Avatar: The Last Airbender ( Avatar: The Legend of Aang in some areas) is an American animated television series that aired for three seasons at Nickelodeon. The series began in February 2005 and ended with a two-hour episode called Sozin's Comet in July 2008. Avatar: The Last Airbender is set in a world similar to Asiatic where some people can manipulate classical elements. with a variant of psychokinesis from Chinese martial arts known as "bending". The series is presented in a style that combines anime with American cartoons and relies on the image of East-and-South Asia, Inuit, and New World societies. It follows the protagonist, Aang's twelve-year-old and his friends, who must bring peace and unity to the world by ending the Lord Lord's war with three countries.
The series is commercially successful and is acknowledged by audiences and critics who praise the arts, humor, cultural references, characters, and themes. It was nominated for - and won - Annie Awards, Genesis Awards, Primetime Emmy Award, and Peabody Award. The first season's success prompted Nickelodeon to book the second and third seasons and the series inspired the financially successful but critically successful live-action movie The Last Airbender , considered one of the worst films ever made, which is directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Merchandising for the series consists of action figures, trade card games, three video games, stuffed animals distributed by Paramount Parks, and two lego sets. An art book was published in June 2010. A sequel series titled The Legend of Korra aired from 2012 to 2014. The full series was released on Blu-Ray in May 2018 for the 10th anniversary of season 3.
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Series overview
Settings
Avatar: The Last Airbender is set in the world - adjacent to the parallel spirit world - which is home to humans and hybrid animals. Human civilization is divided into four countries, named after four classical elements: Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom, Fire Country, and Air Nomads. Every nation has a different society in which the chosen people, known as "benders" (waterbenders, earthbenders, firebenders and airbenders), have the ability to manipulate telekinetik and control their nation elements using martial arts.
Only the Avatar has the ability to bend the four elements. Avatar, which may be male or female, is an international referee in charge of maintaining harmony among the four countries, and acts as a mediator between man and spirit. When Avatar died, their spirits reincarnated into the next four countries in what is known as the Avatar cycle: Fire Nation, Air Nomad, Water Tribe, and Earth Kingdom. An Avatar is needed to master every bending art, starting with the element of their native nation, and continuing to study the others in the order of the Avatar cycle, beginning at the age of sixteen. Avatar also has the ability to enter a condition known as Avatar Country, where they gain the knowledge and abilities of all previous Avatar. Although that's when they're the strongest, if Avatar was ever killed while in Avatar State, the reincarnation cycle will end and his avatar will never be reborn.
Synopsis
More than a century before the events of the series began, Fire Lord Sozin, the ruler of the State of Fire, planned a world war to expand the territory and influence of his country. He was banned from carrying out his plans by Avatar Roku, who was born in the Fire Country. After Roku's death, Avatar was reincarnated as Airbender named Aang. Since Avatar is now a child, Sozin sees his chance and continues his militant plan. At the age of twelve, Aang learns about his avatar status because of the threat of Sozin's war. Fearing of his new responsibilities and parting with his mentor Gyatso, he leaves his home with his flying bison, Appa. Aang was forced into the ocean by storm; he entered the Avatar State and wrapped himself and Appa in suspended animation on the iceberg near the South Pole for a hundred years. Sozin, knowing the aviation reincarnation cycle of Air Nomad's mandated reincarnation is a new Avatar, genocide against the Air Nomads during a once-centuries comet journey that increases the power of the Firebenders, and continues its world conquest.
In the present, when the Fire Country continues its war against other countries, Katara, a fourteen-year-old waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe, and her older brother Sokka find and revive Aang and Appa. Aang learns about war and the brothers join him to reach the North Air Tribe in the North Pole so he and Katara can learn waterbending. Aang's return attracts the attention of Prince Zuko, the current deputy son of Fire Ozai, who pursues them, accompanied by his uncle Iroh. Aang is also pursued by Zhao, a Rear Admiral who intends to win Ozai's heart and rob Zuko of his redemption. On his way to the North Pole, Aang learns about genocide against his people when he visits the ruins of the Southern Air Temple. During the winter solstice, Aang meets the spirit of his predecessor, Avatar Roku, and comes to terms with his responsibilities. With the North Water Tribe, Aang and Katara learn waterbending from Master Pakku; Sokka falls in love with the chief's daughter, Princess Yue. The Zhao navy surrounded the tribe, seizing the mortal forms of ocean and moon spirits - the source of waterbending - and causing a lunar eclipse. Zhao kills the moon spirits to deprive the waterbenders of their abilities but Aang joins the marine spirits to expel the enemy fleet while Yue sacrifices his life to revive the moon spirit. When Ozai heard about his elder brother Iroh's resistance to Zhao, he sent his daughter, Azula, to arrest Iroh and Zuko.
