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Avatar Costume Guide: Aang And Katara

So you’ve got cosplay ideas, and you’re not quite sure on what to go with or who to go as. Well, maybe you have and you’re eyeing an Avatar costume. The problem is you have absolutely no idea how you should go about it, and now you’re stuck on what to do.

As always, we’ve got you covered with what to do about your Avatar costume, so you don’t have to break a sweat. We’ve got costume guides on what you need and how you need to go about with the perfect Avatar costume.

In this article, we’ll be covering two of the most popular characters of the franchise. They are members of the original Team Avatar; and perhaps are the two most cosplayed characters ever. Here’s your Avatar Costume Guide for Aang and Katara.

Avatar Costume: How To Dress Like Aang

Dressing like Aang might look like a lot of work; but it is an Avatar costume that you can pull off easily with the right materials. So, before we get on with what you need in your Avatar costume wardrobe, let’s dive into the character himself so you can get a sense of his type of person. After all, how a person dresses usually determines what kind of person they are.

About Aang

Aang is a merrymaking kid, adventurous and perhaps a little naive as well. Possessing a keen respect for personal independence and life, he does not eat meat and is at times very reluctant to engage in conflict. Constantly craving the stimulation of new surroundings and people, he is often distracted and will take detours much to the annoyance of his friends and foes.

Discouraged by the weight of his responsibilities, Aang often longed for the simplicity of those people’s lives. This did not stop him from building an impressive collection of friends and contacts, spanning the four nations. A love for animals drew his attention to the different variations found in each region. Even with a carefree facade, the weight of his responsibilities was burdensome to Aang. The reality of being the last Airbender left him without any realistic peers. He often felt alone. It was these struggles that pushed Aang to nurture his relationships with others as without them; he would be very much alone in his role.

Aang Avatar Costume: Items You Will Need

These are all the items you’ll need to recreate Aang’s iconic Avatar costume, as seen from Seasons 1 to 2, and then in the latter parts of Season 3

Aang’s Avatar costume options can either be in partial clothing, as seen in the final battle with Fire Lord Ozai or on the Day of the Invasion; or in full clothing, as seen in the rest of the series. Aang can be played by both mle and female cosplayers, as he is a very versatile character. The bald cap will help to simulate the monk haircut, so you don’t have to worry about cutting your hair.

If you’re going for a look with partial clothing then you have the choice of going shirtless and painting on his symbols or wearing just a sash over a bare chest. Then you can just paint on his head arrow symbol. Brown, wide legged pants with either colored tights or tall boots will take care of what little clothing is required for this look.

For full coverage, a yellow tunic which can be made or purchased online (we have added an Amazon link just to make your task easier).

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Avatar Costume: How To Dress Like Katara

Dressing like Katara looks like it’s a big task, considering how intricate water tribe attire looks. But where it might look like a lot of work; it is in reality a very easy Avatar costume that you can pull off with the right materials. So, before we get on with what you need in your Avatar costume wardrobe, let’s dive into the character herself so you can get a sense of the sort of person Katara is. After all, how a person dresses usually determines what kind of person they are.

About Katara

If you don’t know who Katara is, you’re missing out on a really amazing anime heroine. She is a main character from the popular Nickelodeon animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender. As a highly skilled waterbender, she has the ability to telekinetically control water and ice. Along with her brother Sokka and Aang, they embark on a quest to help put an end to the destruction caused by the Fire Nation. Get the look of Katara with this complete costume guide.

Katara, from Avatar: The Last Airbender, is the true definition of power. Nothing was simply handed to her on a silver platter. Still, she persevered, trained, and became the deadliest waterbender in the entire world! From a very young age, she was faced with tragedy. Her mother was murdered at a young age and then her father left to fight in the war against the Fire Nation.

This left Katara devastated. As a result, she became extremely protective of her friends and family, especially Aang and her brother Sokka. She quickly learned to take charge, becoming strong willed and compassionate. She worked hard to master waterbending even more than Avatar himself. Later, she became the world’s strongest healer and after Aang’s passing became the waterbending trainer of the next Avatar, Korra.

Katara Avatar Costume: Items You Will Need

These are all the items you’ll need to recreate Katara’s iconic Avatar costume, as seen from Seasons 1 to 2, and then in the latter parts of Season 3:

Cosplay Katara’s minimalistic costume with the iconic Water Tribe Outfit. Next, wear the Contestant Wig and signature Katara Necklace. Finally, complete her look with Elastic Legging, Fingerless Gloves, and Women’s Knee High Boots. Now that you have all of these items; dress up and go forth to become the best Waterbender in the world.

There’s no cooler power than bending water and ice to your will. Katara, with thousands of hours of practice, was able to do just that. Practicing her moves will make your Katara cosplay even more convincing! You’ll need her Water Tribe Outfit along with Elastic Legging, Fingerless Gloves, and Women’s Knee High Boots. Unless you have hair to match Katara’s style, add a basic wig (as seen in the item list above) and her signature Water Tribe Necklace (also linked in the items list) to make the cosplay as accurate as possible.

It’s also important to bear in mind that Katara is extremely caring and protective of her friends and family. And that’s who you should bring into the fold for this cosplay. Katara would make the perfect character to dress up as alongside an Aang cosplay player; especially considering their relationship in the series. You and a significant other can decide to pair up and stun onlookers as one of the most powerful couples in the world.

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Avatar Aang’s Family Tree: a Big Loving Family

Since the very beginning of The Legend of Korra, we are aware our dear friend Aang is dead. We all have a special nostalgia for the first avatar we met. We ended up with a lot of questions after The Last Airbender finale but with the sequel’s release, we can grasp a lot of information regarding the world of Avatar and answer some questions about our dear protagonists. Today we are focusing on Avatar Aang’s Family Tree and how it grew.

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Avatar Aang’s Family Tree Back to The Original Show

As we recall on the events from ATLA during the 100 years Aang was frozen in an iceberg, the Fire Nation attacked the air nomads committing a genocide that almost exterminated all the nomads but Aang. From the first moment, Aang realizes that he yields a heavyweight on his shoulders. He was the last member of a whole culture. Even though this seemed like a secondary problem, once the 100 years’ war ended Aang started to create a family to reconstruct the airbenders.

Along with the series we get to see a sparkling love between Aang and Katara. When they first meet in the Southern Water Tribe they start an innocent friendship that evolves with time into a complex relationship. Once fire lord Ozai was defeated we can watch Aang and Katara finally kissing and starting a long-lasting relationship.

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The Legend of Korra and The New Family Ties

Once the Legend of Korra started we got more details about our friend’s doings. Aang was dead. However, he made sure he had decent offspring. We can see an older Katara who at this point has seen both his husband the Avatar and his brother Sokka. We can also see the many children she had with Aang; three children, Bumi, Kya, and Tenzin.

Bumi

Bumi was the first and eldest of Aang’s children. He was born without bending abilities which made him somehow distant from his father who was focused on affairs like his avatar duties and preserving the air culture. Bumi was a military officer who got to the position of commander of the Second Division of the United Forces. Even though Bumi lived his entire life as a nonbender after the Harmonic Convergence he got airbending abilities.

Kya

Kya is the second of Aang and Katara’s children. She is a waterbender who traveled the world earning herself a name as a famous healer. We can infer from the series Kya had a closer relationship with her mother. She settled down in the Southern Water Tribe with Katara. As we could watch in Korra’s second season Kya and Bumi felt kind of left behind in comparison with Tenzin, who was an airbender, by their father. One bond she shares with her father is her spiritualism. Kya can feel changes in the auras and locate people.

Tenzin

Tenzin was Aang and Katara’s third child. As some say third time’s a charm and Tenzin, the third son was an airbender. As we can see during Korra’s second season in comparison with his brothers Tenzin did have a different relationship with his father. As we know, Aang was focused on his avatar duties, along with the recovery of the air culture. Tenzin could spend more time with Aang since he trained him in the air customs along with airbending.

Avatar Aang’s Family Tree Grows Further With His Grandkids

Tenzin is the only son who is already a father. We can see Tenzin took very seriously the responsibility of continuing with the air culture. From the very introduction of the character, we also meet his wife Pema, who is a nonbender but with whom he has four children: Jinora, Ikki, Meelo, and Rohan. Since they’re the last airbenders before the Harmonic Convergence they are very devoted to the air nomad’s culture.

Jinora

Jinora is the elder of Tenzin and Pema’s children. She is the youngest full airbender known before the Harmonic Convergence and has a quiet personality along with a natural affinity with spirits. She became Avatar Korra’s spiritual guide during the spirit book of the series and have a good relationship with all her relatives even though her siblings upset her sometimes.

Ikki

is Tenzin and Pema’s middle child. She has an outgoing personality, really relatable to air nomads’ stereotypes of joyfulness and easygoingness. She dominated air bending and even though during The Legend of Korra she was not a full airbender she mastered abilities like the air scooter created by her grandfather.

Meelo

Meelo is the first boy of the gang and he is completely hilarious. Even though he is young we can see him using airbending techniques during all his appearances and also working as a comic relief every time he appeared on the screen. Behind Meelo’s childish and goofy personality we can find a very talented artist and an adaptive learner who was able to learn how to train not one lemur but every lemur on the Southern Air Temple.

Rohan

Rohan is the youngest of Aang and Katara’s grandchildren. When we are first introduced to Pema she is pregnant with Rohan in the first season of the Legend of Korra. She gave birth to him during an attack of the equalists to the Air Island. As the Legend of Korra ended Rohan was still a baby so we do not have information regarding his abilities or personality but at the moment of today, he is the youngest of Aang’s progeny.

Final Thoughts On Avatar Aang’s Family Tree

When we first met Aang in the first show he was just a child himself. We joined him during his adventures to end the 100-year war and defeat the Fire Nation but as we said, after those events, his life continued and he had to focus on different problems. Fortunately, Aang found love in Katara, and together they formed a big and exotic family.

The weight of maintaining themselves a whole culture got a little bit easier after the Harmonic Convergence where several non bender citizens acquired new airbending abilities, restoring the balance between the four elements. We don’t know if Avatar Aang’s family tree could still get bigger but we are sure he would love to see the family he began.

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Why Does Azula Have Blue Fire In Avatar The Last Airbender

Azula is one of the most well-received characters of Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series). Although she is an antagonist, she is still a very formidable foe. And has tested the Team Avatar to their limits whenever she has faced the team.

She is born as a fire prodigy and is a very skilled fire bender even by the age of 9. This talent had gravitated her father Firelord Max Ozai towards her, who believed that she is destined for greatness. But one thing that we notice in Azula’s Firebending is that her fire is blue in color as opposed to the orange color of other firebenders. In this article, we will try to uncover this mystery and try to answer that “why does Azula have blue fire”.

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There have been many fan theories that try to answer the question that “why does Azula have blue fire”. We will list some of the best possible fan theories in this regard. But sadly we will have to rely on these theories for the answer. As there has been no official explanation behind this mystery. And the creators of the show have left it to the audiences and fans in general to try and answer this strange phenomenon.

The Blue Flame Is Hotter Theory

One of the most common and well-received theories about “why does Azula have blue fire” is the scientific explanation behind her blue fire. According to this theory, the reason behind Azula’s blue fire is that the writers wanted to show that she is more powerful than Zuko and other firebenders. As we all know, Blue Fire is hotter than the normal orange-colored fire, Azula must be at a different power level than all other Firebenders.

This is also believable because Azula has showcased her power in all of her appearances. And she dominates all of her opponents. And this domination is not only related to her firebending but also her personality as well. When she took over the city of Ba Sing Se, the Dai Li and even Long Feng bowed down to her because of her domination over all of them.

But this theory does have its flaws. And if we are to believe this theory, we would need to assume that Azula is the most powerful Firebender. And is even more powerful than the Firelord Max Ozai himself. This is definitely not the case is our opinion. Ozai is more powerful than Azula, and her Uncle Iroh is also on a different level of power compared to the young princess.

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Source of Firebending Theory

After Zuko joins the Team Avatar, he loses his ability to bend fire. The reason behind this is that the source of his firebending ability is his drive to capture the Avatar. And restore his lost honor and place in the Fire Nation. After he abandons his desire to capture Aang and accepts his destiny by joining Aang. He loses the source of his power as he no longer wants to capture the Avatar anymore. And he goes on to search for a new source of power, leading him and Aang to find the last surviving dragons.

Similarly, if we analyze the source of power behind Azula’s ability to Firebend. We find out that it is the constant and extreme hatred towards her mother that allows her to firebend. In her own words, Azula says that her mother only saw a monster in her and loved Zuko more than her. And all of the rebellious activities and bullying that Azula did in her childhood were only her way of getting her mother’s attention.

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Positive Points of This Theory

This theory states that the reason behind “why does Azula have blue fire” is this hatred inside of her. This hatred is so powerful and extreme that it allows Azula to produce a fire that is more powerful than all other firebenders. This theory successfully rectifies the issues faced in the first one as according to this theory. Azula might not be the most powerful Firebender but she produces a fire that is more powerful than others.

