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I think you need to elaborate more on what "fell extremely flat". It's quite a sweeping statement. |
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Avatar and Korra just wanted to tell a straight shounen style anime story and ran head first into every brick wall that American Censorship put in front of them. Which is, why I said, it felt like a 4kids dub of a much better show, rather than an epic original cartoon. |
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Could you describe some of these examples? |
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I tried again with Korra when everyone jumped on the hype train again, but once again I just couldn't get into it. It was a very adult story, about like politics, racism, radicalism, love, family and anarchy and so on but so compressed and processed to comply with a child audience that it had no real stakes or tension or any real reason to watch it. I will admit that Korra had some impressive action sequences, with some stunning animation. But dramatic execution style sequences don't mean much if all is really happen is your getting your forehead tapped and losing your powers. |
"All of it" is quite the broad statement.
I'd honestly give it another chance, most especially considering it blows most anime out of the water by virtue of not being shit. Season 1 of Avatar is episodic, but it improves in story and pacing with season 2. |
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I may be wrong, but I think you were misled by the hype. Avatar is one of the greatest examples of Western Animation, in my opinion, but it is still Western Animation. It was never meant to be a solely adult story any more than Justice League, Batman TAS, Young Justice, or any number of cartoons that similarly aim higher than the usual stuff. It is meant ultimately to entertain children. Just like how Kamen Rider fans should stop promoting Kamen Rider as an adult TV show, Avatar fans would do well to stop the anime comparisons. It may share aesthetic similarities with anime, but it is definitely not anime in tone or feel. Quote:
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I'm not gonna force him to rewatch it if he doesn't like it.
I just feel it's curious to drop the series at a shallow level. |
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