Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 23:31, 27 September 2013

The Legend of Korra is an American animated television series that premiered on the Nickelodeon television network in 2012. It was created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino as a sequel to their series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which aired on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008. Several people involved with creating Avatar, including designer Joaquim Dos Santos and composers Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, returned to work on The Legend of Korra.

The series is set in a fictional universe where some people can manipulate, or "bend", the elements of water, earth, fire, or air. Only one person, the "Avatar", can bend all four elements, and is responsible for maintaining balance in the world. The series follows Avatar Korra, the successor of Aang from the previous series, as she faces political and spiritual unrest in a modernizing world.

The series, whose style is strongly influenced by Japanese animation, has been a critical and commercial success. It obtained the highest audience total for an animated series in the United States in 2012. The series was praised by reviewers for its high production values and for addressing difficult sociopolitical issues such as social unrest and terrorism. It was initially conceived as a miniseries of 12 episodes, but it is now set to run for 52 episodes separated into four seasons ("books"), each of which tells a separate story.

Series overview

The Legend of Korra was initially conceived as a 12-episode miniseries. Nickelodeon declined the creators' pitch for an Avatar follow-up animated movie based on what then became the comic The Search, choosing instead to expand Korra to 26 episodes. The series was expanded further in July 2012 to 52 episodes. These episodes will be grouped into four separate seasons ("books") composed of 12 to 14 episodes ("chapters") each, with each season telling a stand-alone story. The Legend of Korra will conclude with the fourth season.

Story

Setting

The Legend of Korra is set in the fictional world of Avatar: The Last Airbender 70 years after the events of that series. The world is separated into four nations: the (Northern and Southern) Water Tribes, the Air Nomads, the Earth Kingdom, and the Fire Nation. The focus of the series is "bending," the ability of some humans (and animals) to telekinetically manipulate the element associated with their nation (water, earth, fire or air). Bending is carried out using spiritual and physical exercises, which are portrayed in the series as similar to Chinese and other Asian martial arts.

Only one person, the "Avatar", can bend all four elements. Cyclically reincarnating among the world's four nations, the Avatar is responsible for maintaining peace and balance in the world. The Legend of Korra focuses on Avatar Korra, a tomboyish seventeen-year-old girl from the Southern Water Tribe. At the start of the series, she has already mastered waterbending, earthbending, and firebending, but must complete her training by learning airbending from Tenzin, the youngest child of Aang and Katara.

The series is mostly set in Republic City, the capital of the United Republic of Nations, a state that emerged after the end of the war that occurred in Avatar: The Last Airbender. The metropolis, described as "if Manhattan had happened in Asia" by the series' creators, has become a melting pot for people of all nations. Its residents are united by their passion for "pro-bending," a spectator sport in which two teams composed of one earthbender, waterbender, and firebender try to throw each other out of a ring using bending techniques.

Synopsis

The first season, Book One: Air, sees Korra move from her secluded upbringing at the South Pole to Republic City to learn airbending from Tenzin, Avatar Aang's son. She enters the pro-bending league, and befriends the brothers Bolin and Mako, who she eventually falls in love with, as well as Asami Sato, heiress to Future Industries. The ambitious politician Tarrlok enlists Korra to fight the anti-bender uprising of the "Equalists", led by the masked Amon who strips benders of their abilities. Korra and her friends, aided by police chief Lin Beifong and United Forces general Iroh, manage to unmask and topple Amon, ending the military coup with which he seized Republic City.

The second season, Book Two: Spirits, is set six months later. Its premiere episodes focus on the conflict between the human and the spirit world, between the Southern and Northern Water Tribe, and between the Northern Tribe's chief Unalaq and his banished brother, Korra's father Tonraq.

Cast and characters

Main cast and Book 1 recurring cast
Janet Varney	David Faustino	P. J. Byrne	Seychelle Gabriel	J. K. Simmons	Mindy Sterling	Dee Bradley Baker	Steve Blum
Korra	Mako	Bolin	Asami Sato	Tenzin	Lin Beifong	Naga, Pabu, Oogi, Tarrlok	Amon/Noatak

