If you’re looking for a snapshot of what ATLA offers, this guide of essential episodes should do the trick. But if you find yourself hooked, I’d highly recommend you do so because, apart from being a great series, ATLA is very serialized, so you might miss a few things along the way. Granted, since we’re still on lockdown for the foreseeable future, many of us have more than enough time to watch all 61 episodes of ATLA the episodes go by quickly. Night Shymalan was released in 2010, it’s considered to be a box office flop whose legacy is steeped in the controversy surrounding its largely whitewashed cast. And while a live-action film based on ATLA’s first season directed by M. ATLA has also lived on in a canon comic book series from Dark Horse that picks up after the end of the series.

In the years since ATLA ended, creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino teamed up again for a sequel series, The Legend of Korra, and are developing a live-action version of their show for Netflix. Many of the writers and directors who worked on Avatar went on to craft their own acclaimed shows Dave Filoni ( The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels), Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery ( Voltron: Legendary Defender), and Aaron Ehasz ( The Dragon Prince) are only a few notable ATLA alumni. It also became incredibly influential since its initial run, both in how children’s animation is viewed and by the people who made it. Over the course of 61 episodes (including a four-part series finale), Avatar told a cohesive story that’s rich with characters, worldbuilding-the fictional world of the series is largely influenced by Asian and Arctic indigenous cultures-and complex themes like genocide, colonialism, and abuse that never dumbed down to a younger audience. While ATLA, which aired from 2005 to 2008 on Nickelodeon, was both a rating hit for the network and critically acclaimed, it’s also a show that people are still discovering more than a decade after it ended. Īll three seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender are now streaming on Netflix, so it’s easier than ever to watch or rewatch the series.

This article contains spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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