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20 Essential Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra
You could watch the Netflix live-action adaptation or you could just revisit one of the best animated shows of all time.
Twenty-odd years ago, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko created Avatar: The Last Airbender, the beloved animated children’s series that became renowned for its refined action sequences, and the precision and emotional maturity of its storytelling. This late season-one episode shows off the Water Tribe’s wealthier half, full of ice-sculpted splendor — but, appropriately, it’s also a nation frozen in place because of systemic misogyny, something represented by its eponymous waterbending master. and his gang try to hold the fledgling air nomads hostage, Aang’s kids (Tenzin, Kaya and Bumi) refuse to let themselves and their students become leverage, and fight in a tense battle to defend their late father’s dream, as well as his reincarnation in Korra.
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