Korra (Janet Varney), the series' 17-year-old "headstrong and rebellious" protagonist, and Aang's successor as the Avatar. Her transformation "from brash warrior to a spiritual being", according to DiMartino, is a principal theme of the series. The character was inspired by Bryan Konietzko's "pretty tough" sister, and by female MMA fighters, notably Gina Carano. The series focuses on Korra and her friends: bending brothers Mako and Bolin and non-bender Asami. Older brother Mako (David Faustino) is a firebender that's described as "dark and brooding", having grown up on the streets. The character was named after Mako Iwamatsu, the original voice actor for Iroh in the original series. Younger brother Bolin (P. J. Byrne) is an earthbender who has an opposite personality and is described as lighthearted, humorous, and "always having a lady on his arm". Asami Sato (Seychelle Gabriel) is the only main character who is a non-bender and is the only daughter of the wealthy industrialist Hiroshi Sato. The other main characters are airbender master Tenzin (J. K. Simmons), Republic City police chief Lin Beifong (Mindy Sterling), and animal friends Naga and Pabu (both Dee Bradley Baker, the voice of a number of animals (including Appa and Momo) in the original series). Pabu was inspired by Futa, a famous standing Japanese red panda.

Recurring characters include Tenzin's wife Pema (Maria Bamford) and their children Jinora (Kiernan Shipka), Ikki (Darcy Rose Byrnes), Meelo (Logan Wells), and Rohan. Jinora is calm and an avid reader; Ikki is described as "fun, crazy, and a fast talker"; Meelo is hyperactive; and Rohan is born during the third-to-last episode of Book One. Korra and her friends are supported by Iroh (Dante Basco, the voice actor of Zuko in the original series), a firebender and General of the "United Forces". He is described as "a swashbuckling hero-type guy". He is named after Iroh, Zuko's uncle in the original series.

Book One: Air features two main antagonists: the Equalist movement's mysterious masked leader Amon (Steve Blum) that has the power to remove a person's bending, and Republic City's ambitious, charismatic Councilman and waterbender Tarrlok (Dee Bradley Baker) from the Northern Water Tribe who resorts to increasingly repressive methods. Other recurring Equalist antagonists include second-in-command "Lieutenant" (Lance Henriksen) and self-made founder Hiroshi Sato (Daniel Dae Kim) of Future Industries (a company that makes the "Satomobile", this series' version of the Model-T automobile). Hiroshi's character was inspired by Theodore Roosevelt and by the Japanese industrialists Keita Goto and Iwasaki Yatarō. Both Amon and Tarrlok are eventually revealed to be the sons of mob boss Yakone (Clancy Brown) from Aang's lifetime in Republic City's past.

Book 2 recurring cast
Grey DeLisle
Grey DeLisle	Lisa Edelstein	Aubrey Plaza	James Remar	Steven Yeun
The Dark Spirit	Kya	Eska	Tonraq	Wan

Book Two: Spirits features Korra's and Tenzin's family, including Tenzin's siblings Kya (Lisa Edelstein) and Bumi (Richard Riehle), as well as Korra’s father Tonraq (James Remar), her twin cousins Desna (Aaron Himelstein) and Eska (Aubrey Plaza), as well as her uncle Unalaq (Adrian LaTourelle), the chief of both Water Tribes. Book 2 also features John Michael Higgins as the businessman Varrick, Grey DeLisle as "The Dark Spirit" and Steven Yeun as Wan, the first Avatar. Set six months after the events of the first season, Book Two sees Mako as a police officer, Asami in charge of Future Industries, and Bolin leading a new "Fire Ferrets" pro-bending team with little success.

Production

Development

The Legend of Korra was co-created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California. To illustrate the length of the production process (about 10 to 12 months per episode) and the overlap of the various phases, Konietzko wrote in July 2013 that their team was already developing the storyboards for the first episode of Book 4 while the last episodes of Book 2 were not yet finished.

Book One: Air

Production of the series was announced at the annual Comic-Con in San Diego on July 22, 2010. It was originally due for release in October 2011. Tentatively titled Avatar: Legend of Korra at the time, it was intended to be a twelve-episode mini series set in the same fictional universe as the original show, but seventy years later. In 2011, the title was changed to The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra, and again in March 2012 to The Legend of Korra. The premiere was eventually delayed to April 14, 2012.

Animation work was mostly done by the South Korean animation studio Studio Mir. According to animation director Yoo Jae-myung, Nickelodeon was initially reluctant to approve the series and suspended production because, unlike in almost all American animated series, the protagonist was a girl. Conventional wisdom, according to Konietzko, had it that "girls will watch shows about boys, but boys won't watch shows about girls". The creators eventually persuaded the channel's executives to change their mind. Konietzko related that in test screenings, boys said that Korra being a girl didn't matter to them: "They just said she was awesome."

