This is exciting news! It'd be great to see the post Avatar Aang world. That means, though, that Aang has passed on, if Korra is the new Avatar. Kind of sad to think about!

It's a good thing they didn't try to continue Aang's story, otherwise I'd just be annoyed. I think it'll be pretty cool because they have the original people writing it, and not M. Night Shyamalan. Anybody but him. Anybody at all!

can't wait...but 70 years later...would love to see the others, even in flashbacks

I think this makes up for the crappy ass movie

what the hell happened to zuko's mother?

Never watched the original series but this one seems promising.

Sounds like it's going to be more of a superhero show with the city and crimefighting and whatnot. Steampunk + superheroes = ok by me.

Words cannot express my excitement.

I always thought there would be more to Aangs story after the war, I'm glad they are continuing it, but I wish they would have maybe made a TV movie or something set after the series with Aang locating a hidden colony of airbenders and Zuko finding his mom.

I came as soon as i heard this.

Did you so original writers? I like where this is headed.
I assume they'll go into what happened to the others in some flashback episodes.
I do wonder if this will be a 3 season run like the original or just one season.....color me intrigued!

Meh . . . not sure if I should be excited or not. Without the original cast of wonderful characters (I never really liked Aang, so I'm glad he is dead), it is going to have to win me over from scratch.
Also, the description of Korra sounds very cliche and generic. I hope her character in the series can break beyond that and become interesting, otherwise it's just another cartoon made expressly to make money from the first cartoon.

I am super super excited for this!!!

The premise of the new avatar's story doesn't sound as epic as the Aang story: war against tyrants in a worldwide scale + race against time to avoid sozin's comet VS crime and antibending revolution?
Just saying....

This...this makes me have faith in American cartoons.

I'm- I'm tearing up a little... thats sounds so beautiful.... so, so beautiful.... oh god I can't fucking wait.

On a recent /filmcast, "Massawyrm" (From aintitcool and a billion other sites) said that the show would have a lot of flashbacks of the previous Avatar (Aang and the gang) to fill in some of the blanks. I don't know how reliable that is, but he's a big fan of the show so I'm inclined to believe it.

I look forward to the movie in five years starring Koo-rra and Tine-zeen.

I wonder how many creepy fans that were obsessed with Zuko and Katara getting together will cry and stomp about in further ridiculous protests.

Fuck. and Yes.

Oh crap she looks a little pale skinned, they are white washing the cartoon as well, crap

> steampunk
I'm sold.

looks good, have another amazing series and find a better director then shamalon and let it revive, stories great :)

Aang and Katara did it...

70? Aang dies at the age of 82? That seems pretty young for an Avatar, especially when the oldest Avatar was 230 years old. Maybe there's something behind his death much like Roku's (since I am sure he'd live longer if Sozin didn't let him die).

While I am glad that the main character will be a girl, since male characters always seem to be used as the gender neutral (By this I mean, cartoons that are geared for both girl and boy viewers seem to have a male leading role, though one could argue that Avatar has three leading roles), I am a little disappointed with the description of the character though. "Hot headed" and "Independent" are very generic terms, especially for 'strong female characters' instead of 'strong characters, female'. It's like the gimmick is that she's a female. However, I'll watch it just to know what happens to the character and world I have grown to love.

On a second note, the story seems to be the "opposite" of that of Aang,as seen in the beginning of each show:

Each Bender Discipline lives separatelyAll kinds of benders live together in the city

Aang was master of only Air at the beginning, Korra lacks Airbending.

Yeah! I'm glad to see that she's a little further along in her Avatar training, so maybe we'll get to see her do work as the Avatar (beyond fighting the big baddie). I guess Aang must be dead then, which is sad, but some characters could still be alive.

Okay. It's new Avatar. It's a female lead. DiMartino and Konietzko are still on it.

And it's steam punk.

I'M LOSING IT NOW. Holy crap, is it 2011 yet? Aaaaaaaaah.

