Did someone say 'new geek obsession?' Netflix and Nickelodeon are teaming up for a live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series from original series creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. The series will be exclusively available on Netflix and will go into production in 2019.
The beloved animated series — which is about a monk Aang and his friends who must save the world by defeating Fire Lord Ozai and ending the destructive war with the Fire Nation — originally ran for three seasons on Nick from 2005 to 2008, won a prestigious Peabody award and inspired legions of fans. It was adapted into an unsuccessful live-action film directed by M. Night Shyamalan at his career nadir. This new series is being angled as the correct live-action adaptation.
'We're thrilled for the opportunity to helm this live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender,' Konietzko and DiMartino said in a statement. 'We can't wait to realize Aang's world as cinematically as we always imagined it to be, and with a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build upon everyone's great work on the original animated series and go even deeper into the characters, story, action, and world-building. Netflix is wholly dedicated to manifesting our vision for this retelling, and we're incredibly grateful to be partnering with them.'
Fans are 'overflowing with joy' at the news, though they're also prepared to be mad at Netflix if the streaming service screws it up.
A live action Avatar: The Last Airbender series! I am overflowing with joy, this is a gift ??
— Eoin Costigan (@Cozmosiss) September 18, 2018LET'S GO. Finally some good news in this world. Might need to grab Netflix for the live action Avatar: The Last Airbender series.
— Desik (@gdesiks) September 18, 2018OH NETFLIX BOUTTA MAKE A LIVE ACTION AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER?! I swear if they mess this up like Shyamalan did I'm gonna be furious
— ethan (@ethan_arner) September 18, 2018Oh my god, 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' will be in Netflix's live action!!? pic.twitter.com/KiUV7xYvxV
— Afi Laudza Adani (@afilaudzaa) September 18, 2018Netflix if you ruin The Last Airbender you best believe im finna enter the avatar state and fuck shit up pic.twitter.com/Eg5umSsnty
— V. (@SVhonzo) September 18, 2018Netflix released some concept art for the series. What do you think?
Avatar: The Last Airbender concept artPhoto: John StaubAvatar: The Last Airbender will start production in 2019.
Calling all fans of animated action and adventure: you’ve got a lot of bingeing to do! The Dragon Prince is now streaming on Neflix, and it demands your attention! The new series follows the unlikely team-up between a pair of princes and the elf assassin sent to murder them. Will they succeed in unifying their warring families before more blood is shed? You gotta stream it to find out!
And once you’re done streaming the Dragon Prince’s first season, you might feel the need to watch two other fantastical action cartoons: Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. Why? Because Dragon Prince co-creator and writer Aaron Ehasz served as head writer for the acclaimed Avatar!
Set in another realm, Avatar tells the story of Aang, the last member of the airbender tribe and the latest reincarnation of the powerful and peace-bringing Avatar. The series ran from 2005 to 2008, creating a bold new franchise for fans to obsess over before spinning off into a sequel series, The Legend of Korra. That series, which ran from 2012 to 2014, picks up decades after Aang’s run as Avatar and follows the new peacekeeper, Korra, as she dives deeper into the mythology.
After you binge The Dragon Prince, it’s only understandable that you’d want to watch or rewatch these two shows. But where can you stream them? And can you stream them?
How to stream Avatar: The Last Airbender
Don’t believe whatever viral tweet you’ve read, because Avatar: The Last Airbender is not on Netflix–at least in the United States. It’s also not on Hulu and it’s not streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video. Aang and pals may have hung out in those parts at one point, but they moved on long ago. Right now, the only streaming service that can give you all the Momo hijinks you want is the Avatar page on the official Nickelodeon website. If you have a cable provider login, you’ll be able to stream every episode there for free.
Otherwise, you’ll have to shell out some yuans to relive Aang’s adventures. You can purchase episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender on most digital video storefronts like iTunes, Prime Video, Google Play and more.
How to stream The Legend of Korra
Just as The Legend of Korra echoes the plot of Avatar, so does this entry mirror the one above. That’s because if you want to stream the sequel starring the headstrong waterbender, you’re gonna need a cable login. You can stream the entire Legend of Korra series on Nickelodeon’s website, but you’re gonna have to have a recognized cable account to do so.
If you can’t come up with a cable account password, you’ll have to buy Korra season by season. As with Avatar, you’ll be able to purchase Korra at all the usual digital storefronts like iTunes, Prime Video, Google Play, and others.
Avatar: The Last Airbender | |||
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Created by | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko | ||
Publication information | |||
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Formats | Series of original graphic novels | ||
Genre | Adventure, fantasy | ||
Publication date | June 2005 – present | ||
Creative team | |||
Writer(s) | Gene Luen Yang Faith Erin Hicks Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko | ||
Artist(s) | Gurihiru | ||
Letterer(s) | Michael Heisler | ||
Colorist(s) | Naoko Kawano Ryan Hill | ||
Creator(s) | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko | ||
Editor(s) | Dave Marshall |
The Avatar: The Last Airbendercomics are a continuation of the original Nickelodeonanimated television series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, 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 series, taking place seven decades later, The Legend of Korra, began publication in 2017.
