For the minor characters in the Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel trilogies, see Category:Minor graphic novel characters.'I'm the Avatar and you gotta deal with it!' the toddling superheroine Korra, still in diapers, blasts in the very first episode of Nickelodeon's surprisingly intelligent cartoon 'The Legend of Korra.'Gender is explored in many ways in the Nickelodeon show Avatar: the Last Airbender. The criteria for inclusion in this category are detailed on Avatar Wiki:Categorization. Minor characters in the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, the Nickelodeon Magazine comics, and the trading card game.

(Sometimes whether they like it or not.) As such, the singular Korra, voiced by Janet Varney, also may be one of the toughest female characters currently on TV.Celebrating Female Characters: The Women of Avatar Dear readers, You may have heard that International WomenвЂ™s Day was last week, and that got me thinking about the awesome female characters IвЂ™ve admired over the years.'I am certainly proud to add Korra to the pantheon of TV characters, which is perpetually sorely lacking in multifaceted female characters who aren't sidekicks, subordinates or mere trophies for male characters,' writer Bryan Konietzko said in an interview.In a TV landscape filled with banal horrorcore that airs our darkest destructive impulses rather than our brightest aspirations, ' The Legend of Korra'В lastingly and accessibly critiques power, gender, extinction, spirit and more вЂ” all wrapped up in a kinetic 'toon as lyrical and expansive as anything dreamt up by Hayao Miyazaki or George Lucas, on a network known mostly for its so-called children's programming, in a format once considered too infantile for minds of consequence.Older and more mature than the still fiercely smart ' Avatar: The Last Airbender,'В 'The Legend of Korra' is a surreal, lovely sequel. Like Aang from 'Avatar: The Last Airbender,'В The Legend of Korra's transformative prequel series, the athletic, stubborn Korra is an elemental demigod who can harness, or 'bend,' the energies of earth, air, water and fire to bring her planet's warring natural and human worlds into balance. While on their journey, Anima will uncover secrets from her. Join Anima as she and her adoptive siblings, Katara and Sokka, help a young airbender named Aang master all the four elements in order to become the Avatar and save the world from the Fire Nations wrath. But draws inspiration from anime styles.Avatar: The Last Airbender Series x Female Oc Insert. It is an animated series that was created in the U.S.

And I'm not just talking about her peerless superpowers, but also her cultural power as a positive, complex heroine.Konietzko: Although I like the sentiments, it's difficult from this vantage to quantify Korra's cultural power, especially since the audience has only seen half of her story so far.В The impact of our first series seemed to grow bigger in the years after it was finished, due to reruns and digital streaming, and it still keeps finding new audiences every year.I am certainly proud to add Korra to the pantheon of TV characters, which is perpetually sorely lacking in multifaceted female characters who aren't sidekicks, subordinates or mere trophies for male characters. We've heard many times over the years that 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' and 'The Legend of Korra' have converted even the most skeptical of viewers.I actually think Korra may be the most powerful female character on television. My hope is that people who love interesting stories and entertaining TV programs will check out the show, whether they normally watch animation or not. We're constantly trying to push the envelope with the sophistication and depth of both the storytelling and artwork inВ Korra.

For me, as long as there is some kind of point to it all, and it isn't mere escapism, then it keeps me coming back for the next episode.Should we, like J.R.R. I'm not going to pretend I don't watch some violent shows, 'Game of Thrones' among them, but I have been finding myself as of late questioning why I'm watching some of these more extreme offerings. Hopefully,В Korra and our many other dynamic female characters, including the new ones we will be introducing in Books Three and Four, will help inspire kids and adults alike, open doors for more main female characters in all media.Horrorcore, or at least hyperviolent escapism, dominates on TV, from 'The Walking Dead' to 'Game of Thrones.'DiMartino: I do enjoy 'Game of Thrones,' though 'Walking Dead' is too scary for me! I'm not interested in horror or escapist violence at all.

We try not to water down the content. Luckily, Nickelodeon has given us a great platform to do that, and people all over the world have connected with it. Is that hard to do?Konietzko: For making these types of shows for the ' four quadrant' demographic, our not-so-secret recipe has always been to make sure the show is something we would like to watch, something worth all the time and energy it takes to make it. Is the solution to totally unplug and live off the grid? Maybe on an individual level, but it's impossible on a global scale at this point.'Korra' is a foundational postmodern mythology that manages to appeal to adults as well as kids. And at the same time, I love to be out in nature, away from all that. Technology definitely has a seductive lure and it's easy to get sucked in.

TV series get stale when their main objective is to run indefinitely, which just results in watering down the plot and drawing out the character arcs too long. One of the things that make these two series so potent is that they are designed to end. Just like Aang's journey came to a close in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender,' Korra's arc will reach its conclusion then.

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