Firebending is not only about producing a fire. It is so much more taking different factors into account. These factors include the stamina of the fire bender, and his or her ability to continue firebending for extended periods of time. It also takes into account the discipline of the fire bender. And if we take all these factors into account, we safely say that although Azula produces a fire more powerful than others she is not the most powerful fire bender. But she is evidently second only to her father Max Ozai and her Uncle Iroh. And she is a more powerful fire bender than Zuko as well.

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Azula’s Personality

This final theory answers the question that “why does Azula have blue fire” by relating the blue fire to her personality. This theory states that as we all know that Azula is very precise and focused. She is also very disciplined in the art of fire bending, which allows her to form lightning at will.

Even when she is not using her fire-bending ability, she is still an elite fighter. She is an expert in different fighting arts and her speed, agility, and stamina are unmatched. And she is able to easily best any of her opponents including the members of the Team Avatar as well. She also defeated Suki in a one-on-one fight very easily due to her excellent abilities.

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This personality of her allows her to produce blue-colored fire correlating with her strong and burning personality. Her main aim was to dominate everyone around her. And this dominating personality combined with other traits of her personality allowed her to produce a fire more powerful than others.

Conclusion

We have covered the most popular theories explaining the reason behind Azula’s blue-colored fire in detail. If you like this article. then you should definitely visit our website www.avatarfactor.com to read other interesting articles on the Avatar universe as well.

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Anime Like Avatar: The Last Airbender

No doubt you had a blast while watching Avatar: The Last Airbender; and now there is a gaping hole in your entertainment soul. So, you’re in need of anime like Avatar.

Whether they have arcs that mirror Avatar, or they are similar in nature; there are plenty of anime like Avatar that you will be excited to see. One of them may well become your next favorite show to watch.

There is no denying that while Avatar may have been targeted at kids during its pitch and production; as a show it was a huge success with older audiences as well. Anime like Avatar are solid evidence that even cartoons can be enjoyed by adults; so long as they are depicted right. And there are many other films and shows just like it.

These anime like Avatar sometimes explore similar themes, plots, and elements.

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Anime Like Avatar: Noragami

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If you enjoyed the filler episodes of Avatar, then anime with laid back adventures are more your thing. With Noragami, that is exactly what you get; as these side quests are pretty much the only path to take in achieving the protagonists’ goal. In Noragami, we follow a stray god Yato who strives to gain worshipers by taking all kinds of odd jobs; all the while fighting phantoms with his new weapon; regalia in the form of a deceased teenage boy named Yukine, and a high school girl Hiyori. So, you can expect a good deal of awesome super-powered fight scenes.

But, the biggest selling point of Noragami is its focus on Japanese culture and religion. If you liked the Asian influences in Avatar and have an interest in Japanese culture; you should give this series a shot.

Moribito: Guardian Of The Spirit

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This is another anime like Avatar with similarities that fans of the Last Airbender will enjoy. Here is the plot synopsis:

“On the precipice of a cataclysmic drought; the Star Readers of the Shin Yogo Empire must devise a plan to avoid widespread famine. It is written in ancient myths that the first emperor, along with eight warriors; slew a water demon to avoid a great drought and save the land that was to become Shin Yogo. If a water demon was to appear once more, its death could bring salvation. However, the water demon manifests itself within the body of the emperor’s son; Prince Chagum—by the emperor’s order, Chagum is to be sacrificed to save the empire.

Meanwhile, a mysterious spear-wielding mercenary named Balsa arrives in Shin Yogo on business. After saving Chagum from a thinly veiled assassination attempt; she is tasked by Chagum’s mother to protect him from the emperor and his hunters. Bound by a sacred vow she once made, Balsa accepts.

Seirei no Moribito follows Balsa as she embarks on her journey to protect Chagum; exploring the beauty of life, nature, family, and the bonds that form between strangers”

This anime has the same fantasy elements, the historical setting, and the themes it explores as Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Anime Like Avatar: D.Gray-Man

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This is one of the top entries in the list of anime like Avatar. D.Gray-man is based on Katsura Hoshino’s manga series of the same title. The anime adapts the first 158 chapters from the first 16 volumes; while adding anime exclusive content, mainly during the first half of the series.

The plot synopsis for this anime like Avatar reads:

“Losing a loved one is so painful that one may sometimes wish to be able to resurrect them; a weakness that the enigmatic Millennium Earl exploits. To make his mechanical weapons known as “Akuma,” he uses the souls of the dead that are called back. Once a soul is placed in an Akuma, it is trapped forever; and the only way to save them is to exorcise them from their vessel using the Anti-Akuma weapon, “Innocence.”

After spending three years as the disciple of General Cross, Allen Walker is sent to the Black Order; an organization comprising those willing to fight Akuma and the Millennium Earl—to become an official Exorcist. With an arm as his Innocence and a cursed eye that can see the suffering souls within an Akuma; it’s up to Allen and his fellow Exorcists to stop the Millennium Earl’s ultimate plot. One that can lead to the destruction of the world.”

Yu Yu Hakusho

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If you like anime like Avatar with teams and friendships, then you would definitely love Yu Yu Hakusho. It was such a popular anime during its run; that it was voted as the second best anime of the year in 1993; and best anime of the year in 1994 and 1995 at the Animage Anime Grand Prix.

The plot synopsis reads thus:

“One fateful day, Yuusuke Urameshi, a 14-year-old delinquent with a dim future; gets a miraculous chance to turn it all around; when he throws himself in front of a moving car to save a young boy. His ultimate sacrifice is so out of character; that the authorities of the spirit realm are not yet prepared to let him pass on. Koenma, heir to the throne of the spirit realm; offers Yuusuke an opportunity to regain his life through completion of a series of tasks. With the guidance of the death god Botan, he is to thwart evil presences on Earth as a Spirit Detective.

To help him on his venture, Yuusuke enlists ex-rival Kazuma Kuwabara; and two demons, Hiei and Kurama, who have criminal pasts. Together, they train and battle against enemies who would threaten humanity’s very existence.”

Anime Like Avatar: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

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Gurren Lagann is a great anime like Avatar, having received widespread critical acclaim since its release. The series received an Excellence Prize at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival. Its director Hiroyuki Imaishi received an individual award for “Personal Best” at the 12th Animation Kobe Festival; that same year for his work on the series.

In 2008, during the 7th annual Tokyo Anime Awards held at the Tokyo International Anime Fair; Gurren Lagann won the “Best Television Production” award. In addition, the “Best Character Design” award was given to the character designer Atsushi Nishigori; for his work on the anime.

Gurren Lagann’s synopsis reads:

Simon and Kamina were born and raised in a deep, underground village, hidden from the fabled surface. Kamina is a free-spirited loose cannon bent on making a name for himself; while Simon is a timid young boy with no real aspirations. One day while excavating the earth; Simon stumbles upon a mysterious object that turns out to be the ignition key to an ancient artifact of war; which the duo dubs Lagann. Using their new weapon; Simon and Kamina fend off a surprise attack from the surface with the help of Yoko Littner; a hot-blooded redhead wielding a massive gun who wanders the world above.

In the aftermath of the battle, the sky is now in plain view, prompting Simon and Kamina to set off on a journey alongside Yoko to explore the wastelands of the surface. Soon, they join the fight against the “Beastmen,” humanoid creatures that terrorize the remnants of humanity in powerful robots called “Gunmen.” Although they face some challenges and setbacks, the trio bravely fights these new enemies alongside other survivors to reclaim the surface, while slowly unraveling a galaxy-sized mystery.

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

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Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic has a history of its own. It was the first Shounen Sunday manga adaptation in 45 years to be aired by Mainichi Broadcasting since Osomatsu-kun ended its broadcast in 1967.

If you’re looking for anime like Avatar with a sense of danger and adventure, then Magi is right up your alley. Here is the plot for the anime:

Dispersed around the world, there are several bizarre labyrinths hiding incredible treasures within them. These mysterious places, known as “Dungeons,” are said to be the work of Magi, a class of rare magicians, who also help people build their empires by guiding them to a dungeon. Djinns, supernatural beings that rule over the labyrinths, grant successful conquerors access to their immense power and choose them as potential king candidates to rule the world.

Having spent life in isolation, Aladdin, a kind and young magician, is eager to explore the world upon finally leaving his home behind. He begins his journey only accompanied by his mentor Ugo—a djinn that Aladdin can summon with his flute. However, Aladdin soon becomes friends with the courageous Alibaba Saluja after causing the destruction of a local merchant’s supply cart. In order to pay for the damages, Alibaba suggests that they attempt to conquer the nearest dungeon, taking the first step in an epic adventure that will decide the fate of the world itself.

Anime Like Avatar: Hunter X Hunter

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If an anime like Avatar with a plucky protagonist with his group of friends tickles your fancy, Hunter x Hunter will tick all your boxes. You need only read the plot to get interested:

Hunter x Hunter is set in a world where Hunters exist to perform all manner of dangerous tasks like capturing criminals and bravely searching for lost treasures in uncharted territories. Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss is determined to become the best Hunter possible in hopes of finding his father, who was a Hunter himself and had long ago abandoned his young son. However, Gon soon realizes the path to achieving his goals is far more challenging than he could have ever imagined.

Along the way to becoming an official Hunter, Gon befriends the lively doctor-in-training Leorio, vengeful Kurapika, and rebellious ex-assassin Killua. To attain their own goals and desires, together the four of them take the Hunter Exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death. Throughout their journey, Gon and his friends embark on an adventure that puts them through many hardships and struggles. They will meet a plethora of monsters, creatures, and characters—all while learning what being a Hunter truly means.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is an alternate retelling of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga that is closer to the source material than the previous 2003 adaptation, this time covering the entire story.

“In order for something to be obtained, something of equal value must be lost.”

Alchemy is bound by this Law of Equivalent Exchange—something the young brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric only realize after attempting human transmutation: the one forbidden act of alchemy. They pay a terrible price for their transgression—Edward loses his left leg, Alphonse his physical body. It is only by the desperate sacrifice of Edward’s right arm that he is able to affix Alphonse’s soul to a suit of armor. Devastated and alone, it is the hope that they would both eventually return to their original bodies that gives Edward the inspiration to obtain metal limbs called “automail” and become a state alchemist, the Fullmetal Alchemist.

Three years of searching later, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone, a mythical relic that allows an alchemist to overcome the Law of Equivalent Exchange. Even with military allies Colonel Roy Mustang, Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, and Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes on their side, the brothers find themselves caught up in a nationwide conspiracy that leads them not only to the true nature of the elusive Philosopher’s Stone, but their country’s murky history as well. In between finding a serial killer and racing against time, Edward and Alphonse must ask themselves if what they are doing will make them human again… or take away their humanity.

Anime Like Avatar: The Seven Deadly Sins / Nanatsu no Taizai

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Set in a fantasy world, just like Avatar, The Seven Deadly Sins is a compelling story that aims to touch on very many social themes. This is one of the things that makes it a top anime like Avatar. It is also called Nanatsu no Taizai

In a world similar to the European Middle Ages, the feared yet revered Holy Knights of Britannia use immensely powerful magic to protect the region of Britannia and its kingdoms. However, a small subset of the Knights supposedly betrayed their homeland and turned their blades against their comrades in an attempt to overthrow the ruler of Liones. They were defeated by the Holy Knights, but rumors continued to persist that these legendary knights, called the “Seven Deadly Sins,” were still alive. Ten years later, the Holy Knights themselves staged a coup d’état, and thus became the new, tyrannical rulers of the Kingdom of Liones.

Based on the best-selling manga series of the same name, Nanatsu no Taizai follows the adventures of Elizabeth, the third princess of the Kingdom of Liones, and her search for the Seven Deadly Sins. With their help, she endeavors to not only take back her kingdom from the Holy Knights, but to also seek justice in an unjust world.

Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail, Season 1, Part 1

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Fairy Tail is very much an anime like Avatar because of the use of elemental powers; such as earth, fire, wind and water. Fairy Tail is such a great anime, that it won Animax Asia’s Anime of the Year Award in 2010, and the Best Japanese Anime Award and Best French Dubbing Award at the 19th Anime & Manga Grand Prix in 2012.

The official plot synopsis reads thus:

In the mystical land of Fiore, magic exists as an essential part of everyday life. Countless magic guilds lie at the core of all magical activity, and serve as venues for like-minded mages to band together and take on job requests. Among them, Fairy Tail stands out from the rest as a place of strength, spirit, and family.

Lucy Heartfilia is a young mage searching for celestial gate keys, and her dream is to become a full-fledged wizard by joining this famous guild. In her search, she runs into Natsu Dragneel and his partner Happy, who are on a quest to find Natsu’s foster father, the dragon Igneel.

Upon being tricked by a man, Lucy falls under an abduction attempt, only to be saved by Natsu. To her shock, he reveals that he is a member of Fairy Tail and invites her to join them. There, Lucy meets the guild’s strange members, such as the ice wizard Gray Fullbuster and magic swordswoman Erza Scarlet. Together as a family, they battle the forces of evil, help those in need, and gain new friends, all the while enjoying the never-ending adventure that is Fairy Tail.

