• this looks good and she kinda resembles Kitara

• Yeah, Korra's the next Avatar in line. Aang died roughly 15-20 years prior to the start of the series, his century on ice and in a constant Avatar state causing him to only reach his sixties or seventies. Odds are he'll pop up to advise Korra in the spirit realm, like Roku did for him.

• I don't think its odd for an Avatar to be a buff fighter type. Aang wasn't a fighter (in that he didn't like to fight) because he was a monk. I think it will be interesting to see an Avatar with a totally different personality, hopefully with more of a temper!

• ..I want her to teach me how to manage the elements. :D <3

• Adult diesel Toph? .... I'll be in my bunk. LOL.

• Would Janet Varney be related to the late and great Jim Varney? You know....Ernest?

• Avatar is on like 10 times a day on Nicktoons.

• He wants PICTURES! Pictures of THE AVATAR!

• Well, a lot of Western comic-book superheroines are drawn with muscular physiques. So I'm surprised to see people flipping out over this. YOU CAN SEE HER DELTOID OH MY GOD CATS AND DOGS LIVING TOGETHER MASS HYSTERIA

• Hey, at least we got Jin from lost as a major character. That's gotta count for something.

• Tenzin, still bitter over all the time Aang spent Avataring instead of parenting, asks the all important question, "Avatar: threat of menace?"

• Actually, the Avatar is the same soul reincarnated over and over again. Sort of like a Dalai Lama with actual magic powers and who punches bad guys.

• While the more muscular build is a simple device to make her look more mature than the prior characters, there's little to suggest that a 20-year old would have greater muscle development than a 14-16 year old given a similar level of activity. The assumption can be made that Korra is a sturdy physical fighter in addition to being a bending master, but this is only speculation and rather odd for an Avatar. She appears to be the most muscular woman we've yet seen in the setting.

• But couldn't it be 'Cumbenders' since she's...you know, a waterbender? Waterbending ---> Bloodbending ---> Cumbending?

• I also believe Korra is also *older* than the previous characters. I like how she looks. I'd love to read more backstory on her character.

• Aang would be the best spirit guide ever: http://booter-freak.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2ujzcd

• What you actually implied was that she reminded you of a man

• I am so frickin' excited for this. BADASS!

• Actually it won't be masturbation, it might be closer to incest, but the new avatar is actually a new soul in a line of other avatars, so it doesn't really count a incest either. Fucked up totally, but still doable without it getting weird.

• Another chapter to The Legend of the Cockbenders...Awesome can't wait to read it, but how about some actual sex and not just some freaky magic masterbation story, after four chapters of it, it gets a little old.

• A-frickin'-men!

• I can't wait. It's slim pickings out there for those of us with 10 year olds now that Avatar is mostly off the air. I am SO tired of watching the other crap that passes for kid entertainment....

• Holy....

• I didn't mean to imply that all women fighters should be skinny animesque dainty women, just that my first impression reminded me of a female bodybuilder.

• Oh Abraxas

• Im so fucking happy right now its unreal.

• I am totally glad to hear I'm not the only one. I kind went 'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE' at the top of my lungs as soon as I saw his name X3

• I'd teach her how to bend the elements. Rawr. (and so, the fandom is ruined from the beginning!)

• Alice gameplay and now this I might explode..

• Yes, I want to see who JK Simmons will be playing; that will be awesome. Love him.

• I turned onto the main page. Saw this. Literally squeed.

• YES!

• It'd be diesel grown Aang too

• WE ARE FARMERS! BUM BA BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM!

• It is worth noting. Katara never had shoulders like that, and she was a massively powerful waterbender. We should remember that we only can really clearly see her shoulders in this shot, and her build is comparable to Sokka's. Maybe Toph would look a bit more diesel once she got older, it could be that earthbending promotes greater muscle mass, but even the Dai Li agents were very slender. The answer is no, nothing about being the Avatar would suggest that a person in that position "should" have broad and well-defined shoulders any moreso than previous bending students have displayed. All I know is that it's kinda hot.

• Tenzin: I NEED PICTURES! PICTURES OF THE AVATAR!

• Rajaa Maki?

• Aaaaand my massive crush on Korra grows and grow. Fuck yeah kickass heroines who look like they can actually kick ass! (also, JK Simmons as Aang's son? yesplz)

• Finally a heroine who looks like she can kick butt and take names. she looks amazing!

• Let the uninspired fanart commence.

• Wouldn't that be masterbation?

• This looks completely awesome. Yay for JK Simmons!

• Yeah, that's me - the one with no internal monlogue...

• Phew! For a second there I thought she was a bishi anime guy

• hm, not my cup of tea to be honest. I prefer a strong brew of Korra/Aang. that's right, soulcest

• David Faustino's done voice work before...oddly mostly in the DC universe. Batman Beyond, Zeta Project, and Static Shock from DCAU continuity, plus The Batman.

• You had me at "JK Simmons as Tenzin".

• Yes, last I heard it was coming out late November 2011 going into early 2012 but that may have changed since I last looked at it.

