Avatar: The Last Airbender

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In a lost age, the world is divided into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. Within each nation, there is a remarkable order of men and women called the "benders" who can learn to harness their inborn talent and manipulate their native element. Bending is a powerful form combining martial art and elemental magic. In each generation, only one bender is solely capable of controlling all four elements. That bender is the Avatar. The Avatar is the spirit of the world manifested in human form. When the Avatar dies, it reincarnates into the next nation in the cycle. Starting with the mastery of his or her native element, the Avatar learns to bend all four elements. Throughout the ages, the countless incarnations of the Avatar have served to keep the four nations in harmony. Then, the Fire Nation launched a war against the other three nations. Just as the world needed the Avatar the most, he mysteriously vanished. A hundred years later, the Fire Nation is near final victory in its ruthless war of world domination. The Air Nomads were destroyed, the Air Temples ravished, and all airbender monks eradicated. The Water Tribes were raided and driven to the brink of extinction. The Earth Kingdom remains and fights a hopeless war against the Fire Nation. Many believe the Avatar was never reborn into the Air Nomads and the cycle is broken. In the desolated South Pole, a lone Water tribe struggles to survive. It is here that the village's last remaining waterbender Katara and her warrior brother Sokka rescue a strange 12-year-old boy named Aang who has been suspended in hibernation in an iceberg. The Water tribe soon discovers that Aang is not only an Airbender--the extinct race no one has seen in a century--but also the long lost Avatar. Now Katara and Sokka must safeguard the child Avatar in his journey to master all four elements and save the world from the Fire Nation.''''Season 1 is titled "Book One: Water", and Season 2 is titled "Book Two: Earth." Each of these seasons contains twenty "chapters." Season 3 is titled "Book Three: Fire", and contains 21 "chapters."''''Also Known As...:''''UK: Avatar: The Legend of Aang''Latin America: Avatar: La Leyenda de Aang (The Legend of Aang)''Brazil: Avatar: A Lenda de Aang (The Legend of Aang)''Italy: Avatar: La Leggenda di Aang (The Legend of Aang)''Germany: Avatar: Der Herr Der Elemente (The Master of the Elements)''Spain:Avatar: La leyenda de Aang (The Legend of Aang)''Holland: Avatar: De legende van Aang (The Legend of Aang)''''Opening Themes:''''The Pilot:''''Water.''Earth.''Fire.''Air.''''My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days.''The time of peace.''When the Avatar kept balance between''Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads.''But that all changed when the Fire Nation attacked.''''Only the Avatar masters all four elements.''Only he can stop the ruthless firebenders.''But when the world needed him most,''He vanished.''''One hundred years have passed,''and Fire Nation is nearing victory in the war.''Two years ago, my father and the men of my tribe journeyed to the Earth Kingdom to help fight against the Fire Nation, leaving me and my brother to look after our tribe.''''Some people believe that''the Avatar was never reborn into Air Nomads,''and that the circle is broken.''''But I haven't lost hope.''I still believe that, somehow,''The Avatar will return to save the world.''''Chapters 3+''''Water.''Earth.''Fire.''Air.''''Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony,''But everything changed when the fire nation attacked.''''Only the Avatar, the master of all four elements, could stop them.''But when the world needed him most, he vanished.''''One hundred years passed and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an airbender named Aang.''''Although his airbending skills are great,''He has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone.''But I believe, Aang can save the world.''''The show retains the same opening theme through the second and third season. All three opening themes are voiced by Mae Whitman as Katara.moreless
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    By RyanBrady, Dec 22, 2011 Report Abuse
    baaahahahahahah bahahaahhhahaah bahhaahhaah *shoots self*

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  • This is so much more than a children show. I think everyone of all ages could get behind this series. I mean, they even attempted to make a good live action movie of this, even though fail, don't let that turn you away from this animated series.moreless

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    By kevbot67, Dec 09, 2011 Report Abuse
    The story for this animation is new and exciting. Sure I've seen shows where people are able to control the elements and have these cool attacks but I never seen a way so fresh and exciting. Everyone wanted to be a bender of some sort . The stories that underlie the main story is just great. The adventures they have, and what it takes to become the avatar will capture you. And this could also get emotional at some points and the theme of overcoming one self in this show is strong. No matter your age, give this show a try.
    I am so excited for the Legends of Korra, the next avatar.moreless

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  • Avatar: The Last Airbender. Making anime look stupid since 2005.

