I am 30 and I started watching the show with my son(4) last year. We both love it. I even have my wife watching it now. My son acts like he is bending all the time. Just tonight in the tub he started waving his arms under water and said "look dad I am water bending!" Some parts of the show get a little violent for him but for the most part its great! I just wish the show was on more of a regular schedule, and had an official website that was not on nick.com

it actually really doesn't surprise me that there is a generation of those older than the targeted audience watching. I'm 17 and back in the day i'll begrudgingly admit i got into the more eastern style of animation via pokemon. Getting older I really went off that style of plot with no narrative continuity, and over the past couple of years i haven't really watch much animation at all (apart from gibli stuff, hurray for wacky Japanese films). I think avatar fills a bit of a gap for me. I know its a kids show and sometimes its a nice reminder, but it also improves on all the things i grew to dislike about weekly animation and have come to expect, from all the tv i watch.

Too old is mind over matter, when it comes to anything. I think its a shame that people initially type cast avatar for what it appears to be and not what it is. Shame more of our generation don't give it a go. I think more would enjoy it. Ah well, their loss.

In the United States people tend to assume that animated shows are are just for kids, however, in other parts of the world, particularly in Japan, there is absolutely no such stigma, and there,??animated movies can be extremely commercialy successful even when they are completely *Inappropriate* for young children.?? So it's simply the fact that historically in the U.S. animation has been used only for children's entertainment that has caused people to develop this prejudice against it.?? So that's one reason people often jump to the conclusion that Avatar is a "kid's show."?? But what is the real definition of "kid's show?"?? Some would say that anything on a kid's??network could be called a kid's show because it is broad cast on a channel that is watched by kids.?? Others might say that a kid's show is??any show??whose content is not inappropriate for kids, or perhaps, any show whose content appeals to kids.?? I think the definition is debatable but the important point is that, although kid's definitely can't watch "adult shows," no matter what definition you use, there is nothing whatsoever??to preclude an adult from watching a kids show.????So it is simply a WASTE OF TIME to argue about whether Avater is a kid's show, because depending on the definition it may well be true that Avatar is a kid's show, but when they say that to *tease* you, they *imply* that it's a silly, frivolous show whose content appeals ONLY to immature audiences (therefore they're calling you immature).?? If you can get them to admit that that is what they mean when they say it's a kids show, you've got them, because the truth is that any claim that Avatar's content appeals only to kids is demonstrably wrong!?? Once you've gotten them to admit to the above, tell them their claim is false and erroneous, and then proceed to list the facets that make the show appealing to??a mentally??mature audience:?? the long term continuity of its story, the weightiness of the issues it deals with (like war, genocide, etc...), the character development, the plot complexity, the abundance of characters who are neither good nor evil, the realistic imagery and cultural basis for the show's fantasy elements, the mature humor which is not based largely on sarcasm and not on potty jokes, etc.??

Okay, I'm 13. I LIVE off cartoons. My friends don't watch cartoons they wacth more "adult" shows. But I'm probably the one most mature kids of my age (although I can be immature when I feel like it ) I've just grown up with my cartoons, and in no way do I see them as childish.

I'm 16, but I think you could be 30 and still like this show.

i rember the gargoyles lol that was a class show . havent seen any of the eps in many years though

I believe Avatar is a respectable, kid-friendly yet adult-intriguing show. It should not be labled as a cartoon, kid show, or even as anime (it is American, after all.)

Even my Dad ocassionally watches Avatar, and he respects it because it has good quality animation and action. I don't have any friends who watch it, though (I guess Avatar's just too good for them lol).

Alright, I've been watching Avatar pretty religiously from the beginning last February, and I look forward to the random Fridays that a new episode premires, especially this second season! I turned 18 in January, and im so excited to see that there are many older fans around - mostly because ive done a pretty good job of hiding my enthusiasm for it from my family and friends. Again, im 18 and going to college in a few months with Avatar downloaded onto my laptop. I just appreciate really good animation that isnt Spongebob or some pre-school show. There's no shame in that, but our society makes it feel that way...oh well, their loss!!

why do you ppl keep saying 9-11 year olds wouldn't understand a show like Avatar? trust me, i was 10/11 about??2 years ago and i had already finished watching buffy and angel which are more complex than avatar and i understood it and my friends??too