[Anime] Avatar: The Last AirBender

Bumping this to give a heads up. BOILING ROCK part 1 and 2 are leaked thanks to Blockbuster!

Head to the Pirate Bay for torrents!

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Saw Boiling Rock, totally agreed that the end part was a twist, and as for Azula? The Comic Con trailer indicates that she will slowly get unhinged....

Unless Canada airs episodes early, we now all have to wait for July for the rest of the episodes. Also Southern Raiders is not just a flashback episode...

Spoiler:

Its the episode where Katara will confront the people who murdered her mother, Zuko goes with her.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Episode air dates for US and Canada, once again Canada seems to be in the lead

avatar_fans: New Episode Air Date

The new Nick magazine had an Ad Blurb (not even a full page announcement) that new episode start Monday July 14th, and then they are gonna play every weeknight, and the finale is set for July 19th. Note that they didn't advertise it as series finale, but a 2 hour special.

With Canada, people have check YTV's website and it claims that new episodes will come on July 4th (which is one day before my birthday)

Keep in mind, that Canada's new episode should be the Boiling Rock Part 1 and 2, whereas the US hasn't even air The Western Air Temple yet. When it comes to which country will air the show faster, it's coming close to a tie. On one hand, we will probably get Southern Raiders first from Canada, on the other hand, we may get the series finale in the US first since they are all playing in one week.

So, good news for us? We actually have air dates, so the wait its almost over. Bad news? The whole "shove the show's final episodes in one week" is the same BS that Danny Phantom had to go through, and mind you this was also a show that had a older demographic, and Nick decided to drop it cause apparently idiots don't know how to make toys out of a Super Hero cartoon and therefore is not profitable despite a solid fanbase.

It seems to be that Nick again doesn't get the show and does not know how to make toys out of the show either. We got Aang and Sokka figures, but not girls at all (cause Mattel is sexist).

Avatar Toys - The Last Airbender action figures and toys

It has a much wider demographic like Harry Potter, and its not something 5 year olds are gonna understand easily. Despite having ratings that rival football, dedicated fanbase, and having won the Kids Choice Awards against the retarded but popular Spongebob, it seems like there's some moron in Nick that doesn't get the show. At all. Probably never even seen an episode. Cause shoving the final episodes and wrapping it up in one week are rerserved for shows that Nick wants to get over and done with.

While I am happy to finally get news on air dates, Nick's constand mishandling of things has made the finale feel more sore than it already is. No good marketing to speak of, lousy sexist toy manufacturing, has no idea when to place episodes to air, had episodes appearing first on DVD instead of airing it first due to the retarded Jamie Lyn Spears scandal, released a book that spoils the finale 2 months before it will air, and just being plain stupid.

Let us all hope that whatever spin off or future series Mike and Byran wanna make, it will somehow get made. And let's also hope that Shamaylan will do a good job with those live action films.

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Originally Posted by Zergrinch

Avatar TV spots starting to air!

The Finale

Aang

Katara

And behold the full list of episode titles:

Spoiler:

312: The Western Air Temple
313: The Firebending Masters
314: The Boiling Rock, Part 1
315: The Boiling Rock, Part 2
316: The Southern Raiders
317: The Ember Island Players
318: Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King
319: Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters
320: Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno
321: Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang

I have no idea why his posts keep doing that, but here's what he actually posted.

Tune in July 14th for new episodes, or if you guys are up to Boiling Rock part 1 and 2, tune in on the 17th!

I was speaking idiomatically.

New commericial featuring New Series Finale clips!

YouTube Video

Tune in on the 17th for the new episode, ( well, new to those who download their episodes ) The Southern Raiders.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Regarding the music, I made a livejournal post on some rips I did, and the composers themselves recently uploaded music from one of the scenes on their myspace too, which I also ripped.

Link here to see more info and download links.

avatar_fans: I ripped three music tracks from Sozin's Comet

The finale is epic.

Spoiler:

The Lion Turtle did feel a bit random, but they did some subtle hints to it's existence in various occasion, The Library episode and the fact Aang rams into a statue of it in every intro. The lack of explaination is probably cause it's some kind of great spirit that no one really knows much about, like some life's mystery. The previous Avatars seem to not know who that creature was either, which probably meant that he only shows up when the world or Avatar really needs him.

