Upon death, Avatar Roku was reincarnated and Aang was born, and later raised by Monk Gyatso, a senior monk at the Southern Air Temple and friend of the late Avatar Roku. Even prior to learning he was the Avatar, Aang distinguished himself by becoming one of the youngest Airbending Masters in history by inventing a new technique. As a result of Fire Lord Sozin's increasingly hostile attitude towards the other nations, the senior monks decided to reveal Aang's nature as the Avatar four years before the traditional age (Avatars are usually told of their status once they turn 16) and relocate him to one of the other Air Temples.
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is avatar aang in the legend of korra
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Yes. Voiced by D.B. Sweeney
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what exactly is this avatar?
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It is a fictional character and the protagonist of Nickelodeon's animated television series
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what is the personality like?
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He is a vegetarian, reluctant to fight and kill
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does he have any power?
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Yes. He can  easily overcome any opponent that tries to fight him. He can also use all 4 elements at the same time.
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which four elements are those?
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Air, water, earth and fire
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who created the character?
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Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko
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This page features a list of significant characters from the animated television programs "" and "The Legend of Korra" created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, as well as from "The Rise of Kyoshi" novels by FC Yee and Michael Dante DiMartino.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Introduction
The Avatar: The Last Airbender comics are an official continuation of the original Nickelodeon animated television series, "", created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. The series includes "The Lost Adventures", published from 2005 to 2011 and set between episodes of the original series, and the graphic novel trilogies, published since 2012 and set a few years after the original series. A related comic continuation, taking place seventy-four years later, "The Legend of Korra", began publication in 2017.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics) | Introduction
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Avatar: The Legend of Aang in some regions) is an American animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, with Aaron Ehasz as head writer. It aired on Nickelodeon for three seasons, from February 2005 to July 2008. "Avatar" is set in an Asiatic-like world in which some people can manipulate one of the four elements—water, earth, fire, or air—with telekinetic variants of the Chinese martial arts known as "bending". The only individual who can bend all four elements, the "Avatar", is responsible for maintaining harmony between the world's four nations, and serves as the bridge between the spirit world and the physical world.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Introduction
"" is an American animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It first aired on February 21, 2005, on Nickelodeon with a one-hour series premiere and concluded its run with a two-hour TV movie on July 19, 2008. The "Avatar: The Last Airbender" franchise refers to each season as a "Book", in which each episode is referred to as a "chapter". Each "Book" takes its name from one of the elements that Aang, the protagonist, must master: Water, Earth, and Fire. The show's first two seasons each consisted of 20 episodes, while the third season had 21.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes | Introduction
Aang's character was developed from a drawing by Bryan Konietzko, depicting a bald man with an arrowlike design on his head, which the artist developed into a picture of a child with a flying bison. Meanwhile, Michael Dante DiMartino was interested in a documentary about explorers trapped in the South Pole, which he later combined with Konietzko's drawing. The plot they described corresponds with the first and second episodes of "Avatar: The Last Airbender", where the "water people" ( and Sokka) rescue the "air guy" (Aang) while "trapped in a snowy wasteland" (the Southern Water Tribe) with "some fire people [that] are pressing down on them" (Fire Nation Troops and Zuko).
Aang | Creation and conception
Lin's design was collaborated on by DiMartino and Joaquim Dos Santos.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Lin Beifong
Character designs were originated from a series of drawings by one of the show's creators, Bryan Konietzko. The main sketch depicted a middle-aged monk with an arrow on his head and later included a flying bison as his pet. Konietzko's partner, Michael Dante DiMartino, was interested in documentaries related to the South Pole at the time. They combined these ideas and created the concept of an "air guy" and "water guys" trapped in a snowy wasteland, with "fire guys" invading them. Additionally, the writers based the characters' different bending abilities on distinct styles of martial arts. The characters of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" were designed by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the co-creators of the series.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Character conception
Book Three: Fire is the third and final season of "", an American animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. The series stars Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Jessie Flower, Dante Basco, Dee Bradley Baker, Greg Baldwin, Grey DeLisle and Mark Hamill as the main character voices. The final season focuses on Aang on his journey to master firebending in order to defeat the tyrannical Ozai and finally restore harmony and order to the world. "Book Three: Fire" premiered on Nickelodeon on September 21, 2007. It consisted of 21 episodes and concluded with the four-part series finale "" on July 19, 2008.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) | Introduction
Book One: Water is the first season of "", an American animated television series produced by Nickelodeon Studios. Created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the first season premiered on Nickelodeon on February 21, 2005. It consisted of 20 episodes and concluded on December 2, 2005. The series starred Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco, Dee Bradley Baker, Mako Iwamatsu, and Jason Isaacs as the main character voices. The season revolves around the protagonist Aang and his friends and Sokka going on a journey to the North Pole to find a Waterbending master to teach Aang and Katara.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1) | Introduction
Avatar Aang () is a fictional character and the protagonist of Nickelodeon's animated television series "" (created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko), voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen. Aang is the last surviving Airbender, a monk of the Air Nomads' Southern Air Temple. He is an incarnation of the "Avatar", the spirit of light and peace manifested in human form. As the Avatar, Aang controls all four elements (water, earth, fire, and air) and is tasked with bringing balance and keeping the at peace. At 112 years old (physically 12), Aang is the series' reluctant hero, spending a century in suspended animation in an iceberg before being discovered and joining new friends and Sokka on a quest to master the elements and save their world from the imperialist Fire Nation.