After leaving the North Water Tribe, Katara continued to teach Aang waterbending while the group searched for the mentor who coached the earth. They met Toph Beifong, a blind, twelve-year-old blind boy who wanted independence from his upper class family. Chased by Azula, Zuko and Iroh live a new life in the Earth Kingdom as nomads and refugees, settling in the capital city of Ba Sing Se. In a library guarded by the spirit of Wan Shi Tong, Aang and his group study the solar eclipse that will soon let them stop the Fire Nation before Sozin's comet arrives. They travel to Ba Sing Se to tell the Earth King about this information. In the city, they discover that King Earth Kuei is the puppeteer, manipulated by Long Feng, the secret police chief of Dai Li. After Aang's group exposes Long Feng's political tactics, Toph is captured but escapes by learning to bend the metal. Dai Li joins Azula to incite the coup of Ba Sing Se, and Zuko, who has spent his time in Ba Sing Se trying to reconcile with his identity, side with his sister Azula. As long as the face on the catacombs below the ancient city, Azula almost kills Aang, forcing the protagonist to withdraw with help from Iroh and leave the Earth Kingdom under the control of the Fire Country.
Aang emerges from a coma to find his friends and allies disguised as soldiers on the ships of the Fire Country, preparing to attack the capital of the Fire Country during a solar eclipse. The invasion was initially successful, but Aang and his friends could not find Ozai and were forced to retreat. Zuko learns about his father's intentions to destroy the Earth's Kingdom during the return of Comet Sozin; he begins to regret his decision, and leaves the Fire Nation to join Aang and teach him by fire. As the comet approaches, Aang, a pacifist, wrestles with the possibility that he must kill Ozai to end the war. As he, in exile, consults with his predecessor's spirit for counsel, Katara and others meet Iroh, who leads a secret society called the Order of the White Lotus. Order frees Ba Sing Se. Sokka, Toph, and Suki warriors attacked the air ship of the Fire Nation, while Zuko and Katara confront Azula to prevent him being crowned as the new Fire deity. When the comet arrives, Aang faces Ozai but can not benefit until Ozai triggers Aang connection to Avatar State. Aang Ozai strip from his firebending powers. Zuko was crowned the new Fire deity and set up a truce, building peace in the world.
Episode
The series consists of sixty one episodes. The first episode - a one-hour premiere - aired on February 21, 2005, at Nickelodeon. The series ended with a two hour television movie broadcast on July 19, 2008. Each season of the series is known as "The Book", where each episode is referred to as "chapters". Each book takes its name from one of Aang's elements, the protagonist, must master; Water, Earth, and Fire. The first two seasons of each event consist of twenty episodes and the third season has twenty-one episodes. The entire series has been released in DVD form in Region One, Two, and Four.
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Development
Conception and production
Avatar: The Last Airbender was created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California. The animation is mostly done by South Korean studios JM Animation, DR Movie, and MOI Animation. According to Konietzko, the series was conceived in early 2001 when he took the old sketch of a bald middle-aged man and imagined the man as a child. He drew the characters dribbling bison in the sky and showed sketches to DiMartino, who was watching a documentary about a trapped explorer at the South Pole. Konietzko describes the early development of their concept; "There is an air man along with water people trapped in snowy snowy land... and maybe some fire people are pressuring them". The co-creator managed to present the idea to vice president Nickelodeon and executive producer Eric Coleman two weeks later.
The series was introduced to the public in the reel teaser at Comic-Con 2004, and aired on February 21, 2005.
In an interview, Konietzko said: "Mike and I are genuinely interested in other Epic legends & Lore properties, such as Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings , but we know that we want to take a different approach to the genre.Our passion for Japanese anime, Hong Kong action and kung fu cinema, yoga, and Eastern philosophy took us on the initial inspiration for Avatar: The Last Airbender . "
Influences
The series is famous for borrowing extensively from East Asian art and mythology to the universe. Its creators employed cultural consultant Edwin Zane and calligrapher Siu-Leung Lee to help determine the direction and arrangement of art. The design of his character is influenced by Chinese art and history, Hinduism, Taoism and Buddhism, and Yoga. Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn compose music and sound series; they experimented with a variety of instruments, including guzheng, pipe, and sitting, to match the event's Asian-influenced setting. The fictitious location art style used in this series is based on the real location in Asia. Sites like the Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China in Beijing are the inspiration for the Kingdom of Earth city of Ba Sing Se.
