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 first aired on Nickelodeon in 2012.
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, he or she is responsible for maintaining the balance in the world. Korra, the series' protagonist, is the next incarnation of the Avatar after Aang of Avatar: The Last Airbender.[2] Set seventy years after the first series, in a metropolis reminiscent of U.S. and Asian cities of the 1920s, the series follows Korra as she learns airbending and faces an anti-bender revolutionary group, the "Equalists", led by the masked Amon.[2]
Series overview
edit| Season | Book | Chapters | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Air | 12 | April 14, 2012 | June 23, 2012 |
| 2 | Spirits[3] | 14[4] | 2013[5] | TBA | |
| 2 | 3 | TBA | 13[6] | TBA | TBA |
| 4 | TBA | 13[6] | TBA | TBA | |
Episode list
editSeason 1 (2012-2013)
edit| Book One: Air | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. in series |
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[7] |
| 2 | 2 | "A Leaf in the Wind" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 14, 2012 | 102 | 4.55[7] |
| 3 | 3 | "The Revelation" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 21, 2012 | 103 | 3.55[8] |
| 4 | 4 | "The Voice in the Night" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 28, 2012 | 104 | 4.08[9] |
| 5 | 5 | "The Spirit of Competition" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | May 5, 2012 | 105 | 3.78[10] |
| 6 | 6 | "And the Winner Is..." | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | May 12, 2012 | 106 | 3.88[11] |
| 7 | 7 | "The Aftermath" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | May 19, 2012 | 107 | 3.45[12] |
| 8 | 8 | "When Extremes Meet" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 2, 2012 | 108 | 2.98[13] |
| 9 | 9 | "Out of the Past" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 9, 2012 | 109 | 3.58[14] |
| 10 | 10 | "Turning the Tides" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 16, 2012 | 110 | 3.54[15] |
| 11 | 11 | "Skeletons in the Closet" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 23, 2012 | 111 | 3.68[16] |
| 12 | 12 | "Endgame" | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 23, 2012 | 112 | 3.68[16] |
The second part of season one will be, Book Two: Spirits. The series' creators, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, said that about half of the second book will take place in Republic City and the other half will take place in other areas of the world.[17]
Season 2
editOn July 11, 2012, Entertainment Weekly wrote Nickelodeon had ordered a second season of The Legend of Korra. According to the article, it will presumably "be divided into two parts called Books 3 and 4."[5] Bryan Konietzko, co-creator of the series then confirmed that Season 2 will be split into Books 3 & 4 containing 13 episodes each.[6]
References
edit- ^ Liu, Ed (April 19, 2010). "Nickelodeon Studios Staffing Up for New Avatar the Last Airbender Project". Toon Zone LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
- ^ a b John, Christopher (2010-07-19). "Legend of Korra: The Avatar Creators on the New Spinoff – Speakeasy – WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
- ^ Bettinger, Brendan (July 13, 2012). "Comic-Con: THE LEGEND OF KORRA Panel Teases Season 2 With Concept Art and Animatics from BOOK 2: SPIRITS". Collider. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
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- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (May 22, 2012). "Cable Top 25: NBA Basketball Tops Cable Viewership For Week Ending May 20, 2012". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (June 5, 2012). "Cable Top 25: NBA Playoffs + 'Game of Thrones' Finale, MTV Movie Awards, 'Sister Wives', 'The Glades', 'Longmire' + More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (June 12, 2012). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood' Wins Night, 'Mad Men', 'Longmire', 'The Client Clist', 'The Glades', 'Drop Dead Diva' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
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- ^ Farley, Christopher John (22 June 2012). "'The Legend of Korra' Creators Answer Your Questions". Wall Street Journal, "Speakeasy" Blog. Retrieved 22 June 2012.