The Lasting Legacy of Avatar: The Last Airbender
How one 2000s cartoon continues to shape entertainment
Avatar: The Last Airbender arrived on Nickelodeon as an anomaly. On a channel most known for the childish antics of SpongeBob Squarepants, Fairly OddParents, and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, it was apparent from the very pilot that I’d stumbled onto something new and different.
Too young to know what an anime was, I didn’t understand how th…
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