Aang | Introduction
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" was co-created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California. Its animation was mostly done by South Korean studios JM Animation, DR Movie, and MOI Animation. According to Konietzko, the series was conceived in early 2001 when he took an old sketch of a balding, middle-aged man and imagined the man as a child. He drew the character herding bison in the sky and showed the sketch to DiMartino, who was watching a documentary about explorers trapped at the South Pole. Konietzko described their early development of the concept; "There's an air guy along with these water people trapped in a snowy wasteland ...
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Conception and production
Tenzin is the biggest link to Avatar Aang and the original series. On the conception of Tenzin's character, DiMartino said, "He was probably the second character we came up with after Korra. Since Korra would have to learn airbending, who would be better to teach it to her than Aang's son? His peaceful, traditionalist personality also provide a good source of conflict for the hotheaded, modern-thinking Korra." Tenzin's final design was done by supervising producer Ki-Hyun Ryu.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Tenzin
"The Legend of Korra", a sequel series to "Avatar: The Last Airbender", premiered on Nickelodeon on April 14, 2012. It was written and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the creators and producers of the original series. The show was initially titled "Avatar: Legend of Korra", then "The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra"; its events occur seventy years after the end of "Avatar: The Last Airbender". The series' protagonist is Korra, a 17-year-old girl from the Southern Water Tribe who is the incarnation of the Avatar after Aang's death.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Sequel series
Before "Avatar", DiMartino worked for twelve years at Film Roman, helping to direct "King of the Hill", "Family Guy" and "Mission Hill", in addition to his own animated short, "Atomic Love", which was screened at a number of high-profile film festivals. The dedication to his father's memory can be seen in the penultimate episode of "Avatar: The Last Airbender". In a 2010 interview the president of Nickelodeon, Cyma Zarghami, confirmed that DiMartino and Konietzko were developing a new series for the network, called "The Legend of Korra". The series premiered on April 14, 2012, running 12 episodes for the first book "Air" and 14 for the second book "Spirits", which premiered on September 13, 2013 to 2.60 million viewers in the U.S., then the third book "Change" and the fourth and final book "Balance" of 13 episodes each.
Michael Dante DiMartino | Career
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American multimedia franchise consisting of television series, a live-action film, comics, books, video games, home media, and soundtracks. The franchise began with the animated television series "", which was created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino and aired on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008. The series is set in an Asian-inspired fantasy world in which some people can manipulate, or "bend", one of the elements of air, fire, earth or water. Only the "Avatar" can bend all four elements and is responsible for maintaining balance in the world. Since its original release, "Avatar: The Last Airbender" has developed into a franchise spanning works in various media.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (franchise) | Introduction
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rift is a graphic novel in three parts written by Gene Yang and illustrated by Studio Gurihiru. It is a continuation of "" and a prequel to "The Legend of Korra", both animated TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. "Part 1" was released on March 5, 2014, "Part 2" was released on July 29, 2014, and "Part 3" was released on November 18, 2014. It takes place after the events of the graphic novel "". It is followed by the ""
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rift | Introduction
Co-executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos noted that some of the spirit designs were inspired by the works of Studio Ghibli, while "others were just a fun way for the designers to cut loose and create with a sense of whimsy." Avatar: The Last Airbender The Legend of Korra
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Spirit World Denizens
Book Two: Earth is the second season of "", an American animated television series created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelodeon. The series stars Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Jessie Flower, Dante Basco, Dee Bradley Baker, Mako Iwamatsu and Grey DeLisle as the main character voices. In the second season, Aang and his friends and Sokka are on a quest to find an Earthbending teacher which finishes when they recruit Toph Beifong. After finding important information concerning the war with the Fire Nation, Appa ends up kidnapped. Their journey leads to Ba Sing Se, the capital of the Earth Kingdom, where they uncover a great internal government conspiracy.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 2) | Introduction
The season was produced by and aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom. The season's executive producers and co-creators are Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who worked alongside episode director and co-producer Aaron Ehasz. Most of the individual episodes were directed by Ethan Spaulding, Lauren MacMullan and Giancarlo Volpe. Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Aaron Ehasz, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz, Tim Hedrick, John O'Bryan; along with creators DiMartino and Konietzko. The season's music was composed by "The Track Team", which consists of Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, who were known to the show's creators because Zuckerman was Konietzko's roommate.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 2) | Production
Bryan Konietzko and Joaquim Dos Santos did the character designs for The Equalists, including their leader, Amon. According to Dos Santos, the design for the Equalist chi-blockers did not come easy and was only approved after 20 to 30 different takes. The Legend of Korra
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | The Equalists
Most of the show's main characters made their debut within most, if not all, of the first episodes: Zach Tyler Eisen provided Aang's voice, Mae Whitman as Katara's voice, Jack DeSena as Sokka's voice, Dante Basco as Zuko's voice, Mako as Iroh's voice, and Dee Bradley Baker as the voices of both Appa and . Additional supporting characters include Admiral Zhao voiced by Jason Isaacs, and Jet voiced by Crawford Wilson.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1) | Cast
On October 4, 2016, DiMartino released a new original novel, "Rebel Genius". The story features a 12-year-old protagonist, Giacomo, who discovers he has a magical 'Genius,' the living embodiment of an artist's creative spirit, in a world where artistic expression is outlawed. In September 2018, it was announced that Konietzko and DiMartino would serve as executive producers and showrunners for Netflix's upcoming live-action adaptation series of "Avatar: The Last Airbender". On August 12th, 2020, he revealed on social media that they've both departed the show due to creative differences.