The creators wrote all of the episodes of the first season themselves, omitting "filler episodes" to allow for a concise story. Once the series was expanded from its original 12-episode schedule to 26 and then to 52, more writers were brought in so that the creators could focus on design work. Joaquim Dos Santos and Ryu Ki-Hyun, who worked on the animation and design of the original series, also became involved with creating The Legend of Korra, as is storyboarder Ian Graham. Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, who composed the soundtrack for the original series as "The Track Team," also returned to score The Legend of Korra.

Later seasons

Animation director Yoo Jae-myung of Studio Mir said that the impetus to renew the series for four seasons came from the president of Nickelodeon and its parent company MTV, who believed that The Legend of Korra had the potential to replace SpongeBob SquarePants as the channel's flagship animation series. By June 2012, Book Two's writing had been completed and the episodes were in the process of being storyboarded and animated. The animation work for Book Two was shared by the Japanese Studio Pierrot and Studio Mir, while Book Three is again set to be animated by Studio Mir alone.

As of May 2013, seasons two, three and four were in development simultaneously according to Bryan Konietzko. The second season, Book Two: Spirits, premiered on September 13, 2013.

Style

The Legend of Korra is produced mainly as traditional animation, with most frames drawn on paper in Korea by the animators at Studio Mir and scanned for digital processing. Each episode comprises about 15,000 drawings. The series makes occasional use of computer-generated imagery for complex scenes, most noticeably in the animations of the pro-bending arena or the Satomobile factory.

While The Legend of Korra is produced in the U.S. and therefore not a work of Japanese animation ("anime") in the strict sense, The Escapist magazine argued that the series is so strongly influenced by anime that it would otherwise easily be classified as such: Its protagonists (a superpowered heroine, her group of talented, supporting friends, a near-impervious villain who wants to reshape the world), its themes (family, friendship, fear, and death) and the quality of its voice acting as well as the style of its visuals are very similar to those of leading anime series such as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Bleach or Trigun. A notable difference from such series is the absence of lengthy opening and ending sequences set to J-pop songs: to save broadcast time, The Legend of Korra's openings and endings last only a few seconds. The series mostly abstains from using the visual tropes characteristic of anime, but does occasionally use exaggerated facial expressions to highlight emotions for comic effect.

Music

The Legend of Korra is set to music by Jeremy Zuckerman, who already wrote the music for Avatar with Benjamin Wynn. For Korra, Zuckerman is the sole composer while Wynn is the lead sound designer; the two collaborate with Foley artist Aran Tanchum and showrunner Mike DiMartino on the soundscape of the series.

Konietzko and DiMartino's concept for the score was to blend traditional Chinese music with early jazz. On that basis, Zuckerman composed a score combining elements of Dixieland, traditional Chinese music and Western orchestration. It is performed mainly by a string sextet and various Chinese solo instruments, including a dizi flute, paigu drums, a guqin and a Mongolian matouqin.

A soundtrack CD, The Legend of Korra: Original Music from Book One, was published on 16 July 2013.

Reception

Reviews

The Legend of Korra received critical acclaim. David Hinckley of the New York Daily News wrote that the "visually striking" series is "full of little tricks and nuances that only true fans will notice and savor, but nothing prevents civilians from enjoying it as well." Brian Lowry of Variety felt that the series "represents a bit more ambitious storytelling for older kids, and perhaps a few adults with the geek gene." Prior to the first season's finale, Scott Thill of Wired hailed The Legend of Korra as "the smartest cartoon on TV," able to address adults' spiritual and sociopolitical concerns while presenting an "alternately riveting and hilarious ride packed with fantasy naturalism, steampunk grandeur, kinetic conflicts, sci-fi weaponry and self-aware comedy." In The Atlantic, Julie Beck characterized the series as "some of the highest quality fantasy of our time", appreciating it for combining nuanced social commentary with Avatar's "warmth, whimsy, and self-referential wit".

Several reviewers noted the sociopolitical issues that, unusually for an animated series on a children's channel, run through The Legend of Korra. Thill proposed that the Equalists' cause reflected the recent appearance of the Occupy movement, and DiMartino responded that though the series was written before Occupy Wall Street began, he agreed that the show similarly depicted "a large group of people who felt powerless up against a relatively small group of people in power." Beck wrote that The Legend of Korra used magic to illustrate "the growing pains of a modernizing world seeing the rise of technology and capitalism, and taking halting, jerky steps toward self-governance", while portraying no side of the conflict as entirely flawless. Alyssa Rosenberg praised the show for examining issues of class in an urban setting, and a guest post in her column argued that the struggle between Korra and Amon's Equalists reflected some of the ideas of John Rawls' "luck egalitarianism," praising the show for tackling moral issues of inequality and redistribution.