So Aang died when he was like, what, 66? Figured the avatar would live longer than that...

Guys, remember that its only 70 years after the first show, meaning that maybe just Aang died. Zuko, Katara, as wlel as many others may have lived.

Is there a quick way to get to get to late 2011 so I can watch this entire season already? The long way just isn't quick enough!

this all sounds very promising. would love to see where they go with tis story, though i would have also enjoyed at least a film or something involving older versions of the original cast facing anew problem like factions of the Fire Nation not settling down to Zuko's reign and maybe Azula forming a rebellion and whatnot. that would have made a good story as well, but this, this i can get behind. long as they are not too predictable about it. yes, the main character seems pretty cookie-cutter, but i think this is going to be a nice addition to the Avatar universe. let's give it a chance.

SO EXCITED. Went and told all my friends immediately upon finding this out. Totally makes up for idiotic movie.

Man, between this news and Mad Men starting again on Sunday, I am sooooo happy. Almost makes me forget I still don't have Scott Pilgrim v.6, dumbass Borders.

AWESOME!!! AWESOME!! NERDJOY!!!!!!

And once again I am forced to try to get into the series, I won't get why it's so great, and I'll get beaten to death why fanboys. Modern animation, what a cruel mistress ye be. :(

Wait, so the world (or the Metropolis at least) doesn't want bending power anymore? Does that mean Aang totally messed up?

Excuse me while I sob for joy.

i can't wait for it to come out but it just wont be the same without Aang and everyone else! DX
well i hope its very good i have high expectations for it! i look forward to the show! :D

awesome! :D except for the implied Kataang but I can live with that. just keep dingdong away from it.

The age-math sucker punched me, too. Poor guy—kind of a bittersweet start to things.

But maybe he at least didn't die tragically...like he just flipped his 'vette or something.

Oh, hey! You know that "Republic City - a metropolis that is fueled by steampunk technology"? And it's set in the industrializing future of the old show?

One word: Steambenders.

They just need a wardrobe color scheme and bending katas based on Bartitsu. :D

Gonna need some goggles, too.

I saw this over 20 years ago. It was called Akira wasn't it?

At least the Japanese recycle SOMETHING ... good for the environment, and that's good for you!

Well this certainly makes up for the misleading Gargoyles development (not misleading from you, Rob, you were as deceived as the rest of us).

I wasn't really into the first Avatar: The Last Airbender, but a steampunk sequel? Sign me the hell up.

Nothing to say that hasn't been said already, except for hell to the yes, please.

Oh no, Aang diess!!! I thought he'd at least live to 100.

My honest guess, is that the anti bending movment is due to people remembering the fire nation wars and seeing that if there wasn't fire benders they wouldn't have almost ruled the world, not thinking that the fire lord would have the same plans either way.

As for Aang betweem being 166 when he died, and light bolted spine, and who knows what else he could have died young, or there might be a plot point where the anti-benders somehow killed him.

My money really is on a tragic penguin sledding accident, or a mid lifecrisis involving surfing the Nagi again

I'm having trouble processing how awesome this is. =)

Any female character that is described as " hot-headed, independent and ready to take on the world" makes me lose interest faster than my 401K (ZING! (sadface))

But I'm hoping it is just shitty marketing-speak and the writers, who have already proven themselves to be utterly fantastic scribes, will make it work.

I take this as Mike & Bryan's apology for the movie, and I accept with open arms.

I'm excited and so is my 6 year old. Not the one that lives in my soul. The one who spends my money on food and legos...

Get out your awesome crayons and colour me intrigued.

This = awesomesauce. I just hope they do revisit the original story's timeline in some way to wrap up the one question still burning in the minds of every Avatar fan...

... What happened to the cabbage merchant?!

A hot-headed, independent girl ready to take on the world. How original.

Is anyone else tired of spunky, spitfire heroines?

I'm thinking that the Spirit World really needs to play a bigger roles this time around, as the world is bound to fall out of balance with more technology coming along (the episodes with the environmental damage angering the spirits being a small preview).