The Azula vs Zuko Agni Kai was awesome, and I really wanan see if I can rip the music out when I get the Season 3 boxset. If not, someone on myspace ask the Track Team to upload that music cue.

MySpace.com - The Track Team - Los Angeles, California - www.myspace.com/thetrackteammusicandsound

Zuko's apology scene has one of the most raw emotional acting I have ever heard, especially in an animated show. I hardly cry in TV shows, but I had tears in my eyes in that entire scene. The music helps too, which I did rip it from the Track Team's myspace. Go to the Livejournal link for it.

Azula's descent to madness is also excellant. The way she move her limbs and he expression was SO Light Yagami from Death Note, especially in the last episode of DN. The hair was also creepy, and her scene with Ursa's hallucination was sad and creepy.

The episode had a lot of throwbacks. Zuko attacking Aang felt like the old days, his war meeting flashback was nice and informative, him teaching Aang redirecting lightning is a nice throwback to his less with Iroh, and I love his feelings on his big moment in Invasion Part 2. Exilerating, but terrifying.

The humor was great too, LOVED how Bumi took his city all by himself, and Pakku becoming Katara and Sokka's Grandpa is lil surprising and funny. Oh and that Air vessal crew convo.

"The captain remembered my birthday! He really does care!"

Also, Mike and Byran, the creators, did an interview in the Sozin's Comet book that came out a while back. Here are the scans now that the finale is out. It answers a good number of lingering questions except for Iroh and Ursa.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...interview1.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...interview2.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...interview3.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...interview4.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...interview5.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15...interview6.jpg

They also did state they got more they wanna do with the Avatar universe, but said at this point its up to Nick to decide if they let them do it. So I wouldn't be surprised if Ursa and Iroh's backstory is gonna be saved up for a later project.

FELIPE NO

The title cards and stuff are needed so when it can be played seperatly during re runs, but from the pacing and writing stand point, I can see the intention was that all 4 episodes was INTENDED to be strung together like a movie.

Plus, the Track Team hired a real string orchestral specifically for these 4 episodes's music, obviously the finale was always planned as a 2 hour plus commecials movie.

I ripped several tracks from the Finale episode and the Track Team's My Space page.

Get them in the LJ posts I made.

http://community.livejournal.com/ava...s/2481297.html

http://community.livejournal.com/ava...38.html#cutid1

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Official The Last Airbender Casting call website!

The Last Airbender - How to apply

Any boy can apply as long as they fit the age requirement and have some level of experience in martial arts or gymnastics. Previous acting experience not required.

I hope the audition scripts were written purely for audition's sake. While they seem in tone with the character's personalities, alot of lines are inconsistent to the plot we saw in the series.

As for the other roles, someone from the avatar_fans LJ community has emailed them regarding the other roles. Apparently they will be auditioned live in person and actors/actresses will be auditioned through agencies. I know someone who works in the industry that has also confirmed this.

Only Aang so far is a public audition.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

In light of the recent topic about Bebop's live action casting, I figure now is a good time to let people here know about Avatar's.

Avatar: The Last Airbender - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Avatar The Last Airbender: Avatar Casting Makes Fans See... White

There's a letter writing campaign going on from people who feel the movie is white washing, and personally I do feel the same. I was hoping Paramount will show a little diversity in its casting even if one of them has to be white (Aang most likely). Considering some of them are unknowns I don't see why they can't cast some Asian unknowns instead. Theres probably alot of Asian kids who are studying acting who would love to be in a film like this, but will never get to because companies don't think it can sell.

I don't have anything against the actors themselves, by the way, I just want some diversity since this show takes place in an Asian fantasy world where even the written language is Chinese. Having an all white cast is just wrong no matter how I see it.

And since there is so far no official statement from the creators of the show or even the director, I bet that this is all Paramount's decision and they can't say anything about it.

Saving the World with Postage

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The only reason I had hope that it would be good is cause the creators of the show Mike and Bryan, are on board as writers , meaning Night can't do anything completly retarded. But theres no way they can stop Paramount's current "all white cast for money" mentality.

I don't see how Earth Kingdom folk can look white, especially if you look at the citizens and the Emperor himself. The only person that might look whitish is Toph. And none of the air nomads, except maybe Aang, look white to me. Can you picture for example, Christopher Lee as Monk Gyasto, Aang's deceased teacher?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

On a lighter note, here's a new episode of the Avatar Puppet show.

YouTube Video

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