Michael Dante DiMartino | Career
A pilot episode for the series was made in 2003. It was animated by Tin House, Inc., written by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and directed by Dave Filoni. Mitchel Musso voiced Aang in this pilot but was later replaced by Zach Tyler Eisen when the show began production. In the episode, Sokka and his sister Kya (renamed to Katara by the time the series aired) must travel the world to find masters for Aang, who is the Avatar; however, they must evade a critical foe, Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation, who wants to capture Aang. This episode was first publicly released as one of the extras in the NTSC season 1 DVD box set, which were not available with the previously-released individual volumes.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Pilot
All of the central characters generally remained the same: Zach Tyler Eisen voices Aang, Mae Whitman voices Katara, Jack DeSena voices Sokka, Jessie Flower voices Toph, Dante Basco voices Zuko, Dee Bradley Baker voices Appa and , and Grey DeLisle voices Azula. Additionally, Mark Hamill joins the cast to voice Fire Lord Ozai after having minor appearances throughout the and seasons of the series, while Greg Baldwin now voices Iroh due to Mako Iwamatsu's passing.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) | Cast
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Search is a graphic novel, written by Gene Yang and illustrated by Studio Gurihiru that was released in three parts throughout 2013. It is a continuation of "" and a prequel to "The Legend of Korra", both of which are animated TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It takes place after the events of the graphic novel "". It is followed by a sequel, "".
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Search | Introduction
The season was produced by and aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom. The season's executive producers and co-creators were Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who worked alongside episode director and co-producer Aaron Ehasz. Most of the individual episodes were directed by Ethan Spaulding, Lauren MacMullan and Giancarlo Volpe. Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Aaron Ehasz, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz, Tim Hedrick, and John O'Bryan, along with creators DiMartino and Konietzko. The season's music was composed by "The Track Team", which consists of Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, who were known to the show's creators because Zuckerman was Konietzko's roommate.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) | Production
Throughout the series, she invents various weapons, devices and modes of transportation the team uses. Later on in the series, she becomes Korra's closest confidant and eventual love interest. The idea for the character of Asami came later in the development process. Said DiMartino, "Once we had the idea for a nonbender revolution, we knew we'd need a character who wasn't a bender." Originally conceived to be an Equalist spy, DiMartino and Konietzko ended up liking the character so much that they decided to keep her on Team Avatar. Konietzko had previously had difficulty drawing women and chose to design Asami by himself, wanting a challenge.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Asami Sato
In "The Legend of Korra", it is revealed that Aang, with the help of his friends, created the United Republic of Nations. He also married Katara and had three children, with his youngest son Tenzin restoring the Air Nomads while instructing the next Avatar, Korra. Like Roku before him, Aang appears at times before his reincarnation Korra prior to their connection being destroyed.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Avatar Aang
According to Konietzko, Asami's design was his "idea of a Hollywood Golden Age actress in the "Avatar" world," and her hair was inspired by that of 1940s actress Rita Hayworth.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Asami Sato
While he is the head writer and plays a significant role in every episode of the series, his solo credits include:
Aaron Ehasz | "Avatar: The Last Airbender" episodes
The series is notable for borrowing extensively from East Asian art and mythology for its universe. Its creators employed cultural consultants Edwin Zane and calligrapher Siu-Leung Lee to help determine its art direction and settings. Its character designs are influenced by Chinese art and history, Hinduism, Taoism and Buddhism, and Yoga. Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn created the series' music and sound design together in the early developmental stages and then went on to divide the tasks, Zuckerman taking on the musical responsibility and Wynn the sound design. They experimented with a wide range of instruments, including the guzheng, pipa, and duduk, to match the show's Asia-influenced setting.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Influences
The show was produced by and aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom. The show's executive producers were co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who worked alongside episode director and co-producer Aaron Ehasz. Eight episodes were directed by Dave Filoni. Animation directors Lauren MacMullan and Giancarlo Volpe directed five episodes each, and Anthony Lioi directed two. Episodes were written or co-written by a team of writers, which included Nick Malis, John O'Bryan, Matthew Hubbard, James Eagan, Ian Wilcox, Tim Hedrick and Elizabeth Welch Ehasz. All of the show's music was composed by "The Track Team", which consists of Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, who were known to the producers because Zuckerman was Konietzko's roommate.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1) | Production
But Zuko stubbornly continues the search. He must regain his honor, so his quest is all he has left." Roman and Wilgus, who developed comics based on the series for Nick Magazine, consulted series creators Mike Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and head writer for the show Aaron Ehasz while they were developing "Zuko's Story". The four wanted to try a comic that would fit into with the continuity of the show. The prequel, though mostly associated with the film, was meant to be a prequel to the series. Roman explained, "In a lot of ways, it's like an expanded origin.
The Last Airbender | Graphic novels
Korra is especially notable in the "Avatar" franchise for connecting with the first Avatar and starting a new Avatar cycle. Korra was designed to be an inversion of Aang. Said DiMartino, "We also wanted to explore an Avatar who was the exact opposite of peaceful Aang, so we chose a hot-headed teenage girl from the Water Tribe. Her 'punch first and ask questions later' attitude opened up a whole new world of story possibilities." Korra's design was a collaboration between Konietzko, co-executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos and supervising producer Ki-Hyun Ryu. Four-year-old Korra was designed by Ryu. For Korra's look and attitude, the designers took reference from mixed martial artist Gina Carano as well as competitive female snowboarders.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Avatar Korra
In the "Avatar Nick Mag Presents": First Edition issue by co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, stated that Sokka was originally designed as a minor figure; but when his comedian voice actor Jack DeSena brought liveliness to his character, they began to emphasize this quality. As a result of his design, Sokka's character is a source of comic relief throughout the series, often a victim of visual comedy. Among various running gags involving Sokka are his immersion in viscous substances, such as raw sewage, slurry, phlegm, or saliva; and forgetting that Toph is blind. Sokka also has a tendency to produce or at times laugh at jokes shared by no other character.
Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender character) | Conception and creation
The anime-styled character art was inspired by Shinichiro Watanabe's "Cowboy Bebop", "Samurai Champloo", and "FLCL" ("Fooly Cooly") of Gainax. The original character conception was derived from a sketch by Bryan Konietzko that depicted a middle-aged balding man with an arrow on his head. Studios such as Studio 4°C, Production I.G, and Studio Ghibli, which produced anime-styled cartoons, were also sources of inspiration.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Character conception
(That connection is accentuated by her romance with Kai, who is clearly carved from the Aang mold.)"
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Jinora
DiMartino was born in Shelburne, Vermont. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design with Bryan Konietzko, with whom he created "Avatar".
Michael Dante DiMartino | Personal life
Dark Horse Comics published a series of graphic novels that serve as a continuation of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" television series. It consists of trilogies and stand-alone graphic novels. The first five stories are written by Gene Luen Yang and drawn by artist team Gurihiru. In December 2018, Faith Erin Hicks took over as writer with Peter Wartman as artist.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics) | Graphic novels
Sokka's character has appeared in three THQ video games for the show, which are , "" and "". Like Aang, Sokka also appears on some Avatar T-shirts sold by Nick, as well as in Tokyopop's films comic (sometimes referred to as cine-manga).
Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender character) | Appearances in other media
According to the , Katara's name was originally 'Kya', which was later used for her deceased mother. In "The Tales of Ba Sing Se", Katara's name was written as 卡 塔 拉. Kǎ (卡) means to check, block, or card; Tǎ (塔) means pagoda; and Lā (拉) means to pull. The character 'Lā' appears in the first season's finale as the name of the Ocean Spirit, while the character 'Kǎ' also appears in Sokka's name. In the commentary of the unaired pilot episode, co creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino state that Katara's "hair loopies" were intended to hang downward, but were thought too hard to animate and looped backward instead.
Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender) | Creation and conception
"The Last Airbender" stars Noah Ringer as Aang, Nicola Peltz as Katara, Jackson Rathbone as Sokka, Dev Patel as Zuko, and Shaun Toub as Iroh.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Film adaptation
In October 2018, an unrelated live-action remake of the original "Avatar: The Last Airbender" for Netflix was announced, ending speculation of further films. On the 12th of August 2020, the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, quit the Netflix live-action adaptation due creative differences between the two parties. DiMartino wrote, "When Bryan and I signed on to the project in 2018, we were hired as executive producers and showrunners [...] In a joint announcement for the series, Netflix said that it was committed to honoring our vision for this retelling and to supporting us on creating the series.
The Last Airbender | Canceled sequels
Two alternating Korean studios were enlisted to provide animation production support for the series, DR Movie and JM Animation Co.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1) | Production
Since the conclusion of the original series in July 2008, fans of "" had demanded a more satisfying denouement in relation to the fates of the main characters. In late 2010, Samantha Robertson, an editor at Dark Horse Comics at the time, approached comic author Gene Yang, who was best known for his "American Born Chinese" series. After "some conversations" with her and the creators of "Avatar: The Last Airbender", Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, Yang was contracted to write three comic books to serve as a direct continuation of the original series. Yang's approach to the writing of "The Promise" was purported to be "purist", and he collaborated closely with DiMartino and Konietzko.
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise | Publication
The United Republic of Nations is a sovereign state founded by Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko after the events of the original series as a haven for immigrants from all four nations. Its capital is the 1920s-inspired metropolis, Republic City. Its inhabitants were designed to reflect the multiculturalism of the city, such as firebender Mako and earthbender Bolin, brothers whose late mother and father hailed from the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom respectively. The Legend of Korra
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | United Republic of Nations
Naga's design is based on a hybrid of a polar bear and a golden retriever. One of the three original concepts for "Avatar: The Last Airbender", Naga was first developed in 2002 as a sketch of a bipedal polar bear-dog creature by co-creator Bryan Konietzko. The creators never found a place for the character in the first series, but brought her back as Korra's companion as they wanted Korra to have an animal mode of transport, and the original sketch was remodeled after the co-creators' dogs.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Naga
Avatar: The Last Airbender – North and South is the fifth graphic novel trilogy created as a continuation of "" television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. The first comic in the trilogy was published on September 28, 2016, the second on February 7, 2017, and the final one on April 26, 2017. The trilogy is set following the events of "". As a close sequel to the original "Avatar" series, it depicts events that occur seventy years before the sequel series "The Legend of Korra. "In early June 2017, the artist team Gurihiru, who drew the first five stories, announced that "Avatar: The Last Airbender – North and South" was their last story.
Avatar: The Last Airbender – North and South | Introduction
"" is the second anthology book, collecting the 2013–2015 Free Comic Book Day stories along with all-new stories. The book was released on 2 October 2019. Creators include Gene Luen Yang, Dave Scheidt, Sara Goetter, Ron Koertge, Kiku Hughes, Faith Erin Hicks, Ryan Hill, Carla Speed McNeil, Little Corvus, and Coni Yovaniniz.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics) | "Team Avatar Tales"
Most of the from remained the same: Zach Tyler Eisen voices Aang, Mae Whitman voices , Jack DeSena voices Sokka, Dee Bradley Baker voices both Appa and , and Dante Basco voices Zuko. However, several new characters appear: Jessie Flower voices Toph Beifong, Grey DeLisle voices Azula, Cricket Leigh voices Mai, Olivia Hack voices Ty Lee, and Clancy Brown voices Long Feng. Mako Iwamatsu, who voiced Iroh in the first two seasons, died from throat cancer after production was completed; he was replaced by Greg Baldwin for and "The Legend of Korra".
