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Avatar - Last Airbender Series Review.
Book 1.:
The first Book of Avatar was a great intro into this world. What I saw however is that the characters were a bit forced. I mean that they were too like them. Man that didn't go well. I mean that Sokka was too funny, Katara was too motherly and all that. That's not a bad thing because they wanted to show the characters for you to know what to expect of them.
The story of the first Book was a really nice cliché of travelling the world, beating the big bad dude and all that. Still, it was a nice refresher of the heavily repeditive animes like Naruto and Bleach (pls no comments. this is my opinion im not trashing Naruto or Bleach). The characters were developing with the story and were really nice interactions, the dialoge was great and the effects were one of a kind. The art style is a nice mix of american cartoon and anime drawing.
Book 2.:
The second book was more focused on the story and less on the characters. The plot introduced Azula, Zuko's sadistic sister as the main villain replaicing Zuko himself. With her comes a new kind of danger because in Book 1 we saw Zuko as a powerful yet clumsy and less effective enemy. In the first (second?) episode of book one we saw Aang kick Zuko's behing pretty easily. Azula is a nother matter altogether. She can use Blue Fire and Lightning, she's a bending prodigy and she stops at nothing to get Aang. She poses a real threat and someone to look behind your back for. Another new character is Toph the blind Earthbender girl who joines Aang's group and becomes his teacher. She's a bit snobbish (she comes from a very rich family) but also becomes the second comic relief of the group.
The main plotline revolves around the capital of the Earth Kingdom, Ba Sing Se, which is the Fire Nation's main target. Azula captures the city in the end of Book 2.
The biggest character development in the book (also in the series) is Prince Zuko's who abandons his Fire Nation ways and goes to Ba Sing Se with Iroh to start a new life. He gets into a fight with Azula however and gets captured along with Katara from Aang's group. The two share a moment of piece and understanding until Aang arrives to save Katara. Azula was there as well and in the commencing fight, Aang is killed. Zuko goes with his sister, betraying Iroh and Katara. Katara uses Spirit Water to heal Aang. Book two ends with his revival.
Book 3.:
The last book is both the best and the worst of the series. It is totally different from the first two. It has major character developement (again concentrating at Zuko). This is the first time we catch a glimpse of Ozai, the Fire Lord and Zuko's father, and as such he gets introduced as the main and last villain of the series and Azula will get a second role. With Aang's death and noone's knowledge of his revival the World thinks he's dead. The art style greatily developes making the characters more mature and adult looking. The story itself revolves around Zuko's decision bethween what is right and what he wanted all his life. Aang has troubles himself. He and his friends infiltrate the Fire Nation and he has a really hard time to hide his identity. The plot plays like the first two books until the Day of the Black Sun, when Aang, his friends and the Water Tribe Navy with some allies invade the Capital of the Fire Nation, Sozun, and try to make a diversion for Aang to find Ozai and defeat him. Azula, who knew about the impending attack, hid his father in an underground cave. The invasion fails and everyone except Aang and his group gets captured and imprisoned.Zuko finally defies his father ad leaves to join Aang.
After a rough greeting Zuko can finally start to teach Aang Firebending. His pesence makes high tension mainly with Katara who has a personal gripe against every Firebender because of her mother's death.
For the upcoming chapters (episodes) every member of their group (except Toph :( ) goes to a 'Life Changing Adventure' with Zuko, making him the main focus point of the group. With Aang he goes to discover the True Firebending, with Sokka he invades the biggest and most heavily guarded prison in the Fire Nation to help Sokka's father escape (they encounter Suki, Sokka's love interes) and with Katara they go to find her mother's killer.
Book 3 end's with Aang's victory.
Ending.: The last episodes are split into three lines. After the group finds out about Ozai's plans to destroy the Earth Kingdom, Aang disappeares. The others go and find Iroh who help them forming a plan to overthrow Ozai. The three plotlines are the followin: Zuko and Katara go to prevent Azula's coronation as Fire Lord; Toph, Suki and Sokka try to disrupt the Fire Fleet's attacks and finally, Aang's battle with Ozai.Previously Aang was highly troubled and don't want to kill Ozai because he was tought never to kill. In the end he eventually beats Ozai and take away his bending. Zuko and Katara capture Azula. Book three ends here.
Allinall.: The first book was pretty much what it wanted to be: a kid's cartoon. It had a pretty simple villaind with funny and friendly protagonists. I liked the first book althoug it was not the best. The second was better and the series started to become a big more mature. The main characters were opposed by a real threat (Azula) who really was dangerous and the comical battles with Zuko were replaced by life-and-death situations. Also the series' first real character death happened (Jet. General Zhao didn't matter because you ever really saw his death or his corpse). Also one of my favourite chars (Toph) was introduced and she brough another style of humor into the group.
The third book was the best of the best... until the final episodes. Zuko, being my first and favourite, was placed in he center of the plotmachine and I was very glad. It was more mature and dealt with real problems and tension only adults can understand in all of its integrity. The final episodes were a kickback for me since they reverted into the child's cartoon. Aang's refusal to kill was the main one. The fact that Iroh, a grown adult sent three kids to stop a full Fire Nation fleet was another. And the end where everyone was happy and noone died was not a good thing.
My fav characters were Zuko, Ty Lee (mainly) and Toph (secondly).