In that same vein, I think it would be a reasonable guess to say that Koh the Face-Stealer might be the "big bad" this time. For such a creepy and obviously evil character, he never got much screentime.

In any case, I hope this series will allow for a bit more leeway on the violence than the previous one...more bloodbending and maybe some people being crushed with Earthbending would be cool.

What I really want, though, is more resolution on Iroh's story, since it was constantly referenced but never shown (in regards to Lu Ten and his spirit world journey).

I just finished the first three seasons today so this is very providential news I will be looking forward to this

It probably is a Stock Description. As some one said above, think about how you describe Toph to someone who never heard of the show but wanted a one-sentence answer.

I loved 'the last airbender' and can only hope they will give closure on the original character's stories. And i hope the new series will be able to stand up to the old one.

This news just made my day. Maybe even my Summer!

meh

And it's a series to boot? Excellent.

I also find it bittersweet that it starts with a new Avatar. On one side, Aang is dead. On the other side, it avoids the inevitable DragonballZ style of ridiculous battles against some new random freak.

Oh yeah, Master Paku's master is alive and evil for some reason and is really really powerful.

Oh yeah, not only did Aang freeze himself in an ice berg, but somehow FROZE TIME and produced a clone. An EVIL clone with a blue arrow shaped goatee and everything.

I'm very glad they will avoid this by skipping over the dawn of the new age of peace.

Great, another Ahsoka!

i smell the spirit of AANG runing around, giving words of wisdom obi-wan style and making know what happend with the other caracters. somebody think a old and grumpy sokaa beang A: the male version of grangran of this hothead girl saying :- i remenber another one who´s temperament and heart like yours korra cof cof -or B: one of the fathers of the tek from this steampunk world siting in some temple teaching martial arts, i all ways seen that guy ending like some kind a blind kung fu master

This is different from the original series in a really good way. It is nice to see that they aren't trying to duplicate the story just to milk more money. Plus, if Aang doesn't die naturally at 60-something, there might also be some nice investigation/conspiracy stuff going on in the new series as well. Joy indeed!

Now, we just need to hope that the new series won't get a crap movie adaptation...

At least we know that (if there is going to be a toy line) there's no way that the toy company will skip making the ladies, because "there's no market for female toys in a boy's line" (i'm looking at you, Mattel)

Man, hanging out with the teenage female reincarnation of your dead father...awkward...

As someone who can recite, from memory, the title of every episode of the series in order, let me say that I am absolutely thrilled.

this idea is amazing and im so freagin hype to see it
its nice to see that M. Night Shyamalan wont entirely kill off avatar

Anti-Bending movement is exciting... It will lend a darker angle to the universe, with more and different kinds of conflicts. I can see there being a Magneto-like character coming out of this, sort of an Anti-Avatar to rival Korra, insisting that benders should dominate non-benders, while Korra has to fight to restore balance... I think this is gonna rock some serious ass! I am excite.

this is freaking awesome and the best part is that we will get to see aang to because like roku before him he will help the new avatar with all the wacky shit shes bound to get in to.

...and what should Korra's secret identity be? hmmmm?

Im wondering if anyone stumbles across the Sokka's SpaceSword and then accidentally meets Sokka. Then Sokka will tie into the story as a funny old man who finds his sword but lets a main character keep it.

Zuko is most likley still Firelord, wise like his uncle.

And Tenzin will be the little funny guy since Korra will be Zuko-ish.

Avatar + steam punk?

*mind is blown*

Was super excited. Then I realize Iroh is dead in this show. Sad times.