Anime Like Avatar: Fire Force

Fire Force, Pt. 1 (Simuldub)

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This one anime like Avatar that fans will love thanks to the firebending involved. Here is the backdrop for Fire Force:

Spontaneous Human Combustion: a chaotic phenomenon that has plagued humanity for years, randomly transforming ordinary people into flaming, violent creatures known as Infernals. While Infernals make up the first-generation accounts of Human Combustion, the second and third generations became known as pyrokinetics—people gifted with the ability to manipulate and control their flames while remaining human. To combat the Infernal threat and discover the cause, the Tokyo Armed Forces, Fire Defense Agency, and Holy Church of Sol produced their answer: the Special Fire Force.

Young and eager third-generation pyrokinetic Shinra Kusakabe, nicknamed Devil’s Footprints for his explosive ability to ignite his feet at will, becomes a member of the lively Special Fire Force Company 8. Upholding the brigade’s duty to extinguish the blazing Infernals and lay their souls to rest, Shinra is determined to become a hero who will save the lives of those threatened by the flame terror.

However, this is not the hero’s game Shinra imagined. The Fire Force is a fractured mess of feuding brigades, abnormal Infernal sightings are increasing all over Tokyo, and a shadowy group is claiming to have answers to the strange fire that caused the death of Shinra’s family 12 years ago. Faced with many obstacles within and outside the Fire Force, Shinra fights to uncover the truth behind the burning mysteries that have kept him in the dark.

That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Season 1, Pt. 1

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We’ll just let you read the plot for this one:

Thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is a typical corporate worker, who is perfectly content with his monotonous lifestyle in Tokyo, other than failing to nail down a girlfriend even once throughout his life. In the midst of a casual encounter with his colleague, he falls victim to a random assailant on the streets and is stabbed. However, while succumbing to his injuries, a peculiar voice echoes in his mind, and recites a bunch of commands which the dying man cannot make sense of.

When Satoru regains consciousness, he discovers that he has reincarnated as a goop of slime in an unfamiliar realm. In doing so, he acquires newfound skills—notably, the power to devour anything and mimic its appearance and abilities. He then stumbles upon the sealed Catastrophe-level monster “Storm Dragon” Veldora who had been sealed away for the past 300 years for devastating a town to ashes. Sympathetic to his predicament, Satoru befriends him, promising to assist in destroying the seal. In return, Veldora bestows upon him the name Rimuru Tempest to grant him divine protection.

Now liberated from the mundanities of his past life, Rimuru embarks on a fresh journey with a distinct goal in mind. As he grows accustomed to his new physique, his gooey antics ripple throughout the world, gradually altering his fate

Anime Like Avatar: Demon Slayer

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (English Dubbed Version)

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Demon Slayer is probably one of the most popular anime like Avatar on this list. That’s how good it is. It covers 53 chapters of the manga it is based on. The synopsis reads thus:

Ever since the death of his father, the burden of supporting the family has fallen upon Tanjirou Kamado’s shoulders. Though living impoverished on a remote mountain, the Kamado family are able to enjoy a relatively peaceful and happy life. One day, Tanjirou decides to go down to the local village to make a little money selling charcoal. On his way back, night falls, forcing Tanjirou to take shelter in the house of a strange man, who warns him of the existence of flesh-eating demons that lurk in the woods at night.

When he finally arrives back home the next day, he is met with a horrifying sight—his whole family has been slaughtered. Worse still, the sole survivor is his sister Nezuko, who has been turned into a bloodthirsty demon. Consumed by rage and hatred, Tanjirou swears to avenge his family and stay by his only remaining sibling. Alongside the mysterious group calling themselves the Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjirou will do whatever it takes to slay the demons and protect the remnants of his beloved sister’s humanity.

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Movies Like Avatar: The Last Airbender

No doubt you had a blast while watching Avatar: The Last Airbender, and now there is a gaping hole in your entertainment soul. So, you’re in need of movies like Avatar.

Whether they have arcs that mirror Avatar, or they are similar in nature; there are plenty of movies like Avatar that you will be excited to see. One of them may well become your next favorite film.

There is no denying that while Avatar may have been targeted at kids during its pitch and production; as a show it was a huge success with older audiences as well. Movies like Avatar are solid evidence that even cartoons can be enjoyed by adults; so long as they are depicted right. And there are many other films and shows just like it.

These movies like Avatar sometimes explore similar themes, plots, and elements.

Movies Like Avatar: Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda

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Obviously, the similarities between Avatar and Kung Fu Panda are so clear. First of all, Aang and Po Ping clearly have quite a lot in common. They both have the same sense of global responsibility bestowed on them. Where Po is chosen as the next Dragon Warrior, the protector of his kingdom; who will save it from many dangers. But Po really doubts himself all through the movie, much like Aang does.

Eventually, it is his friends that give him the confidence boost he needs; and help him actualize his full potential. It is interesting to note that these friends did not even like him in the beginning. This is very similar to how Team Avatar is essential to Aang’s fulfillment of his role as the Avatar. The themes and the relationships in Kung Fu Panda definitely make it one of the top movies like Avatar.

Nahuel And The Magic Book

One of our favorite movies like Avatar on this list, Nahuel and the Magic Book is a stellar piece. It is a Brazilian movie, detailing the life of a young boy; Nahuel, who is very much afraid of the sea. Nahuel comes across a book one day; and its unknown origins really have his curiosity held by the neck.

Unknown to Nahuel, this book is a long lost book of important knowledge. There are those who seek to harness the book’s information for their own purposes; like the evil Kalku, a warlock desperate to have the book in his possession. As he goes through great lengths to get the book, Nahuel takes a journey that is very similar to Aang in Avatar.

Movies Like Avatar

The Last Airbender Unicorn

The Last Unicorn

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Had you there for a minute, didn’t we? Well, this is another top entry in the list of movies like Avatar. Just like Aang was the last airbender; the protagonist of this movie is the very last unicorn in existence. When she realises her status, she sets out on a journey to find some answers.

The Last Unicorn was released in 1982, and was a joint production effort between three countries; Japan, America and Britain. This movie, like most of the other movies like Avatar, places its focus on the power of friendship and love. The themes of friendship which are evident in helping those who are the last of their kind feel like they belong; are exactly what makes The Last Unicorn very similar to the setup of Avatar.

Arjun: The Warrior Prince

Arjun [Hindi with English Subtitles]

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One of the prevailing themes in Avatar was on how Aang was a person with pacifist ideals. As an airbender, he was prone to avoiding confrontations. But this conflicted with the fact that to end the Hundred Year War; he would have to resort to force and possibly even murder when facing Fire Lord Ozai. This is the same dilemma that Arjun: The Warrior Prince faces.

The Western movie entertainment scene may not be familiar with the great Indian epic Mahabharata; which is the basis and inspiration for Arjun: The Warrior Prince. The epic tells the story of Arjun, a brave prince, as well as his journey to become a great warrior. Similar to the settings of most movies like Avatar, this is a journey that begins in his childhood.

Aang and Arjun’s stories are quite similar – and this goes beyond the fact that their names both start with an A. Aang was an airbender who went through great hardships to make peace with the fact that ultimately, he would have to give up his peaceful ideals and fight in order to save the world. Arjun faced a similar situation himself.

Movies Like Avatar

Moana

Moana (2016) (Theatrical Version)

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Just like Aang and the many protagonists in the list of movies like Avatar; Moana is the chosen one. She is entrusted with the responsibility or job of reuniting the goddess Te Fiti with a relic; a relic that she doesn’t know next to nothing about. At first it seems like a simple drop off and that all she will need is confidence. But things quickly take a turn for the unexpected.

Things don’t exactly go Moana’s way. Let’s not even talk about the fact that she has her plans delayed; as she is forced into a corner and has to seek out the demi god Maui. She needs his help in order to save her village; and by extension, the world.

The two worlds in Moana and Avatar might be a sharp contrast of one another. However, they are unified in the sense that they are about overcoming hardships; as well as doing what it takes to protect the lives of the ones you love and care for.

The Legend Of Hei

The Legend of Hei (Dubbed)

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The Legend of Hei deserves a special spot on the list of movies like Avatar. It was released in 2019, and this Chinese feature length movie was a huge box office and critical success. The Legend of Hei is set in a fantasy world where goblins and human beings live together side by side. It showcases a fantasy world where humans and goblins live side by side.

In the Legend of Hei, a demon cat named Luo Xiao-Hei loses his home and land. As he attempts to move forward, he is helped on his journey by humans and goblins alike. The Legend of Hei draws on Asian culture just like Avatar. It is a prequel to the massively popular Luo Xiao Hei Zhan Ji. The Legend Of Hei has often been dubbed as an unofficial Ghibli movie. Ghibli movies are animations created by Studio Ghibli; a production company known for its rich designs and quality stories.

Movies Like Avatar: The Iron Giant

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The Iron Giant is a great entry on this list of movies like Avatar. It even has a huge following and has been a major pop culture reference point. The Iron Giant details the growing bond and relationship between a young boy and a huge ass giant that falls from the sky.

Very much like the events and setting of Avatar; this movie might seem like it is created solely for children. However, very quickly, viewers are made to realize that The Iron Giant is a movie with deep themes. It is much more serious than it appears. The Iron Giant touches on several deep and serious topics, such as human greed, world peace and discrimination in society.

How To Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

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In a world full of strong and bulky, vicious Vikings, Hiccup is considered a weakling within his community. He really fears having to take the throne as village chief; or follow any of his father’s footsteps. Afterall, they are very big footsteps indeed, compared to his rather small ones. But it is more about him being afraid of not living up to his father’s legacy.

Instead, Hiccup seeks to forge his own path, much different from the Viking ways. Killing dragons is not his thing. However, through a series of unbelievable events, Hiccup finds himself face to face with a dragon. It isn’t just any dragon; it’s a Nightfury – one of the most vicious dragons in existence.

But instead of killing the dragon in true Viking fashion; Hiccup names it, heals it and they become friends. They eventually go on many adventures together, and even stop the war between Vikings and Dragons. The relationship between Toothless and Hiccup is very similar to the relationship and bond that Appa and Aang share. How To Train Your Dragon also borrows heavily on the themes of peace with nature and discovering yourself.

Movies Like Avatar: The Prince of Egypt

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This movie takes place during ancient Egypt. It tells audiences about the biblical story of Prince Moses, who was born in a life of luxury but chose to become a savior of the downtrodden. He stood up against his brother and eventually led to the freedom of all his country’s slaves.

Moses standing up to the royal family is very similar to the way Zuko stood up against the Fire Family and the Fire Nation. He joined Aang and together they brought the Hundred Year War to an end.

Ramayana: The Legend Of Prince Rama

Very much like Aang, Lord Rama was a savior born to his people in order to fulfill a prophecy. He was born to free his people from the evil grasps of the Demon Lord; Raavana. In his quest to fulfill his destiny, he and his brother Laxman travel across the sea; along with Hanuman, his loyal disciple.

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama also touches on various topics, such as the fight between good vs evil; as well as right vs wrong, and it explains them in an easy to understand and simple manner. It is also a very good showcase on the Indian culture. And anyone who is interested in the people, traditions and the culture of India is advised to take some time out to see this movie.

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10 True and Hilarious Avatar Memes

When Netflix decided to air Avatar: Last Airbender on their platform in 2020, an air of excitement filled the internet. Most realized that they had grossly missed the franchise. It was a fun way of walking down memory lane to when it was first created. It was agreed that the animation achieved the evergreen status as it trended for days on end on Twitter.

Well, something like this cannot go through twitter without their sets of creative minds coming up with something that lightened up the lockdown mood across the globe.

Here are a few that came into circulation during the lockdown.

Azula’s Quarantine Haircut

Azula is probably up there as the to-watch character in Avatar.

Her ruthlessness and cruelty are only second to that of Ozai, her father. However, we see a very insecure side to her as she began to distrust the people around her. This got even worse when everyone left her alone when it was obvious that she was gradually going mad.

Ozai made her the Fire Lord when he took up the position of the Pheonix king. This power went into her head, and she finally loses it. One of her defiant acts was cutting her hair after she went paranoid and fired her chambermaid, claiming she was trying to kill her. Hence, the meme.

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Sneak Attack

In the anime world, the characters belt out the name or nature of their moves while executing them. It looks pretty cool while watching it. But it certainly does not work in the animation world of ATLA. If it were any other movie, it would have been fine. But screaming out ‘sneak attack’ while attacking pretty much defeats its purpose, doesn’t it?

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Everything Changed When 2020 Attacked

The ingenuity of certain memes can be so baffling. Not only is this perfect, it truly depicts how the lockdown and COVID wreaked havoc on the plans of a lot of people.

The Last Airbender Movie Meme

Well, every true fan who has seen the Last Airbender movie genuinely hates it. So this meme is absolutely perfect as all unite in their hatred for the movie to bring up this meme.

There was a lot of buzz and excitement from the series camp when the Last Airbender movie was in the works. The production and the all-around output did not meet the high expectations fans had for it.
So if we were to call the ATLA series our plans, the ATLA movie is definitely a perfect depiction of 2020 with its slow and boring storyline.