Well I don't know how good or bad this review was but I tried. Damn :P
The first Book of Avatar was a great intro into this world. What I saw however is that the characters were a bit forced. I mean that they were too like them. Man that didn't go well. I mean that Sokka was too funny, Katara was too motherly and all that. That's not a bad thing because they wanted to show the characters for you to know what to expect of them.
The story of the first Book was a really nice cliché of travelling the world, beating the big bad dude and all that. Still, it was a nice refresher of the heavily repeditive animes like Naruto and Bleach (pls no comments. this is my opinion im not trashing Naruto or Bleach). The characters were developing with the story and were really nice interactions, the dialoge was great and the effects were one of a kind. The art style is a nice mix of american cartoon and anime drawing.
Book 2.:
The second book was more focused on the story and less on the characters. The plot introduced Azula, Zuko's sadistic sister as the main villain replaicing Zuko himself. With her comes a new kind of danger because in Book 1 we saw Zuko as a powerful yet clumsy and less effective enemy. In the first (second?) episode of book one we saw Aang kick Zuko's behing pretty easily. Azula is a nother matter altogether. She can use Blue Fire and Lightning, she's a bending prodigy and she stops at nothing to get Aang. She poses a real threat and someone to look behind your back for. Another new character is Toph the blind Earthbender girl who joines Aang's group and becomes his teacher. She's a bit snobbish (she comes from a very rich family) but also becomes the second comic relief of the group.
The main plotline revolves around the capital of the Earth Kingdom, Ba Sing Se, which is the Fire Nation's main target. Azula captures the city in the end of Book 2.
The biggest character development in the book (also in the series) is Prince Zuko's who abandons his Fire Nation ways and goes to Ba Sing Se with Iroh to start a new life. He gets into a fight with Azula however and gets captured along with Katara from Aang's group. The two share a moment of piece and understanding until Aang arrives to save Katara. Azula was there as well and in the commencing fight, Aang is killed. Zuko goes with his sister, betraying Iroh and Katara. Katara uses Spirit Water to heal Aang. Book two ends with his revival.
Book 3.:
The last book is both the best and the worst of the series. It is totally different from the first two. It has major character developement (again concentrating at Zuko). This is the first time we catch a glimpse of Ozai, the Fire Lord and Zuko's father, and as such he gets introduced as the main and last villain of the series and Azula will get a second role. With Aang's death and noone's knowledge of his revival the World thinks he's dead. The art style greatily developes making the characters more mature and adult looking. The story itself revolves around Zuko's decision bethween what is right and what he wanted all his life. Aang has troubles himself. He and his friends infiltrate the Fire Nation and he has a really hard time to hide his identity. The plot plays like the first two books until the Day of the Black Sun, when Aang, his friends and the Water Tribe Navy with some allies invade the Capital of the Fire Nation, Sozun, and try to make a diversion for Aang to find Ozai and defeat him. Azula, who knew about the impending attack, hid his father in an underground cave. The invasion fails and everyone except Aang and his group gets captured and imprisoned.Zuko finally defies his father ad leaves to join Aang.
After a rough greeting Zuko can finally start to teach Aang Firebending. His pesence makes high tension mainly with Katara who has a personal gripe against every Firebender because of her mother's death.
For the upcoming chapters (episodes) every member of their group (except Toph :( ) goes to a 'Life Changing Adventure' with Zuko, making him the main focus point of the group. With Aang he goes to discover the True Firebending, with Sokka he invades the biggest and most heavily guarded prison in the Fire Nation to help Sokka's father escape (they encounter Suki, Sokka's love interes) and with Katara they go to find her mother's killer.
Book 3 end's with Aang's victory.
Ending.: The last episodes are split into three lines. After the group finds out about Ozai's plans to destroy the Earth Kingdom, Aang disappeares. The others go and find Iroh who help them forming a plan to overthrow Ozai. The three plotlines are the followin: Zuko and Katara go to prevent Azula's coronation as Fire Lord; Toph, Suki and Sokka try to disrupt the Fire Fleet's attacks and finally, Aang's battle with Ozai.Previously Aang was highly troubled and don't want to kill Ozai because he was tought never to kill. In the end he eventually beats Ozai and take away his bending. Zuko and Katara capture Azula. Book three ends here.
Allinall.: The first book was pretty much what it wanted to be: a kid's cartoon. It had a pretty simple villaind with funny and friendly protagonists. I liked the first book althoug it was not the best. The second was better and the series started to become a big more mature. The main characters were opposed by a real threat (Azula) who really was dangerous and the comical battles with Zuko were replaced by life-and-death situations. Also the series' first real character death happened (Jet. General Zhao didn't matter because you ever really saw his death or his corpse). Also one of my favourite chars (Toph) was introduced and she brough another style of humor into the group.
The third book was the best of the best... until the final episodes. Zuko, being my first and favourite, was placed in he center of the plotmachine and I was very glad. It was more mature and dealt with real problems and tension only adults can understand in all of its integrity. The final episodes were a kickback for me since they reverted into the child's cartoon. Aang's refusal to kill was the main one. The fact that Iroh, a grown adult sent three kids to stop a full Fire Nation fleet was another. And the end where everyone was happy and noone died was not a good thing.
My fav characters were Zuko, Ty Lee (mainly) and Toph (secondly).
Well I don't know how good or bad this review was but I tried. Damn :P
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