Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] (Packaging May Vary)

First of all what a MESS of reviews my god.... What was amazon thinking mixing the dvd reviews together with the blu ray reviews? In case you haven't noticed this review is for the recently released avatar the last airbender blu ray set. What the hell took them so long? The legend of kora has been on blu ray for a while now.... All well we have it now so it doesn't matter. Lets get into the review! We all know the story of the last airbender by now, I don't really have to repeat it. It's a fantastic journey were the boy Aang goes on to learn the rest of the 3 elements so that he can save the world from the fire nation. The slip cover looks amazing and the art cover for the blu ray case looks fantastic. Really well done compared to the legend of kora blu ray set, even though I wish it also had an artbook like the legend of kora blu ray set because I do indeed like the artwork of the avatar series. Some technical features are that the picture is in a 4×3 size hence the black bars to the side. I guess it makes sense that they didn't want to stretch the picture due to the old animation originaly made to fit tv screens. I'm not complaing seeing as I own other old animes on blu rays with that aspect raito like yu yu hakasho. It's 3 disks per book. Book water being on disk one, two and three, Book earth being on disk four, five and six, the final book, the Book fire being on disk seven, eight and nine. It's has 1 disk more than the legend of kora blu ray being 4 hours longer than legend of kora which is quite a big difference. The whole runtime is 1464 minutes which in simple terms is 24 hours and 14 minutes long. This doesn't touch the fact that on how long the special features are.... That's a lot of watch time... That's even more runtime than a 51 episode anime series. If you think your going to watch this in a day? That would be physically impossible... It's something that it can take you more than a week to watch if anything. Even a 25 episode animes that's quite a lot to watch in one sitting... So if your are wondering if this is your bang for your buck, yes it is... Special Features Include: The Making of Avatar Featuretts, Original Uncut Animattic "Bato of the Water Tribe", Original Uncut Animattic", Behind the Scenes with the Avatar Cast & Crew, Avatar Super Deformed Shorts, Into the Fire Nation at San Diego Comic-Con, The Women of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" as well as even more Featuretts, Audio Commentaries and More. Thats a lot of special features right there, pretty sure most of them were on on the previous dvds just ported over to the blu ray set. The picture looks better than ever even with the black bars on the side, the technicolor gives it better color, Audio is dts-HD Master Audio and Dolby Audio, it sounds great for only 2.0 audio, though should be 5.1 audio like the legend of kora... Still it looks great on blu ray, even though it's older textures still being there. Conclusion? This is one of the best blu ray purchases I have made in a LONG time. The price alone is fantastic for so many episodes! If this wasn't a cartoon but an anime then the price would probably be nearly over 100 dollers! For only 29.99 plus tax? This is a steal! Go buy it right now. I also recommend buying the legend of kora blu ray set.

Great story, fantastic voice actors, great animation. It's for kids, and younger crowds, but still suited for the grown-ups. Highly recommended for anyone.

I am a huge animation fan. I have always loved shows that take pride in good animation whether it be Jonny Quest, Gargoyles, Batman the animated series, Talespin, whatever. Unfortunately, after the 90s there was a decline in quality animation in favor of a low quality, high level of production animation. Avatar looked different, but when it first came out I was busy with sports and never got a chance to watch it on tv. Now after all these years of hearing a lot of good things about avatar I decided to find out whether the show really is as good as people claim or if it’s merely that it came at such a low era in animation that it is being compared to other shows of the same time. After watching it I can say it is the most impressive animated tv show I’ve ever seen. The animation is flawless and the movements are so fluid and with a show based on fast movements and fights that is a fairly rare and very impressive accomplishment. Really my only issue with the show is the way vehicles are animated is more of computerish as opposed to traditional animation which clashes at times, but I don’t let it distract me enough to hurt the show. The voice acting in the show is another impressive aspect. The voices and emotions are perfect and when taking into account the characters being animated appropriately it works perfectly together. Then there’s the soundtrack... I must admit while watching it at first the soundtrack is so perfect that I really didn’t “notice” it cause it wasnt distracting or too in your face. It wasn’t until I was about halfway through the series i decided to listen to the soundtrack on YouTube. It was at that time listening to it as a stand alone that I realized how good it was(and recognized it from the show but because I was so focused on the beautiful animation I wasn’t giving it the attention it deserved), and from that point on I paid more attention to it during the show. Then there’s the story... I’m a sucker for animated shows that are continuous and build on each other and avatar does that masterfully. The development of characters is fabulous and there is an emotional aspect that you actually really feel and get drawn into(credit the animation, voice acting, soundtrack, and writing for that). One warning to people so they don’t get mad like I did. I watched the entire series for the first time with this BluRay set, and I would watch 2-3 episodes per night. Well one night it was getting late and I needed to get up early but I wanted to watch one more it turned out to be “City of Walls and Secrets” and without giving spoilers this episode was great and left me with some serious suspense, so even though it was already really late I watched one more episode to see what would happen next... the next episode was “Tales of Ba Sing Se”... and it was a “filler” episode that I absolutely hated because I was in such suspense and they changed directions all the sudden and ignored what happened the episode before. Now people tend to love “Tales of Ba Sing Se”(and I like it too now that I’ve watched it without the expectation I had) but it’s just a word of warning not to expect something from it that you won’t get. That was the only time during the entire series I was disappointed. So overall it’s the best show I’ve seen cause the animation is on a level of its own, the emotion and acting is superb, and the story and soundtrack will definitely entertain you. I can’t imagine anyone disliking the show.

product arrived on time! its plays with no problems so I am really happy with it. thank you!