This is great! They did such a great job on the last Avatar series, it seems they're doing it right with this one by continuing on with a NEW Avatar. Although I would love to see Kitara as an old caring mother to Tenzin. I suppose i'll have to wait patiently like the rest of the world

a more mature outlook on avatar, eh? seems fitting, since the original has mature undertones anyway (jet's death, anyone?). i'm speculating that if it's set completely in that cyberpunk city, this would be batman + element bending, which is all kinds of AWESOME in my booAH CRAP!!

excuse me, i have to change my pants again! XD

Let's just hope Korra and Aang's son don't start a romantic relationship.. that would be really awkward. :P

As long as M night ma shamahamahalan is not aloud with in 50 feet I am all for this. I loved avatar

"This new avatar is not only a girl, but also hot-headed, independent and ready to take on the world."

So stereotypically Hollywood. "Let's make a strong, independent woman our main character. I'm sure it won't flop like all the other attempts!" I think Futurama did this better. It was called "Single Female Lawyer."

"This new avatar is not only a girl, but also hot-headed, independent and ready to take on the world."

So stereotypically Hollywood. "Let's make a strong, independent woman our main character. I'm sure it won't flop like all the other attempts!" I think Futurama did this better. It was called "Single Female Lawyer."

It is normal to cry tears of joy and jizz in your pants at the same time? Because I JUST DID!

Sounds great. The only thing I want is for M. Night to have a court order keeping him as far away as possible from Avatar related projects, and preferably have him sent to a ghetto in Afghanistan for his crimes against cinema.

maybe the reason aang is gone is because he chose to "lose" his avatar status. i remember form the series that he was supposed to live alone. if he has a child with katara he obviously broke what i assume would have been some sport of vow. maybe he gave up his longevity with the understanding he had to father another airbender or there would be no more avatars

oh, and if they sign over the rights to this series and let it get fucked up i will lose it. absolutely lose it

I like it can't wait to watched it..

This is great.

For added funnies in the UK, "bender" is a homosexual slur.

So lines like "Your husband will be a great bender" take on a whole new context.

They pointed out in an interview that Aang's 100 years in the iceberg ate into his long life.

I think you should stop covering news about this piece of shit show for kids. How about covering Chowder instead?

I'm hoping this is one season, and kind of plays as an epilogue "Book of Air" season. It would explain the close time period to the Airbender series. If not, then it really should have been 170 years later. You know Aang would've lived longer than even other Avatars, considering his lifestyle and attitude. But if this series has Spirit Aang, and older characters from Airbender filling in the changes of the world since the war, then that would make it perfect.

Also, on a side note. As I've been watching through the "Extras" lately, it's occured to me that an anti-bending attitude should most definitely surface in this world. See: Zuko Alone. And, considering the elitist societies bending created before the war, and the most-likely "benders-fill-the-power-vacuums" society of this new city, I'd suggest that anti-bending attitudes aren't necessarily unfounded.

Even in shows I love, I tend to side with "the enemy" more often. I always believed in Baltar!

YES! BRING.! IT! ON! =D

Interview with the creators is found here: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/21/legend-of-korra-the-creators-of-avatar-the-last-airbender-on-the-new-spinoff/?KEYWORDS=korra

They even talk about how Aang's death:

If there’s a new Avatar, that means Aang has passed on. If he died around age 70, isn’t that pretty young for an Avatar?

Konietzko: You gotta keep in mind that he was frozen in a state of suspended animation for 100 years, so he kind of burned up some of his extra Avatar time.

dude, awesome!

So it's pretty much a Batman Beyond take with Avatar? I'm okay with this.

I found it interesting
that the avatars name is korra
it's close to katarra and sokka.
So I was thinking maybe it's sokka's
kid and that he names her after katarra!

70 years?

If Aang was 12 when he fought Ozai, lets says he was 13 and this girl Korra, who is a teenager, is somewhere between 13-17, so lets say 15.

That would mean, Aang died before he reached 70? He probably had an epic death like Roku.

Also, if Aang and Katara got freaky after they kissed at the end of the series, Tenzin is probably like in his 50s. But realistically, he's probably in his mid-30s or something.

Wonder if Aang only had one kid? He is the last airbender and he needs to do whatever he can to repopulate his people. So he must get it on with as many chicks as possible.

They should tie up the loose ends from the first series, then continue

This is awesome news!

