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Avatar: The Last Airbender
is a 61-episode, Emmy Award
-winning American
animated television series written and created by Michael Dante DiMartino
and Bryan Konietzko
. It first aired on February 21, 2005 with a one-hour series premiere and concluded its run with a two-hour TV movie on July 19, 2008. The Avatar 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 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. In addition to the three seasons, there were two recap episodes and three "shorts". The first recap summarized the first eighteen episodes while the second summarized season two. The first self-parody was released via an online flash game. The second and third were released with the Complete Second Season Box Set DVD. The entire series has been released on DVD in Region One
, Region Two
and Region Four
.
In the Avatar universe, there are people who are able to manipulate, or "bend", the four elements: Air, Water, Earth
, and Fire. Along with the four elements, there are four nations that correspond with each element. Not everyone can bend an element, and those that can can only bend one. However, The Avatar is a being able to manipulate all four elements as well as communicate with the spirits. The Avatar is also born into one nation, and after dying, is reincarnated into another nation following the pattern of Water, Earth, Fire, Air. The series takes place 100 years after the fire nation declares war against all other nations and has killed off all airbenders in search of finding the avatar who has been reincarnated as an airbender, Aang. The avatar, trapped in ice for 100 years, knows nothing of the war. 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. Zuko is obsessed with trying to capture Aang in order to regain fathers favour and in doing so restore his honor.
In addition to the show's three seasons and an unaired pilot, there have been five specials since its premiere in 2005. These include three animated "shorts" and two recap episodes. The shorts were done in a "super deformed
" style. School Time Shipping, the first short, featured the characters from the show preparing for a school dance. In Bending Battle, Katara, Toph
, Aang
, Zuko, Iroh, and Sokka
argue over which element is the best one. In Swamp Skiin' Throwdown, Sokka is taught to "swamp ski" by the Foggy Swamp Tribe, a forgotten extension of The Water Tribe. The first recap episode focused on episodes one through seventeen of season one, while the second focused on the entire second season.
. Since this is not compatible in most countries outside North America, Nickelodeon released separate DVDs in regions where the video would be encoded using PAL instead. These releases began on February 19, 2007; each DVD was released months after the original release. As with the original DVDs, each set contained five episodes on one disc, with the exception of The Complete Book One Collection Box Set, which contained all of the twenty episodes in the season on five discs. In the Netherlands, all episodes came out in a box.
iTunes lists all three seasons available for download from its on-line shop. While Book One:Water is laid out as found in its complete book set counter part. Both Book Two:Earth and Book Three:Fire have had quite a number of episodes combined into one long viewing. This info can be found/verified via the iTunes store if one is willing to spend the time comparing lists.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American animated television series that aired for three seasons on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008. The series was created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who served as executive producers along with Aaron Ehasz...
is a 61-episode, Emmy Award
Emmy Award
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-winning American
Television in the United States
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animated television series written and created by Michael Dante DiMartino
Michael Dante DiMartino
Michael Dante DiMartino is an American animation director, best known as the co-creator, executive producer and story editor of the hit TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender on Nickelodeon...
and Bryan Konietzko
Bryan Konietzko
Bryan Konietzko is the co-creator and executive producer of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. He has also worked as a character designer at Film Roman for Family Guy and as Assistant Director for Mission Hill and King of the Hill. He was a Storyboard Artist and Art Director for the...
. It first aired on February 21, 2005 with a one-hour series premiere and concluded its run with a two-hour TV movie on July 19, 2008. The Avatar 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 the protagonist
Aang
Aang is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The character is created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and is voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen. Aang is depicted as the show's main protagonist, and as such has appeared in all but one...
must master: Water
Water
Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
, Earth
Earth
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, and Fire
Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition....
. The show's first two seasons each consisted of 20 episodes, while the third season had 21. In addition to the three seasons, there were two recap episodes and three "shorts". The first recap summarized the first eighteen episodes while the second summarized season two. The first self-parody was released via an online flash game. The second and third were released with the Complete Second Season Box Set DVD. The entire series has been released on DVD in Region One
DVD region code
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, Region Two
DVD region code
DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
and Region Four
DVD region code
DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
.
In the Avatar universe, there are people who are able to manipulate, or "bend", the four elements: Air, Water, Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
, and Fire. Along with the four elements, there are four nations that correspond with each element. Not everyone can bend an element, and those that can can only bend one. However, The Avatar is a being able to manipulate all four elements as well as communicate with the spirits. The Avatar is also born into one nation, and after dying, is reincarnated into another nation following the pattern of Water, Earth, Fire, Air. The series takes place 100 years after the fire nation declares war against all other nations and has killed off all airbenders in search of finding the avatar who has been reincarnated as an airbender, Aang. The avatar, trapped in ice for 100 years, knows nothing of the war. 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
Crown Prince
A crown prince or crown princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The wife of a crown prince is also titled crown princess....
of the Fire Nation. Zuko was scarred in a duel with his own father, the current Fire Lord. Zuko is obsessed with trying to capture Aang in order to regain fathers favour and in doing so restore his honor.