One of the greatest cartoons of all time.

Amazing show. Stands the test of time.

I received it quickly and promptly, in good packaging and in good condition. Always good to have a hard-copy when it comes to "classics". Avatar The Last Airbender is an American anime series by Nickelodeon studios, producing an episode every week or so over three volumes, from 2005 until 2008. It blends traditional Eastern philosophy, history, and thought into an imaginary traditional eastern-asian world, and it is replete with traditional stories, martial arts, symbols, designs, and meanings that flesh out the movie in ways that reflect a decent understanding of eastern philosophy and its underlying historical roots. The best part of the series is its unity in showing us a good story about how a child and his friends overcome challenges on their journey to become adults who learn to fight the madness, dangers, and perils of their world. The story balances good leaders with the bad leaders in ways that kids can find constructive and informative with parental supervision. Moreover, Avatar made their movie enjoyable, not political. Their is an underlying logic that grounds the whole series, making it understandable - and therefore, enjoyable. Although I think Avatar is highly recommended for teenagers and older, I do not think it deserves to be shown to younger kids with a lacking understanding of western philosophy or without parental supervision. Although the eastern philosophy system seems rich in meaning and depth, it is utterly lacking in explaining reality compared to the Aristotelian real philosophy that Western civilization was built off of. Eastern philosophy suffers from the concept of "yin-yang" eastern traditional thought often to absurd extremes, such as the idea that "good" and "evil" are constantly in "balance", an objectively false balance system, where evil and good take turns "winning". As such, the Avatar's story is very good, but its philosophy may confuse your children without a foundational understanding of a good logic or life's philosophy. Regardless, I always found Uncle Iroh's teachings iconic and inspiring.

fair price, got here on time for my brothers birthday even thou it was a last minute thing i bought, factory sealed. Are boxes all checked and no complaints here. it’s well worth it

Quando ho comprato questo prodotto temevo che il mio lettore DVD non l'avrebbe letto, per via di una recensione qui sul sito che diceva che il formato dei dischi non era leggibile dai lettori DVD italiani. Fortunatamente la mia voglia di possedere il pacchetto blu-ray edizione limitata ha vinto, visto che il mio lettore DVD vecchio di anni legge perfettamente i dischi. Per cui consiglio caldamente questo acquisto anche se italiani.

Llegó antes de lo previsto y en excelentes condiciones. Me encantó la cubierta que tiene. Un detalle particular es con los sujetadores que fijan cada disco a su pedestal. Se pueden zafar muy fácilmente soltarse el disco. Por ahí ví un comentario similar al respecto. Sólo hay que presionar con un poco de fuerza (sin exagerar) hasta que el disco y el sujetador se acoplen bien, se de bebe oír un clic fuerte. Calidad muy buena y mantiene su relación de aspecto nativa de 4:3. Tanto en inglés como doblado al español (latino) y Francés, subtítulos en inglés.

Exactly as it should be.

toph exists

I cannot believe this show had escaped me for so long, I got it for my partner who loved the film by M Nigh Shyamalen, but truthfully this is not much like that at all but in Aang and his loyal friend/flying Bison transport Appa we have two great hero characters, assisted and confounded equally by Katara and her brother Sokka who brings great humour to the series as the resident buffoon, the show has pratfalls, wonderful action scenes and immense pathos too, touching on subjects I never thought kids show went for. Aang is the Avatar but is still just a child so he tries his best but makes mistakes and that is what makes him such a good hero, he never lets it destroy him when it goes wrong, even when he is confronted by immense tragedy, truly this show is unafraid to show kids the world in a microcosm and gifts them the intelligence to understand what they are seeing and being told. Every hero needs a villain and we have one in Zuko a fire nation exiled prince who must recapture the Avatar (Aang) to regain his honour once more, he is however too hot headed and needs constant advice from his uncle Iroh a former military leader who chose to accompany Zuko during his banishment, these are not your standard villains, they have backstories and humanity even when what they are looking to do is so fundamentally wrong that they do not see it that way. I will not ruin the show by telling you what happens or how it ends, but if you like intelligent and thought provoking stories, with action, adventure, drama, scares and suspense all mingled with pratfalls and belly-laughs then this show really is for you and should be enjoyed by all and not just kids.