Avatar: The Last Airbender
Saturday, May 14, 2005 by darcoPosted in Anime
I just wanted to bring to you attention an absolutely beautifully animated TV series—Avatar: The Last Airbender. I stumbled upon this show by accident, and I was blown away. It has been a long time since there has been a Nickelodeon show that I actually enjoyed. It certainly has an "Anime" feel to it.
Here is the monologue from the title sequence. It is told by Katara, one of the lead characters in the story.
Water, Earth, Fire, Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the fire nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them. But when the world needed him most, he vanished.
A hundred years passed and my brother and I discovered the new avatar–an air bender named Aang. And although his air-bending skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he is ready to save anyone. But I believe Aang can save the world.
"Aang" (Airbender/Avatar) — He's just a goofy kid, really—except that he is immensely powerful. However, he has not yet mastered all of his abilities, and sometimes makes immature decisions.
"Katara" (Waterbender) and her brother, "Sokka" — They are members of the water tribe of the south pole. Sokka is not a water bender but a "warrior".
"Momo" (Generic cute-cuddily thing) — Probably added by marketing to give them something that they can easily convert into merchandise. He/she isn't too distracting though, so I don't mind.
"Prince Zuku" (Firebender) — Obviously the evil bad guy. I mean, common.
You can catch this show on Friday nights at 7:30PM on Nickelodeon. If you are into animation and/or Anime, I would highly recommend it. While it initially feels very anime-like, it is certainly a western show. I haven't seen very much of it yet, but so far it looks to be quite promising. No, it is not some cerebral mind-f$¢k like some of the stuff I have been watching, but what makes me excited is that it would seem that this show was created in the US*. This is still primarily a children's show, but the fact that it is enjoyable by more than just children is a step in the right direction for western 2D animation.
Avatar: The Last Airbender was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko.
(*) While it appears to have been created in the US, it is important to note that it is quite likely that the animation was out-sourced out of the country, due to labor being so much cheaper abroad.
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Monday, May 16, 2005
Fabulous show! My elementary school sons love this show and have declared it to be the best show ever.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
I LOVE Avatar That show is the BEST... I LOVE Momo
Friday, June 17, 2005
I LOVE Avatar it's the best show that I have ever seen. It's so funny and magical!!!!
Monday, July 4, 2005
i luv avatar especialy oppa and momo
me and my best friend josh always give each other quizs sbout avatar!
they should put avatar on tonami cause i dont like wathching nick that much
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
I too "happened" across this quite by accident. I am a confessed cartoon lover at 50 years of age and this one is truly unique...not only in style of animation, background history and characters, but in its messages and humor that is available to all ages.
Sunday, July 10, 2005
I am a huge fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender and have been watching for quite some time. It's an excellent show, the animation quality is amazing. I am most interested with the bending of elements. I almost wish I could be an air bender or a fire bender. There's a lot of conflict within the characters and I just think that Avatar is excellently done. Nickelodeon actually pulled through. I am smitten with Avatar. I hope they keep it up!
Friday, September 2, 2005
gO AvAtAr!!!!!! Go AiRbEnDeRs!!!!!! HI MY NAME LUCKY AIR NOMAIDS ROX!!!! MY ELEMENT IS AIR THE RESON I LOVE AVATAR IS IT IS ABOUT THE ELEMENTS!!!! i do not belaeve that aang is the last airbender though, THERE ARE MORE AIRBENDERS!!!
Monday, October 10, 2005
i love the avatar i haven\'t missed one eppisode now or never
Monday, October 10, 2005
Hey i love this show. my favorite character in it is Prince Zuko. man is he hot for a cartoon character. he\'s not really evil just trying to make his dad proud and get back his honor. I think he\'s totally awesome so is his unlce. they are both totally awesome to me. I do watch it when it comes on. Personally they should have a marathon of it for a day or half a day at least. its very good entertainment. the Characters are good too. Keep it up...
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Hey! i think Avatar is the best show nick has every made i hate all thar other shows but this one is the best show ever! my fav is zuko.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Dear, makers of AVATAR I am a 11 years old and I have cancer. The kind of cancer is ewing Sarcoma it is in my leg. Your show helpes me alot to go through this hard time. So for make a wish I whant to meet you guys.PLEASE e mail me back.
P.S.I love your show and think your all really great. SINSERLY,ALICIA WEYERMonday, October 24, 2005
I totally LOVE Avatar, and Aang is SO CUTE!!! I wish I was Katara cause I would fall in love with him!!!
Sunday, October 30, 2005
dear avatar people i like the avatar and all but why only put him once every two weeks why not every week or at least at the end of the new eppisode put a trailer of the next one
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Avatar is the best. It has a great story, great characters, and just everything is great. I only hope that they manage to make it for as many episodes as many of the greatest and most known cartoons.
Monday, November 7, 2005
I LOVE AVATAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I know alot of people love your show but IM YOUR BIGGEST FAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think avatar is the best thing that ever happend to this world i do belive that one day i will become an avatar this might sound crazy but i think that some times i see a flash of red and yellow (which of course is the 2 colors of angs outfit)if you could e-mail me that would be great because i want to learn more about avatar
p.s. i talk about avatar every day and all my projects at school have some thing to do with avatar.
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Because there appears to be some confusion...
Neither myself nor this website are affiliated with the creators of Avatar. I do not work on the show, nor do I know anyone who works on the show. I do not have any way to contact anyone who works on the show. I'm just a guy who liked the show and decided to tell people about it.
I just don't want anyone to get their hopes up thinking that my blog is a way to talk to the creators of the show. I'm sorry to say, it is not.