- 1Short stories
Short stories[edit]
Free Comic Book Day issues[edit]
Since 2011, there has been four short comics of Avatar: The Last Airbender or The Legend of Korra at Free Comic Book Day offerings from Dark Horse Comics.
Title | Date | Story | Art | Colors | FCBD issue |
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'Relics' | May 7, 2011 | Johane Matte Joshua Hamilton | Johane Matte | Hye Jung Kim | Avatar: The Last Airbender / Star Wars: The Clone Wars |
'Rebound' | May 4, 2013 | Gene Luen Yang | Ryan Hill | Star Wars / Captain Midnight / Avatar: The Last Airbender | |
'Shells' | May 3, 2014 | Gene Luen Yang | Faith Erin Hicks | Cris Peter | Avatar: The Last Airbender / Itty Bitty Hellboy / Juice Squeezers |
'Sisters' | May 2, 2015 | Gene Luen Yang | Carla Speed McNeil | Jenn Manley Lee | Avatar: The Last Airbender / Plants vs. Zombies / Bandette |
Avatar Last Airbender Full Episodes
The Lost Adventures[edit]
The Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Lost Adventures graphic novel is a collection of long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine and the Avatar: The Last Airbender DVD collections between 2005 and 2011. It also includes the Free Comic Book Day issue 'Relics' and all-new comics. Published on June 15, 2011, it is an anthology that includes twenty-eight stories by various writers and artists, many of whom worked on the original animated series.[1]
Team Avatar Tales[edit]
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Team Avatar Tales is the second anthology book, collecting the 2013–2015 Free Comic Book Day stories along with all-new stories. The book is scheduled for publication on October 2, 2019.[2] Creators include Gene Luen Yang, Dave Scheidt, Sara Goetter, Ron Koertge, Kiku Hughes, Faith Erin Hicks, Ryan Hill, Carla Speed McNeil, Johane Matte, and Sara DuVall.
Graphic novel trilogies[edit]
A series of graphic novels trilogies published by Dark Horse Comics serve as a continuation of Avatar: The Last Airbender television series. 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.[3]
Title | Date | Story | Script | Art | Colors | Notes |
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The Promise | January 26, 2012 | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gene Luen Yang | Gene Luen Yang | Gurihiru | [4] | |
May 30, 2012 | [5] | |||||
September 26, 2012 | [6] | |||||
The Search | March 20, 2013 | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gene Luen Yang | Gene Luen Yang | Gurihiru | [7] | |
July 10, 2013 | [8] | |||||
October 30, 2013 | [9] | |||||
The Rift | March 5, 2014 | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gene Luen Yang | Gene Luen Yang | Gurihiru | [10][11] | |
July 16, 2014 | [12] | |||||
November 18, 2014 | [13] | |||||
Smoke and Shadow | October 6, 2015 | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gene Luen Yang | Gene Luen Yang | Gurihiru | [14] | |
December 29, 2015 | [15] | |||||
April 12, 2016 | [16] | |||||
North and South | September 28, 2016 | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gene Luen Yang | Gene Luen Yang | Gurihiru | [17] | |
January 25, 2017 | [18] | |||||
April 26, 2017 | [19][20] | |||||
Imbalance | December 19, 2018 | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Faith Erin Hicks | Faith Erin Hicks | Peter Wartman | Ryan Hill | [21] |
May 14, 2019 | [22] | |||||
October 1, 2019 | [23] |
Library edition hardcovers[edit]
Material from the original graphic novels is collected in an oversized library edition featuring notes from the creators and a sketchbook section.
Volume | Title | Date | Collects | ISBN | Notes |
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1 | The Promise | February 20, 2013 |
| 9781616550745 | [24] |
2 | The Search | February 5, 2014 |
| 9781616552268 | [25] |
3 | The Rift | February 24, 2015 |
| 9781616555504 | [26] |
4 | Smoke and Shadow | September 21, 2016 |
| 9781506700137 | [27] |
5 | North and South | October 25, 2017 |
| 9781506701950 | [28] |
References[edit]
Nickelodeon Avatar The Last Airbender Games
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — Team Avatar Tales TPB'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 8 Mar 2019.
