[ComicGuy89]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Not really in any great detail I gave up on Avatar years ago when I was lead in by the hype and found an extremely poor mans anime for my trouble.

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.

Korra did suffer a bit from having too few episodes to tell its story. They originally thought they had to fit everything in 13 episodes, so there wasn't enough room. Hopefully future Korra episodes get to play about with it more.

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.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

"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.

While I think he has already made up his mind on liking the show, I must agree that "all of it" is really a broad statement. Too sweeping.