The fighting style used by the performing characters comes from Chinese martial arts, where filmmakers use Sifu Kisu from the China Athlete Sport Association Harmonious Fist as a consultant. Each unique fighting style for "benders" that uses them or characters that are aligned with certain elements. For example, "waterbending" practitioners use movements that are influenced by Tai Chi and focus on alignment, body structure, breathing, and visualization. Hung Gar is an inspiration for practitioners "bandage", and was chosen for his strong and strong stance as a representation of the solidity of the earth. Northern Shaolin, which uses strong arm and leg movements, is chosen to represent "firebending". Ba Gua, which uses dynamic circular motions and rapid change of direction, is used to "fly the air". The Chu Gar Southern Praying Mantis style can be seen practiced by Earthbender Toph, who developed a unique fighting style as a result of his blindness. Asian cinema influences the presentation of this martial arts movement.
Other media
Books
Several books based on the event have been published. Dark Horse Comics published an art book titled Avatar: The Last AirbenderÃ, â € "The Art of the Animated Series on June 2, 2010, with 184 pages of original art from this series. Some comic short stories are published in Nickelodeon Magazine , and Dark Horse publishes Avatar: The Last AirbenderÃ, - The Lost Adventures - a collection of these and new comics - on June 15, 2011.
Dark Horse published a series of graphic novels by Gene Yang who continued the story of Aang after the Hundred Years War. Avatar: The Last AirbenderÃ, - The Promise , published in three volumes in 2012, explores the fate of the Fire Country colony that became The Legend of Korra ' s United Republic. The second set of three comic books, Avatar: The Last AirbenderÃ, - The Search , focuses on Zuko and Azula, and the fate of their mother Ursa. The third set, Avatar: The Last AirbenderÃ, - The Rift , shifts the focus to Aang, the creation of Republican City, and Toph's relationship with his family.
Video game
Video-game trilogy by series has been released. The Avatar: The Last Airbender video game was released on October 10, 2006, and Avatar: The Last AirbenderÃ, - The Burning Earth was released on October 16, 2007. Avatar: The Last AirbenderÃ, - Into the Inferno was released on October 13, 2008. Avatar: Legends of the Arena , a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows, released on 15 September 2008 by Nickelodeon. Players can create their own characters and interact with other players around the world. Avatar: The Last Airbender is the best-selling Nickelodeon THQ game in 2006 and is one of Sony CEA's Greatest Hits.
Movies
The series' first season is the basis of the 2010 live-action movie The Last Airbender , written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It was intended as the first of the movie trilogy, each of which will be based on one of three television seasons. The filming of critics and fans of the television series was very negative; it has a six percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and received five Razzies at the 31st Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture. Although the film originally shared the title of the television series, the title of The Last Airbender was used because the producers worried it would be confusing with the James Cameron movie Avatar . The Last Airbender starred Noah Ringer as Aang, Nicola Peltz as Katara, Jackson Rathbone as Sokka, Dev Patel as Zuko, and Shaun Toub as Iroh.
Sequel
The Legend of Korra , the sequel series for Avatar: The Last Airbender , was aired on Nickelodeon on April 14, 2012. It was written and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, creators and the producer of the original series. The show was originally titled Avatar: Legend of Korra , then The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra ; It happened seventy years after the end of Avatar: The Last Airbender . The series' protagonist is Korra, a 17-year-old woman from the Southern Water Tribe who is an incarnation of Avatar after Aang's death.
Reception
Ratings
The Avatar: The Last Airbender is the highest-rated animated television series on its premiere; an average of 3.1 million viewers watched every new episode. It has 5.6 million viewers for the highest rated episode and is a highly rated part of the Nicktoons line beyond its demographic target of 6 to 11 years old. A special hour, The Secret of the Fire Nation , consists of episodes "The Serpent's Pass" and "The Drill", aired on September 15, 2006, and attracted 5.1 million viewers. According to Nielsen Media Research, the specialty is the highest-rated cable television program of the week. In 2007, Avatar: The Last Airbender was syndicated to over 105 countries and was one of Nickelodeon's top ranking programs. The series is ranked first in Nickelodeon in Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Belgium, and Colombia.
The fourth series series, "Comet Sozin's", has the highest ratings of the series. Its first averaged 5.6 million viewers, 95% more than Nickelodeon in mid-July 2007. During the week of July 14, it was the most watched program among under 14s. This final popularity is reflected in online media; Rise of Phoenix King , online game Nick.com based on "Sozin's Comet", has nearly 815,000 games in three days. IGN placed the 35th series on the list of 100 best animated TV shows.