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 2) | Cast
DiMartino and Konietzko initially pitched "The Search" to Nickelodeon as a 90-minute animated movie. The channel declined, choosing to expand the "Avatar: The Last Airbender" sequel series "The Legend of Korra" to a full 26-episode season instead. This allowed the development of "The Search" as a graphic novel.
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Search | Development
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Smoke and Shadow is the fourth graphic novel trilogy created as a continuation of "" by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It takes place following the events of ", ," and "", and breaks from the title pattern established by those three graphic novels. As a close sequel to the original "Avatar" series, it depicts events that occur before the sequel series "The Legend of Korra." The next comic trilogy by the same authors, occurring immediately after "Smoke and Shadow" and before "Legend of Korra", is "".
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Smoke and Shadow | Introduction
Only one person, the "Avatar," can bend all four elements, and is responsible for maintaining balance in the world. The series follows Avatar Korra, the successor of Aang from the previous series, as she faces political and spiritual unrest in a modernizing world. The main characters are voiced by Janet Varney, Seychelle Gabriel, David Faustino, P. J. Byrne, J. K. Simmons and Mindy Sterling, and supporting voice actors include Aubrey Plaza, John Michael Higgins, Kiernan Shipka, Lisa Edelstein, Steve Blum, Eva Marie Saint, Henry Rollins, Anne Heche and Zelda Williams. Several people involved in the creation of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (such as designer Joaquim Dos Santos, writer Tim Hedrick and composers Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn) returned to work on "The Legend of Korra".
The Legend of Korra | Introduction
Avatar Aang () (voiced by Mitchel Musso in the unaired pilot, voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen in "", voiced by D. B. Sweeney in "The Legend of Korra", and portrayed by Noah Ringer in "The Last Airbender") is the protagonist of the original series and the current , a cyclically reincarnating being who maintains world balance. Aang often acts in a fun-loving, carefree manner. His pacifism and vegetarianism are primary traits of Buddhism. The creators intended Aang to "defeat enemies with his wits" and be a "trickster hero". Though Aang is often frivolous and enthusiastic, he becomes serious during a crisis.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Avatar Aang
The show is presented in a style that combines anime with American cartoons, and relies on the imagery of mainly East Asian culture, with some South Asian, New World, and Inuit and Sireniki influences. The series is centered around the journey of 12-year-old Aang, the current Avatar and last survivor of his nation, the Air Nomads, along with his friends Sokka, , and later Toph, as they strive to end the Fire Nation's war against the other nations of the world. It also follows the story of Zuko—the exiled prince of the Fire Nation, seeking to restore his lost honor by capturing Aang, accompanied by his wise uncle Iroh—and later, that of his ambitious sister Azula.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Introduction
The "" graphic novel is a collection of long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine and the between 2005 and 2011. It also includes the Free Comic Book Day issue "Relics" and all-new comics. Published 15 June 2011, it is an anthology that includes twenty-eight stories by various writers and artists, many of whom worked on the original animated series.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics) | "The Lost Adventures"
DVDVerdict felt that some minor characters, especially Mai and Ty Lee, were "love em' or hate em'" characters. Gabriel Powers of DVDActive thought that while the characters fit into neat "archetypes", it was not a bad thing and fit well with the series. In 2008, "Avatar: The Last Airbender" was awarded a Peabody for its "unusually complex characters". This makes the cartoon one of few animations to win the award and the only one to be cited for its character development.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Reception
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rise of Kyoshi is an American fantasy novel and the first young adult novel written by American authors F.C. Yee and Avatar co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino in the Kyoshi Novels series, published in July 2019. It is based on the character Kyoshi and the Avatar Universe created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It is a "New York Times" bestseller. Set in the world of the animated television series "", it takes place 400 years prior to the series and follows the life of Kyoshi, an Avatar born in the Earth Kingdom. The second part in the series, titled "", was released on July 21, 2020.
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rise of Kyoshi | Introduction
The following is a list of collective entities within the fictional universe. Avatar: The Last Airbender
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Other known characters and organizations
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise is a graphic novel in three parts written by Gene Yang and illustrated by Studio Gurihiru, the first in a serving as both a continuation of the "" and a prequel to "The Legend of Korra", both animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. "Part 1" was released on January 25, 2012, "Part 2" was released on May 30, 2012 and "Part 3" was released on September 26, 2012. The events of "The Promise" begin immediately after the last episode of the original series, "", before jumping forward one whole year.
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise | Introduction
and maybe some fire people are pressing down on them". The co-creators successfully pitched the idea to Nickelodeon vice-president and executive producer Eric Coleman two weeks later. The series was introduced to the public in a teaser reel at Comic-Con 2004, and premiered on February 21, 2005. In an interview, Konietzko said: "Mike and I were really interested in other epic 'Legends & Lore' properties, like "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings", but we knew that we wanted to take a different approach to that type of genre. Our love for Japanese anime, Hong Kong action and kung fu cinema, yoga, and Eastern philosophies led us to the initial inspiration for "Avatar: The Last Airbender"."
