Book One: Water

:This article is about the first book of Avatar: The Last Airbender. For the first book of The Legend of Korra, see Book One: Air.
Book One: Water () is the title of the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. The title refers to the Avatar Cycle: water, earth, fire, and air. The story of Aang learning waterbending is primarily focused on during this season, together with Team Avatar's journey to the North Pole.
The season began airing on February 21, 2005, with "The Boy in the Iceberg", and ended at twenty episodes on December 2 of that year, with "The Siege of the North, Part 1" and "The Siege of the North, Part 2" each airing on that date. It was followed by Book Two: Earth.
== Official summary ==
"After a lapse of 100 years, the Avatar-spiritual master of the elements-has returned. And just in the nick of time. The Four Nations (Water, Earth, Fire, and Air) have become unbalanced. The Fire Nation wants to rule the world, and its first conquest will be the Northern Water Tribe. It's up to a 12-year-old Airbender named Aang to find a way to stop it. Join Aang, Katara, Sokka, Momo, and Appa as they head north on the adventure of a lifetime. This deluxe box set includes all 20 action-packed chapters from Book 1: Water."
== Episodes ==
The episodes were first released on five DVDs, with four episodes to a DVD, before a box set containing all twenty episodes of the season was marketed. The DVDs were released throughout 2006, and a collector's edition containing additional bonus features was later released on June 22, 2010.
DVD Volume title 	Episodes 	Release date
Avatar The Last Airbender – Book 1: Water, Volume 1 	"The Boy in the Iceberg", "The Avatar Returns", "The Southern Air Temple", "The Warriors of Kyoshi" 	January 31, 2006
Avatar The Last Airbender – Book 1: Water, Volume 2 	"The King of Omashu", "Imprisoned", "Winter Solstice, Part 1: The Spirit World", "Winter Solstice, Part 2: Avatar Roku" 	March 28, 2006
Avatar The Last Airbender – Book 1: Water, Volume 3 	"The Waterbending Scroll", "Jet", "The Great Divide", "The Storm" 	May 30, 2006
Avatar The Last Airbender – Book 1: Water, Volume 4 	"The Blue Spirit", "The Fortuneteller", "Bato of the Water Tribe", "The Deserter" 	July 18, 2006
Avatar The Last Airbender – Book 1: Water, Volume 5 	"The Northern Air Temple", "The Waterbending Master", "The Siege of the North, Part 1", "The Siege of the North, Part 2"	September 19, 2006
Avatar The Last Airbender – The Complete Book 1 Collection 	All episodes of Book One. 	September 12, 2006
Avatar The Last Airbender – The Complete Book 1 Collection (Collector's Edition)	All episodes of Book One. 	June 22, 2010
== Trivia ==
* This season of the Avatar series won several awards, including "Best TV series" and "Best Animated Television Series", at the 2005 Pulcinella Awards.
* A live-action movie of the first book directed by M. Night Shyamalan, titled , was released in 2010. However, unlike the series, the movie was not a critical success. Book One was later adapted into the first season of Netflix's live-action adaptation , released on February 22, 2024.
== References ==
== See also ==
* Avatar Extras (Book One: Water)
* Book Two: Earth
* Book Three: Fire
* List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes
* Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 1: Water (Music from the Animated Series)
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