"Against the wishes of her guardians, Korra leaves the safety of her home in the Southern Water Tribe to travel to Republic City. After her Airbending teacher and spiritual mentor Tenzin agrees to let her stay in the city, Korra discovers the exciting world of Pro-bending. Before long, Korra’s Avatar skills are put to the test when she encounters a group of Chi-blockers that threaten the city and all the benders in it led by a masked man named Amon. He plots to gain control over Republic City and ultimately rid the world of the “impurity” of bending. Sequel to Nick’s Award Winning Avatar TV series arrives on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time." - (Alert)
The new Avatar, Korra, learns to master all the elements and faces challenges in trying to master Air. - (Baker & Taylor)
From the creators of the Award-winning Avatar: The Last Airbender, comes a new TV series that continues the exciting adventures of element bending. When Avatar Aang passes, he is reincarnated as a girl named Korra, from the Southern Water Tribe. Against the wishes of her guardians, Korra leaves the safety of her home to travel to Republic City. Before long, Korra's Avatar skills are put to the test when she encounters a group of Chi-blockers led by a masked man named Amon. With his Equalists followers, Amon plots to gain control over Republic City and ultimately rid the world of the "impurity" of bending. Korra and her friends will stop at nothing to capture him, leading to an Avatar adventure like nothing before in Legend of Korra: Book One: Air! - (Universal Studios Home Entert.)
Video Librarian Reviews
Nickelodeon follows up its popular Avatar: The Last Airbender quasi-anime fantasy multi-volume series with this next-generation successor, visually rendered by South Korean artists with Japanese-style cartoon brio. The setting moves from the feudal-style era of the now-deceased hero-mage Avatar Aang to a city location (think magical Hong Kong or Shanghai) with 1930s-level technology. Korra, a headstrong teenage girl from a mystic tribe, is a prodigious "bender," having superpowers that enable her to manipulate earth, fire, and water (she also sports some impressive martial-arts moves). Although impulsive and undisciplined, Korra inherits the protective role of "Avatar" of the sprawling Republic City. But a strong anti-superpower political-movement-cum-cult is rising, led by a seemingly invulnerable masked villain. An especially nice touch here is the fast-talking narrator, who tells the story in the retro manner of vintage cliffhanger serials and radio shows. Available on DVD and Blu-ray, extras include a "making-of" featurette starring hand puppets (exclusive to the Blu-ray release are audio commentaries and animatics). Sure to appeal to fans of the original Avatar series, this is highly recommended. Aud: P. (C. Cassady)Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2011.