The Legend of Korra is an American animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko.[1] A sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender, the series premirered on Nickelodeon on April 14, 2012.[2] Like its predecessor, the series is set in a fictional world inspired by Asian and Inuit cultures, and inhabited by people who can manipulate the elements of water, earth, fire or air through an ability called "bending." One person, the "Avatar," has the ability to bend all four elements. Reincarnating in turn among the world's four nations, the Avatar is responsible for maintaining peace, harmony, and balance in the world. Korra, the series' protagonist, is the next incarnation of the Avatar after Aang of Avatar: The Last Airbender.[3] 52 episodes in total were produced, spanning four seasons.
Series overview
editEpisodes
editBook One: Air (2012)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Welcome to Republic City" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 14, 2012 | 101 | 4.55[4] |
| 2 | 2 | "A Leaf in the Wind" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 14, 2012 | 102 | 4.55[4] |
| 3 | 3 | "The Revelation" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 21, 2012 | 103 | 3.55[5] |
| 4 | 4 | "The Voice in the Night" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 28, 2012 | 104 | 4.08[6] |
| 5 | 5 | "The Spirit of Competition" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | May 5, 2012 | 105 | 3.78[7] |
| 6 | 6 | "And the Winner Is..." | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | May 12, 2012 | 106 | 3.88[8] |
| 7 | 7 | "The Aftermath" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | May 19, 2012 | 107 | 3.45[9] |
| 8 | 8 | "When Extremes Meet" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 2, 2012 | 108 | 2.98[10] |
| 9 | 9 | "Out of the Past" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 9, 2012 | 109 | 3.58[11] |
| 10 | 10 | "Turning the Tides" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 16, 2012 | 110 | 3.54[12] |
| 11 | 11 | "Skeletons in the Closet" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 23, 2012 | 111 | 3.68[13] |
| 12 | 12 | "Endgame" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 23, 2012 | 112 | 3.68[13] |
Book Two: Spirits (2013)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "Rebel Spirit" | Colin Heck | Tim Hedrick | September 13, 2013 | 113 | 2.60[14] |
| 14 | 2 | "The Southern Lights" | Ian Graham | Joshua Hamilton | September 13, 2013 | 114 | 2.60[14] |
| 15 | 3 | "Civil Wars" | Colin Heck | Michael Dante DiMartino | September 20, 2013 | 115 | 2.19[15] |
| 16 | 4 | Ian Graham | September 27, 2013 | 116 | 2.38[16] | ||
| 17 | 5 | "Peacekeepers" | Colin Heck | Tim Hedrick | October 4, 2013 | 117 | 1.10[17] |
| 18 | 6 | "The Sting" | Ian Graham | Joshua Hamilton | October 11, 2013 | 118 | 1.95[18] |
| 19 | 7 | "Beginnings" | Colin Heck | Michael Dante DiMartino | October 18, 2013 | 119 | 1.73[19] |
| 20 | 8 | Ian Graham | Tim Hedrick | 120 | |||
| 21 | 9 | "The Guide" | Colin Heck | Joshua Hamilton | November 1, 2013 | 121 | 2.47[20] |
| 22 | 10 | "A New Spiritual Age" | Ian Graham | Tim Hedrick | November 8, 2013 | 122 | 2.22[21] |
| 23 | 11 | "Night of a Thousand Stars" | Colin Heck | Joshua Hamilton | November 15, 2013 | 123 | 1.87[22] |
| 24 | 12 | "Harmonic Convergence" | Ian Graham | Tim Hedrick | November 15, 2013 | 124 | 1.87[22] |
| 25 | 13 | "Darkness Falls" | Colin Heck | Joshua Hamilton | November 22, 2013 | 125 | 2.09[23] |
| 26 | 14 | "Light in the Dark" | Ian Graham | Michael Dante DiMartino | November 22, 2013 | 126 | 2.09[23] |
Book Three: Change (2014)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "A Breath of Fresh Air" | Melchior Zwyer | Tim Hedrick | June 27, 2014 | 201 | 1.50[24] |