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    By DarkPariasa, Dec 03, 2011 Report Abuse
    I really, really love anime. But when I first saw Avatar: The Last Airbender, I began to regret the fact that manga and anime had ever been popular in the United States. This farce is a complete mockery of the Japanese manga art, dragged down by its Japanese-American hybrid art form (which looks horrendous) and lack of an actually interesting plot. It's not original, at all. The characters, who are somewhat believable in the first series, become artificial, their dialogues forced. The only reason it seems anyone does anything in the show is because it's their "destiny-" Is there any actual reason the fire nation is taking over everything? Any reason at all that Aang has to be the one to stop him and no one else? There's plenty of action, but it doesn't go anywhere. Also, the ending is so predictable, it's not even worth watching the last few episodes. Bottom line: If you want to watch real anime, watch Inuyasha or Death Note. Not this horrible, horrible show.moreless

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  • A great show and very well thought out. One of my favorites.

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    By imjtblanton, Nov 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    I believe that this is a very good show all around. It is one of the best shows on Nickelodeon and I'm happy that it won the Kid's Choice Award. The show is greatly written and has a very good plot as well as being very well written. The characters are well developed and it is one of the only shows that has continuity and dynamic characters. It's refreshing to see a cartoon show that's not completely stupid or gross or shows a complete lack of thought or planning. I have completely given up on watching Cartoon Network and Avatar is one of the only shows that are any good on Nickelodeon.

    Often times the only regret people have about the show is that it takes too long too for them to come out with new episodes. I personally don't mind as long as the creators make the episodes as good as possible. After all, it takes a long time for them to make the more realistic looking somewhat anime characters and incorporate all of the martial arts into their actions. The only downside to the show is that is sometimes somewhat corny and cheesy when it tries to be funny. Although it's nice to some humor is the show as the world teeters on the edge of complete destruction.

    For all of those people who gave this show a 10 I hope that it is absolutely your favorite show in all ways and it is completely "perfect". Because a 10 means that it is absolutely 100% perfect in all ways. I would advise you to give it a more realistic rating. Overall I give this show a 9.4. It's a great show and has many very good episodes. I would recommend this show to pretty much anybody.

    It's just too bad that the series is going to end right in its prime. Oh well... At least there's going to be some live-action movies coming out based on the series.moreless

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  • I may not be a big anime fan but I really love "Avatar: The Last Airbender"

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    By tigerdude22, Nov 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    As you just saw from the intro of my review, I am not a big anime fan but I happen to love "Avatar: The Last Airbender". When I saw the first episode of this show which was the day it premiered, I didn't get into it. I don't know why but the first episode of the show didn't live up my hype when I was younger. Anyways, I decided to give more episodes chances the more episodes I watch, the more addicting this show started to get. I heard that this show was even popular than "SpongeBob SquarePants" when it was on the air. I was offended since I love "SpongeBob SquarePants" but I got used to it as I was growing. Who ever came up with this show is a genius. It has a bunch of action, it can be very funny at times, and the dialogue of each episode is just terrific and mind-blowing. I have seen every single episode from beginning to end and it is just amazing. There are a few episodes that have bored me but most of the episodes are just all-around entertaining and exciting. We also get some very good and terrific drama in this show. We have characters such as Aang, Katara, Sokka, Momo (the lemur), Appa (Aang's bison), Iroh, Zuko, Azula, and more characters. Even you have never seen this show, you must watch it. It is just epic, very funny, and it can be very addicting. Overall, it's a shame that this show ended but "Avatar: The Last Airbender" will always be the most epic and most addicting Nickelodeon cartoon that I have ever seen. 10/10moreless

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