Another Last Airbender Movie Meme

Well, this is another meme throwing jabs at the Last Airbender movie. This was definitely the face of most of the fans as they witnessed the slow-paced and boring storyline of the Last Airbender movie. If you haven’t watched the movie before, this is a clear indication that you should not go close to it. But if you’re curious as to what it is all about, go right ahead and dive in. Just remember this one thing: curiosity always kills the cat.

Even 2020 can’t take the tea out of Uncle Iroh.

Well, there are people, like uncle Iroh, who are not fazed by circumstances. They would still relax and have that wonderful cup of tea even if the world was burning down. Iroh spent the whole series trying to get Prince Zuko to take a chill pill and take some tea to relax his nerves. Certain people fit into this Iroh narrative as they made even more money during the pandemic as they utilized their online prowess calmly and chilled with a cup of tea.

Funko Pop! Animation: Avatar - Iroh with Tea Toy, Multicolor

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Yue’s Sacrifice

Yue, the Northern water tribe’s Princess, was Sokka’s first lover. The Moon Spirit gave her a second chance at life when she was younger. She was born sick, so she needed something miraculous to survive. The moon spirit gave her some of its life force, making her strong.

However, the Fire nation attacked the Northern Water Tribe and killed the Moon Spirit, the fish in the meme, in the process, causing the benders to lose their powers. Yue decided that she had to give her life spirit back to the Moon Spirit and, in turn, restore her people’s water-bending powers. This meant that her relationship with Sokka came to an abrupt end as well as her life.

This perfectly depicted what a terrible year 2020 was. The humor is mildly dark, but it is relatable in the least.

Keeping Toph in Metal Cage to crush Bounty hunter plans

Aang’s earth-bending teacher is in a bind as her parents do not want her traveling in her condition. They send out earth-bending bounty hunters to get her. All seemed to go perfectly well, like the beginning of 2020, until Toph threw a wrench into their plans. She learned that metals have a residue of rocks in them and learned there and then how to bend metal. Here, we see the emergence of the first metal bender.

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Cabbage Man and His Cabbages

The cabbage man joke was one that could not get old in the Avatar: Last Airbender series. All the man wants to do is to make his living by selling his wonderful cabbages in a cart. However, he runs into the Avatar and his team everywhere he goes and ends up with a destroyed cart as well as ruined cabbages. Of course, they did not mean to destroy the old man’s cabbages; it still doesn’t excuse the fact that a person’s source of livelihood was being ruined at every turn.

Zuko Fieldtrip

After Zuko joined up with Team Avatar in book three, everyone went on individual missions with Zuko. For example, Aang and Zuko went on a trip to get their fire bending up to par, Katara and Zuko went on a revenge mission on her mother’s killer, Sokka, and Zuko went to save Sokka’s dad from a highly guarded prison.

The only one who didn’t get a ‘field trip” with Zuko was Toph. She pointed out that she wanted one as well, but who wouldn’t? So everyone got a benefit of a sort when each got back from their trip with Zuko. It is even more fitting that an image with Toph clinging to Zuko was used.

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Avatar Symbols: How They Represent The Bending Arts

The Avatar Symbols represent the Four Bending Nations and the elements they bend. They are fire, air, water and earth.

Bending is the ability to manipulate an element. It is essential to many aspects in the regular lives of the people of the world. There are five bending forms, although four of them are major; as they bend a specific to a particular physical element; while the fifth bending form manipulates the energy within the human body. Also, the only time where anyone has been able to bend more than one element at a time has been with the Avatar; as he or she has the ability to practice all the five bending forms.

The four bending forms, as depicted in the Avatar symbols, are based on four classic elements. There is water, earth, fire, and air. Each element is manipulated through certain martial art styles that are similar to the qualities of the element itself.

Bending is traditionally performed through the motions of one’s hands and feet, but certain benders are able to effectively manipulate their element with only minimal movement of their body, such as by using just their head or torso. In some cases, benders are able to perform their bending without the aid of any physical movement at all. Instead they use sheer focus and force of will. This skill is known as psychic bending.

The Four Nations

Each element is associated with a particular nation in the world. That is why there are Four Nations. The Water Tribe corresponds with waterbending and is split into two; the Northern and Southern Water Tribes residing at the two Poles. The Earth Kingdom is associated with earthbending. The Fire Nation associates with firebending. The Air Nomads are synonymous with airbending. There are other bending groups however, such as the Sun Warriors with firebending, and the Foggy Swamp Tribe for waterbending.

Energybending

The Energybending symbol is a combination of all the Avatar symbols; a depiction of how energybending focuses on the inner energy of the human body. It does not focus on elements like the other bending forms.

The fifth bending art, energybending, is unlike the other four in that little physical action is required to direct the bending itself. The four elemental bending arts are all dependent on the energy, or chi, within the human body, relying on its flow through the body to manipulate a specific element. A person is able to bend when they extend the influence of their chi beyond the body to interact with the environment. Energybending, on the other hand, is concerned with the manipulation of the energy itself and is able to remove or grant bending abilities

Avatar Symbols: Airbending

This is one of the Avatar Symbols, and it represents the bending form that is airbending.

Airbending is the bending art used by the Air Nomads. The sky bison or the flying bison were the original airbenders, and after the Lion Turtles stopped giving people bending; humans learnt from them. As seen in the depiction of the Avatar symbols, airbending is a free bending form. It concentrates on speed and evasion, forgoing a strong offense for a greater defense.

Though it apparently looks to be lacking fatal finishing moves, airbending is the most dynamic of all the bending arts. As air is the element of freedom, airbenders use their capability to bend unrestricted by the ground or any other factors in the environment, using their own momentum as a weapon; evading attacks with astounding agility to tire their opponents out or building up massive inertia for explosive gusts of wind to make their counterattacks finishing moves.

When they do resort to physical confrontation, airbenders can harness the immense, intangible power of wind. Airbenders also use a flight technique by operating a glider and using the air to provide thrust and lift. Every element that is a part of the Avatar symbols has a direct bending opposite. Airbending’s direct opposite is earthbending and the confrontational style that serves as the bending form’s foundation.

Airbending also has subskills, which are flight and spiritual projection. However, flight has only been achieved by two people in the entire history of airbending, namely Zaheer and Guru Laghima. Airbending is the element of freedom, and its season is fall; as depicted in the diagram of the Avatar Symbols and their colors.

Avatar Symbol: Waterbending

Waterbending, as seen in the Avatar Symbols

Waterbending is practiced by some people of the Water Tribe. It is a versatile element; and it is unique in the sense that the original bender of the element was not an animal. buInstead, humans learnt how to bend water from the Moon and its control of the oceans. Quite similar to the element represented in the Avatar symbols, waterbenders are extremely adaptable and versatile.

Waterbending concentrates on the flow of energy, focusing less on strength and more on turning the opponent’s own energy against them. While a bender’s victory in battle depends on their skill or ingenuity, waterbenders gain a serious advantage or disadvantage depending on the amount of water around them, although highly skilled waterbenders can draw water from anywhere, such as draw humidity from the air and bend the water in living things, especially plants.

Some benders are can bend water from blood or their own sweat, and this shows their skill level. As the element of change, waterbenders can fluidly and quickly alternate from defense to offense, from a wall of ice to a jet of water, turning their opponent’s strength against them. Due to its lunar acclimatization, waterbending is stronger at night and ineffective during a lunar eclipse or when the Moon Spirit dies.

However, to counter their ineffectiveness during a lunar eclipse, waterbenders gain immense power during the peak of the full moon. The opposite of waterbending is firebending, with its relatively stagnant, direct philosophy. The sub-skills for waterbending are healing and bloodbending. Waterbending is the element of change, and its season is winter.

Avatar Symbols: Earthbending

The earthbending symbol. The Avatar Symbols depict the earthbending form as the most rigid of all bending forms and of all the other symbols. This is in line with the element it represents – Earth.

Earthbending originated in the Earth Kingdom with the first earthbenders ever being badgermoles. As we see with the form in the Avatar Symbols, earthbending requires a special connection with the earth that can be achieved through neutral jing, listening and even seemingly doing nothing and waiting for the right moment to strike.

Much like waterbenders, earthbenders gain an advantage or disadvantage in battle based on the amount of earth around them, though the conditions are not as extreme with them as they are with the waterbenders. Because of their element’s stability and its stress on neutral jing, earthbenders stand their ground, absorbing or intercepting attacks until they completely overwhelm their opponents.

Unlike the other bending arts, earthbending’s strength equally lies in both offense and defense. Earthbending is in stark contrast to airbending as airbending’s emphasis is on evasion and mobility while earthbending’s emphasis is on fortitude and strength. The sub-skills for earthbending are seismic sense, metalbending, and lavabending. Earthbending is the element of substance, and its season is spring, as we see in the Avatar Symbols depiction.

Avatar Symbols: Firebending

The firebending symbol as it appears with the other Avatar symbols.

The people of the Fire Nation use Firebending. It is one of the most aggressive bending arts in the history of the four nations. Dragons were the first firebenders and they subsequently taught the Sun Warriors; who then passed down the form to the people who eventually became the Fire Nation.

However, these people eventually deviated from the main source or bending form of firebending; instead of using hatred as the fuel for their bending. They even began hunting down dragons as a rite of passage and to show their bending skills.

As the element of power, firebenders have to be able to maintain a constant source of energy and balance in battle, unleashing a volley of direct, successive attacks. Unlike other benders who depend on external sources of their elements to bend, firebenders do not need to.

They can create fire using their internal heat source in addition to controlling already existent flames. Skilled firebenders are able to fly using powerful jets of flames. Due to its solar affinity, firebending is stronger during the day and at its full power at noon. However, just like the lunar eclipse renders waterbending ineffective, firebendending is rendered completely ineffective during a solar eclipse.

Celestial Affiliations

When a comet passes close to the planet, the power of a firebender is greatly increased. Firebending is relatively simple and has a direct style; which contrasts greatly with the changing and fluid style of waterbending. A notable feature of special firebenders is the ability to create a hotter, blue fire; and the only known Firebender to use or demonstrate this extra powerful flame is the Fire Princess and eventual Fire Lord Azula.

The sub-skills for firebending are combustion bending, as well as the generation and the redirection of lightning. Firebending is the element of power, and its season is summer.

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Avatar Arena: The Official Online Game

Avatar Arena is a 2D action fighting game based on the world of the cartoon TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender. In this game, you will choose a nation to fight for, create your own bender, and defeat 20 benders in the ultimate world-wide tournament.

The game synopsis reads: “enter the wonderful world of the Avatar universe and create your own character to challenge the world’s best benders in Avatar Arena! Master your skills and become the ultimate master bender! Defeat other benders and master benders to prove that you’re the best!”

In Avatar Arena, you get to challenge the world’s fiercest Firebenders, the most agile of Airbenders, the toughest Earthbenders, the unpredictability of the ever fluid waterbenders and even the ever impregnable chi bending as you compete in the tournament with your pride, honor, and name at stake.

About Avatar Arena

Avatar Arena was an online game published by Nickelodeon, the company that produced the Avatar: The Last Airbender show; and its subsequent spinoff series, comics and graphic novels. The game can be classified under the game genre of Rumble. It is available on the internet platform as an online game.

Avatar Arena’s Objective

As seen from the game itself, Avatar Arena’s objective is thus:

“Decades prior to the Great War, all four nations were living in harmony under Avatar Kyoshi’s watch. In a competitive spirit, the best bending masters from all four nations gathered in a unique tournament. A tournament that would forever be remembered. Under Kyoshi’s watchful eye, all masters bent it out until the 20 best were remaining. Whoever would win against such opponents would not only win fortune, but eternal remembrance as well.”

Controls For Avatar Arena

Mouse – Navigate
Left Mouse Button – Select
Arrow Keys – Move
Space – Action / Attack

Each bending form has its own moves based on the results of the actions. They are;

Avatar Arena Airbending

Attack:

Space-bar
Up arrow key, space-bar
Down arrow key, up arrow key, space-bar

Defense:

Use the Left arrow key
Left arrow key, space-bar
Up arrow key, left arrow key, space-bar

Avatar Arena Waterbending

Attack:

Space-bar
Down arrow key, left arrow key, space-bar
Left arrow key, up arrow key, space-bar

Defense:

Use Left arrow key
Press Left arrow key, space-bar
Left arrow key, left arrow key, space-bar

Avatar Arena Earthbending

Attack:

Space-bar
Down arrow key, down arrow key, space-bar
Up arrow key, down arrow key, space-bar

Defense:

Left arrow key
Left arrow key, space-bar
Down arrow key, left arrow key, space-bar

Avatar Arena Firebending

Attack:

Space-bar
Right arrow key, right arrow key, space-bar
Down arrow key, right arrow key, space-bar

Defense:

Use Left arrow key
Press Left arrow key, space-bar
Then press Left arrow key, left arrow key, space-bar, space-bar

Chi Attack

All fighters from the four nations can use this move. To access Chi, while the player continuously presses the down arrow key, they should repeatedly tap the space-bar at a fast pace to fill the “chi bar” and perform a specialized attack.

