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Avatar Korra, commonly known simply as Korra, is the title lead character in Nickelodeon's animated television series The Legend of Korra (a spin-off of Avatar: The Last Airbender), in which she is depicted as the current incarnation of Raava's Avatar—the spiritual embodiment of balance and change—responsible for maintaining peace and harmony in the world.
The Legend of Korra was initially conceived as a twelve-episode miniseries.Nickelodeon declined the creators' pitch for an Avatar: The Last Airbender follow-up animated film based on what then became the three-part comics The Promise, The Search and The Rift, choosing instead to expand Korra to 26 episodes. [5]
Upon death, Avatar Roku was reincarnated and Aang was born, and later raised by Monk Gyatso, a senior monk at the Southern Air Temple and friend of the late Avatar Roku. Even prior to learning he was the Avatar, Aang distinguished himself by becoming one of the youngest Airbending Masters in history by inventing a new technique.
Korra's father Tonraq, Bolin and Mako go to search for Korra, who is resisting entering the Avatar State. As she resists, she sees her past enemies: Amon, Unalaq and Vaatu. Eventually, Korra stops resisting and enters the Avatar State, however the Red Lotus find they have underrated Korra's power as she quickly escapes her chains.
The show was initially titled Avatar: Legend of Korra, then The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra; its events occur seventy years after the end of Avatar: The Last Airbender. [117] The series' protagonist is Korra, a 17-year-old girl from the Southern Water Tribe who is the incarnation of the Avatar after Aang's death. [115]
The episode was meant to be the last in a planned miniseries entitled Avatar: Legend of Korra but the series was extended to 26, and then 52 episodes and "Endgame" became simply the season finale. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The animation was done by Studio Mir via the most tradition method of frame-by-frame drawings, with each episode consisting of over ...
The sand shark from which Korra and Asami flee in episode 10 is based on the sarcastic fringehead, a small fish found in the Pacific. [14] For reasons of time, the designers re-used the design for Zuko and Iroh's apartment in Ba Sing Se from Avatar: The Last Airbender for the apartment of Mako and Bolin's family in episode 11. [15]
While Kuvira initially has the advantage due to Korra having been out of practice for three years following her poisoning, Kuvira is immediately overwhelmed after Korra taps into the Avatar State and is nearly killed, only surviving when Korra has a PTSD-influenced hallucination of Zaheer that forces her out of the Avatar State, allowing Kuvira ...