Critical response
Avatar: The Last Airbender gets critical acclaim. Max Nicholson of IGN calls it "must-watch" and describes it as "one of the greatest animated series of all time". Nick Hartel of DVD Talk calls the series "extraordinary child-friendly events" that the heritage "has to endure for years to come". Erik Amaya of Bleeding Cool described the series as "impressive in sophistication" and "fantastic". Henry Glasheen of SLUG Magazine calls this series "adventurous and exciting", "classic" and sometimes moving. According to Brittany Lovely from Hypable , it tells the story "complicated and beautiful". Joe Corey of Inside Pulse described the series as an anime-action hybrid. Chris Mitchell from Popzara called it one of the best shows to air in Nickelodeon, praising background music and the acting sound of the series. D. F. Smith of IGN recommends it to viewers who enjoy an action-adventure cartoon.
Rob Keyes of Screen Rant called the series "one of the greatest cartoons ever made". Mike Noyes from Inside Pulse recommends it to viewers who enjoy "great" adventures. Gord Lacey of TVShowsonDVD.com called this series "one of the best animated shows ever". According to Todd Douglass, Jr. from DVD Talk, adults will enjoy the series like children. Joshua Miller of CHUD.com calls it "phenomenal" and "one of the best animation programs (kids or adults) ever owned by American TV"; according to Miller, the series is heavily influenced by anime. Tim Janson of Cinefantastique described it as "one of the most interesting animated shows produced". Dennis Amith from J! ENT calls the series "one of the best animated TV series featured in the US by American creators". Amits praised his sophisticated storyline, joy, humor, and action. Franco "Cricket" Te Nerd Society described Avatar as "one of the best cartoon [s]" he had ever seen, recommending a series for his character and plot. Scott Thill from Wired calls this series interesting and its settings, influenced by the Eastern world, "fantastic". Kirk Hamilton of Kotaku said this series should be part of the golden age of television, and recommend "sophisticated children's show" to others.
The writing and theme of this event has been widely praised by critics. Michael S. Mammano from Den of Geek calls the plot "intelligently written" and praises its animation. Jenifer Rosenberg from ComicMix loves program emphasis on family, friends, community, and education. According to Nick Hartel, this series touches on the theme of "genocide and self-doubt" without scary young people; malicious characters can be redeemed, sending important messages that people can change and not bound by "destiny". Chris Mitchell called the plot "fantastic". D. F. Smith compares the series plot to Japanese action cartoons, calling his tone and dialogue "very American" and praising the humor that accompanies a dramatic epic theme that is suitable for all ages. Rob Keyes also praised the series humor and influenced the plot: "[It] will catch your heart".
According to Mike Noyes, this series incorporates elements of "classical epic fantasies". Todd Douglass, Jr. calling the plot interesting, well thought out, and meaningful. The concept of this series "manifested well", with a consistent story. Douglass writes that the character "has the true meaning of development", and praises the authors for their humor, drama, and emotion. Joshua Miller calls the series very dark despite its "ridiculous" theme; the plot is more lively than Lost and, similar to the last show, emphasizes character development. According to Miller, his writing is "the level of telling of true adults". Tim Janson describes this series as more of a fantasy and a superhero themed, seeing the characters as center and connected. "Cricket" Te praised the use of Buddhist philosophy and the presentation of various themes of courage and life. Kirk Hamiltion praised this series for expressing itself to its listeners to be themselves and for its quiet progresivitas.
Critics also praised Avatar: The Last Airbender character development, art, animation, and choreography; Eric Amaya enjoys an expressive animation that completes his writing. According to Amaya, the element is influenced by Hayao Miyazaki. Todd Douglass, Jr. calling the development of the character is interesting. Jenifer Rosenburg praised the portrayal of the women series as "powerful, responsible, [and] smart". According to Joshua Miller, the use of bending character benders for daily activities brings "depth and confidence" to the world of avatars. Miller calls the "rich and immersive" series design, with each nation having its own detailed look. He praised the action scenes as being "well-given", comparing the development of the avatar world with that of the Lord of the Rings, and choreography of the struggle as "beautiful in the smallest detail". D. F. Smith enjoys the exhausting background of the series. "Cricket" Te praised the color palette of each episode and a combination of martial arts choreography and magic. Nick Hartel criticized the animation, though he found it improved from previous Nickelodeon events. Chris Mitchell called the animated fluid. "Cricket" Te agrees, noting the influence of his manga. According to Brittany Lovely, non-bender characters in battle are "overshadowed" by their bender opponents. Joe Corey called the action and animation environment a "great achievement", and Rob Keyes praised the series battle choreography. According to Kirk Hamilton, the action sequence in this series is remarkable when being child-fit and interesting.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Official website
- Avatar: The Last Airbender on IMDb
- Avatar: The Last Airbender in Big Cartoon DataBase
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