After the excellence of Avatar: the Legend of Aang, a sequel was a difficult task. Fortunately, Bryke rose to the challenge with the darker, more mature Avatar: the Legend of Korra. Korra takes place in a very different world with early-20th century technology such as electricity and radios, and mercifully avoids rehashing Aang's story. Also there are mechs and turbolasers.
This is one of the most feminist pieces of entertainment around. Women of all ages are prominent and awesome, and not even in a deliberate way - having great women is just a fact of life.
Season 1 concerns Korra's efforts to learn airbending while also struggling against Amon, a creepy and menacing revolutionary who desires to rid the world of bending. This is a good conflict, though the show spends too much time on Korra's pro-bending that would have been better spent on the Republic's politics to show Amon's point. Best: two overlapping love triangles are handled incredibly maturely.
Season 2's primary villain is Korra's uncle Unalaq, who want to TAKE OVER THE WORLD! Good: Unalaq is a more compelling evil overlord than Ozai; we get to see how the Avatar first came to be; every single episode ends on an epic cliffhanger. Bad: Tenzin's family holiday should have been pruned back. Best: for once we get to see the progression of the relationship between the teenagers who got together at the end of their epic adventures.
Season 3 is where Korra really shines. As new airbenders appear, tensions mount within the Earth Kingdom, while a group of fearsome anarchists seek to bring freedom to all. It's fantastically well-written, the fight choreography is gorgeous, and the villains genuinely do have a point. Best: Korra doesn't emerge unscathed...
Season 4 is driven by the fallout from the season 3. With Korra incapacitated by severe physical and psychological injuries, the fractured Earth Kingdom has been reunited by Kuvira, a driven woman who evokes Kim Il-Sung, Qin Shi Huang, and Oliver Cromwell. The stakes are high, the setpieces awesome, and the final battle epic. Best: This children's cartoon ends with two main characters in a gay relationship.
Bryke, I understand you have no plans to do more Avatar, but at some point could you make one with an Earth Avatar in a modernish setting? Please?
A worthy sequel that ultimately surpasses its predecessor
After the excellence of Avatar: the Legend of Aang, a sequel was a difficult task. Fortunately, Bryke rose to the challenge with the darker, more mature Avatar: the Legend of Korra. Korra takes place in a very different world with early-20th century technology such as electricity and radios, and mercifully avoids rehashing Aang's story. Also there are mechs and turbolasers.
This is one of the most feminist pieces of entertainment around. Women of all ages are prominent and awesome, and not even in a deliberate way - having great women is just a fact of life.
Season 1 concerns Korra's efforts to learn airbending while also struggling against Amon, a creepy and menacing revolutionary who desires to rid the world of bending. This is a good conflict, though the show spends too much time on Korra's pro-bending that would have been better spent on the Republic's politics to show Amon's point. Best: two overlapping love triangles are handled incredibly maturely.
Season 2's primary villain is Korra's uncle Unalaq, who want to TAKE OVER THE WORLD! Good: Unalaq is a more compelling evil overlord than Ozai; we get to see how the Avatar first came to be; every single episode ends on an epic cliffhanger. Bad: Tenzin's family holiday should have been pruned back. Best: for once we get to see the progression of the relationship between the teenagers who got together at the end of their epic adventures.
Season 3 is where Korra really shines. As new airbenders appear, tensions mount within the Earth Kingdom, while a group of fearsome anarchists seek to bring freedom to all. It's fantastically well-written, the fight choreography is gorgeous, and the villains genuinely do have a point. Best: Korra doesn't emerge unscathed...
Season 4 is driven by the fallout from the season 3. With Korra incapacitated by severe physical and psychological injuries, the fractured Earth Kingdom has been reunited by Kuvira, a driven woman who evokes Kim Il-Sung, Qin Shi Huang, and Oliver Cromwell. The stakes are high, the setpieces awesome, and the final battle epic. Best: This children's cartoon ends with two main characters in a gay relationship.
Bryke, I understand you have no plans to do more Avatar, but at some point could you make one with an Earth Avatar in a modernish setting? Please?