Avatar: The Last Airbender, a popular show on Nickelodeon, is an Asian-influenced world of martial arts and elemental magic. The series follows the adventures of the latest of a long line of Avatars, Aang, and his friends in their quest to save the world from the ruthless Fire Nation.
The show uses the four classical Greek elements: Air, Earth, Fire, and Water, and implements the fighting styles and weaponry based on Chinese martial arts, with each “bending” art corresponding to a certain real-world style or styles. The creators use Tai Chi for waterbending, Hung Gar for earthbending, Northern Shaolin for firebending, and Ba Gua for airbending.
Each move is demonstrated here by Sifu Kisu of the Harmonious Fist Chinese Athletic Association, and a major consultant to the show.
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rembarsays...Man, I am such a *geek for liking this cartoon.
If only these styles worked as well in real life as they do on screen...
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fireflysays...I also love this show. Sadly, I've fallen behind and haven't seen any of the new episodes. Time to get the DVDs!
rembarsays...Lol PHEW, I was worried for a bit there you'd say, "....you like this show? I just sifted this 'cause my kids like it." And then I would have to leave VideoSift in shame forever.
legacy0100says...Is it just me or is America lacking original boy-catered cartoons? I see some new batman/justice league series on Fox, but they aren't doing too well, and it seems all the boy-catered toons are coming from Japan. Sigh...
westysays...Im a gender bender
antsays...OK, so what does this make this TV series popular? I watched a few clips, but they don't hit me.
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volumptuoussays...>> ^ant:
OK, so what does this make this TV series popular? I watched a few clips, but they don't hit me.
Well, we worked our asses off for five years on that show. Basically our motto was "Myazaki every two weeks". We tried to do in two weeks what Myazaki/Ghibli took two years to create.
I think the stories, the arching narratives, the art direction, and obviously the hi-intesity and wicked kung-fu sequences were/are something that has never been produced in the US animation market. But this is why we also used Japanese animation studios, instead of Korean or Phillipine studios. (we did character setups here, the rest of the in-betweens were done overseas). The Japanese studios have a certain grace in what they do, and I hope it shows through on-screen.
The show is not for everyone, and even I get sick of some of the dialogue and cutesy girly stuff here and there. But, I think what we managed to pull-off with a TV production budget was pretty astounding.
lucky760says...*dead? No embed showing up for me.
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BoneRemakesays...>> ^lucky760:
dead? No embed showing up for me.
Thats because you dont believe in magic.
antsays...>> ^lucky760:
dead? No embed showing up for me.
http://www.youtube.com/p/0E7D9679E8AEDD28&rel=0&showsearch=0&iv_load_policy=3&enablejsapi=1&playerapiid=1496678851 doesn't load at all.
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