Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra

* Avatar: The Last Airbender
* The Legend of Korra

**Avatar: The Last Airbender** and **The Legend of Korra** are two American animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzo. Avatar: The Last Airbender aired for three seasons (referred to as "books" in each episode's title card) on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008, and The Legend of Korra aired for four seasons (also referred to as "books" in each episode's title card) on Nickelodeon from April 14, 2012 to July 25, 2014, though the remaining episodes premiered on Nickelodeon's website until December 19, 2014. Both shows are set in an Asiatic-like world in which some people are able to manipulate the classical elements by use of psychokinetic variants of Chinese martial arts, known as "bending". The shows combine the styles of Japanese cartoons and American cartoons, and rely on the imagery of various East Asian, Inuit, Southeast Asian, South Asian, and New World societies. Therefore, whether or not these series can be considered as japanese cartoon work is often discussed.

Avatar: The Last Airbender follows the adventures of protagonist twelve-year-old Aang and his friends, who must bring peace and unity to the world by ending the Fire Lord's war against the other three nations. The pilot episode first aired on February 21, 2005, and the series concluded with a widely praised two-hour episode on July 19, 2008. Its sequel, The Legend of Korra, follows Avatar Korra, the successor and reincarnation of Aang from the previous series, as she faces political and spiritual unrest in a modernizing world. The pilot episode first aired on April 14, 2012, and the series concluded with a two episode finale on December 19, 2014. These shows are obtainable from various sources, including DVD, the iTunes Store, the Zune Marketplace, the Xbox Live Marketplace, the PlayStation Store, and Amazon Video.

In other media, the series has spawned a 2010 live-action film, titled *The Last Airbender*, directed by M. Night Shyamalan; scaled action figures; a trading card game; three video games; stuffed animals distributed by Paramount Parks and two Lego sets. An art book was also released in mid-2010.

PhantomStrider heavily praises Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra for their beautiful animation/visuals, emotionally touching/mature subjects, interesting characters and their wonderful stories. The show's spin off *The Legend of Korra,* in particular, had an amazing follow up to its predecessor and discusses its more mature subjects. He also loved the fact that they take Korra's timeline 70 years into the future and introduced Korra, an apprenticed airbender, who's learning to use her air bending skills against certain types of danger. He also considers Korra one of the best modern Nickelodeon shows (along with Harvey Beaks and The Loud House) after their line-up of infamous shows (especially *Fanboy & Chum Chum*, *Planet Sheen*, *Sanjay and Craig*, and *Breadwinners*).

However, he hates the live action feature, *The Last Airbender* by M. Night Shyamalan, because of its cringeworthy acting, plot holes and how the movie even got the races wrong (all of the characters in the cartoon were mixed races; while the live-action features has *all* caucasian actors).

## Lists Strider Includes Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra

* Avatar: The Last Airbender made it to Best Nickelodeon Shows at #2 (February 24, 2016).
* *The Great Divide* (A:TLA) made it as an honorable mention in Worst Episodes of Good Cartoons (May 8, 2016).
* *The Legend of Korra* made it to Best Modern Cartoons at #5 (June 10, 2016).
* The franchise's live action feature adaptation *The Last Airbender* made it to Worst Cartoon Live Action Remakes at #4 (September 29, 2016).
* *The Puppetmaster* (A:TLA) made it to Spookiest Cartoon Episodes at #4 (October 13, 2016).
* *The Legend of Korra* made it to Top 10 Cartoons That Need Sequels at #3 (December 7, 2016).
* Both shows made it to Best American Cartoons at #5 (December 25, 2016).
* The franchise's live action feature adaptation *The Last Airbender* made it to Worst Nickelodeon Movies at #2 (July 11, 2017).
* Korra from *Legend of Korra* made it to Most Powerful Animated Women at #1. Toph from *Avatar: TLA* also made it as an honorable mention (February 5, 2019).
* *The Puppetmaster* (A:TLA) and *Venom of the Red Lotus* (TLOK) made it to Darkest Nickelodeon Episodes at #6 and #1, respectively (February 26, 2019).
* *The Legend of Korra* made it to Top 6 Cartoons Banned in Africa at #5 (February 26, 2020).
* *The Legend of Korra Game* made it to Worst/Best Nickelodeon Games as 4th worst (May 8, 2020).