Avatar: The Legend Of Korra

lnvaderZmustDIE said:
Hey!
I know LOK isn't actually an anime, but still kinda looks like anime. Any of you guys know the release date of book 2, it's supposed to be on the 23th of march(tomorrow) but i need like solid proof.


Thanks fo the replies:)


IMD

Jovoo said:
I consider Avatar a spiritual anime, since it was inspired by Japanese animation. It might have not been made in Japan, but if it was, it would of made 0 difference.

lnvaderZmustDIE said:
Hey!
I know LOK isn't actually an anime, but still kinda looks like anime. Any of you guys know the release date of book 2, it's supposed to be on the 23th of march(tomorrow) but i need like solid proof.


Thanks fo the replies:)


IMD

Scrodulus said:


There would be a *little* difference. For example, in my experience Japanese made anime have a different style of humour and generally put a lot more into their soundtracks. With LoK, the humour was quite obviously American-style cartoon humour and the soundtrack is small and not widely enjoyed outside of the show. Little difference, but more than 0 difference.

Battlechili1 said:

In other news, I love LoK. WAY more than Avatar: The Last Airbender. Finally, an american show exists with a nearly complete story focus with very little adventure or unimportant episodes. Just pure story. I love that about LoK.

bergil said:

A comparison between TLA and LoK

bergil said:


Are you for real ? LoK had definitely more than enough "unimportant" episodes with a focus on the pro-bending matches and romantic relationships between the characters . Everything about Amon's past , his reason for his actions are wrapped up in one or two episodes. We never learn the history of equalists or how Amon took control of them. Hell, we don't even learn much about the past of protagonists either. Korra connects with the spirit of Aang and learns entering the Avatar state in five minutes or so which shouldn't have been so easy.

TLA had much better developed characters and plot devices compared to LoK. Sure, LoK is a pretty short series compared to TLA but it's a huge mistake to focus so much on the side stories rather than developing the main story and the characters. Then again it's not that surprising that happened since the script writers of the two shows are mostly different. Oh well, hopefully the second season will be better.

Battlechili1 said:

I am for real. A focus on relationships is extremely important, and in my opinion, is a very big part of a storyline. I don't like how TLA was filled with adventure episodes, and it was also a bit more child oriented. Korra managed to present itself in a more mature manner, had better art, and was quicker on the story. I suppose the quick story also means a loss of development of characters and such, but I'm ok with that as long as I get a full story.

Imanza said:
I did enjoy LoK, but not as much as TLA. First of all, when did firebending prodigies become so common that they managed to recruit enough of them to work at a factory assembly line, using their lightningbending to make Satomobiles? But wait, there's more - my real gripe is with the direction the story took towards the end of Book 1, namely
Then again, Mike and Bryan never planned for there to be a second season, so I can sort of understand why they felt pressured to tie up all the loose plot threads by the end of Book 1. Nevertheless, I hope they bring back Aaron Ehasz to write for Book 2. Let's face it, we have him to thank for most of TLA's awesomeness. If it wasn't for him, Toph would have been a foul-mouthed, muscly, teenage (male) jock.

Zee530 said:
Nick may be the producers but majority of the animation was done in japan and korea.

Ghostony said:
I think she will learn the advancement of each bending ability
lightning, metal, blood, and ???

and surpass aang...

bergil said:



If by full story you mean all of the main plot is handled in one episode or so then it's no surprise that you like LoK more.
Besides, there is a difference between having a focus on relationships in the plot and dedicating almost entire plot or episode to relationships. TLA's plot development had perfect balance with both plot oriented episodes and solely "adventure" episodes with relationships developing in between.
I also don't see how TLA was more child oriented compared to LoK. TLA had betrayal, death, wisdom and a multi-dimensional antagonist who goes through a great change during the series. We don't see almost any of those qualities in the children's shows today. Even LoK didn't have most of those. In LoK only Amon and his brother died at the end as I recall and even though Amon was a pretty intimidating character he was pretty much an one-dimensional antagonist and developed very little during the series. I don't see how LoK can be more mature. Just having a character like Iroh makes TLA more mature than LoK.

It seems to me you like romance oriented plots and shows which have a plot that develops quickly and cuts to the chase with skipping the "adventure" and in LoK's case important plot developments. You didn't respond to my other criticisms about LoK btw, but that's not important.

Battlechili1 said:

Romance is fine by me, but really I just want story. Romance subplots I enjoy as well, but a romance story itself I don't think I would. Also, sorry I didn't respond to others. As far as pro-bending goes, I feel like that was a nice way to show more of Korra's personality by wanting to go to do that sport despite being told not to. It also gave Korra an excuse to find and spend time with the one she had a crush on and deal with relationships. (I'm not good with names) But yes, I do very much want shows to get straight to the story and develop quickly. It takes up less time and allows things to build up fast enough for me to get excited with "What's going to happen next?" and then soon after and see what happens next.
I can't comment too much on TLA, though, so I can't say too much on its maturity since I've only seen a few episodes of it. (Strangely, the first couple episodes, a random episode or two in the middle, and the last episode) I have yet to actually watch from beginning to end TLA, but the idea of training episodes and adventure seems to keep it from its potential, I think. However,LoK did deal heavily in relationships, in right and wrong, in politics, had death at the end in a very dramatic way, and had characters experience loss. I do know TLA had some of that, but all the adventure and stuff seems to make all that few and far between.

Battlechili1 said:
I suppose I shouldn't make much argument then since I haven't seen all of TLA, however, as far as training goes, that is very much existent in TLA. Aang has to go from nation to nation to learn the elements since the only one he is good at is air.
I clearly remember that much. He looks for teachers to teach him water bending and earth bending at least, if I remember correctly. That is clearly training. Korra required little training since she already had a mastery of fire, water, and earth.

bergil said:
As far as I know ıt was planned that LoK will be more than one season before the show aired. They even told that there will be a different villain every season.

Battlechili1 said:
I suppose I shouldn't make much argument then since I haven't seen all of TLA, however, as far as training goes, that is very much existent in TLA. Aang has to go from nation to nation to learn the elements since the only one he is good at is air.
I clearly remember that much. He looks for teachers to teach him water bending and earth bending at least, if I remember correctly. That is clearly training. Korra required little training since she already had a mastery of fire, water, and earth.