Avatar: The Last Airbender
Water. Earth. Fire. Air.
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
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Overall Score: 90%
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Great series for both kids and adults
A series before woke. Great story, fantastic characters. Really mature despite multiple gags. Do not mistake with following series called Legend of Korra.
Created: 10-14-2022
Milo
Created: 01-02-2023
John Doe
Pretty good show, but definitely a lot of wokeness
I'm a bit conflicted on this. The storytelling is solid, if not a bit silly now and then (it was, afterall, made for kids).
Initially I thought it was an Asian import but I could tell that it was not because of the woke elements such as all the "girl power" stuff and the boys all being sexist, dumb strawmen for the girls to "put in their place."
I'd be lying if I said there wasn't an explicit woke agenda here, and it's obvious that this show was written in the U.S. and not Asia.
Created: 05-29-2023
Rob
A time before the woke mob took over everything. This show is well written and well executed in each of the seasons (they call them "books"). Character progression is clearly in the show, especially with prince Zuko. If there was wokeness in the show, it was barely noticable.
Created: 07-10-2023
Hidden
Great show with amazing representation
Lots of asian representation and gender equality
The show has a lot of asian representation and the show takes a lot of inspiration from asian culture. As soon as episode one, one of the main characters of the show, Katara, stand up against sexism.
The show has great representation and fights misogyny.
The show also has great world building, amazing characters, and fantastic fight scenes.
I don't like the show please don't attack me'
Created: 01-16-2024
jarshua
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender,’ in the year of 2005, is non-woke. Its four Asian culture–inspired nations are divided by borders and ideologies, not the color of their skin. There are strong male and female role models.
The series’ closest thing to “wokeness” is its discussion of gender issues, but in the year of 2005, it’s actually handled competently in a way that would likely be much more highly criticized in modern U.S. culture.
One main character, Sokka, starts the series as decently misogynistic, often irritating his sister, Katara (however, he’s still characterized as a good person). In the third episode, the main group travels to Kyoshi Island, a location dedicated to the previous incarnation of the series’ “Avatar” and a symbol of both strength and femininity. They also meet the Kyoshi Warriors, a team of young women who mimick Kyoshi’s manner of dress and are skilled in combat. Sokka, who calls himself the best fighter in his village, quickly loses a fight with the Warriors’ leader, Suki, due to his untrained fighting style. He asks Suki to train him (which involves crossdressing, played exclusively for comedy), and is soon able to beat Suki after becoming more disciplined. In the climax of the episode, both characters are shown to be good fighters. Sokka apologizes for treating Suki “like a girl” instead of “like a warrior”; she kisses him on the cheek and replies, “I *am* a warrior—but I’m a *girl*, too.”
At the end of the first season, Katara also struggles with a master who refuses to teach her waterbending (psychically controlling water) for combat, as their culture traditionally teaches males combat and females healing instead. By the end, she proves herself as a skilled waterbender and the master is willing to teach her, but her ability to heal with water also continues to be important throughout the series. Katara is not only a good fighter, but also is sympathetic, sweet, and sensitive.
In other words, ‘The Last Airbender’ teaches girls that they don’t have to sacrifice femininity in order to be who they want to be—a type of message largely missing in contemporary popular culture and media.
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ is phenomenal and deserves a watch—for so many reasons other than (but including) its messaging.
Created: 03-05-2024
G28
What a waste…
One of the best TV show for young peoples as well as being very enjoyable for adults.
I am not a huge fan of the universe but it is asian “medieval” fantasy which is always interesting to see.
Besides I have huge sympathy for this setting since it has been so badly mauled by the wokies. Being awfully racist they are crazy about it being a “white free” universe and added a filthy layer of modern ideology to the lore after the initial show was released.
It just makes me sick…
Created: 03-30-2024
Joe Grayson
Very woke.
I was expecting this to be a fun cartoon to watch with my kids, but 5 episodes in, there was instant trans propaganda of a boy dressing up as a woman in order to learn “how it feels to be a woman”.
Looks like wokeness started earlier then I thought.
Created: 05-20-2024