Avatar Arena Instructions

Before you begin the game, you are expected to choose an avatar from one of the four nations. You will also choose the name and look of the character. After this, there are two modes that you can choose to play in; either “Training” or “Tournament”.

As seen in the previous section above, there are three types of moves you can choose to perform; attack, defense, and chi attack. Both attack and defense moves have three different levels of complexity. The higher the level you use, the more damage or defense you can deal.

The chi attack on its own, takes a long time to charge up. However, it is a very powerful move to perform when it is used successfully. All four nations differ only in the appearance of the character and their attacks; in reality a specific attack provides the same effect for any nation, with the only difference being the aesthetic.

Game-play

Avatar Arena: Training Mode

The Training mode allows the player to practice and hone their skills before they enter the battle.

In the “Training” mode of the game, the player is set with the task of destroying a large statue as quickly as possible. There is no potential for any damage to the player’s health, as no enemy exists.

Avatar Arena Tournament Mode

In the “Tournament” mode, the player faces the twenty masters, all of whom are the twenty highest scorers in the game. The player must defeat the opponent in a best-of-three match to advance through the tournament; he or she scores more points for defeating the opponent more quickly. Of course, the opponents increase in difficulty as the player advances through the game.

At the end of each match (if won), the time taken to defeat the opponent is shown, as well as the points gained and total points scored. To win in the “Tournament” mode, the player must defeat all twenty opponents. This does not, however, guarantee them a spot as one of the twenty “masters”; they must score high enough to place in the top twenty high scorers.

Avatar Arena Tournament Locations

Each of the tournament’s fights takes place in different locations from the Avatar canon. They are separated by levels.

Battles 20 to 17 – Eastern Air Temple
Battle 16 to 11 – Earth Rumble VI
Battles 12. to 09. – Northern Water Tribe
Battle 08. to 04. – Fire Temple
Battles 03. to 01. – Ba Sing Se

Opponents To Face In The Tournament Mode

There are twenty levels, and the tournament plays in the style of the Mortal Kombat games. Each player uses their avatar to fight through 20 different opponents, till they reach the final level.

This is the order in which the opponents appears is thus:

20. Nomis – Waterbender

19. Wild Haggis – Airbender

18. Galtor – Earthbender

17. Cirederf – Firebender

16. Hamish – Earthbender

15. Master Sean – Airbender

14. Raidster – Firebender

13. Tween Sage – Waterbender

12. Pedoncuiak – Earthbender

11. Una – Waterbender

10. Hell-ene – Waterbender

09. FrostYvan – Airbender

08. Masterl Abdel – Airbender

07. ZukoGranGran – Firebender

06. StephBeauce – Earthbender

05. Bigoudididi – Waterbender

04. Madd Dogg – Earthbender

03. Fire Tongue – Firebender

02. Nhommos – Airbender

01. Torniol – Firebender

Interestingly, all the characters are male, except benders from the Water Tribe, which are female. The earthbenders, firebenders, and airbenders are all male. The airbenders in Avatar Arena all have tattoos, indicating that they were all masters. All the waterbenders in Avatar Arena have a water skin and a betrothal necklace, very much like Katara wore.

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Prince Zuko Voice: Other Dante Basco Roles

Dante Basco is by now a household name. Many fans of the Avatar the Last Airbender recognize that name as the embodiment of the Prince Zuko voice. The show aired almost some sixteen years ago, but you would not believe that if you hadn’t seen it become what it is now.

Avatar the Last Airbender was a show that really captured the hearts of fans all around, particularly because of its stellar writing and visuals. However, more endearing to the series was perhaps the show’s voice acting cast. Consisting of voice actors that were as talented as they were gifted, the sights of the Avatar series made more impact with the sounds that accompanied them.

A fan favorite character in the place of Prince Zuko would have probably been a difficult task to take on for just any actor; considering the character’s complex backstory. But for Prince Zuko voice actor Dante Basco; it was just another day at the office.

Dante Basco has been attached to quite a few other roles that have lived on in the hearts of fans all over the world. Let’s take a look at what else the Prince Zuko Voice actor has taken on in his rather illustrious career.

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The Prince Zuko Voice Actor Was The Leader Of The Lost Boys

Steven Spielberg pretty much rules the seventies down to the nineties, and it’s no surprise; he was good at what he did. Several pop culture titles owe their existence to him, but he also has a link to the Avatar series in the most unlikely manner.

Many people might not realize it, but Dante Basco, the Prince Zuko voice actor actually played the role of Ruffio; the leader of Steven Spielberg’s 1991 Peter Pan related flick “Hook”. The role saw him perform alongside great industry stalwarts like the now late Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, but even though he was a kid; the Prince Zuko voice actor shone with an amazing performance.

The Prince Zuko Voice Actor Appeared In Many Popular Sitcoms

From the seventies down to the two thousands, sitcoms were one of the most popular forms of entertainment all over the world. Many of these shows went on to become syndicated, being broadcast nearly in all countries in the world.

We had shows like the Cosby Show, Sanford and Son, Family Matters, Different Strokes and a host of many others take the screen by form. Dante Basco was not a stranger to this world, appearing in a number of sitcoms in the same talented fashion that he had when he got his big break in Hook.

On the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the man behind the Prince Zuko voice had a guest role as Kevin in the Episode: “Cold Feet, Hot Body”. On Hanging with Mr Cooper, he starred as Sammy in the Episode: “Seoul Shake”.

He also appeared in various other series; as Champ Hopkins in the Highway To Heaven episode: “Choices”, in CSI: Miami as Ruben Franco in the episode: “Happy Birthday”; Madrid in the The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, in The Steve Harvey Show as Lee in the episode: “Guess Who’s Not Coming to Counseling”, in Moesha as Marco in 4 episodes, and in Touched by an Angel as Miguel in the episode: “Random Acts”. He has had many other shows and television films under his belt as well.

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The Man Behind The Prince Zuko Voice Is Also Jake Long

Jake Long: American Dragon was an animation phenomenon when it began airing on the Disney Channel. Mixing both culture and action, kids all over the world, as well as some older viewers dived into the world of Jake Long, a boy who had the ability to become a dragon; who was tasked with protecting the world.

Dante provided the voice talent for Jake Long, and just as he would fully capture who Prince Zuko was; he brought the eponymous character to life in the grandest way. Fans would remember Jake Long for a very long time after.

The Prince Zuko voice actor also reprised his role as Jake Long in another Disney spinoff; Lilo and Stitch: The Series.

Besides this role, he has also appeared in other cartoons and animations, such as Disney’s Kim Possible as Fukushima in the episode “Exchange”; in the Cartoon Network show Victor & Valentino and We Bare Bears as Javier and Master Cheddar respectively. Basco has also appeared in Star Wars Rebels, voicing the character Jai Kell, and voiced Flash Thompson as well as Scorpion in Ultimate Spiderman.

He Is A Video Game Hall Of Famer

Providing voice talents for TV shows and animated films is not all Dante can do. In the video game world he is a pretty big name; not just for voicing characters, but also as a gamer streaming gameplay on Twitch. He has appeared as a voice actor for the following games:

Video Game Titles Character

Def Jam Fight for New York Additional Voices
Saints Row Stillwater’s Residents
Scarface: The World Is Yours Additional Voices
Avatar: The Last Airbender Prince Zuko
Skate Shingo
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth Prince Zuko
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno Prince Zuko
Aion Youth Male Voice, Additional Voices
Skate 2 Shingo
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Seeing Farther
Terminator Salvation Resistance Soldier
Final Fantasy XIII Cocoon Inhabitants
Skate 3 Shingo
Nicktoons MLB Prince Zuko
Avatar: The Legend of Korra General Iroh II
Mortal Kombat X Additional Voices

The Prince Zuko Voice Actor Is A Web Series Regular

Dante Basco has also appeared in a number of various web series over the years; including some he owns. It is safe to say he is a regular on these as much as he is on regular screens.

Year Web Series Title Role Episode

2013–21 JustKiddingNews Himself 6 episodes
2014–19 Nostalgia Critic Himself 6 episodes
2016–18 Camp Camp Billy “Snake” Nikssilp 3 episodes
2016 Perfect-timing villain Agent Tanner 1 episode
2017 Squad Wars Himself The Try Guys 90s Boyband Music Video Challenge
2018 Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures Narrator 11 episodes
2019 Rooster Teeth’s Hardcore Tabletop: World Series 5 episodes
2020-21 Let’s Read Homestuck Rufioh Nitram 2 episodes
2020 Death Battle Zuko Zuko VS Shoto Todoroki

He Was Also In Avatar: The Legend Of Korra

Seeing as Fire Lord Zuko was still alive at the turn of events in the Legend of Korra, it made sense that the Prince Zuko voice actor would reprise his role. However, the elderly Zuko was voiced by Bruce Davison. Dante instead voiced Zuko’s grandson; General Iroh II from his daughter, Fire Lord Izumi. It was a very nice nod to the predecessor series; showing that there had indeed been a passage of time. In truth, General Iroh II bore a strong resemblance to his grandfather in his youth.

Dante Basco brought to life one of our most beloved characters in the capturing of Prince Zuko’s voice; but it seems this is something of regular form for the voice actor. We have a lot to be thankful to him for in his actualization of Zuko; it could have totally gone another way with any other actor.

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Koh (Avatar): Your Ultimate Guide To This Mysterious Spirit

Koh is a very knowledgeable and one of the most ancient spirits in the spirit world of Avatar. He is also referred to as “The Face Stealer” because of his ability to literally steal the faces of other people. Koh is a very mysterious character in the Avatar. And has a very strange type of sadistic personality in the first look. This is due to the fact that he can steal your face and use it whenever he wills.

In this article, we will explore all the information we have on this ancient spirit of the Avatar universe. We only see Koh once in the Avatar: The Last Airbender TV series. We will also elaborate on that encounter between Aang and Koh and what the end result of that meeting came out to be.

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History of Koh In Avatar

Koh is the child of the Mother of Faces and is born to her thousands of years before the start of the hundred-year war. So Koh has had a vast experience of the Avatar world and has become one of the most knowledgeable spirits of the world. He is one of the first spirits that willingly started to interact with humans. And also assumed the role of judge, jury, and executioner for the people Koh believed had done wrong in the world.

He would also willingly chat with someone who is brave enough to face him. Although, most of these meetings would end up with Koh stealing the person’s faces. But this act of talking directly to humans by Koh faced a lot of criticism from other spirits. One of the most notable spirits that did not approve of such behavior by Koh in Avatar is Father Glowworm. Father Glowworm believed that such behavior is not a good example. And this is not how spirits and humans should casually interact.

Appearance of Koh in Avatar

Koh has been portrayed as a huge centipede-like creature with an extremely scary and intimidating look. On top of this huge centipede-like body was the face of Koh. He can change his face to any of the faces that he has stolen over the years. This is extremely scary for someone who faces him. Because Koh uses his face changing ability to intimidate that person so that he can steal that person’s face as well. But a white face with red lips and gray eye markings is the face that Koh wears most often. This is also known as the Noh Mask.

Personality

Koh has a very sadistic and intimidating personality. And he constantly tries to intimidate everyone who comes to him, to show even a tiny speck of emotion. This is because if they show even a slightest sign of any emotion then Koh can steal their faces.

He does not care even if the Avatar is in front of him he will still try to steal his or her face. But his actions with Avatar Kuruk show that Koh punished Avatar because of his arrogant nature and his lack of respect for the spirits of the spirit world. And he does not hold a grudge against the different incarnations of the Avatar. He is even willing to help

After listening to this Aang shows signs of an epiphany on his face but thankfully Koh is facing in the opposite direction. And because of this he misses the show of emotion from Aang and is not able to steal his face in this encounter. At the end of this meeting Koh states that they will meet again.

Conclusion

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14 Avatar The Last Airbender Funko Pop Collectibles

The Avatar funko pop dolls have become very popular for kids. You can get them for your children and as a collector of these types of toys, they can make an excellent addition to your collections.

Funko pop is a very popular toy company for kids. They make all types of toys and have a collection for Avatar toys that is quite extensive.

Here are some of the Avatar funko pop toys that you can get.

Get The Whole Team Avatar Funk Pop Set

One of the best purchases that you can make is buying the entire Avatar Set. You don’t get every character that they have made but you get the main members of the Team Avatar gang.

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Sokka Avatar The Last Airbender Funko Pop

Funko Pop: Sokka Toy Collectible

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This is one of the avatar funko pop dolls you can get for you or your kid. The Funko sokka doll for Avatar the Last Airbender is a vinyl action figure. It is made with a plastic graphical protector bundle. This doll is made by Funko and sold by Ninja X+. It costs $26.00 which saves about $3.00, which is 10%, and a certain amount on shipping fee which depends on your area or location. They are excellent choices as birthday gifts, thoughtful presents and so much more. It is made of plastic.

Zuko Funk Pop

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This is a Zuko Funko pop doll from Avatar the Last Airbender series. It is a fun doll for Zuko fans and is made by Funko Toy company. It contains one piece in the pack and is made with a plastic graphical protector bundle. It is a unique toy that shows Zuko fire bending. The item is returnable and is a very good way to show that they make toys you can trust.

