Why Avatar: The Last Airbender Still Works 17 Years Later

Avatar: The Last Airbender defined my childhood, and is one of the few shows from it that’s stuck in our cultural consciousness - but why?

00:00 - Intro
01:00 - For Those Who Don’t Know
02:03 - Part I: Is It Anime?
05:55 - Part II: It Knows Kids Aren’t Dumb
09:25 - Part III: Empire Bad
13:57 - INTERMISSION
14:17 - Part IV: Redemption Arcs Are Hard
19:53 - Part V: Stuff I Wanted To Talk About But Couldn’t Justify An Entire Section For
25:03 - Conclusion
26:08 - Outro
27:43 - Next Time

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==MUSIC USED:
June - Bobby Richards
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Living on the Ceiling - Blancmage
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America F**k Yeah - Team America
Part of Team America: World Police's soundtrack
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Broken Drum Machine - Godmode
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Skaler - Mike Relm
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Cats on Mars - Gabriela Robin
Part of Cowboy Bebop's soundtrack
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Our Planet - Jeremy Black
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Fioj - Text Me Records / Hii.de
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone
Part of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly's soundtrack
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==MEDIA USED:
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Series - 2005)
Avatar Spirits (Documentary - 2010)
Everytime Zuko says “Honor” in Avatar-TLA | AdamBC - https://bit.ly/3JWofdf
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Art of the Animated Series (Art Book - 2010)
Princess Mononoke (Film - 1997)
Spirited Away (Film - 2001)
FLCL (Anime - 1999)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime - 1995)
Cowboy Bebop (Anime - 1997)
Inuit-Kleidung 1, by Ansgar Walk (Photo - 1999) - https://bit.ly/3JZClL2
Chief Residence of the Grand Palace, by Gisling (Photo - 2017) - https://bit.ly/3wV8e3y
Castlevania (Anime - 2017)
Yasuke (Anime - 2021)
High Guardian Spice (Series - 2021)
Golden Boy (Anime - 1995)
One Piece (Anime - 1999)
My Dress Up Darling (Anime - 2022)
Teen Titans (Series - 2003)
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Anime - 2010)
Arcane (Series - 2021)
Ghost in the Shell (Film - 1995)
Alva’s World (Series - 2021)
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse (Film - 2018)
The Simpsons Movie (Film - 2007)
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Film - 1964)
Shelter (Music Video - 2016)
1 Man, 27 Impressions | Tomska - https://bit.ly/3J3al7M
Belfast Peace Line Cupar Way, by Duke Humans Right Center (Photo - 2010) - https://bit.ly/3K0dZk5
British-European Union Frontier in Ireland (Image - 2020) - https://bit.ly/3IXXfsn
Dragon Ball Z (Anime - 1989)
Stranger Things (Series - 2016)
She-ra and the Princesses of Power (Series - 2018)
The Owl House (Series - 2020)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Series - 2021)
Wandavision (Series - 2021)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Film - 2019)
Russian Doll (Series - 2018)
Victorious (Series - 2010)
Final Fantasy VII (Game - 1997)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Game - 2020)
The Legend of Korra (Series - 2012)
Rango (Film - 2011)

==OTHER MEDIA REFERENCED:
Ozark (Series - 2017)
Outer Banks (Series - 2020)
Tiger King (Documentary - 2020)
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Film - 2005)

==SOURCES / FURTHER READING / ETC:
Avatar: The Last Airbender - AWN - https://bit.ly/3uQcsqs
Avatar Season III - Animation Insider - https://bit.ly/3u8aItP
Avatar Week - BuddyTV - https://bit.ly/3ITIaZ7

Avatar: The Last Airbender Broke A Major Netflix Record - NewsWeek - https://bit.ly/3NJlw9d
How Avatar: The Last Airbender became one of 2020’s most popular shows - Washington Post - https://wapo.st/3wRfsWm
Why Avatar: The Last Airbender still touches millions - The Guardian - https://bit.ly/3LABYac

Anime Outsourcing - Sakugablog - https://bit.ly/3NJXRFY
Outsourcing Anime - Variety - https://bit.ly/3tXFi98

MAPPA Animator Describes Studio Like A Factory - ANN - https://bit.ly/3tZhHVH
Animators Paid $34 / Cut On MAPPA Show For Netflix - CartoonBrew - https://bit.ly/3uOnPiB
High Guardian Spice Creators Discuss Budget - ANN - https://bit.ly/38antv6

Music Video Inflames Argument About Anime - Kotaku - https://bit.ly/3u33R4O

Interviews w/ Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
TOR - https://bit.ly/3K2JlH0
TheMarySue - https://bit.ly/3Lyxssv
IGN - https://bit.ly/379cCBi
NickSplat - https://bit.ly/37apmrn

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