Ratings

Book One: Air drew an average of 4.3 million viewers per episode. This was the highest audience total for an animated series in the U.S. in 2012.

Book Two: Spirits premiered with 2.6 million viewers, well below the first season premiere's 4.5 million. The reduced number of broadcast viewers was thought to have been influenced by the long period between seasons, a change in time slot (Friday evening instead of Saturday morning), the increased availability of digital download services, and generally reduced ratings for the Nickelodeon channel.

The following graphic shows viewer numbers for the first airings: Template:The Legend of Korra ratings

Awards

The Legend of Korra received two nominations for the 2012 Annie Awards. Bryan Konietzko, Joaquim Dos Santos, Ryu Ki-Hyun, Kim Il Kwang and Kim Jin Sun were nominated in the category of Best Character Design in an Animated Television Production, and the first two episodes were nominated in the category of Best Animated Television Production for Children. The series was also nominated for the "Outstanding Children's Program" award from among the 2012 NAACP Image Awards, which "celebrates the accomplishments of people of color".

IGN editors and readers awarded the series the "IGN People's Choice Award" and the "Best TV Animated Series" award in 2012. The series also took second place (after My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) in a TV.com readers' poll for the "Best Animated Series" of 2012.

Media

Broadcast

The first season (Book One: Air) aired in the U.S. on Nickelodeon between April 14, 2012 and June 23, 2012, and are available in the U.S. on the channel's website and through the Hulu Plus service. They were broadcast in other countries on the local Nickelodeon channels beginning in August 2012.

The second season (Book Two: Spirits) began airing on Nickelodeon in the U.S. on September 13, 2013.

Home video

Book One: Air of The Legend of Korra was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 9 July 2013. It contains audio commentary from the creators, cast, and crew. Both versions contain a special feature consisting of a comical interview with the series' characters in puppet form. The Blu-ray version additionally contains audio commentaries for all episodes and an extra called "Series creators' Favorite Scenes: Eight Animatics".

In the U.S., The Legend of Korra is also distributed through digital download services such as iTunes or Amazon.com in parallel to its broadcast.

Art

As with Avatar, a hardcover art book, The Legend of Korra: The Art of the Animated Series (Book One: Air) (ISBN 978-1616551681), details the creation of the series's first 12 episodes. It was published by Dark Horse in August 2013.

In July 2013, Nickelodeon published a free interactive e-book, The Legend of Korra: Enhanced Experience, on iTunes. It contained material such as concept art, character biographies, animatics and storyboards.

In March 2013, PixelDrip Gallery organized a The Legend of Korra fan art exhibition in Los Angeles with the support of the series's creators, and later published a documentary video about it.

Novels

Book One: Air was adapted as two novels by Erica David, aimed at readers ages twelve and up. The novelizations were published by Random House in 2013:

• Revolution (ISBN 978-0449815540), adapting episodes one to six, published on 8 January 2013
• Endgame (ISBN 978-0449817346), adapting episodes seven to twelve, published on 23 July 2013

Film

In August 2012, Variety reported that Paramount Animation, a sister company of Nickelodeon, was starting development of several animated movies, with budgets of around US$100 million. According to Variety, a possible candidate for one of the films was The Legend of Korra. Series creator Bryan Konietzko later wrote on his blog that no such movie was in development. In July 2013, he said that he and DiMartino were far too busy working on multiple seasons of the TV series in parallel to consider developing a film adaptation at that time.

Promotional media

In 2013, before the premiere of Book Two, Nickelodeon produced Republic City Hustle, three animated short videos that cover part of the life of Mako and Bolin as street hustlers prior to the events of the first season. They are written by Tim Hedrick, one of the writers for Book Two, and designed by Evon Freeman.

Nickelodeon also makes several Adobe Flash-based browser games based on The Legend of Korra available on their website.