Katara Avatar The Last Airbender Funko Pop

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Katara fans. Here is a lucky item for you. This is the Katara funko pop doll. It also showcases Katara water bending and is available at a relatively low price. The product showcases a mini Katara water bending. This is an excellent toy for all Katara fans and makes for a good playtime toy. This toy is made of vinyl with the collection name as funko pop Animation: Avatar. It shows a katara doll bending water in a unique water bending stance.

It would make for a good gift for either you or your kids.

Iroh Avatar The Last Airbender Funko Pop

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If we have any character that has earned our respect in the last airbender series then that character is Iroh. General Iron is the brother of Fire Lord Ozai. Iroh is a peace loving old timer who enjoys playing a game of Pa Sho and making tea. He also makes them pretty well too. This is a funko pop doll that shows Iroh with a cup of tea. Amazing right? This would be an excellent addition for playtime. Iroh is a unique character and his own funko doll is amazing. It is also multi colored.

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Have you always wanted your own Appa doll? I would understand. This doll is a very cute doll that showcases Appa, Aang’s best friend and flying bison. Although Sokka would disagree with this part of being his best friend but so it is. The funko Appa doll is a fun doll from the funko pop toy company. The item is returnable and available at low prices at the funko pol store.

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The blind bandit does have quite the following and no wonder she also has her very own funko pop doll. This is a vinyl doll that shows toph in her earth bending stance, bending the earth. Amazing right? It is available at a relatively low price from sellers that do not offer prime shipping. The collection name is called: Avatar funko animation: Avatar. The number of pieces in the pack is one.

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Funko Avatar: The Last Airbender – Aang with Momo Pop! Vinyl Figure (Includes Compatible Pop Box Protector Case)

The Avatar funko pop doll with Aang’s figure is one of the most sought after ones. One can almost imagine that when they made a figure of Aang on Avatar day to burn, the idea caught on. This doll showcases Aang bending and block of ice and air bending at the same time. It is a very unique doll that is available for sale at funko pop store. The toy comes with a compatible pop box that protects the figurine. This is a protector case.

It is a doll from Avatar The Last Airbender. It comes with Aang, Momo, as a stylized POP vinyl from Funko!

The Figure stands 3 ¾ inches and comes in a window display box. You get to own a tiny copy of Airbender Aang and his winged lemur companion. You also get to go with him and Momo on their mission to end the Hundred Year War and bring peace to the Fire Nation, Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom and Air Nomads.

Other funko pop of Katara, Sokka, Iroh, Appa, and Toph round out the story and Zuko are available in the funko pop store. Collect the entire line of Avatar The Last Airbender Funko Pop Vinyl’s: Aang with Momo, Aang on Air Scooter, Azula, Katara, Sokka, Iroh, Appa, Toph & Zuko. These are each sold separately and Includes a Pop box protector fit for any collectors investment.

Other Avatar Funko Pop Options

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Zuko Alone: Why It’s An Underestimated Chapter

Avatar, the Legend of Aang, is one of the best-animated series out there. It reaches a narrative depth that many similar series would give anything to achieve: political themes, social issues, incredibly well-written male and female characters, and an elegant, ethical and incomparable world-building. The “Zuko Alone” Episode is storytelling at its best.

The narrative of the series reaches a point where one chapter can change our perspective. In one of the most underrated chapters of the series: “Zuko Alone” we can see how a character like Prince Zuko who is perceived as an antagonist at the time acquires many nuances. After the chapter, we end up asking ourselves Is Zuko a bad person? Let’s dig into the “Zuko Alone” episode.

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Zuko Alone Character Development

Avatar has better character development than any animation aimed at a young audience. In this series, everyone can have their favorite character, but we all agree that the best-developed character is Zuko, he may or may not be your favorite character but his arc and evolution, along with the moral code of his journey and his subsequent redemption make him a complex character, beyond being good or bad, black or white.

Here we will discuss Zuko’s development, but we will not analyze the entire series but rather a key chapter that not many take with importance but is vital to understanding why Zuko constantly struggles with moral conflicts.

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From book one we know that Zuko wishes to capture the Avatar to regain the honor that was taken from him by the Fire Nation. For us, he is a simple villain just because he has objectives contrary to the protagonist, but Zuko is different, we are not told about his origin in the first chapter, but from the first moment the series makes it clear that Zuko is someone to be respected, he has more honor than the entire Fire Nation put together. On multiple occasions, he doesn’t hurt other people, he simply wants to catch the avatar.

In the first chapter, Aang and Zuko come to an agreement in which Zuko promised not to hurt anyone if Aang went with him, as well as later when the origin of Zuko’s scar is shown. We see that he has kindness in his heart when he preferred his crew to take shelter instead of chasing the avatar at the end of the first book.

After fighting Zhao in the Northern Water Tribe, someone who wanted to take everything from him decides to save him, there is a hero within Zuko. We are given a clear example of what he can do with these details. Zuko is neither good nor bad, he is honorable, he respects what he cares about despite always having conflicts. This will be repaired with the help of his uncle.

Zuko is Slowly Changing

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Zuko goes so far as to defy his entire nation because he wants to be the one to catch the avatar. He is not able to realize that he is changing. We can see him and his uncle as an allegory, they are a betrayal to their nation for doing the right thing.

In Zuko’s arc in the Earth’s book, it isn’t easy to evaluate the character because he is a teenager living a teenager’s life. From the beginning, we see someone banished from his nation, desperately seeking to regain his honor, but here we are presented with something different. He is not a prince commanding a ship; he is a teenager traveling, chasing answers so he can reconcile with himself.

Capturing the Avatar seemed like the right thing to do at the time, but he realizes the damage his nation has done, but he doesn’t want to stoop to being someone else. He doesn’t understand why he can’t be happy, or well, he thinks he does; he thinks he can only get what he wants by capturing the Avatar. In his heart, he hopes to be welcomed by his nation as a hero, but most of all, to be welcomed by his father with love. We know that’s impossible; he just hasn’t realized yet.

The Depth of Zuko’s Pain is Seen in “Zuko Alone”

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A man who burned his son’s face, a child who spoke when he shouldn’t have and begged for forgiveness. Ozai is unable to welcome Zuko with open arms, the Zuko Alone episode is simply a gem. In this episode, we see that despite being good and doing the right thing according to his uncle’s teachings an entire village detests him.

He does not look for trouble, he avoids snitching a child, he ends up reluctantly accepting the hospitality of a family. He becomes aware of the problems not only of the family that takes him in but also of the village where the chapter takes place, once again we see Zuko is watching firsthand the suffering caused by war.

We take a walk through Zuko’s memories, he must put his childhood in perspective to define his identity. Thanks to his mother he was loved as a child, so he is not evil, there is goodness in his heart. But he also remembers his father’s actions and the reason for his decisions. This is something that haunts him as he does not want to believe that he is wrong and that the one he so desperately pursues is right.

Conclusion of Zuko Alone

At the end of this chapter, we see the prince go to the aid of the kidnapped boy, confronting a group of bullies who had the whole town in disgrace. In his fight he ends up using firebending and although he defeats the corrupted soldiers he receives nothing but hatred and rejection from the people he saved. Why is this happening to him? He wants to understand it, but he still can’t do it.

In this chapter there is no one but Zuko, he doesn’t have his uncle to give him advice, there is no Avatar, his biggest target. We only see a character venturing into a world corrupted by a 100-year war that he is part of. Undoubtedly not only in this chapter but in this whole book we can notice how the character is immersed in a journey of self-discovery in which he begins to show his various facets.

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Avatar Fire Nation: Why Did They Attack The World

“But everything changed when the fire nation attacked…”. That line is about as iconic as any other in the history of television. Why? Because it signals the beginning of a story that pretty much means the world to any fan of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series. But aside all the fanfare, one quick question that has never really been answered pops its head; “why did Avatar Fire Nation attack?

It’s a question that requires a second look at the entire series. Particularly because it involved the complete annihilation of an entire people; the air nomads.

It all began with Fire Lord Sozin, but to accurately guess his motives is a tall order. That is, without proper research of course. And we’ve got plenty of those.

The series begins in a world that is already war torn, and under the control of the avatar fire nation. We come to see that the Hundred Year War, as it is so called; can only be ended by the Avatar. This incarnation of the bridge between the human and spirit worlds is Aang; a young Airbender that has been frozen in an iceberg for a century. He is the only one who can drive the avatar fire nation back. We learn the origins of the war as well, but that doesn’t happen much until the final and third book of the series; the book of fire.

Let’s take a look at Fire Lord Sozin’s quest to see the world under the Avatar Fire Nation’s control.

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The Beginning: The Avatar Fire Nation Genocide of The Air Nomads

When Aang woke up from his hundred-year hibernation inside the iceberg, the world he awakened to was completely different from the one he had left behind. Instead, he was shocked to find out that the Avatar Fire Nation had made him the last Airbender.

The other Air Nomads, including his beloved mentor Monk Gyatso, had been massacred at the start of the Hundred Year War. The Avatar Fire Nation had drawn upon the power of Sozin’s comet to command unstoppable strength and firebending. Against the rather pacifist Air Nomads, they were no match.

There was a good reason why Fire Lord Sozin targeted the remote nation of peace-loving monks before taking on bigger enemies like the Earth Kingdom or the Water Tribes. And that was because he was determined to find the next Avatar, and destroy them before they could thwart his plans.Of course thanks to the Avatar Cycle, the next Avatar would have come from the Air Nomads.

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Avatar Fire Nation Firelord Sozin and Avatar Roku Were Best Of Friends

When they were still young, Roku and Sozin were the best of friends. Matter of fact, they could have passed as brothers. They were so close that there was no resentment or jealousy from Sozin when Roku was revealed as the new Avatar by the Avatar Fire Nation Fire Sages. In fact, when Roku left the Fire Nation to embark on his training in the other elements, Sozin gave him the parting gift of his own headpiece, a royal artefact meant to be worn only by the Crown Prince.

The two men remained best friends even when Roku returned from his training, and Sozin had become the Fire Lord. Sozin was even the best man at Roku’s wedding. But things started to change for the bad shortly after. On this same wedding day, Sozin called Roku aside, and revealed a secret ambition; one that Roku did not find pleasing in the least.

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Fire Lord Sozin Wanted To Expand The Avatar Fire Nation’s Empire

Before the Hundred Year War started, the Avatar Fire Nation was at the peak of its power. In fact, the only nation that could rival them in military strength and size was the Earth Kingdom; and even then, there was still a gap.

Sozin saw that his friendship with the Avatar and his status as the Fire Lord were a sign that they had a great destiny. What this great destiny meant, was that the Avatar Fire Nation should share its prosperity with the rest of the world; by expanding its empire. Sozin thought of himself as the hero of the story – the great leader who would turn the Four Nations into a single united empire.

Unfortunately for him, Roku found the plan of this great destiny rather disgusting. He saw the Avatar’s role as maintaining the balance between the human and spirit worlds; as well as among the four nations. It didn’t matter which nation the Avatar was born into, what was important was that they were not supposed to take sides in politics or war.

This was something we would eventually see Korra struggle with some two centuries later. In lieu of this, Roku simply refuted Sozin’s plans, warning him against attempting to execute his plans. Roku would eventually find that Sozin went on to create Avatar Fire Nation colonies despite his warnings; he took on the Fire Lord and deftly defeated him. He spared his life, but also warned him not to try anything like it again.

Roku’s Death

Sozin did not return the favor when he had Roku at his mercy. When a volcano on Roku’s home island erupted, he stayed behind as his wife and the other inhabitants of the island escaped; trying to use his bending abilities to try and hold back the lava.

Sozin arrived to help, but after Roku was hit by a blast of poisonous volcanic gases, Sozin left him to die; realising that so long as he lived, he would be a barrier to Sozin’s plans for the Avatar Fire Nation’s expansion. Roku and his dragon, Fang, were consumed by the volcano, and Sozin was finally free to pursue his ambitions.

The (Avatar) Fire Nation Destroyed The Air Nomads In Their Search For The Next Avatar

Sozin was still very much afraid of the Avatar, even after Roku’s death. He bided his time for about 12 years after the incident; and then a once in a lifetime opportunity present itself. It was a comet; would greatly amplify the powers of all the firebenders.

They would become nearly unstoppable. This comet would eventually become known as Sozin’s comet, as it was just what the Avatar Fire Nation needed to finalize their blow on the world. But Sozin had other ideas than a full-blown onslaught on the Earth Kingdom; which was the only nation that could match them. Instead, he carried out a genocidal onslaught on the Air Nomads.

Since he already knew the Avatar cycle would produce the next Avatar from the Air Nomads, he decided to nip the cycle in the bud. The cycle had already seen Roku come from the Avatar Fire Nation, preceded by Kyoshi from the Earth Kingdom; preceded by Kuruk of the Northern Water Tribe, whose predecessor was Yangchen from the Air Nomads. In order to avoid the Avatar interfering with his plans, Sozin decided to kill him. True to his fears, the Air Nomads had planned to accelerate Aang’s training due to the signs of a coming war.