• Nothing to do now but what for the inevitable Korra/Quorra slash fiction to begin...

• SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

• Anyone else notice that the Journal Article is calling it "The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra"? I hope that's an error on their part and not the new name of the show. Perhaps a certain movie means no Avatar in the title, or they want to tie it in with live action atrocity for reasons I cannot fathom.

• Kiernan Shipka is very impressive in Mad Men(she play's Don Draper's daughter). It'll be interesting to hear what she brings to the table in terms of voice acting.

• I think she looks great. Reminds me of Gina Carano. I can't wait for this show!

• True dat, true dat. Like I said, they did a great job casting the first series; I'm going to trust that they made the right choice. We know nothing about the character except his name at this point, right? Faustino could wind up being a perfect fit.

• Of course, Aang being a former avatar could always make an appearance as a avatar "force ghost" to teach Korra. That'd be cool.

• yeah, this is set... 70 years on. Korra is the next avatar who has to learn airbending from Aang and Kitara's son Tenzin. Presumably she has to kick ass along the way.

• Yes! So excited to see a heroine with actual muscles!

• Korra is next in the Avatar line meaning Aang has passed on. <SPOILER> Tenzin is the son of Aang and Katara and will be the Airbender that will teach her to...airbend...and he's played by JK SIMMONS!

• But then, who ever thought Mark "People Will Only Remember Him as Luke Skywalker" Hamill would go on to play one of the greatest portrayals of the Joker ever, and be a prolific voice actor to boot?

• <BLOCKQUOTE>Did anyone notice that whoever that person is in the picture (I'm guessing Korra) is water and fire bending? Is Korra an Avatar? Does this mean Ang will be dead?</BLOCKQUOTE> Yes. The new series takes place about 70 years after the first <I>Avatar</I>; Aang is dead, and Korra is the new Avatar. She'll be learning Airbending from Aang & Katara's son, Tenzin.

• Did anyone notice that whoever that person is in the picture (I'm guessing Korra) is water and fire bending? Is Korra an Avatar? Does this mean Ang will be dead?

• Always great to see the journalistic pillar known as the Wall Street Journal unable to get Lance Henriksen's name right even when they provide a link to his imdb webpage with the correct spelling.

• I think we're all missing the fact that JK SIMMONS IS PLAYING THE SON OF AANG

• Bud is voicing a character named after the actor who played Iroh and died tragically. Which means if he screws it up or does a bad job, the shitstorm that hit Nostalgia Critic will seem like a gentle spray compared to what he'll get...

• Heh. Typically when I point out things like, aggressive physical activity will make you muscular, even if you are a woman, I get a lot of NO WOMEN ARE SOFT AND WEAK THEY DO NOT BUILD MUSCLE LIKE A MAN WHO IS HARD AND POWERFUL CLEARLY YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND BASIC SCIENCE WITH YOUR FEEBLE WOMAN MIND GO MAKE ME A SANDWICH TO EAT WHILE I AM PUMPING IRON. So thank you for that.

• So I'm not the only onw that wanted to say that. Good to know

• The character is named Mako, I can only assume in tribute to the actor who voiced Iroh. The fact that they have Bud Bundy filling that role is, um, interesting? I'm going to trust the judgment of the casting directors on that one.

• Agreed, her physique is appropriate. We're just used to Western comic book heroines with huge boobs, big asses, and thin waists and Eastern anime heroines who look 12, an actual realistic, athletic, healthy heroine is odd to us. I'm sure the design team has spent a long time studying female martial artists and have based her appearance on real life sources. In other news: Awesome! Can't wait!

• I've gotta ask if Janet Varney is any relation of Jim Varney of the Ernest P. Worrell fame?

• Is Bud voicing a new character named Mako or the character voiced by the late Mako? (I rewrote that about seven times and it still doesn't make any sense.)

• I am going to enjoy Korra in ways that are too unwholesome to catalog. can we say - Korra and the Legends of the Cockbenders? I need to outline it.

• Stupid physical activity making aperson have some lean muscles rather then stick arms and fat sacks. How dare she actually be fit? I want my anime thin super power girl. Wait no, I actually like some muscle tone.

• Wait, Janet Varney as in "Frequent Rifftrax Contibutor and Girlfriend of Chris Hardwick" Janet Varney?

• Another funny thing. Seychelle Gabriel, who's voicing Asami in this new show, played Princess Yue in <i> The Last Airbender. </i> Maybe not a funny thing, now that I think about it.

• Korra looks like she could crush my skull with her bare hands, like in <i>Blade Runner</i>... Is it bad that that makes me like her more?

• This is probably stupid of me, because saying things like this inevitably lead to a shitstorm, but if she's a warrior then she probably wouldn't have a really girly-looking body. I don't remember reading whether she was a fighter or not, I'm just pointing that out.

• Isn't the show due late this year, not next year?

• Bud's going to be playing Aku? =O

• "A more kick-ass Katara" was the image that pops in my head when I first saw this. Maaan, this is gonna be sweet!

• She kind of looks like a lady's head on a man's body. Awesome seeing Faustino in this though.

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