The Avatar Returns

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The Avatar Returns

Listen to The Avatar Returns Episode 49

Art from the ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ 15th anniversary steelbook Blu-ray. The Avatar Returns episode 49 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Guess who’s back, back again… A little flying lemur told us it was the 15th Anniversary of Avatar: The Last Airbender,

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 48

Art from ‘The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part One’ by Irene Koh and Vivian Ng. The Avatar Returns episode 48 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. We’re back for a brand new year with a brand new comics series! Following on the

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 47

Art from ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender – Vol. 5: North and South’ by Gurihiru. The Avatar Returns episode 47 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. We’re baaaaack. But there’s no cause for celebration as we’re forced to bid a sad farewell to

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Listen to the Final Episode of 'The Avatar Returns'

The final episode of The Avatar Returns is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Goodbyes are hard. That’s why we drink. In this episode your sad hosts are sad. In the absence of new Avatar: The Last Airbender or The Legend of Korra chapters

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 45

The Avatar Returns episode 45 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. The secret is out! The truth about all of the crazy breaks and pauses and hiatuses The Avatar Returns has endured over the past year-and-a-half can finally be revealed. The truth is…we

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 44

The Avatar Returns episode 44 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. It’s the ante-penultimate episode of The Avatar Returns and the boys are a little punch drunk. Paul shares a Star Wars/The Legend of Korra mashup that goes over like a lead

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 43

The Avatar Returns episode 43 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. The Avatar Returns phone tree has been activated and we’re answering the call as we head into the back half of The Legend of Korra Book Four. In chapter 407, “Reunion,” the

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 42

The Avatar Returns episode 42 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. This week on The Avatar Returns, it’s a Badass Bender Beatdown as The Legend of Korra Book Four continues. In this corner, wearing the simple green tunic, the Ever-Lovin’ Blue-Eyed Avatar (we

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 41

The Avatar Returns episode 41 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Book Four: Balance begins as we move into the final season of The Legend of Korra. Time jumps in fiction tend to be something of a mixed bag, but as our story picks

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 40

Art from ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender – Vol. 4: Smoke and Shadow’ by Gurihiru. The Avatar Returns episode 40 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. This week, a break between seasons of The Legend of Korra means a return to the days of old as

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 39

The Avatar Returns episode 35 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. This is a big one, kids. Team The Avatar Returns assembles to breakdown their thoughts on the final four chapters of The Legend of Korra, Book Three: Change. There’s a lot to

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 35

The Avatar Returns episode 35 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. The first two volumes of Dark Horse Comics’ Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel series both dealt with the difficulty of change, the cost and confusion that comes with transition. Volume 3: The

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 34

The Avatar Returns episode 34 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. The Legend of Korra Book Two: Spirits finally meanders to it’s somewhat muddled but more-or-less satisfying status quo-shattering conclusion with the final three chapters; 212, “Harmonic Convergence,” 213, “Darkness Falls,” and 214,

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 33

The Avatar Returns episode 33 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. This week on The Avatar Returns we read the immortal classic Through the Looking-Glass, and What Korra Found There, also known as The Avatar’s Adventures in Wonderland. In chapter 209, “The Guide”

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 31

The Avatar Returns episode 31 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. As The Avatar Returns continues its exploration of The Legend of Korra Book Two, Eric thinks Unalaq’s boringness continues to bore, Paul thinks Korra’s temperamental teenager act continues to grate, and

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 30

The Avatar Returns episode 30 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Six months later…we rejoin our regularly scheduled Avatar universe, already in progress. The Legend of Korra Book Two kicks off with a gurgle as angry squid spirits drag unsuspecting sailors to their

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 29

The Avatar Returns episode 29 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. M. Night Shyamalan directed a movie. Arlo made us watch it. We didn’t like it. We talk about it. We’re sorry. (Ed. note: we experience intermittent audio issues throughout recording, because

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 28

The Avatar Returns episode 28 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. This week The Avatar Returns returns to the Avatar. We continue our discussion of Dark Horse Comics’ ongoing Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel series with Volume 2 – The Search. We talk about

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 27

The Avatar Returns episode 27 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Book One of The Legend of Korra closes with a bang as Team Avatar and the United Forces face off against Amon and the Equalists. Chapter 111, “Skeletons in the Closet” finally reveals

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 25

The Avatar Returns episode 25 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Ugh, teenage love triangles. Or quadrangles. Polyhedrons? Whatever they are, ugh! Even in the world of Avatar, kids have hormones. Fortunately, The Legend of Korra manages to deal with the bulk of this

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 24

The Avatar Returns episode 24 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Amon wants a revolution, but first we get a revelation. Chapter 103, “The Revelation” to be precise, wherein we learn that the leader of the Equalists, while really scary and kind of a

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 23

The Avatar Returns episode 23 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. It’s a new age, and there’s a brand new Avatar! 70 years have passed since Aang and his friends ended the Hundred Year War, and the world has moved on. Paul,

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 22

The Avatar Returns episode 22 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. The show may have come to an end, but the Aang Gang lives on as we take this opportunity to discuss “The Promise,” the first collected volume in Dark Horse Comics’ official graphic

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 21

The Avatar Returns episode 21 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Endings are hard. Storytellers have struggled with bringing narratives to a satisfying conclusion for as long as there have been storytellers. And audiences love to debate how well even the most venerated series

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 20

The Avatar Returns episode 20 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. This week on The Avatar Returns podcast, Eric and Katara both feel the power of the Dark Side, one to run a marathon, the other to seek revenge (place your bets on which