List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes explained

is an American animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelodeon. It premiered on February 21, 2005, with two episodes,[1] and ended its three-season run on July 19, 2008, with the finale that also serves as a two-hour television film.[2] The Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise refers to each season as a "Book", in which each episode is referred to as a "chapter". Each "Book" takes its name from one of the elements that Aang, the protagonist, must master: Water, Earth, and Fire.[1] In addition to the three seasons, there were two recap episodes and three "shorts". The first recap summarized the first seventeen episodes while the second summarized season two. The first self-parody was released via an online flash game. The second and third were released with the Complete Second Season Box Set DVD.[3] The entire series has been released on DVD in Region One, Region Two, and Region Four.

In the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe there are people who are able to manipulate or "bend" the four elements: Air, Water, Earth, and Fire. There are also sub-elements, such as metal, ice, and lightning. Along with the four elements, there are four nations that correspond with each element. Not everyone can bend an element, and those that can can only bend one. However, the Avatar is a being able to manipulate all four elements, as well as communicate with the spirits. The Avatar is also born into one nation, and, after dying, is reincarnated into another nation following the pattern of Fire, Air, Water, and Earth.

The series takes place 100 years after the Fire Nation declared war against all other nations and has killed off all airbenders in search of the Avatar, who has been reincarnated as an airbender named Aang. The Avatar, trapped in ice for 100 years, knows nothing of the war. The series starts with Aang being accidentally freed by Katara, a waterbender. The series then primarily follows the adventures of Aang and his companions, Katara, Sokka, and later Toph, as he tries to master all four elements and defeat the Fire Nation. There is also a strong secondary focus on Zuko, the banished and disinherited crown prince of the Fire Nation. Zuko was scarred in a duel with his own father, the current Fire Lord, and is obsessed with trying to capture Aang to regain his father's favor and, in doing so, restoring his honor.

Series overview

Episodes

Book Three: Fire (2007–08)

Home media release

Region 1

The first Avatar: The Last Airbender DVD set became available on January 31, 2006. The first season had five DVD sets, each containing four episodes. For season two and three, four DVD sets were released, with five episodes on each. The only exception to the release pattern was the last DVD set of season three, which contained a sixth episode. At the end of each season, a box set was released, containing all of the episodes from the season. Each box set contains an additional disc of bonus features not available as an individual disc release like every episode of the series. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Series DVD box set featuring all three books was released in North America on October 6, 2015.[4] A Blu-ray version of The Complete Series box set was released in North America on June 5, 2018 in honor of the tenth anniversary of the series finale.[5]

VolumeBook One: WaterBook Two: EarthBook Three: Fire
ReleasedDiscsEpisodesReleasedDiscsEpisodesReleasedDiscsEpisodes
1January 31, 2006[6] align=center 1align=center 4January 23, 2007align=center 1align=center 5October 30, 2007align=center 1align=center 5
2March 28, 2006align=center 1align=center 4April 10, 2007align=center 1align=center 5January 22, 2008align=center 1align=center 5
3May 30, 2006align=center 1align=center 4May 22, 2007align=center 1align=center 5July 29, 2008align=center 1align=center 5
4July 18, 2006align=center 1align=center 4August 14, 2007align=center 1align=center 5September 2, 2008align=center 1align=center 6
5September 19, 2006align=center 1align=center 42021
Box setSeptember 19, 2006align=center 6[7] align=center 20September 11, 2007align=center 5[8] align=center 20September 16, 2008align=center 5[9] align=center 21
Collector's EditionJune 22, 2010align=center 7[10] align=center 20There is no collector's edition for this season.There is no collector's edition for this season.
Complete Series DVD box setOctober 6, 2015align=center 16 (Paramount Pictures)[11] align=center 61 (Paramount Pictures)
Complete Series Blu-ray box setMay 1, 2018 (Best Buy); June 5, 2018 (Elsewhere);[12] February 18, 2020 (Steelbook)[13] align=center 9align=center 54 (Paramount Pictures)

Region 2

In the United States, all Season One DVDs were encoded using NTSC. Since this is not compatible in most countries outside North America, Nickelodeon released separate DVDs in regions where the video would be encoded using PAL instead. These releases began on February 19, 2007; each DVD was released months after the original release. As with the original DVDs, each set contained five episodes on one disc, with the exception of The Complete Book One Collection Box Set, which contained all of the twenty episodes in the season on five discs.[14] In the Netherlands, all episodes came out in a box.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Series DVD box set featuring all three books was released in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2012.[15] A Blu-ray version of The Complete Series box set was released in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2018.[16]

VolumeBook One: WaterBook Two: EarthBook Three: Fire
ReleasedDiscsEpisodesReleasedDiscsEpisodesReleasedDiscsEpisodes
1February 19, 2007[17] align=center 1align=center 4Not releasedalign=center 1align=center 5Not releasedalign=center 1align=center 5
2June 4, 2007[18] align=center 1align=center 4Not releasedalign=center 1align=center 5Not releasedalign=center 1align=center 5
3September 3, 2007[19] align=center 1align=center 4Not releasedalign=center 1align=center 5Not releasedalign=center 1align=center 5
4February 18, 2008[20] align=center 1align=center 4Not releasedalign=center 1align=center 5Not releasedalign=center 1align=center 6
5May 26, 2008[21] align=center 1align=center 4There is no volume five DVD for this season.There is no volume five DVD for this season.
Box setJanuary 26, 2009[22] align=center 5align=center 20July 20, 2009[23] align=center 4align=center 20February 1, 2010[24] 421
Complete Series DVD box setAugust 6, 2012align=center 13align=center 61
Complete Series Blu-ray box setJune 11, 2018align=center 9align=center 54

Region 4

The following release dates are the Australian release dates, and may or may not represent the release dates for all of region 4.

VolumeBook One: WaterBook Two: EarthBook Three: Fire
ReleasedDiscsEpisodesReleasedDiscsEpisodesReleasedDiscsEpisodes
1March 15, 2007[25] [26] align=center 1align=center 4June 4, 2009[27] align=center 1align=center 5June 3, 2010[28] align=center 1align=center 5
2July 5, 2007[29] align=center 1align=center 4August 4, 2009[30] align=center 1align=center 5September 23, 2010[31] align=center 1align=center 5
3March 13, 2008[32] align=center 1align=center 4October 29, 2009[33] align=center 1align=center 5October 7, 2010[34] align=center 1align=center 5
4June 19, 2008[35] align=center 1align=center 4March 31, 2010[36] align=center 1align=center 5November 4, 2010[37] align=center 1align=center 6
5March 5, 2009[38] [39] align=center 1align=center 4There is no volume five DVD for this season.There is no volume five DVD for this season.
Box setJune 4, 2009[40] [41] align=center 5align=center 20September 9, 2010[42] align=center 4align=center 20December 2, 2010[43] 421
Complete Series Blu-ray box setNovember 14, 2018[44] align=center 9align=center 54

See also

References

Specific

Notes and References

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