- ^Holub, Christian (5 October 2017). 'Avatar: The Last Airbender comic'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise (Part One)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise (Part Two)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise (Part Three)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search (Part One)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search (Part Two)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search (Part Three)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^Phegley, Kiel. 'SDCC Exclusive: Yang Takes 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' to 'The Rift''. News article. Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift (Part One)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift (Part Two)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift (Part Three)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow (Part One)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow (Part Two)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow (Part Three)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South (Part One)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South (Part Two)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/exclusive-new-avatar-the-last-airbender-graphic-novel-series-debuts-in-2016
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South (Part Three)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^'Dark Horse announces new Avatar: The Last Airbender comics'. Entertainment Weekly. 26 February 2018.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender — Imbalance (Part Two)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610646/avatar-the-last-airbender--imbalance-part-three-by-written-by-faith-erin-hicks-michael-dante-dimartino-and-bryan-konietzko-illustrated-by-peter-wartman-colored-by-adele-matera/9781506708133/
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Promise (Library Edition Hadrcover)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Search (Library Edition Hadrcover)'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Rift'. Edelweiss. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender—Smoke and Shadow'. Penguin Random House. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^'Avatar: The Last Airbender—North and South'. Amazon. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Netflix Series Promises “a Culturally Appropriate, Non-Whitewashed Cast”
Time to ship Zutara all over again.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is about to get a third life on Netflix as a live-action series! No, I’m not crying, you are crying! Yip-Yip Appa Lovers.
In a press release from Netflix, the streaming company released the following information:
Netflix will produce a reimagined live-action series based on the award-winning and beloved Nickelodeon animated series AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, from the original creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who will serve as showrunners and executive producers. The new series, in partnership with Nickelodeon, will be exclusively available on Netflix and will start production in 2019.
The fact that Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are going to be reuniting to make this series is extra exciting. Not to mention it looks like this is going to be a huge opportunity for an Asian cast, crew, writers, etc. to have this fantasy series come to life the right way.
“We’re thrilled for the opportunity to helm this live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. We can’t wait to realize Aang’s world as cinematically as we always imagined it to be, and with a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build upon everyone’s great work on the original animated series and go even deeper into the characters, story, action, and world-building. Netflix is wholly dedicated to manifesting our vision for this retelling, and we’re incredibly grateful to be partnering with them.” — Bryan Konietzko & Michael DiMartino
The most important thing in this statement is “a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast” which would have been my major concern about this live action series. I’ve heard people to this day claim that what happened in the disastrous 2010 M. Night Shyamalan-helmed The Last Airbender movie was not whitewashing because the characters were based on fictional races and therefore it didn’t matter.
Yeah, tell that to people who don’t want Superman to be not white.
“We are committed to honoring Bryan and Mike’s vision for this retelling and are thrilled to support them on creating a live-action event series, bringing Aang’s epic world of elemental magic to life for global audiences on Netflix,” Melissa Cobb, vice-president of Kids & Family Content
Good, yes, this is everything. Avatar: The Last Airbender was one of my first real fandoms and I cut my teeth making Zutara AMVs on Windows Movie Maker. I will always love the universe that Bryke (Bryan Konietzko & Michael DiMartino) created and I’m excited to see it come to life in this new way.
I’m most excited to see all the amazing Asian actors who will be cast in this movie, who will get to work on this movie, as well as all the amazing Asian inspired costume design and food. Avatar: TLA was not just an amazing story, it was one of the first times a lot of Asian fantasy fans got to see their culture in Western media be part of this kind of epic without it being Anime.
I’m super excited to see the casting of this and I’m sure glad the Bryke is going to make sure that the live-action series reflects the culture that it was inspired from.
(image: concept art by John Staub)
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Nickelodeon’s animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender might go down in history as one of the best TV shows of all time, but when M. Night Shyamalan adapted it into a live-action film, it was a legendary flop. Today, Netflix has announced it will give “Avatar but with actual humans in it” another go. But this time, there’s hope that the project might actually be good -- the original Avatar showrunners, Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, will be executive producers on the new adaptation.
The Last Airbender, which aired on Nickelodeon in 2005, tells the tale of a young boy, Aang, who must master the control of the four elements and rally four nations of elemental warriors to defeat a tyrannical villain. Shyamalan’s film adaptation was widely criticized for a wide variety of reasons — a clunky narrative, awful dialogue, wooden acting — but also because its main characters, mostly martial artists who live in Asian-inspired cultures, were largely played by white actors. (At least, the heroes were. The villains were primarily darker-skinned actors of various racial backgrounds.) DiMartino and Konietzko want to avoid that misstep this time around.
“We’re thrilled for the opportunity to helm this live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender,” the pair said in a press release. “We can’t wait to realize Aang’s world as cinematically as we always imagined it to be, and with a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build upon everyone’s great work on the original animated series and go even deeper into the characters, story, action, and world-building.”
While production won’t begin until 2019, for now, we’ve got some concept art that depicts the protagonist with Appa, the six-legged flying bison who Aang and his friends ride as they travel around the world on their quest.