| 28 | 2 | "Rebirth" | Colin Heck | Joshua Hamilton | June 27, 2014 | 202 | 1.50[24] |
| 29 | 3 | "The Earth Queen" | Ian Graham | Tim Hedrick | June 27, 2014 | 203 | 1.29[24] |
| 30 | 4 | "In Harm's Way" | Melchior Zwyer | Joshua Hamilton | July 11, 2014 | 204 | 1.19[25] |
| 31 | 5 | "The Metal Clan" | Colin Heck | Michael Dante DiMartino | July 11, 2014 | 205 | 1.18[25] |
| 32 | 6 | "Old Wounds" | Ian Graham | Katie Mattila | July 18, 2014 | 206 | 1.28[26] |
| 33 | 7 | "Original Airbenders" | Melchior Zwyer | Tim Hedrick | July 18, 2014 | 207 | 1.33[26] |
| 34 | 8 | "The Terror Within" | Colin Heck | Joshua Hamilton | July 25, 2014 | 208 | 1.08[27] |
| 35 | 9 | "The Stakeout" | Ian Graham | Michael Dante DiMartino | August 1, 2014 | 209 | N/A |
| 36 | 10 | "Long Live the Queen" | Melchior Zwyer | Tim Hedrick | August 8, 2014 | 210 | N/A |
| 37 | 11 | "The Ultimatum" | Colin Heck | Joshua Hamilton | August 15, 2014 | 211 | N/A |
| 38 | 12 | "Enter the Void" | Ian Graham | Michael Dante DiMartino | August 22, 2014 | 212 | N/A |
| 39 | 13 | "Venom of the Red Lotus" | Melchior Zwyer | Tim Hedrick & Joshua Hamilton | August 22, 2014 | 213 | N/A |
Book Four: Balance (2014)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "After All These Years" | Colin Heck | Joshua Hamilton | October 3, 2014 | 214 |
| 41 | 2 | "Korra Alone" | Ian Graham | Michael Dante DiMartino | October 10, 2014 | 215 |
| 42 | 3 | "The Coronation" | Melchior Zwyer | Tim Hedrick | October 17, 2014 | 216 |
| 43 | 4 | "The Calling" | Colin Heck | Katie Mattila | October 24, 2014 | 217 |
| 44 | 5 | "Enemy at the Gates" | Ian Graham | Joshua Hamilton | October 31, 2014 | 218 |
| 45 | 6 | "The Battle of Zaofu" | Melchior Zwyer | Tim Hedrick | November 7, 2014 | 219 |
| 46 | 7 | "Reunion" | Colin Heck | Michael Dante DiMartino | November 14, 2014 | 220 |
| 47 | 8 | "Remembrances" | Michael Dante DiMartino | Joshua Hamilton, Katie Mattila & Tim Hedrick | November 21, 2014 | 221 |
| 48 | 9 | "Beyond the Wilds" | Ian Graham | Joshua Hamilton | November 28, 2014 | 222 |
| 49 | 10 | "Operation Beifong" | Melchior Zwyer | Tim Hedrick | December 5, 2014 | 223 |
| 50 | 11 | "Kuvira's Gambit" | Colin Heck | Joshua Hamilton | December 12, 2014 | 224 |
| 51 | 12 | "Day of the Colossus" | Ian Graham | Tim Hedrick | December 19, 2014 | 225 |
| 52 | 13 | "The Last Stand" | Melchior Zwyer | Michael Dante DiMartino | December 19, 2014 | 226 |
Ratings
editThe Legend of Korra : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research[citation needed]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Season | Episode number | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Book One – Air | 4.55 | 4.55 | 3.55 | 4.08 | 3.78 | 3.88 | 3.45 | 2.98 | 3.58 | 3.54 | 3.68 | 3.68 | – | ||
| Book Two – Spirits | 2.60 | 2.60 | 2.19 | 2.38 | 1.10 | 1.95 | 1.73 | 1.73 | 2.47 | 2.22 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 2.09 | 2.09 | |
| Book Three – Change | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.29 | 1.19 | 1.18 | 1.28 | 1.33 | 1.08 | – | ||||||
DVD and Blu-ray releases
editRegion 1
edit| Book 1: Air box set | Book 2: Spirits box set | Book 3: Change box set | Book 4: Balance box set | Complete Series box set | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Released | Discs | Episodes | Released | Discs | Episodes | Released | Discs | Episodes | Released | Discs | Episodes | Released | Discs | Episodes |
| July 9, 2013 | 2[28] | 12[28] | July 1, 2014 | 2[29] | 14[29] | December 2, 2014 | 2[30] | 13[30] | March 10, 2015 | 2[31] | 13[31] | December 13, 2016 | 8[32] | 52 |
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