Series overview
| Book | Chapters | Originally aired | DVD Release | ||||
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| Season premiere Season premiere In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:... |
Season finale Season finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program... |
Region 1 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region... |
Region 2 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region... |
Region 4 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region... |
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| 1 | Water Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1) Season One of Avatar: The Last Airbender, an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, aired 20 episodes from February 21, 2005 to December 2, 2005... |
20 | February 21, 2005 | December 2, 2005 | September 19, 2006 | January 26, 2009 | June 4, 2009 |
| 2 | Earth Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 2) Season Two of Avatar: The Last Airbender, an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, first aired its 20 episodes from March 17, 2006 to December 1, 2006... |
20 | March 17, 2006 | December 1, 2006 | September 11, 2007 | July 20, 2009 | September 9, 2010 |
| 3 | Fire Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) Season Three of Avatar: The Last Airbender, an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, first aired its 21 episodes from September 21, 2007 to July 19, 2008... |
21 | September 21, 2007 | July 19, 2008 | September 16, 2008 | February 1, 2010 | December 2, 2010 |
In addition to the show's three seasons and an unaired pilot, there have been five specials since its premiere in 2005. These include three animated "shorts" and two recap episodes. The shorts were done in a "super deformed
Super deformed
Super deformed or SD is a specific style of Japanese caricature where characters are drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads, to make them resemble small children...
" style. School Time Shipping, the first short, featured the characters from the show preparing for a school dance. In Bending Battle, Katara, Toph
Toph
Toph Bei Fong is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The character was voiced by Jessie Flower.Toph Bei Fong is a blind Earthbending master...
, Aang
Aang
Aang is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The character is created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and is voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen. Aang is depicted as the show's main protagonist, and as such has appeared in all but one...
, Zuko, Iroh, and Sokka
Sokka
Sokka is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The character, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, is voiced by Jack DeSena...
argue over which element is the best one. In Swamp Skiin' Throwdown, Sokka is taught to "swamp ski" by the Foggy Swamp Tribe, a forgotten extension of The Water Tribe. The first recap episode focused on episodes one through seventeen of season one, while the second focused on the entire second season.
Book One: Water (2005)
Book Two: Earth (2006)
Book Three: Fire (2007–2008)
Volume DVDs
The first Avatar: The Last Airbender DVD set became available on January 31, 2006. The first season had five DVD sets, each containing four episodes. For season two and three, four DVD sets were released, with five episodes on each. The only exception to the release pattern was the last DVD set of season three, which contained a sixth episode. At the end of each season, a box set was released, containing all of the episodes from the season. Each box set contains an additional disc of bonus features not available as an individual disc release like every episode of the series.Region 1
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. Since this is not compatible in most countries outside North America, Nickelodeon released separate DVDs in regions where the video would be encoded using PAL instead. These releases began on February 19, 2007; each DVD was released months after the original release. As with the original DVDs, each set contained five episodes on one disc, with the exception of The Complete Book One Collection Box Set, which contained all of the twenty episodes in the season on five discs. In the Netherlands, all episodes came out in a box.
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Footnotes
- 1, 2, 3. Production code format taken from the commentary for "Sozin's Comet: The Phoenix King"
iTunes lists all three seasons available for download from its on-line shop. While Book One:Water is laid out as found in its complete book set counter part. Both Book Two:Earth and Book Three:Fire have had quite a number of episodes combined into one long viewing. This info can be found/verified via the iTunes store if one is willing to spend the time comparing lists.
- For Book Two:Earth the following changes were made.
- Book Two: Ep 12 "The Serpent's Pass" and 13 "The Drill" are combined and listed as Ep 12 "The Secret of the Fire Nation" and shows a run time of 47:19.
- Book Two: Ep 19 "The Guru" and 20 "The Crossroads of Destiny" are also combined as one and listed as EP 18 "The Guru/The Crossroads of Destiny" and has a run time of 47:22.
- The changes make Book Two:Earth essentially 18 Episodes instead of 20.
- For Book Three:Fire the following changes were made.
- Book Three: Ep 10 "The Day of Black Sun Part 1" and Ep 11 "The Day of Black Sun Part 2" were combined into one and listed as Ep 10 "The Day of the Black Sun" with a run time of 47:32.
- Book Three: Ep 14 "The Boiling Rock Part 1" and Ep 15 "The Boiling Rock Part 2" were also merged into one making Ep 13 "The Boiling Rock." with a run time of 45:58.
- Finally, included with Book Three:Fire the Four Part special conclusion "Sozin's Comet" was linked into an hour and a half full length episode listed as Ep 16 "Sozin's Comet" with a run time of 1:32:50.
- This change cuts the 21 Episode length Final Season down to only 16 episodes.