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Conception and production
When asked about casting a white cast to portray the characters, he said, "The original series "Avatar: The Last Airbender" was highly regarded and popular for three seasons on Nickelodeon. Its fans take it for granted that its heroes are Asian. Why would Paramount and Shyamalan go out of their way to offend these fans? There are many young Asian actors capable of playing the parts." In July 2013, series co-creator Bryan Konietzko responded to an online comment about skin color in "The Legend of Korra". Konietzko wrote that his work on the two series "speaks for itself which obviously does not include the gross misinterpretations and misrepresentations of our work in [Shyamalan's] work."
The Last Airbender | Casting controversy
"Once I saw the amazing world that Mike and Bryan created, I knew it would make a great feature film". He added he was attracted to the spiritual and martial arts influences on the show. "Avatar: The Last Airbender" co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko voiced their opinion in an interview regarding Shyamalan writing, directing, and producing the film. The two displayed much enthusiasm over Shyamalan's decision for the adaptation, stating that they admire his work and, in turn, he respects their material. In a 2014 interview, Konietzko and DiMartino said that the project was given the go-ahead without their approval, and when they tried to provide input, it all got pushed to the wayside.
The Last Airbender | Development
In "The Legend of Korra" sequel series, near the end of his life, Iroh transferred his soul into the Spirit World where he offers his assistance to Aang's reincarnation Korra, and later to Aang's children Tenzin, Kya, and Bumi during their initial visits to the Spirit World. Iroh is also the namesake of Zuko's grandson.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Iroh
First encountered in "Jet", this rag-tag group led by the episode's namesake operates in the forests of the Earth Kingdom. The group consists of its leader Jet and his subordinates Pipsqueak, Smellerbee, Longshot, the Duke, and Sneers. Avatar: The Last Airbender
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Freedom Fighters
However, it would cause a division among its ranks with those disillusioned forming the anarchistic Red Lotus.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | The White Lotus
The Avatar: The Last Airbender TCG features four Chamber Card characters that are not considered canon and did not appear in the show, despite the claims of packaging:
Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game | Characters additions
In "Tales of Ba Sing Se", Sokka's name was written as 索卡, whereof Sǔo (索) means to search, demand, ask, exact, or isolated and Kǎ (卡) means to check, block, or card. The character for Kǎ also appears in Katara's name.
Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender character) | Conception and creation
The series starts with Aang being accidentally freed by Katara, a waterbender. The series then primarily follows the adventures of Aang and his companions, Sokka, Katara, and later Toph, as he tries to master all four elements and defeat the Fire Nation. There is also a strong secondary focus on Zuko, the banished and disinherited crown prince of the Fire Nation. Zuko was scarred in a duel with his own father, the current Fire Lord, and is obsessed with trying to capture Aang to regain his father's favor and in doing so restoring his honor.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes | Introduction
After 20 years apart, the estranged mother and daughter finally reconcile after admitting their flaws. Zach Blumenfeld of "Paste" magazine described Lin's story as one that "unfolds beautifully over the course of "The Legend of Korra"," noting that "she balances the female strength that pervades the "Avatar" universe with the very real loneliness that tends to arise when people prioritize their careers over personal relationships." Lin's character design was partly inspired by Han Young Ja, a longtime friend and colleague of Konietzko and DiMartino. Elements of her design also came from Marlene Dietrich as the creators wanted her "to have a tough and natural beauty".
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Lin Beifong
Michael Dante DiMartino, the show's co-creator, said: Aang is in fact Vegan. According to the show's creators, "Buddhism and Taoism have been huge inspirations behind the idea for "Avatar"." As shown in "The King of Omashu" and "The Headband", a notable aspect of Aang's character is his vegetarian diet, which is consistent with Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism. In the Brahmajala Sutra, a Buddhist code of ethics, vegetarianism is encouraged. Furthermore, the writers gave Aang a consistent reluctance to fight and an aversion to killing. In "The Spirit World (Winter Solstice, Part 1)", Aang encounters an angry spirit destroying a village and kidnapping villagers; but instead of fighting the spirit, Aang negotiates.
Aang | Personality and characteristics
In the original series, Katara and Sokka rescue Aang from a century of suspended animation. Having already mastered his native Airbending, Aang learns Waterbending from Katara and later Pakku at the North Pole in , Earthbending from Toph in , and Firebending from Zuko in . Throughout the series, Aang aids the Water Tribes and the Earth Kingdom, whom the Fire Nation has oppressed. Unwilling to kill Fire Lord Ozai despite the past Avatars insisting on it, Aang ultimately learns the ancient Lion-Turtles' technique of energybending, which allows the user to give or take away a person's bending, and uses it to render Ozai a non-bender.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Avatar Aang
A two-part young adult novel series focusing on Avatar Kyoshi written by F. C. Yee was published in July 2019 by Abrams Children's Books. The first book of the Kyoshi Novels is "". The second part in the series, titled "", was released on July 21, 2020.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Prequel novel series
After being released when Zaheer manifested airbending abilities, the Red Lotus seek to capture Korra and kill her in the Avatar state to end the Avatar cycle. Though they failed, the Red Lotus's actions caused a power vacuum in the Earth Kingdom with the murder of the Earth Queen in the episode "Long Live the Queen". Creating and writing for the Red Lotus was "a blast" said co-creator Bryan Konietzko, "[Michael Dante DiMartino], [Tim Hedrick], [Joshua Hamilton], and I got to dream up a team of baddies who represented each of the four elements, but with rare and deadly skills."
