed comedy, but I wish both shows was darker where it needs to be dark (like the novels). In reality... they were Nickelodeon cartoons.