References

1. ^ "Nick Press The Legend of Korra press release" (PDF). Nick Press. Burbank, California: Viacom. March 15, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012. In the premiere episode, "Welcome to Republic City,"... In episode two, "A Leaf in the Wind,"... Cite error: The named reference "pressrelease" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
2. "'Avatar: The Search' was pitched as a movie by Mike DiMartino, but Nick opted for 'Korra' Book 2". Hypable. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
3. ^ Konietzko, Bryan (July 12, 2012). "I'm Sure This Meme Is Dead By Now But It Still". Retrieved July 12, 2012.
4. Goldman, Eric (April 9, 2013). "The Legend of Korra Book One: Air - Exclusive Blu-Ray and DVD Release Date and Cover Art Reveal 'Book 1: Air' on DVD, Blu". TV Shows on DVD. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
5. "Legend of Korra: Book One - Air". Ezy DVD. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
6. ^ Farley, Christopher (March 8, 2011). "'The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra: The Creators Speak". SpeakEasy. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
7. John, Christopher (July 19, 2010). "Legend of Korra: The Avatar Creators on the New Spinoff – Speakeasy – WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
8. Konietzko, Bryan; DiMartino, Michael Dante (June 22, 2012). "The Legend of Korra: All Answered Questions". Korra Nation. Retrieved June 30, 2012. (Transcript)
9. Di Martino, Michael (April 16, 2013). "The story behind Breaking Bad". Why Story Matters. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
10. Patches, Matt (July 13, 2012). "Comic-Con 2012: 'Legend of Korra' Panel Reveals Book 2: Spirit Detail". Hollywood.com. Hollywood.com, LLC. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
11. Farley, Christopher John (June 22, 2012). "'The Legend of Korra' Creators Answer Your Questions". Wall Street Journal, "Speakeasy" Blog. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
12. Marissa Lee (July 28, 2011). "Legend of Korra Panel at ComicCon 2011". Retrieved July 30, 2011.
13. Matt Goldberg (July 24, 2011). "Trailer for The Last Airbender: Legend Of Korra; New Details on the Upcoming Miniseries". Retrieved July 26, 2011.
14. Konietzko, Bryan (September 28, 2012). "Years ago, on the Avatar production, ..." Retrieved September 29, 2012.
15. "The cast announcements for The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra from WSJ". News from Wall Street Journal. March 7, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
16. ^ "The Last Airbender Legend Of Korra Panel News". July 23, 2011. p. 1. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
17. "Dante Basco returns". Retrieved November 22, 2010.
18. "Dante playing character similar to Zuko". Dante Basco in Twitter. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
19. ^ Farley, Christopher John (June 19, 2012). "'The Legend of Korra' Creators Preview the Season Finale". Wall Street Journal, Speakeasy blog. Retrieved June 20, 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
20. Devindra Hardawar (July 24, 2011). "The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra Trailer: Simply Stunning". Retrieved July 26, 2011.
21. "Tarrlok / Waterbender". www.nick.com. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
22. Konietzko, Bryan. "June 4, 2012". Retrieved June 5, 2012.
23. Snierson, Dan (July 10, 2013). "'Legend of Korra': Aubrey Plaza, James Remar, Lisa Edelstein join cast for Book 2". EW.com. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
24. Hudson, Laura (July 18, 2013). "Exclusive: Walking Dead Star Will Be First Avatar on Legend of Korra". Wired. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
25. DiMartino, Mike (February 14, 2013). "The Icarus Deception: Don't believe the story you've been told". Retrieved February 16, 2013.
26. Konietzko, Bryan (July 18, 2013). "JULY 18, 2013". Retrieved July 18, 2013.
27. Rothing, Hilary (July 8, 2010). "Avatar: Legend of Korra Details at Comic-Con?". UGO Entertainment. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
28. ^ "Speakeasy blog By Christopher John Farley". The Wall Street Journal. March 8, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
29. "Animation News Discussion Cartoon Community – toonzone news". Toonzone.net. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
30. "The INNERview #61 - Yoo Jae-myung (유재명), Animation director". ArirangTV. May 2, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
31. Ulaby, Neda (April 13, 2012). "'Airbender' Creators Reclaim Their World In 'Korra'". Retrieved June 15, 2013. {{cite news}}: Check |authorlink= value (help)
32. Fitzpatrick, Kevin (July 26, 2010). "Comic-Con 2010: The Legend of Korra Interview". UGO.com. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
33. Sims, Andrew (July 13, 2012). "'Legend of Korra' San Diego Comic-Con fan panel – live blog". Hypable. Hypable. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
34. Patches, Matt (August 5, 2010). "Airbender Composer Duo Track Team Talk Korra and More". UGO. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
35. "The INNERview #61 - Yoo Jae-myung (유재명), Animation director". ArirangTV. May 2, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013. At 46:10.
36. "Legend Of Korra Book 3 Animated By Studio Mir Only: Will Production Time Quicken Without Pierrot Co?". KpopStarz. August 9, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