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | The Red Lotus
The final design for Bolin was done by supervising producer Ki-Hyun Ryu. Bolin is voiced by P.J. Byrne. Bryne related to the character as he explained, "I'm a people person, I'm a peoplely people, and I think that's what my character is."
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Bolin
The idea for Bolin and Mako's characters came from the creators desire to include a story about brothers in the series. They were also meant to illustrate how cultures had blended in Republic City, with their late mother and father hailing from the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom respectively. Bolin's character was inspired by the original concept of Toph Beifong, who was going to be a male character Konietzko described as "kind of a big, not sharpest tool in the shed." When Toph's character was changed to a young girl, the creators still had many ideas for the male earthbender, which they implemented into Bolin.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Bolin
Bryan Konietzko, the co-creator of the Nickelodeon animated series "", was a storyboard artist and art director on "Invader Zim". Konietzko has said that the character of Aang was inspired by a drawing of an adult character he had originally designed while working on "Invader Zim". When Konietzko first redesigned the character as Aang for "Avatar: The Last Airbender" he left visible "traces of Jhonen Vasquez's idiosyncratic style in the character's poses." Rebecca Sugar, the creator of the Cartoon Network animated series "Steven Universe", is a fan of "Invader Zim" and has admitted to reading and writing fan fiction and drawing fan art for "Invader Zim" when she was a teenager.
Invader Zim | Influence
The stories are collected in oversized hardcover library edition featuring notes from the creators and a sketchbook section. They are also collected in paperback omnibuses, printed at digest size.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics) | Collections
Several comic-book short stories were published in "Nickelodeon Magazine", and Dark Horse published "Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Lost Adventures"—a collection of these and new comics—on June 15, 2011. Dark Horse published a graphic-novel series by Gene Yang that continues Aang's story after the Hundred Years' War. "", published in three volumes in 2012, explores the fate of the Fire Nation colonies that become "The Legend of Korra"s United Republic. This series was translated into Hebrew in 2016–2017. A second set of three comic books, "", focuses on Zuko and Azula, and the fate of their mother Ursa. The second set was translated into Hebrew in 2018–2019.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Comics
As a rule, most or all of the foregoing characteristics appear as sources of comic relief.
Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender character) | Personality
Two original black-and-white graphic novels, entitled "" and "The Last Airbender", drawn in the manga style, were written by Dave Roman and Alison Wilgus. ""Avatar: The Last Airbender" has shown incredible crossover appeal with manga fans. The release of "The Last Airbender" movie and original tie-in manga gives us the chance to share completely new stories with Avatar fans looking for more about Aang, Zuko, and their favorite characters." Dallas Middaugh, Associate Publisher of Del Rey Manga said in a statement. The second manga was released on June 22, 2010. The plot, like the film, is a condensed version of the of the series.
The Last Airbender | Graphic novels
Netflix announced in September 2018 that a "reimagined" live-action remake of "Avatar" was to start production in 2019. The series' original creators, DiMartino and Konietzko, were to be the executive producers and showrunners. The two said that they intended to adapt the series "with a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast". It was announced that Jeremy Zuckerman, who composed music for the original show, would also be returning to do the music for the remake. On August 12, 2020, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko both revealed on their social media accounts that they had departed the show due to creative differences.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Live-action remake
Toph was initially conceived as a sixteen-year-old boy that was athletic and muscular, designed to be a foil to Sokka. As the series progressed and the time came closer to the introduction of an earthbender that would join the main characters, head writer Aaron Ehasz introduced the idea of a little girl being able to defeat strong and muscular adult earthbenders, which though found humorous by some of the staff, was initially rejected by "Avatar" co-creator Bryan Konietzko. Following several long discussions, Konietzko stopped fighting the idea and warmed up to it, after which Toph was made female and introduced into the series, becoming one of Konietzko's favorite characters.
Toph Beifong | Creation and conception
Many of the recurring characters of the series have received traits based on the respective element. Aang is carefree and childlike, as is commonly attributed to "wonder" of the unknown, or the "freedom" of the wind and the air. As a spiritualist, a pacifist and a vegetarian, he is very "Yin", hyper-attuned to the spirit world, and prefers non-violent alternatives to solving problems. Toph, despite being blind, is extremely perceptive of the world around her due to her connection to the Earth. Unlike Aang, she is extremely brusque when criticizing others, as attributed to Earth's toughness.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Personalities
Series co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino stated that he and Bryan Konietzko never talked of killing the character off. Konietzko explained the reason the "full beatdown" was not seen was because it could not be shown and attributed fans thinking the character would die was due to the death of the Earth Queen earlier in the season.
Tenzin (The Legend of Korra) | Creation and conception
The series consists of sixty-one episodes. The first episode—an-hour-long premiere—aired on February 21, 2005, on Nickelodeon. The series concluded with a two-hour television movie broadcast on July 19, 2008. Each season of the series is known as a "book", in which each episode is referred to as a "chapter". Each book takes its name from one of the elements Aang must master: Water, Earth, and Fire. The show's first two seasons each consists of twenty episodes and the third season has twenty-one. The entire series has been released on DVD in regions 1, 2 and 4. As of May 2020, the complete series is available on Netflix in the United States.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Episodes
After the acolytes' formation, the air temples were each administered by abbots and abbesses. Following "harmonic convergence"-event of 171 AG, Tenzin, by virtue of being the world's most senior airbending master, continued to have a say in global affairs as the figurehead of the Air Nation. He continued to reside on Air Temple Island branch. Avatar: The Last Airbender The Legend of Korra
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Air Nomads
In addition, he is both heterodox and resourceful in his endeavors, and a source of comic relief throughout the series. Sokka was in love with the Northern Water Tribe princess Yue at the end of and later shifted his affections to the Kyoshi Warriors' leader Suki in and . In the sequel series, flashbacks reveal Sokka was the first representative of the Southern Water Tribe to sit on the Republic City Council, and possibly its first chairman. He died a few years after Aang, when the next Avatar, Korra, was still a child.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Sokka
Several books based on the show have been published. Dark Horse Comics published an art book titled "Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Art of the Animated Series" on June 2, 2010, with 184 pages of original art from the series.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Books
The character was named after the late Mako Iwamatsu, the original voice of Iroh in "Avatar: The Last Airbender".
