Avatar The Legend Of Korra

The Legend of Korra is an American animated television series that premiered on the Nickelodeon television network in 2012. It was created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino as a sequel to their series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which aired on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008. Several people involved with creating Avatar: The Last Airbender, including designer Joaquim Dos Santos and composers Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, returned to work on The Legend of Korra.

The series is set in a fictional universe where some people can manipulate, or "bend", the elements of water, earth, fire, or air. Only one person, the "Avatar", can bend all four elements, and is responsible for maintaining balance in the world. The series follows Avatar Korra, the successor of Aang from the previous series, as she faces political and spiritual unrest in a modernizing world.

The series, whose style is strongly influenced by Japanese animation, has been a critical and commercial success. It obtained the highest audience total for an animated series in the United States in 2012. The series was praised by reviewers for its high production values and for addressing difficult sociopolitical issues such as social unrest and terrorism. It was originally conceived as a miniseries consisting of twelve episodes, but it is now set to run for fifty-two episodes separated into four seasons ("books"), each of which tells a separate story.

Cast and characters in avatar the legend of korra

Main cast and Book 1 recurring cast
Janet Varney	David Faustino	P. J. Byrne	Seychelle Gabriel	J. K. Simmons	Mindy Sterling	Dee Bradley Baker	Steve Blum
Korra	Mako	Bolin	Asami Sato	Tenzin	Lin Beifong	Naga, Pabu, Oogi, Tarrlok	Amon/Noatak

Korra (Janet Varney), the series' 17-year-old "headstrong and rebellious" protagonist,[1] and Aang's reincarnation as the Avatar. Her transformation "from brash warrior to a spiritual being", according to DiMartino, is a principal theme of the series.[13] The character was inspired by Bryan Konietzko's "pretty tough" sister, and by female MMA fighters, notably Gina Carano.[14][15] The series focuses on Korra and her friends: bending brothers Mako and Bolin and non-bender Asami. Older brother Mako (David Faustino) is a firebender that's described as "dark and brooding", having grown up on the streets.[1][16] The character was named after Mako Iwamatsu, the original voice actor for Iroh in the original series. Younger brother Bolin (P. J. Byrne) is an earthbender who has an opposite personality and is described as lighthearted, humorous, and "always having a lady on his arm".[1][17] Asami Sato (Seychelle Gabriel) is the only main character who is a non-bender and is the only daughter of the wealthy industrialist Hiroshi Sato.[1] The other main characters are airbender master Tenzin (J. K. Simmons), Republic City police chief Lin Beifong (Mindy Sterling), and animal friends Naga and Pabu (both Dee Bradley Baker, the voice of a number of animals (including Appa and Momo) in the original series). Pabu was inspired by Futa, a famous standing Japanese red panda.[18]

Recurring characters include Tenzin's wife Pema (Maria Bamford) and their children Jinora (Kiernan Shipka), Ikki (Darcy Rose Byrnes), Meelo (Logan Wells), and Rohan. Jinora is calm and an avid reader;[19][20] Ikki is described as "fun, crazy, and a fast talker";[20] Meelo is hyperactive; and Rohan is born during the third-to-last episode of Book One. Korra and her friends are supported by Iroh (Dante Basco, the voice actor of Zuko in the original series), a firebender and General of the "United Forces". He is described as "a swashbuckling hero-type guy".[21][22] He is named after Iroh, Zuko's uncle in the original series.[23]

Book One: Air features two main antagonists: the Equalist movement's mysterious masked leader Amon (Steve Blum) that has the power to remove a person's bending,[1][24] and Republic City's ambitious, charismatic Councilman and waterbender Tarrlok (Dee Bradley Baker) from the Northern Water Tribe who resorts to increasingly repressive methods.[25] Other recurring Equalist antagonists include second-in-command "Lieutenant" (Lance Henriksen) and self-made founder Hiroshi Sato (Daniel Dae Kim) of Future Industries (a company that makes the "Satomobile", this series' version of the Model-T automobile). Hiroshi's character was inspired by Theodore Roosevelt and by the Japanese industrialists Keita Goto and Iwasaki Yatarō.[26] Both Amon and Tarrlok are eventually revealed to be the sons of mob boss Yakone (Clancy Brown) from Aang's lifetime in Republic City's past.

Book 2 recurring cast
Lisa Edelstein	Aubrey Plaza	James Remar	Steven Yeun
Kya	Eska	Tonraq	Wan

Book Two: Spirits features Korra's and Tenzin's family, including Tenzin's siblings Kya (Lisa Edelstein) and Bumi (Richard Riehle) Korra's father Tonraq (James Remar), the last two both introduced in the previous season. The season's antagonists are Korra's uncle Unalaq (Adrian LaTourelle), aided by his twin children Desna (Aaron Himelstein) and Eska (Aubrey Plaza), and the dark spirit Vaatu (Jonathan Adams). Book 2 also features John Michael Higgins as the corrupt businessman Varrick, Grey DeLisle as one of the lesser dark spirits,[27] April Stewart as the light spirit Raava, and Steven Yeun as Wan, the first Avatar.[28] Set six months after the events of the first season, Book Two: Spirits sees Mako as a police officer, Asami in charge of Future Industries, and Bolin leading a new "Fire Ferrets" pro-bending team with little success.