As others said, I really hope they tie up the only two unanswered questions from the first series. First, what happened to Zuko's mother? Second, why did Iroh "retire" from being a general and how did he end up in the spirit world?

...and please, for the sake of all that is good and decent, KEEP M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN FAR AWAY FROM ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS SERIES!

even though the writers seem to confirm that aang is dead using up time frozen etc etc....i think it would still be plausible that Aang could have removed his own bending powers which in essence could dissolve the "Avatar" in him thus creating the vacuum needed for a new avatar to be called upon. perhaps he simply wanted to lead the simple life being that he never truly wanted to be the avatar in the first place. his son could simply decide to continue in his fathers footsteps and rebuild their air tribe as well as train the next gen avatar. as for there being no other air tribes i would consider the sand benders to be an offshoot version as they cant just move sand around in a circle and create gusts of wind to move their sand ships, seems like a bit of a blend of earth and air bending to me

I Can't Wait Its Upcoming Premiere.

I Want to know, how Will be that show.

I Can't Wait Its Premiere.

I want ti know How It will Be!!!!

Please bring it on.

In this series someone needs to find Sokka's space sword. It was too cool to be lost forever.

I'm not sure I'm buying this one. First, why is it a big deal that the new avatar is a girl? They already established that past avatars were women.

Second, why is it a big deal that she's "hot headed and ready to take on the world?" I hope they're not planning on making her an angry woman, that's so cliche!

Third, she's now a crime fighter? Really, she can't simply be helping the world solve it's problems, she has to be a vigilantly?

Finally, she also has to deal with anti-bending sentiments? Sounds a little too much like a cross between Batman and the X-Men for my taste, but I'll wait and see.

I am a huge fan of the original series, and yet I am not even remotely excited for this. I just think it's unnecessary to try and invent a sequel to a series that was so well done, and ended brilliantly.

I have huge doubts that this will be as good as the first.

Haha I'm so excited!!
I don't know why people are so upset by Korra's description, it's obvious they don't want to give it away too much lol
"hot headed" and "independent" are just the tip of the iceberg and mean that she's gonna kick butt

too bad aangs dead haha I want to see old Toph though xD "don't make kick ur arse young lady! cuz i will! I'll metal bend ur prissy little head in to next week if i have to!" xD

"This new avatar is not only a girl, but also hot-headed, independent and ready to take on the world."

Wait! They got it all wrong!
They forgot "smart" and "tough", and maybe "liberated" as well.

Then the stupid cliche would be complete.

While I think Korra may be cliche, I also think those attitudes will really cause extra issues when blended with this 'anti-bender' stuff, so...whatever.

I forsee...Sokka and Zuko spearheading white lotus movements...Spirit Aang...steampunky goodness...Gran-Toph cameo...general Ava-awsomesauce stuff.

I look forward to seeing Aang's son, whom I suspect will be infused will katara's bravery and optimism as well as Aang's 'stay-true-to yourself' philosophy and his wisdom.

Well...2011, the Legend of Avatars continues...!

As a die-hard fan of the original Avatar, I'm absolutely psyched to see this.

pero que si la revelion fue iniciada hace años por el mismo rey de la nacion del fuego?

recuerdan que le quitaron sus poderes de fire bender?

why does aang have to pass on but i know its an avatar thing!

please tell me there will be an epilogue! ive got to know everything!!! what happened to toph? did mia and zuko have a baby? and how about sokka?

If there going to do a sequel for water then its a must they go on for earth and fire thats 4x the awsomeness

If there going to do a sequel for the water nation then its a must they make one for the earth and fire that equals 4x the awsomeness

I just hope they dont majorly Change the artwork i hate when that happens

Have they came out with the exact month and day its going to come out?

Does this mean that there are more Airbenders and the race was saved by Aang and Katara, because, if so, that would be soooo awesomee!!!

It very sad that there not going to have a book 4 on Avatar The Last Airbender. But at least there making a sequel to Avatar The Last Airbender