Avatar The Last Airbender Background

Avatar: The Last Airbender Also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang Genre Action/Adventure
Fantasy
Comedy-drama Format Cartoon series Created by Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko Written by Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Aaron Ehasz
Tim Hedrick
John O'Bryan
Elizabeth Welch Ehasz
Joshua Hamilton Directed by Lauren MacMullan
Dave Filoni
Giancarlo Volpe
Ethan Spaulding
Joaquim Dos Santos Voices of Zach Tyler Eisen
Mae Whitman
Jack DeSena
Jessie Flower (Seasons 2 & 3)
Dee Bradley Baker
Dante Basco
Grey DeLisle (Seasons 2 & 3)
Mark Hamill
Mako (Seasons 1 & 2)
Greg Baldwin (Season 3)
Jason Isaacs (Season 1) Composer(s) Jeremy Zuckerman Country of origin United States Language(s)
English No. of seasons 3

A map of the four nations. The characters at the top, 群雄四分, mean "the superheroes [the world or the country or the land] in four". The characters of the four lands are 水善 (Water Peaceful), 土強 (Earth Strong), 火烈 (Fire Fierce), and 气和 (Air Harmony). The phrase at the bottom, 天下一匡, reads "correct all things under heaven".

 

Film

The first season of the show became the basis for the 2010 live-action film The Last Airbender, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It is claimed to be the first movie of a planned trilogy from each of the television 3 seasons. Critical reception was overwhelmingly negative from both critics and fans alike, earning the film a 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and five Razzies in 2011, including Worst Picture. The film originally shared the title of the television series, but it was changed to The Last Airbender because the producers were worried it would be confused with the James Cameron film Avatar. The film version stars Noah Ringer as Aang, Dev Patel as Zuko, Jackson Rathbone as Sokka, and Nicola Peltz as Katara. Iroh is played by Shaun Toub and Fire Lord Ozai by Cliff Curtis.

Sequel

It was announced at the annual Comic-Con in San Diego on July 22, 2010 that a series based on Avatar: The Last Airbender is currently in development at Nickelodeon and due for release on April 14, 2012. It will involve Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the creators and producers of the original series.[75] Titled The Legend of Korra (originally titled Avatar: Legend of Korra then The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra), it will be a twenty-six episodes mini series that takes place in the same fictional universe as the original show,except seventy years later.It has also been confirmed that the first twelve episodes will be in the first season and the other fourteen in the second season.

The series will focus on Korra, a teenage female protagonist from the Southern Water Tribe and the current reincarnation of the Avatar. The character was partly inspired by Avatar Kyoshi of the original series, whom the creators say was very popular among fans. In order to avoid repetition of Aang's adventures, the creators wanted to root the show in one place, called Republic City. A concept drawing of the city, released with the announcement of the series, shows the city's design as inspired by Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, Hong Kong, Manhattan, and Vancouver. In the show, Korra will have to learn Airbending from master Tenzin, son of Aang and Katara, and contend with an anti-bender revolution taking place in the city.

Awards and nominations

Awards	Outcome
2005 Pulcinella Awards:
Best Action/Adventure TV Series	Won
Best TV Series	Won
33rd Annie Awards:
Best Animated Television Production	Nominated
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production (The Deserter)	Won
Writing for an Animated Television Production (The Fortuneteller)	Nominated
34th Annie Awards:
Character Animation in a Television Production (The Blind Bandit)	Won
Directing in an Animated Television Production (The Drill)	Won
36th Annie Awards:
Best Animated Television Production for Children	Won
Directing in an Animated Television Production (Joaquim Dos Santos for Into the Inferno)	Won
2007 Genesis Awards:
Outstanding Children's Programming (Appa's Lost Days)	Won
Primetime Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Animated Program (City of Walls and Secrets)	Nominated
Individual Achievement Award (Sang-Jin Kim for Lake Laogai)	Won
Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards 2008:
Favorite Cartoon	Won
Annecy 2008:
TV series (Joaquim Dos Santos for The Day of Black Sun Part 2: The Eclipse)[	Nominated
56th Golden Reel Awards:
Best Sound Editing in a Television Animation (Avatar Aang)	Nominated
2008 Peabody Awards:
"Unusually complex characters and healthy respect for the consequences of warfare"	Won