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Mako
Additionally, music editor and composer Jeremy Zuckerman and the sound editing team were nominated a Golden Reel award for "Best Sound Editing in a Television Animation" for their work in "Avatar Aang".
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) | Reception
The series' first season was the basis of the 2010 live-action film "The Last Airbender", which was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It was intended as the first of a trilogy of films, each of which would be based upon one of the three television seasons. The film was universally panned for its writing, acting, whitewashed cast, and Shyamalan's direction; it earned a 5% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes as well as five Razzies at the 31st Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, and some critics described it as one of the worst films ever made. Although the film originally shared the title of the television series, the title "The Last Airbender" was used because producers feared it would be confused with James Cameron's film "Avatar".
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Film adaptation
Unlike the previous five books it was written by Faith Erin Hicks.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Comics
Katara () is a fictional character in the Nickelodeon animated television series "" and "The Legend of Korra". The character, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, is voiced by Mae Whitman in the original series and Eva Marie Saint in the sequel series. In addition to this, she was played by Nicola Peltz in the 2010 live action film "The Last Airbender". Katara was a fourteen-year-old waterbender (i.e., she has the ability to telekinetically control water and ice); at the beginning of the story, she was the only waterbender in the Southern Water Tribe, one of three known communities in which waterbending is practiced.
Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender) | Introduction
In , Zuko eventually rejects his father Ozai's plans and joins Aang. After he learns the secret of Firebending with Aang from two dragons, he becomes Aang's Firebending teacher; helps Sokka rescue prisoners; assists Katara in confronting her mother's killer; and receives his uncle Iroh's forgiveness. After defeating Azula, Zuko becomes the new Fire Lord and ends the war. The sequel series reveals that Fire Lord Zuko aided Avatar Aang reorganizing the Fire Nation's colonies in the Earth Kingdom as a United Republic of Nations, and is the only one of Republic City's founders not to have lived there. After abdicating the throne in favor of his daughter Izumi while her son Iroh later serves as a general in the United Forces, Zuko travels the world as an ambassador for peace and keeping major threats in check while Aang's reincarnation Korra is still a child.
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Zuko
Katharine Houghton played "Gran Gran", the grandmother of Katara and Sokka, and Seychelle Gabriel portrayed Princess Yue, a love interest of Sokka's and princess of the Northern Water Tribe. Isaac Jin Solstein played an earthbending boy. Comedian Aasif Mandvi was cast as Commander Zhao, Cliff Curtis as Fire Lord Ozai, and Keong Sim was cast in the role of an Earthbender. Ringer began practicing Taekwondo – the martial art and national sport of Korea – at the age of 10. He began shaving his head during his martial arts training to help cool off, which gave him the nickname "Avatar" due to his resemblance to Aang from the animated series.
The Last Airbender | Casting
The characters of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" received praise from reviewers. Troy Island Mell, of IGN, felt that the story "would [not] be anywhere near as good as it is without its ability to create such strong characters". In particular, Mell enjoyed the development of Katara and Zuko throughout the first season, but thought that Zuko's relationship with his uncle was not "very organic." Jamie S. Rich of DVDTalk generally agreed with Mell's assessment of the characters. Rich also praised the fact that, unlike many cartoon television series, "Avatar" introduces antagonists that have a deep backstory and "are [not] just evil for the sake of it".
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Reception
Joshua Miller of CHUD.com called it "phenomenal" and "one of the most well animated programs (children's or adult) American TV has ever had"; according to Miller, the series is heavily influenced by anime. Tim Janson of "Cinefantastique" described it as "one of the most engaging animated shows produced". Dennis Amith of J!ENT called the series "one of the best animated TV series shown in the US by American creators". Amith praised its sophisticated storylines, edginess, humor, and action. Franco "Cricket" Te of Nerd Society described "Avatar: The Last Airbender" as "one of the best cartoon[s]" he had ever seen, recommending the series for its characters and plot.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Critical response
The Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Lost Adventures is a graphic novel anthology published by Dark Horse Comics collecting short stories from 2005 to 2011. "The Lost Adventures" features twenty-six in-continuity stories set throughout the run of the , most of which had previously appeared in "Nickelodeon Magazine" or as part of DVD collections. Many of the writers and artists worked on the original animated series.
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Lost Adventures | Introduction
Fire Lord Zuko () (voiced by Dante Basco in the original animated series, voiced by Bruce Davison in the sequel series, and portrayed by Dev Patel in the live-action film) is the son of Fire Lord Ozai and older brother of Princess Azula. Originally the banished prince of the Fire Nation, Zuko ultimately becomes Fire Lord. When exiled, prior to the beginning of the series, by his father Fire Lord Ozai for forfeiting a duel therewith, Zuko believed that capturing the Avatar would regain his honor. In addition to his firebending, Zuko is proficient in the use of double broadswords wielded in his alter ego of the "Blue Spirit".
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters | Zuko