ANIMATION – Why You Owe it to Yourself to Watch Legend of Korra

The Simpsons Quote:

Akira: We learn karate, so that we need never use it.

Bart: Um, excuse me, sir. I already know how not to hit a guy. Can we break out the nunchucks?

I often talk about how much I like action-adventure cartoons. I’ve recently spoken about Tron: Uprising.

Today, I’m going to be talking about this other action-adventure cartoon, one that is actually more martial arts based, it is incredible, and that would be Avatar: The Legend of Korra – Book One: Air, from Nickelodeon first season.

I talk about this in the video below.  You can either watch it or you can read the transcription under it (which has pictures and I embedded a trailer so you can see what the show looks like down there):

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My History With the Avatar Series

I didn’t watch Avatar: The Last Airbender. I’ve heard it’s fantastic. I’ve watched half the first season. I don’t know what it is. I’ll watch it, I’ll eventually get through it, but there was something about the quirkiness of the comedy with what seemed to me, was really trying really hard to rip off Miyazaki, and I don’t know what it was, it just didn’t strike me, so I didn’t follow it.

I’ve heard really great things, and I’ve been watching the show, and I think it’s fine.

It doesn’t blow me away, I haven’t gotten to the good parts, apparently, but I’ll eventually keep watching it. I’m kind of upset that Netflix no longer has it streaming, because that’s the way I started watching it, but it’s in my queue.

Do You Need To Watch the First Series to Enjoy This One?

That said, I just went on and just straight up started watching The Legend of Korra. Not having seen the entire run of the first incarnation of The Last Airbender, I can tell you right now that you do not need to watch Airbender to enjoy this show.

You kind of understand that a lot of this other stuff happened in the past, and you kind of know that it’s in another show, so you don’t have to worry about it, you can watch it on your own time and find out the back story of some of the characters. You do not need to watch the whole thing. I think it just makes it better if you have.

Why Watch Korra?

That said, this series is incredible. The art, the draftsmanship for the characters in this cartoon, is fantastic. The designs are great.

They’re very influenced by Japanese cartoons and animation. These are actually very, very attractive, very beautifully, well-drawn characters.

It takes place years, after the Avatar series. It takes place in a 1920s-type environment where there’s cars and machines, but then you’ve got all these incredible martial arts, fantastic fight scenes.

The story of the show, Korra being the new Avatar who can control all the elements, as opposed to all the other martial artists in the world that could only control one. It’s about her going into a new environment and having to deal with being in a new city, and the build-up and the tension and the drama starts up fast, and it doesn’t let up.

This is how they ought to make action-adventure TV shows more. This is how it’s done.

Korra Vs. Young Justice

I’ve talked about Young Justice before. I have to say Korra beats  Young Justice, as far as drama and cohesiveness. The quality of the work is as good as Young Justice.

This story beats  Young Justice because it’s a little bit more concentrated and a little bit more cohesive than Young Justice, who tended to be just a touch episodic.

This is rock solid. I don’t think there’s one bad episode in this series. If you haven’t seen it, if you like things like Kung Fu Panda or anything that’s even remotely action-adventure, martial arts, if you’re into kung fu, if you’re into good, high drama, fantasy, exciting shows, this is really the show for you to watch.

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Have You Seen Legend of Korra

All right, so, if you’ve seen Korra, and I know there’s a huge fan base for this show, if you’ve seen it, let me know, and let me know what you think.

And, if you haven’t seen it, and you decide to watch it because of my recommendation, let me know. I want to know what you think about this show. All right, so I’ll talk to you next time.