Despite believing he had wiped out all the Airebenders, Sozin had been unlucky. Aang, had already run away from the Southern Air Temple before the attack. Sozin would spend the rest of his life searching for the Avatar.

The End Of The Hundred Year War

Sozin’s anxiety would be proven true, as in the end it would be Aang that put an eventual end to the Hundred Year War. Aang ended the Avatar Fire Nation’s century old conquest, defeated his grandson Ozai, and restored balance to the world. However, just as Roku had shown mercy to Sozin, Aang showed mercy to Ozai, letting him live; but stripping him of his bending.

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Avatar Wan and How He Became The First Bender

Wan was the first Avatar, and he lived about ten thousand years before Aang and Avatar Korra. He was banished from his home and sent into the then forbidden forest. The forest was inhabited by spirits, and at that time, the balance was very shaky, and relations between humans and spirits were not at their best. He eventually learned to coexist with the spirits. He made it his life’s mission to help bring balance between them and the rest of mankind. This eventually led to him becoming the first Avatar.

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Avatar Wan’s History

Avatar Wan lived in poverty in a city that was built on the back of the fire lion turtle. His main goal was to survive and feed his friends. He did this by regularly stealing food from the wealthy Chou family. He had agility and explicitly cunning behaviors to aid him in staying alive and achieving this task.

On one of these days, he was chased by three of the Chou brothers and ultimately captured. He managed to outrun them at first and make his way to the rooftops. When he stopped to eat, the angry Chou brothers caught up with him. He tried to escape again and was tripped by one of them. His sack of stolen food was taken away from him, and Wan was thrown from the roof into a muddy pen with hybrid pigs.

After he eventually returned to his treehouse, he offered Jaya and Yao the little food he had managed to salvage and stow away in his tunic.

He gave away his own portion to several hungry animals while wishing that their lifestyle could be a lot better. He wished that they could live like the Chous. During this time, however, he devised a plan to gain more power so he could change the way they lived.

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His Great Plan

Avatar Wan’s plan was about to commence. He joined a group of hunters who were going out of the city into the forbidden forest (Spirit Wilds) to get food for the town.

Although the head Hunter was skeptical at first about letting Wan join the hunt. He did eventually give in and was allowed to accompany them since there were no other people that were willing to undertake the task.
The customary task was that they travel to the fire lion turtle to receive the power of fire bending before venturing into the spirit wilds. This was so they would be able to defend themselves against the hostile spirits that lived in the spirit wilds.

Soon after the group set off, Wan pretended to suddenly have gotten cold feet and was subsequently ordered by the head hunter to go back to the lion turtle to return his newly acquired ability.

Wan, however, did not return to the lion turtle and instead returned to the city directly, keeping his fire. Despite his friend Jaya’s protests to return the power back to the fire lion, he inspired a few other poor people to join him on a raid on the Chou palace to get more food. Although the raid was going smoothly at first, the Chou brothers called in reinforcements, and Wan was accidentally unmasked by Little Chou and captured.

He was brought before the lion turtle and, although the creature permitted him to keep his fire at his request, Wan was banished to the Spirit Wilds for his crimes.

Avatar Wan Befriending The Spirits

At first, he wandered the spirit wilds, shooting at every spirit he came across. While he was running away from a frog spirit that was chasing him, Wan got eaten by a plant but was able to save himself by using his fire bending ability.

He ran on until he collapsed from exhaustion on an open grassy spot. However, much to his surprise, the grass started to wrap itself around him and pulled him under. He used his fire to save himself from death by suffocation and continued his journey through the wilderness. Afraid to lower his guard in the hostile environment, he stayed awake the whole night.

By morning, he was tired, exhausted, and hungry, which made him stop by what looked like a tree that was carrying a fruit. This eventually turned out to be a swarm of bees that were hurdled together. They swiftly attacked Wan for his disturbance of their habitat.

He couldn’t Get Away

Wan’s frantic attempt to get away from the enraged insects led him to fall off a cliff.
As he landed, he found himself looking at a peaceful island-like oasis with more fruit trees.

Still consumed by hunger and exhaustion, he made his way over toward the little island. He soon found his path blocked by an aye-aye spirit who appeared out of nowhere before him and told him he was not welcome at the oasis. He said humans were not welcome, and the oasis was only open to spirits.

Wan, at first, tried to reason with the spirit. He told the spirit that he was hungry and in need of sleep. Wan attempted to force the creature aside by fire bending at him when the spirit coldly said that it was not his problem.

Enraged by the effrontery, the spirit met Wan’s challenge and easily evaded the attack by teleporting behind him. He grabbed Wan and threw him aside in a nearby bush, causing Wan to walk away in defeat. When he noticed that several other spirits were granted access to the oasis, he covered himself in leaves and branches, disguising himself as “Bushy, the Bush Spirit.”

He briefly managed to fool the oasis guardian, but this was not for long as the guardian was able to tell and discover Avatar Wan’s deception through his human scent. When ordered to return home, Wan told the spirits that he had been banished by the other humans. The other spirits took pity on him and suggested he find other lion turtle cities. Shocked that there were other cities but his own, he asked for directions, but the guardian refused to give any to him, creating a joke out of it, which irritated Wan to the core.

Introduce The Lion Turtles to Avatar Wan

Wan eventually set out to find these lion turtle cities on his own. While traveling through the wilds, he spotted a cat deer that was caught in a net. Still hungry, he approached it with the intent of eating it. Although after seeing the creature up close, he felt pity for it and climbed into the tree instead of in an attempt to free it. At that same moment, the group of hunters that he had accompanied before arrived at the scene with the intent to kill the cat deer.

Wan fire bent at the hunters and ran off, hoping the men would forget about the animal and chase him.
Understanding the dangers of the spirit wild, he used them to his advantage to get rid of two of his pursuers. Before he could free himself completely from the hunters, Wan was struck by a fire blast that sent him flying against a tree branch, rendering him unconscious.

However, before the men could do anything, the aye-aye spirit, touched by Wan’s selfless act, intervened and saved him. Wan was brought back to the oasis by the spirit, where he was placed in the spirit waters, healing him. Wan chose to stay at the oasis and learn the ways of the spirits, which earned him the nickname “Stinky” from the aye-aye spirit.

As time went by, Wan befriended the spirits and developed his fire bending skills by learning the Dancing Dragon form from a white dragon, training himself to the point where his bending became an extension of his own body, not just a tool. He used his abilities to protect the spirits and drive off hostile humans.

Meeting Raava, Becoming The Avatar

Two years after Wan had been banished, he was still insistent on seeing the other cities. He left the spirit oasis with Mula, his cat deer. During his journey, he was disturbed by a horde of fleeing spirits who were trying to get away from an all-raging battle from two “powerful “spirits. The battle was so chaotic that it threatened to destroy the whole valley.

Concerned for the landscape and its creatures, Wan heads over to investigate. He is met by Vaatu and Raava in an all-raging battle. Oblivious to who they both were, he tries to get them to stop. Raava, the white spirit, tells him to move along, stating that the battle does not concern him.

He objects and tells her that it is his concern, stating that the lives of the spirit animals were at stake. Vaatu, sensing weakness and empathy that can be exploited, begs Wan and tells him that Raava has tortured him for ten thousand years. Wan uses his bending to break the hold Raava has on Vaatu. He soon learns the error of his ways, and Raava tells him who she is.

Wan tries to help after knowing this is his fault. He is told to stay out of the conflict, stating that this is not his business.

While on his way, he comes across harvesters with the ability to control air. He unintentionally scares them away. Curiosity getting the best of him, he constructs a catapult and lunges himself up to the city as he has no ability to get all the way up there.

Vaatu Needed to Be Put Away By Avatar Wan

Fascinated by their knowledge while conversing with the people living there. Vaatu arrives, and his presence turned the peaceful spirits living in the town into raging dark entities. After helping them fight off the dark spirits, Wan decides to help Raava further by fighting Vaatu.

To do this, he asks the air lion turtle for its power. No human had ever held two elements before, but Wan insists that he is unlike any other human and says he can do it.
The lion turtle decided to give him the power of the air; however, Raava would have to hold the power for him until he mastered it.

Raava gave the element of air to Wan by passing through his body and combining their energies. Although a dangerous undertaking, Wan survived the ordeal, and the small yet unlikely alliance set out to find the water and earth lion turtles to receive the last two elements.

Wan and Raava work together to master all four elements so he would be ready to defeat Vaatu come Harmonic convergence.

The great battle began, and he called upon Raava to merge both their energies. This gave him additional strength to his own, and he was able to land a few shots to Vaatu. This state put him in great danger, but he was not about to give up. Vaatu pinned him to the southern spirit portal when Harmonic convergence began.

Final Thoughts On Avatar Wan

Wan placed his hand on the spirit portal, permanently bonding his spirit with Raava’s. This, in turn, created the Avatar Spirit, making Wan the first Avatar. With his newfound strength from the Avatar State, Wan managed to trap Vaatu in an elemental cage and imprisoned him in the hollow of the Tree of Time that is in the spirit world. He also closed the northern portal to prevent any human from ever physically entering the spirit world and freeing Vaatu.

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Fire Lord Zuko: Was Zuko a Good Fire Lord?

Prince Zuko became Fire Lord Zuko at the end of the Avatar: The Last Airbender TV series.

The Fire Nation was in tatters. Responsible for the enormous damages from the Hundred Year War, there was so much to make amends for. Fire Lord Zuko’s job, then, was no easy task!

Given the fact that he had undergone an epic redemption arc throughout the series, it would be reasonable to presume that he would go on to be an excellent, morally upright Fire Lord. Well, it certainly wasn’t the “happy-ever-after” that you might expect.

Zuko’s character arc took some more twists and turns before he eventually passed Fire Lord duties onto his daughter, Izumi.

In fact, Zuko flirted with villainousness a few more times before his reign came to a close. He made some notable mistakes and bad choices while in power.

But did that make him a bad Fire Lord? Let’s explore that question…

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Good Ruler: Fire Lord Zuko Revolutionized the Fire Nation

Clearly, Zuko’s greatest challenge as Fire Lord was to save the reputation of his nation. The damage left by his predecessors would take at least a couple of generations to repair – he had a lot of work to do.

His first actions as Fire Lord included removing all of Ozai’s previously loyal officials in government from their positions and replacing them with progressive-minded individuals.

Next, he agreed to help usher in the Harmony Restoration Movement. This movement set out to remove all the Fire Nation colonies from the Earth Kingdom (and beyond). It’s purpose was to give those communities back to the people they belonged to before the Fire Nation empire of the previous 100 years.

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Fiore Lord Zuko The Good Ruler: He Recognized His Own Flaws

Fire Lord Zuko, despite having clearly good intentions, harbored a serious anxiety about himself. He saw potential within himself to become something like his father.

Fire Lord Zuko told Avatar Aang:

“If you ever see me turning into my father, I want you to … I want you to end me!”
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Aang agreed. Prior to being Fire Lord, Zuko had been obsessed with regaining his honor … now, he was obsessed with retaining it!

The Harmony Restoration Movement (Not So Harmonious!!)

One of the Fire Nation colonies in the Earth Kingdom, Yu Dao, resisted the Harmony Restoration Movement. When Zuko visited, he saw that the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom people had actually been living together harmoniously for many years.

In fact, some Earth and Fire people had bred and made families together.

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Good Ruler: Fire Lord Zuko Acted Based on Truth

Fire Lord Zuko, then, seeing folly in the idealistic Harmony Restoration Movement decided to revoke it.

This surprised Aang and Katara, who started a bit of a conflict with Zuko. But when Aang visited Yu Dao, he began to see the point that Zuko was making.

Bad Ruler: He Led the Fire Nation to War … again

Fire Lord Zuko became angry when the Earth Kingdom marched an army to Yu Dao in order to reclaim it. In response, he marched a Fire Nation army of his own to protect Yu Dao – threatening the possibility of another all-out with with the Earth Kingdom.

Fortunately, Avatar Aang intervened before the battle got too far out of hand.

Fire Lord Zuko turned to Aang, expecting him to fulfill the promise to “end” him if he became like his father. Leading an army to war, after all, was pretty Ozai-like!!

But Aang forgave Zuko, believing that he still had good intentions.

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Sidenote: He Found His Mother!

Fire Lord Zuko got back to his old ways and decided to undergo the search for his mother that he had wanted to undergo a long time before.

He permitted his sister, Azula, to come along with him. She blackmailed him with letters from their mother. In response, Fire Lord Zuko released her from the mental institution.

They found their mother in the village Hira’a. Zuko prevented the mentally unstable Azula from murdering her. After that, Azula escaped and disappeared for a while.

Fire Lord Zuko then took his mother and her new family home with him.

Challenges: The New Ozai Society

On the way home, the Fire Lord was ambushed by the New Ozai Society. Headed by Mai’s (Zuko’s girlfriend) father, Ukano, the society included Ozai’s old loyalists. They wanted to restore their old Fire Lord to the throne. Capturing Zuko was the first part of that plan.

