Avatar; The Last Airbender

When first set this brief along with many others in the class my first port of call was this anime animation, following a young boy called Aang who has been frozen in the ice for 100 year fulfil his prophecy of being the next Avatar and learn to master the four elements (coincidently the same as in the brief, earth, air fire and water) and end the war. I'm not actually a big fan of anime, I appreciate it as an art form to an extent and how it's affected animation as a culture on its own, however as it's own genre i generally tend to stay clear. However this is one anime Tv show that really captures my imagination. I just think it's got such a strong narrative. Now saying that it's the narrative that's so strong is one thing when it's based upon a book, but there is skill in taking a set of books and turning them into three seasons with roughly 13 episodes per season lasting twenty five minutes long each. I think that the anime TV Show works better than the film because of the beauty of the story is in the little details of the universe and the development of the characters through the tv show is better as it can show more traits and detail. I do however think that the casting of Prince Zuko in the film is spot on with Dev Patel, I think the prince is a lot more menacing in the tv show and it takes a long time for him to mellow. But I think Kotara and Sokka are better in the TV series because they have a lot more screen time and Kotara gets a chance to have her own story line freeing the earth benders and it makes her seem just as good natured and good hearted as the Avatar, also I think Sokka is more successful in the TV series as he's the comedy character in the Anime and his facial expressions are always spot on with the exaggeration. There is a rumour that a second and third film are to be made but as of yet there's no release dates announced only talk that the director is waiting for Noah(the guy who plays Aang) to bulk up some more. However I think it's been quite a while so unless Noah works on it after The Peppercorn Chronicles, I don't think it will happen. I did really enjoy the film though especially the effects with water in mid air.