So... I'm in search for a new cartoon to watch, and I have seen this one a little bit everywhere... And I just wonder if it's worth the time? Maybe this is the wrong place to ask the question but...

I only wanna make sure I wouldn't waste my time..

Well...it depends on what you like. Avatar is similar to anime and is an action/comedy. I think if you saw a couple of the right episodes (let's face it, every show has some crappy epis), you would REALLY like it. And no, this is just the right place to post this because there's plenty of avatar freaks who can help you out...like me!

the show is 10% comedy, 50% Action, 30% Adventure and 10% Drama

Listen to his eyes that hypntize.

Yeh you could watch all the episodes in order but if you want a taste of what Avatar can be like watch The Blue Spirit episode you might not understand anything that is going on but you will get an idea of what it can be like, oh and also sourthern airtemple.

Avatar is one of the best shows out there, and anyone who likes a cartoon action show should watch it.

If your an anime fan than yes I'd suggest this show course even if your not its still a great show. It has humor and action and darkness. Plus this is pretty much one of decent shows left on Nick =[

Wow! I never thought I would get such a response that fast. But I sure gotta try it now. I like everything cartoon, both anime and 'regular'. I also prefer stories that have interesting and different characters in them.

But I'm gonna give it a try!

Nickelodeon's animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender begins by introducing a couple of familiar enough kid-show stereotypes: Smart, capable Katara is almost a generic anime heroine, while her brash, foolishly arrogant brother Sokka serves as standard strident comedy relief. But very early on, Avatar starts to distinguish itself from other shows with its depth of story and the complexity of its characters.

It begins when Katara, in a moment of annoyance at Sokka, accidentally uses her nascent elemental power over water to destroy an iceberg floating in the freezing waters near their South Pole home. Inside the iceberg are a 12-year-old boy and a giant wooly "flying bison," both frozen in a sort of suspended animation.

Narrative depths and visual homages alike are just gravy on the meat of the matter: The fact that Avatar is simply addictive.


The boy, Aang, is a casual, cheerful sort who takes his awakening in stride, even when Sokka stirs up local sentiment against him, and even when soldiers from the aggressive Fire Nation???whose people have elemental power over fire, just as some of Katara's Water Tribe kin control water???come to capture him. It seems Aang is the Avatar, a legendary figure reincarnated into every generation with the power to control all four elements: earth, water, air and fire. The Avatar's job is to maintain balance among the four tribes of the earth, but the previous Avatar disappeared a century ago, and in his absence the Fire Nation has come close to dominating the earth under the Fire Lord Ozai. Ozai's son Zuko and brother Iroh are in charge of the party who find Aang, and their attempt to seize him and take him back to Ozai reveals his true power for the first time since his awakening.

Aang was raised as a monk of the Air Nomads, and his air-control powers are already considerable in spite of his youth???which is just as well, since the Fire Nation may have already wiped out all the other Nomads. But to fully come into his power as Avatar, he must learn to master each element in turn. So he, Katara, and Sokka set off together to evade the Fire Nation and learn what they need to know to stop the war.

A show with more layers than an anime torte

Even in these initial episodes???the first four of 20 in Avatar's first season???some impressive aspects of the show emerge. The characters are three-dimensional and nuanced: Sokka is a comically thoughtless twerp, but he's also brave and quick to learn, while Zuko escapes generic-bad-guy status thanks to a novelistic backstory and his own brand of honor. Aang, meanwhile, is as reckless and excitable as a kid his age should be, but he also shows the marks of a monastic life of training and responsibility. The same level of detail extends to the series' richly developed world. In particular, the four elemental-control disciplines???known as "bending," as in "firebending," "airbending," etc.???are consciously based on different Asian martial arts, so each has a unique visual design and philosophy. The DVD's one special feature shows how these four arts were incorporated into the show's visual design.

That design is just as elaborate as Avatar's writing and plotting: The colors are lush and gorgeous, the style is three-quarters anime and one-quarter Disney TV, and the animation (produced in South Korea) is smooth and accomplished throughout. It's always tempting to go back and watch the "bending" scenes in slow motion, since so much attention has been paid to them. A similar amount of attention went into designing Avatar's world, particularly its peculiar wildlife. For instance, its "penguins" are black-and-white, upright-waddling South Pole dwellers, but they have four "wings" and fuzzy catlike faces. And Aang's six-legged "bison" Appa seems to have been imported wholesale from Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro, where the Catbus would certainly recognize it as a close relative.

But narrative depths and visual homages alike are just gravy on the meat of the matter: The fact that Avatar is simply addictive. It's lively and engaging, dense enough for older viewers and exciting enough for younger ones. With its long story arc, Asian-influenced designs and themes, terrific animation and zippy leaps between comedy and drama, Avatar blurs the line between anime and domestic cartoons until it becomes irrelevant.

Not me, another anime expert.

Wacht it and tell us how you like it.

I really like this show, and I think you'll like it too.?? They go waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy in-depth with one of the 'villains'.?? he could be considered a villain, as he has been hunting Aang, but he's got some good inside, and it's apparent by season 2.?? Yup, it's??Prince Zuko, AKA the fangirl magnet of Avatar seriously, you have no idea how many fangirls of him I've met.

From the Teen Titan icon I think you like cartons action and adventure with a little comedy so you are most likly going to like it.