Avatar: The Last Airbender
released 2024
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“Avatar: The Last Airbender” is a scifi TV, American made, adventure, fantasy miniseries produced by Albert Kim, Bonnie R. Benwick, Christine Boylan, Jake Chusid, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Michael Goi, Ryan Halprin, Roseanne Liang, Lindsey Liberatore, Dan Lin, Gabriel Llanas, Ubah Mohamed, Jabbar Raisani, Kurt Williams, Christopher Zampas and Helen Shang. It was directed by Jet Wilkinson, Roseanna Liang, Michael Goi and Jabbar Raisani and it was written by Michael Dante DiMartino, Audrey Wong Kennedy, Albert Kim, Bryan Konietzko, Keely MacDonald, Christine Boylan, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Emily Kim, Gabriel Llanas, Ubah Mohamed and Hunter Reis. It stars an enormous cast which includes George Takei, Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Daniel Dae Kim, Matthew Yang Kim, Ken Leung, Ruy Iskandar, Elizabeth Yu, Lim Kay Siu, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Amber Midhunter, Casey Camp-Horinek, Thalia Tran, Momona Tamada, Ryan Mah, Meadow Kingfisher, Danny Pudi, Yvonne Chapman, A Martinez, Arden Cho, Nathaniel Arcand, Francois Chau, Sebastian Amoruso, Irene Bedard, Lucian-River Chauhan, Joel Oulette, Meegwun Fairbrother, James Sie, Ash Lee, Taio Gelinas, Rainbow Dickerson, Ciara Mandel, Kimmy Choi, Thomas Wayne Hum, Tamlyn Tomita, C.S. Lee, Hiro Kanagawa, Clyde Kusato and many more.

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“Avatar: The Last Airbender” is the story of Aang, the Avatar, played by Zach Tyler Eisen, on his quest to bring balance to the world comprised of 4 kingdoms, The Water, Fire, Air, Earth kingdoms. Aang is what is called an ‘airbender’ which is someone who can manipulate all for elements and can communicate to the spirit world. The Fire Nation has brutally conquered most of the world and it is up to the last airbender, Aang, to det things right. Together with his friends and sky bison Appa, played by Dee Bradley Baker, he sets out on a quest to set things right.

This is the fantasy story of a group on a quest. They bump into each other, egos collide and misunderstandings happen but their is also friendships that develop and characters that grow and become better people. That is why the story structure works every time. We not only see it in the fantasy genre but in Westerns, scifi, fictional stories of all kinds. In my opinion, seeing characters develop while on a group quest are some of the best character developments in all of literature. And that’s what makes this mini series such a good watch.

The story is simple but it works. This is a hugely successful franchise for a good reason. It’s good. I was surprised at how much I liked. At first I thought it was a children’s show but soon realized it has mass appeal over all ages and genres. The story is so well written I want to call it a modern day fairy tale that avoids the stereotypes and cliches you expect it to have. I really enjoyed it.

John Ink2Quill

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