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Avatar: The Last Airbender Accidentally Trolled Its Fans Hard
Last Friday, Nickelodeon announced a brand-new Avatar: The Last Airbender series! Then, uh, it kind of changed its mind. Seriously, the official Avatar YouTube channel posted about a “new original series” coming this Earth Day, April 22—a highly appropriate date for a new TV show, given the importance of the natural world in Avatar and … Continued
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Legend of Korra Fans! What’s Your Favorite Episode?
It’s almost been ten years since “Welcome to Republic City,” the first episode of the Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko show, Legend of Korra, which aired on Nickelodeon in 2012. The show came four years after the success of Avatar: The Last Airbender. I know most fans favor The Last Airbender, but I wanted to … Continued
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The World of Avatar: The Last Airbender Is Getting an Animated Feature Film
That’s not all—in addition to announcing an “animated theatrical film” that’ll begin production this year, Nickelodeon revealed the arrival of Avatar Studios, an entire division dedicated to creating animated series and movies based on Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. Oh, and the original creators are along for the ride. For anyone … Continued
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Open Channel: Where Do You Stand in the Avatar Wars?
Is Aang the Avatar for you? Or is Korrathe Avatar and do you, in fact, just have to deal with it? A friend of mine recently published an interesting essay over on Polygon in which he argues that, despite Aang being a wonderful and beloved protagonist, Korra is, in the fiction of the Avatar: the … Continued
By Julie Muncy