37. Konietzko, Bryan. "May 14, 2013". Retrieved May 17, 2013.
38. Ulaby, Neda (April 13, 2012). "'Airbender' Creators Reclaim Their World In 'Korra'". National Public Radio.
39. ^ O'Brien, Chris (July 30, 2012). "Can Americans Make Anime?". The Escapist. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
40. Schick, Michal (September 23, 2013). "SeptBender Interview: Jeremy Zuckerman discusses music-bending on 'The Legend of Korra'". Hypable. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
41. "Eagle Rock and Silver Lake musical duo hit the right note with animated series". The Eastsider LA. September 18, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
42. Patches, Matt (July 11, 2013). "Listen to Two Exclusive Clips From the Legend of Korra Soundtrack". Vulture. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
43. Danton, Eric R. (June 13, 2013). "Listen to An Exclusive Music Track from 'The Legend of Korra'". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
44. April 14, 2012. "Nickelodeon's new 'Legend of Korra' puts a kick into animated female heroes". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 19, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
45. Lowry, Brian (April 11, 2012). "The Legend of Korra review". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
46. Thill, Scott (June 23, 2012). "Why Legend of Korra Is the Smartest Cartoon on TV". Wired. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
47. ^ Beck, Julie (September 20, 2013). "The Legend of Korra: A TV Show for Kids With Serious Appeal for Adults". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
48. Thill, Scott (April 13, 2012). "The Legend of Korra Upgrades Avatar's Mythic Bending Epic". Wired. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
49. Rosenberg, Alyssa (March 27, 2012). "'The Legend of Korra' Tackles Class and Urbanization, Is Amazing". ThinkProgress. Retrieved September 11, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
50. Beauchamp, Zack (May 16, 2012). "Guest Post: 'The Legend of Korra' Takes On Redistribution". ThinkProgress. Retrieved September 11, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
51. Kepler, Adam (September 14, 2012). "New Animated Series Make Inroads in Ratings". New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
52. Schick, Michal (September 17, 2013). "'The Legend of Korra' season 2 premiere brings in low ratings". Hypable. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
53. King, Susan (December 3, 2012). "'Brave,' 'Wreck-It Ralph' among nominees for the Annie Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
54. "The "44TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS" NOMINEES ANNOUNCED" (PDF). NAACP. December 11, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
55. "Best TV Animated Series". IGN. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
56. "TV.com's Best of 2012: Best Animated Series". TV.com. January 4, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
57. . BTVA http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/btva-awards/2012/television/. Retrieved May 3, 2013. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
58. Goldman, Eric (April 9, 2013). "The Legend of Korra Book One: Air — Exclusive Blu-Ray and DVD Release Date and Cover Art Reveal". IGN. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
59. Schick, Michael (February 6, 2013). "'The Legend of Korra' season 1 DVD release date revealed, along with art book based on animated series". Hypable. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
60. "iTunes.com/Korra". Retrieved July 2, 2013.
61. Goldman, Eric (July 1, 2013). "The Legend of Korra: Sneak Peek at the New Enhanced Experience Interactive Book". IGN. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
62. Konietzko, Bryan (September 23, 2013). "I'm The Art Show, Deal With It! A Legend of Korra Tribute (by PixelDrip Gallery)". Retrieved September 24, 2013.
63. Schick, Michael (October 31, 2012). "'Legend of Korra' roundup: Season 3 moving forward, season 1 novelized". Hypable. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
64. Graser, Marc; Kroll, Justin (August 17, 2012). "Paramount ramping up animation slate". Variety. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
65. Konietzko, Bryan (August 29, 2012). "No Korra movie in the works at this time". Retrieved August 30, 2012.
66. "IGN Live at San Diego Comic-Con 2013". IGN. 19 July 2013 (interview at 2:30). Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
67. Hudson, Laura (August 9, 2013). "Exclusive Look at the First Legend of Korra Webisode". Wired. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
68. DiMartino, Mike. "8.9.13". Retrieved August 9, 2013.
69. "The Legend of Korra: Games". Nickelodeon. Retrieved January 30, 2013.

External links

• Official website
• The Legend of Korra at IMDb
• Studio Mir (Animation Production Studio)

Template:Nickelodeon original series and Nicktoons

• The Legend of Korra
• 2010s American animated television series
• 2010s American television series
• 2010s Nickelodeon shows
• 2012 American television series debuts
• American children's television series
• Anime-influenced animation
• English-language television programming
• Fantasy television series
• Martial arts television series
• Nicktoons
• Sequel television series
• Steampunk television series
• Terrorism in fiction