Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender (commonly abbreviated as ATLA[2]), also known in some regions as Avatar: The Legend of Aang, or simply Avatar or The Last Airbender, is an American animated fantasy action television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and. Produced by Bryan Konietzko and Nickelodeon Animation Studio.
Avatar is set in an Asian and Arctic-inspired world where some people can telekinetically manipulate one of the four elements — water, earth, fire, or air — through a practice known as "bending," inspired by Chinese martial arts. The only person who can bend the four elements, the "Avatar", is responsible for maintaining harmony between the four nations of the world, and acts as a link between the physical world and the spirit world. The series centers around the journey of twelve-year-old Aang, the current Avatar and last survivor of his race, the Air Nomads, along with his friends Katara, Sokka, and Toph, as they attempt to end the war against the Fire Nation. He conquered the world before defeating the other races and the Fire Lord Ozai. It also follows the story of Zuko, the exiled prince of the Fire Nation, who seeks to regain his lost honor by capturing Aang, along with his uncle Iroh- and later his sister Azula. Avatar is presented in a style that combines anime with American cartoons and relies primarily on imagery from Chinese culture,[3] with other East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, New World, Siberian, and Arctic influences.
Avatar: The Last Airbender was a ratings success and received critical acclaim for its characters, cultural references, art direction, voice acting, soundtrack, humor, and themes. These include concepts rarely touched on in youth entertainment, including war, genocide, imperialism, totalitarianism, instinct, and free choice. It won five Annie Awards, a Genesis Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Kids' Choice Award, and a Peabody Award. The show is considered by many critics to be the greatest animated television series of all time.
Avatar aired on Nickelodeon for three seasons from February 2005 to July 2008. The extended Avatar franchise includes an ongoing comic series, a prequel novel series, an animated sequel series, and a live-action film, as well as a live-action remake series produced for Netflix. The complete series was released on Blu-ray in June 2018 in honor of the tenth anniversary of its conclusion[7] and was made available to stream on Netflix in the United States and Canada in May 2020,[8][9] on Paramount+ in 2020. in June, [10] and on Amazon Prime Video in January 2021.