Zuko escaped, but was faced with a number of assassination attempts in the following weeks/months.

Challenges: The Kemurikage

While the fire of the New Ozai Society raged, another problem arose for Zuko: the Kemurikage.

The Kemurikage was actually an old myth used by Fire Nation parents to scare misbehaving children. The story went that dark spirits – the Kemurikage – would kidnap and take away naughty kids.

After a series of kidnapping throughout the Fire Nation, the outlaws took Mai’s younger brother Tom-Tom … and Mai herself claimed to see the kidnappers. She said they looked like the Kemurikage.

As it turned out, Azula had banded together a team to help in her own mission. They had dressed up as the Kemurikage and started kidnapping kids.

Bad Ruler: He Forced the City into Lockdown

Zuko was growing extremely angry with the response of people in his kingdom to these events, and forcefully locked down the Nation.

In another confrontation with Azula, he was faced with some more harsh truths.

He expected that Azula wanted thr throne for herself; as it turned out, she wanted to change Zuko’s approach as Fire Lord.

She told him that she’d accepted that he destiny was not to become Fire Lord. So she had decided instead to influence Zuko into becoming a Fire Lord that ruled by fear. And judging by his behaviour recently, she felt she had succeeded in her mission.

Fire Lord Zuko succeeded in removing Azula’s Kemurikage threat and found the missing children. Then he reflected hard and eventually apologised to his nation for his poor behaviour of late. He promised to change his ways, once more.

Later Reign

Fire Lord Zuko’s decision to revoke the Harmony Restoration Movement turned out to be one of his best decisions as Fire Lord.

The example set by Yu Dao sowed the seeds for the future Republic City. That city would become the trading hub of the entire world, made up of people from all over the world. A monumental achievement, firmly in the contents of Zuko’s legacy.

Furthermore, Avatar Aang would regularly come to Fire Lord Zuko of Avatar-style advice. Zuko, it seems, became a wise soul akin to his Uncle Iroh!

Later on, Avatar Korra would also come to Zuko for advice. Of course, he obliged.

Abdicating the Throne

Zuko decided to pass the throne onto his daughter, Izumi. Decades of power was more than enough for him – especially since he didn’t actually want the throne in the first place.

Instead, Zuko took a role of simply ‘Lord’, in which he advocated world balance and protected the Avatar.

Legacy: Was Zuko a Good Fire Lord?

The answer is quite certainly yes. For sure.

Zuko made some mistakes – like heading to war with the Earth Kingdom, locking down the city in response to the Kemurikage. But what leader is ever void of mistakes?

Zuko was the perfect candidate for such a position of power, because he didn’t desire power. Azula desired power, and she would have made a vicious, horrible leader. The fact that Zuko had such a fear and wariness of what power can do to a person made him an excellent Fire Lord.

In the fictional Avatar universe, Zuko would certainly be remembered as an excellent Fire Lord. And to us fans, watching and reading the stories, I find it difficult to imagine that anybody would disagree with such an observation.

Zuko was a great Fire Lord! Let’s hope Izumi turns out just as good 😀

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Was Zhao (Avatar) the first Antagonist of the Series?

Many consider Zhao as the first antagonist of Avatar the Legend of Aang, while others think that Zuko is the one who occupies that place but if these are the characters that people most link to the image of antagonist then why did we saw them fighting in the first chapters of the series?

Shouldn’t they go against the protagonists instead of fighting each other? or is it that both characters are much more than simple villains. Next, we will analyze Zhao, his history, and his development to answer the question of who is the true antagonist of the first book of Avatar the Legend of Aang.

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Zhao (Avatar): His First Appearancee

Zhao first appears in chapter 3 of the first season when Iroh and his nephew disembark at a military checkpoint. After disembarking and exchanging a few first words we can see that war titles are very important to Zhao so much so that we can even see how he enjoys the moment when he had to correct Zuko for referring to him wrongly.

In that scene, we can see that Zuko who had a different upbringing than the vast majority of people in the Fire Nation treats the commander in a not very appropriate way being quickly corrected by his uncle who became a general and understands the importance of military positions and titles for the citizens of the Fire Nation. This is one of the most important points to take into account in the development of Zhao as a character. The relationship between the titles he obtained and power.

Zhao Hated Zuko and Iroh

In the eyes of the future admiral, Zuko does not deserve any respect, his devotion and loyalty were with the fire lord. the legitimate leader of that great empire. In his heart he understood that with or without the avatar Zuko would never be welcomed by his father, so the moment he lost the Agni Kai to the prince, Zhao burned with fury, he could not conceive that a disrespectful teenager who did not dare to finish the fight had defeated him. He was a commander, he could not afford a defeat, so he reacted dishonorably by attacking Zuko from behind.

From that moment on he had a grudge against Zuko and the avatar, partly because Zuko was everything that Zhao hated: He was young, and just by right of blood, he carried a title that, if it were not for his banishment would be higher than his own. Besides the fact that capturing the avatar would be a great blow to the exiled prince and would surely give him more status and reputation in the eyes of his compatriots.

His next appearances were chasing the avatar like the day when Aang contacted Roku or the day when the Avatar was captured by Zhao, but where the character was deepened a little more was in chapter 16 of the first season titled “The Deserter” in the said chapter our heroes pass through a city of the Fire Nation.

Zhao (Avatar) Backstory

There they learn of the existence of Jeong Jeong, a former Fire Nation admiral who decided to defect from his title. The avatar sees in the retired old man his only chance to learn the art of fire bending but encounters resistance to the tutor’s teaching.

After overcoming this scene Jeong Jeong tries to teach the avatar to master fire but he does it in a rather special way, trying to teach him the gentle side of the art because as fire can mean life it can also hurt. He teaches him to feel the sun as the main source of energy, the air as fuel, and discipline as the center of everything.

Although the avatar, being a very impatient boy, is unable to understand him, Jeong Jeong explains to him the dangers of impatience and the search for power by giving the example of a disciple who cared for nothing more than that and the dangers of taking that path.

We mention Jeong Jeong because the disciple the old man was talking about, who only wanted to burn and destroy, was Zhao.

Zhao Had a Massive Ego

The appearance of Jeong Jeong is not by chance, he is presented to show us the counterpart of the future admiral, just as fire means death and pain, it can also mean life, while one tries to teach the goodness of this art, the other only tries to destroy. It is necessary to understand the words of the master:

“Learn discipline, self-control or risk the destruction of yourself and everything you love”. This sentence lets us understand that the old man still regrets not having been able to put his disciple on the right path, if Zhao had learned from him, perhaps he could have escaped from that future full of punishment and torture that he had to live, although we will talk about that later.

Zhao arrives at Jeong Jeong’s home in search of the Avatar, where once again his title as admiral is trampled on by the others, as Jeong Jeong tells him that it has no meaning, something that bothers Zhao since his whole life was set on becoming someone in the army.

We see how his fury has no control, he mercilessly attacks the avatar, who manages to win without even landing a single blow, leaving Zhao to destroy his ships and, likewise, with his fire. At this moment we see again the lesson of his master “Learn discipline and self-control or risk the destruction of yourself and all that you love”.

Nothern Water Tribe

After this defeat, Zhao prepares a full-scale attack against the northern water tribe, recruits the entire crew of Prince Zuko, and sets off on a journey together with Uncle Iroh.

“In the future people will study in books the great story of Admiral Zhao, who managed to defeat the last bastion of waterbenders.”

Those were the words he commented to the former general, but what he had not said was what he understood as his greatest feat. Some time ago the general found an ancient scroll with stories about the spirits of the moon and the ocean, he discovered that both beings had descended to earth and had taken physical form ergo if that was true then they could be killed.

“They will call me Zhao the conqueror, the executioner of the last waterbenders, the moon killer, Zhao the invincible.”

As we can see the only important thing in his life was to leave a mark in the history books, his ambition was consumed by his ego.

“I am Zhao the conqueror, I am Zhao the invincible, me, me, me, me.”

Killing The Moon Spirit

He could not and would not think of anything but aggrandizing his image, and though the avatar and Uncle Iroh tried to make him understand that the moon not only benefited the waterbenders, but that it brought balance.

Zhao, blinded by his lust for power and renown attacked mercilessly, taking the life of the great spirit. He was interested neither in balance, nor in life, nor death, nor the present. He only wanted to achieve great things to be known as the great conqueror in the history books. Only to achieve his ambition since war titles were everything to him.

Consumed by his military lust and falling victim to the world corrupted by a war of over 100 years, his story ends badly thanks to the avatar’s anger and Yue’s sacrifice.

Zhao loses the battle succumbing to the anger of the great spirit of the ocean who in a fit of rage tries to take his life, the commander has the opportunity to save himself by taking the hand of the exiled prince but decides not to do so.

His ego and ambition consumed him so much that he could not think clearly and he preferred death rather than be helped by Zuko, a traitor of his nation. Although this can also be taken as the pride of a soldier depending on the point of view from which it is observed.

Decades later we can see Zhao in the valley of lost souls, with no way to escape. We can interpret the effect the fog has is to live the memories over and over again, being unable to alter or modify the inevitable supply of events. The way out of this effect is described to us as accepting your mistakes, your fate, and improving your thoughts.

Characters like Tenzing who were able to understand their failures and clear their fears were able to come out of this effect, but Zhao was so immersed in his ego and ambition that he spent decades repeating the same thing.

“I am Commander Zhao, conqueror and killer of the moon.”

It was all linked to his addiction with enhancing his image and renown.

Zhao: The First Antagonist

To conclude, Zhao was a good antagonist for the first season of ATLA, in which the producers were not very clear about the direction of the series, even being a character not so relevant had its development and outcome, we could delve into his past and understand why he ended up being the way he was.

But apart from being an antagonist, we can also see him as a victim. Victim of what we could interpret as the true antagonist of the series. To answer our initial question: who is the main antagonist of the series? Is Zhao an antagonist? Yes, but he is not the main one. In the beginning, Zuko was also an antagonist, but he was not the main antagonist either.

We could take the concept of the fire nation as the main antagonist, beyond the characters themselves, from a young age children are taught the greatness of the country and its ambitious project to share its wealth with the world through war. Children grow up with this idea of becoming a commander. Soldiers are respected and in general, everything revolves around this.

Final Thoughts On Zhao and The Fire Nation

This is why the fire lord Ozai, has virtually no dialogue in the series because he is representing evil in the overall concept of the fire nation. A nation that burns villages, takes the lives of innocents, captures and imprisons civilians, that just destroys whatever is in its path. This is why we consider the concept of “the killer nation” as the true antagonist. This concept cannot be fully reflected in any character, being all of them, including Admiral Zhao, victims of this world and a nation rotten by 100 years of war.

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Kya

Tenzin

Avatar Aang’s Family Tree Grows Further With His Grandkids

Jinora

Ikki

Meelo

Rohan

Final Thoughts On Avatar Aang’s Family Tree

The Blue Flame Is Hotter Theory

Source of Firebending Theory

Positive Points of This Theory

Azula’s Personality

Conclusion

Anime Like Avatar: Noragami

Moribito: Guardian Of The Spirit

Anime Like Avatar: D.Gray-Man

Yu Yu Hakusho

Anime Like Avatar: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Anime Like Avatar: Hunter X Hunter

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Anime Like Avatar: The Seven Deadly Sins / Nanatsu no Taizai

Fairy Tail

Anime Like Avatar: Fire Force

That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime

Anime Like Avatar: Demon Slayer

Movies Like Avatar: Kung Fu Panda

Nahuel And The Magic Book

Movies Like AvatarThe Last Airbender Unicorn

Arjun: The Warrior Prince

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The Legend Of Hei

Movies Like Avatar: The Iron Giant

How To Train Your Dragon

Movies Like Avatar: The Prince of Egypt

Ramayana: The Legend Of Prince Rama

Azula’s Quarantine Haircut

Sneak Attack

Everything Changed When 2020 Attacked

The Last Airbender Movie Meme

Another Last Airbender Movie Meme

Even 2020 can’t take the tea out of Uncle Iroh.

Yue’s Sacrifice

Keeping Toph in Metal Cage to crush Bounty hunter plans

Cabbage Man and His Cabbages

Zuko Fieldtrip

The Four Nations

Energybending

Avatar Symbols: Airbending

Avatar Symbol: Waterbending

Avatar Symbols: Earthbending

Avatar Symbols: Firebending

Celestial Affiliations

About Avatar Arena

Avatar Arena’s Objective

Controls For Avatar Arena

Avatar Arena Airbending

Avatar Arena Waterbending

Avatar Arena Earthbending

Avatar Arena Firebending

Chi Attack

Avatar Arena Instructions

Game-play

Avatar Arena: Training Mode

Avatar Arena Tournament Mode

Avatar Arena Tournament Locations

Opponents To Face In The Tournament Mode

The Prince Zuko Voice Actor Was The Leader Of The Lost Boys

The Prince Zuko Voice Actor Appeared In Many Popular Sitcoms

The Man Behind The Prince Zuko Voice Is Also Jake Long

He Is A Video Game Hall Of Famer

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The Last Airbender Unicorn

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Moana