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Only he could stop the ruthless Fire Nation from conquering the world.

But when the world needed him most, he disappeared.

Until now. On the South Pole, a lone Water Tribe village struggles to survive.

Its here that a young Waterbender named Katara and her warrior brother Sokka rescue a strange boy named Aang from a cavernous iceberg.

Not only is Aang an Airbender--a race of people no one has seen in a century--but they soon discover that Aang is also the long lost Avatar.

Now its up to Katara and Sokka to make sure Aang faces his destiny to save the tribe--and himself.

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If only more shows on Nickelodeon could follow the promise that Avatar: The Last Airbender has.

Avatar Epdes Series Follows The

The series follows the adventures of protagonist twelve-year-old Aang and his friends, who must bring peace and unity to the world by ending the Fire Lords war against the other three nations.

The show is obtainable from various sources, including DVD, the iTunes Store, the Zune Marketplace, the Xbox Live Marketplace, the PlayStation Store, Netflix, Amazon Video, and the Nicktoons Network.

Throughout its run, Avatar: The Last Airbender was universally acclaimed by audiences and critics alike.

Praises went to the art direction, humor, cultural references, characters, and themes.

It was also commercially successful, garnering 5.6 million viewers on its best-rated showing and receiving high ratings in the Nicktoons lineup, even outside of its 6- to 11-year-old demographic.

The series has been nominated for and won awards from the Annie Awards, the Genesis Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Peabody Award, among others.

The first seasons success prompted Nickelodeon to order second and third seasons.

The fact that it was airing on Nickelodeon was probably the reason I just kind of shook my head.

Then about three months ago, on a complete whim, I bought the first two chapters of Avatar: The Last Airbender on DVD from Barnes Noble Booksellers and, boy, was I blown away This is one of the most humorous, fun, action-packed, and generally all-around entertaining cartoons Ive seen in the longest time.

Its just a pity that shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender are such a rarity these days.

Ill be turning 21 on the 12th of next month; 13 years ago around this time at the age of 7, I remember that Nickelodeon had some of the best of childrens programming on cable television.

Then, 10 years ago, Nick began to slide into idiocy and continues to do so as I write this.

Then around 1999, I gave up on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network completely.

But Avatar: The Last Airbender, what I presume is an attempt to add a little pseudo-Anime-style animation to its lineup in order to catch stragglers from other cultures (and perhaps Nick-weary adults like myself), is a breath of fresh air for this once-tired soul.

While I dont think todays kids may completely understand the overall significance of some of this shows philosophy, subtext and terms (how many 5-year-olds know what an avatar is), they may not have to be versed in Eastern Thought to get everything.

Avatar: The Last Airbender, a fusion of Eastern philosophy, Hinduism and martial arts, is set in a far-off land (dare I say, a Middle-Earth clone) where four tribes rule the world and the most gifted members of each tribe have mastery over the Four Greek Elements: Air, Earth, Fire, and Water.

The mastery of each of these is the term bending, the ability to manipulate each element and use it for creative or destructive purposes.

The Avatar, a sort of Christ-Buddha-like figure, has mastery over all elements and is the most powerful bender of all.

The main plot of the story gets underway when the Fire Nation grows too powerful and sets off on a campaign of world domination.

But they first need the Avatar, who has mysteriously disappeared.

Prince Zuko, from the Fire Nation, is leading a mission to capture the Avatar and gain re-admittance back to his kingdom.

Two Water Tribe teenagers, a brother and sister named Sokka and Katara, respectively, make the discovery of a lifetime when they find that Aang, a 12-year-old Airbender who was frozen in a block of ice and also happens to be the last of his kind, is the new Avatar.

But he still has many skills to master in a very short period of time, and the show follows the trios journey to the North Pole with the mammoth six-legged bison Appa and the lemur Momo.

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