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Let's hear it for Avatar 1.03
In which our heroes travel to the Airbender Temple whereHarry Ang schools Ron Sokka during a game of Quidditch Airball, Koryu Ang gets bored watching Komyo Sanzo Monk Tiatso smoke his pipe bake cakes, and Evil Dude Kanda Zoka calls at Fire Nation port to repair his ship, crying out, "What's my motivation!"--the answer to which question some Even Eviler Dudes are more than happy to enlighten us. Meanwhile, back at the ranch Goku Ang goes apeshit because something dreadful has happened to Konzen Tiatso. Can our heroes Hakkai and Gojyo Katara and Sokka talk him down before he does something Dire?
In other reactions, I finally figured out who Zoka reminds me of--Kanda from D.Gray-man. Also, the menfolk get shirtless and are drawn buff and with nipples. Nipples. Hosannah! Ye gods, is this really a kids' show? And finally, duels among members of the Fire Nation are referred to as "agni会." See, Mom and Dad, my Japanese and Classics majors really are applicable somewhere outside the classroom!
Ep 1.04
Okay, not as good as the proceeding three, but still really, really good. I mean, can you think of any other show where a male lead gets taken by a bunch of uppity warrior females and doesn't roundly teach them their place within the next 20 minutes? Cause, that's the first time I've ever seen that happen in kids' TV. Also, a main character gloating over how cool he is without roundly disgusting me? I never thought I'd live to see that one either. Ang reminds me of a cross between Luffy and, like, every five-year-old Japanese boy on the face of the planet. Kudos once again to this show.
Seriously, I'm only up to ep 4 and I am already having too much fun.
これで以上です。
In which our heroes travel to the Airbender Temple where
In other reactions, I finally figured out who Zoka reminds me of--Kanda from D.Gray-man. Also, the menfolk get shirtless and are drawn buff and with nipples. Nipples. Hosannah! Ye gods, is this really a kids' show? And finally, duels among members of the Fire Nation are referred to as "agni会." See, Mom and Dad, my Japanese and Classics majors really are applicable somewhere outside the classroom!
Ep 1.04
Okay, not as good as the proceeding three, but still really, really good. I mean, can you think of any other show where a male lead gets taken by a bunch of uppity warrior females and doesn't roundly teach them their place within the next 20 minutes? Cause, that's the first time I've ever seen that happen in kids' TV. Also, a main character gloating over how cool he is without roundly disgusting me? I never thought I'd live to see that one either. Ang reminds me of a cross between Luffy and, like, every five-year-old Japanese boy on the face of the planet. Kudos once again to this show.
Seriously, I'm only up to ep 4 and I am already having too much fun.
これで以上です。
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And I choose to take Aang's comment to Sokka, "Hey, nice dress!" literally--that it *is* a nice dress, and not a derogatory jab at Sokka's masculinity. (Which, actually, I think is the correct interpretation considering what comes up in a later ep....)
Oh, and you can definitely poke at me to sign onto AIM whenever; I just haven't lately, but I am an internet whore.... ;) (cinderfallen at gmail.) LJ comms for dl'ing don't work for you?
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The problem with comms, btw, is that they always spoil me, no matter how hard I try not to be, so I try not to participate if I'm not caught up on a given series.
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And yeap yeap yeap. This show makes me seriously happy. I only got into it a couple months ago, but I mainlined it like crack and now I actually have to WAIT for new eps.
I am *never* going to get over how, like you said, the characters are *decent* people. Really, it's like they examined my brain for how all fictional characters should act and plastered it onto national television. And the reincarnation is hot, too.
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Yup. Two straight hours of Avatar today. And I only stopped there because my cruddy old laptop overheated and crashed. I totally foresaw that bit with Zuko coming, but it still made me happy 'cause now I know he's a decent guy too.
Yes, the reincarnation is hot. As is all the Buddhist iconography that I would have totally missed if I didn't know anything about Buddhism. Which is really cool, if you think about it. I wonder who the writers are.
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What is hilarious is that they hired a martial artist to show the animators how to portray the real martial-arts insipired bending moves, and he decided to teach the entire team the moves, to get them to "feel" it.
Oh, and have you seen these, on YouTube?
Airbending: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WQzArgAH_Mo&mode=related&search=
There's one on each of the four elements, the consultant talking about the individual martial art that inspired each of the bending techniques. (You can find the rest of the links on the little sidebar on the actual page.)
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XD I've posted (http://sub-divided.livejournal.com/tag/series:avatar) about it a few times. (Also, OMG, if you have gotten to the second season you MUST read this post (http://lacewood.livejournal.com/108042.html) by
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Post one (http://sub-divided.livejournal.com/32716.html#cutid1)
post two (http://sub-divided.livejournal.com/32885.html#cutid2)