Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Avatar: The Last Airbender defined my childhood, and is one of the few shows from it that’s stuck in our cultural consciousness - but why?

00:00 - Intro
01:00 - For Those Who Don’t Know
02:03 - Part I: Is It Anime?
05:55 - Part II: It Knows Kids Aren’t Dumb
09:25 - Part III: Empire Bad
13:57 - INTERMISSION
14:17 - Part IV: Redemption Arcs Are Hard
19:53 - Part V: Stuff I Wanted To Talk About But Couldn’t Justify An Entire Section For
25:03 - Conclusion
26:08 - Outro
27:43 - Next Time

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==MUSIC USED:
- June - Bobby Richards
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- Living on the Ceiling - Blancmage
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- America F**k Yeah - Team America
Part of Team America: World Police's soundtrack
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- Broken Drum Machine - Godmode
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- Skaler - Mike Relm
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- Cats on Mars - Gabriela Robin
Part of Cowboy Bebop's soundtrack
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- Our Planet - Jeremy Black
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- Fioj - Text Me Records / Hii.de
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- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone
Part of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly's soundtrack
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==MEDIA USED:
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (Series - 2005)
- Avatar Spirits (Documentary - 2010)
- Everytime Zuko says “Honor” in Avatar-TLA | AdamBC - bit.ly/3JWofdf
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Art of the Animated Series (Art Book - 2010)
- Princess Mononoke (Film - 1997)
- Spirited Away (Film - 2001)
- FLCL (Anime - 1999)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime - 1995)
- Cowboy Bebop (Anime - 1997)
- Inuit-Kleidung 1, by Ansgar Walk (Photo - 1999) - bit.ly/3JZClL2
- Chief Residence of the Grand Palace, by Gisling (Photo - 2017) - bit.ly/3wV8e3y
- Castlevania (Anime - 2017)
- Yasuke (Anime - 2021)
- High Guardian Spice (Series - 2021)
- Golden Boy (Anime - 1995)
- One Piece (Anime - 1999)
- My Dress Up Darling (Anime - 2022)
- Teen Titans (Series - 2003)
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Anime - 2010)
- Arcane (Series - 2021)
- Ghost in the Shell (Film - 1995)
- Alva’s World (Series - 2021)
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse (Film - 2018)
- The Simpsons Movie (Film - 2007)
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Film - 1964)
- Shelter (Music Video - 2016)
- 1 Man, 27 Impressions | Tomska - bit.ly/3J3al7M
- Belfast Peace Line Cupar Way, by Duke Humans Right Center (Photo - 2010) - bit.ly/3K0dZk5
- British-European Union Frontier in Ireland (Image - 2020) - bit.ly/3IXXfsn
- Dragon Ball Z (Anime - 1989)
- Stranger Things (Series - 2016)
- She-ra and the Princesses of Power (Series - 2018)
- The Owl House (Series - 2020)
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Series - 2021)
- Wandavision (Series - 2021)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Film - 2019)
- Russian Doll (Series - 2018)
- Victorious (Series - 2010)
- Final Fantasy VII (Game - 1997)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (Game - 2020)
- The Legend of Korra (Series - 2012)
- Rango (Film - 2011)

==OTHER MEDIA REFERENCED:
- Ozark (Series - 2017)
- Outer Banks (Series - 2020)
- Tiger King (Documentary - 2020)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Film - 2005)

==SOURCES / FURTHER READING / ETC:
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - AWN - bit.ly/3uQcsqs
- Avatar Season III - Animation Insider - bit.ly/3u8aItP
- Avatar Week - BuddyTV - bit.ly/3ITIaZ7

- Avatar: The Last Airbender Broke A Major Netflix Record - NewsWeek - bit.ly/3NJlw9d
- How Avatar: The Last Airbender became one of 2020’s most popular shows - Washington Post - https://wapo.st/3wRfsWm
- Why Avatar: The Last Airbender still touches millions - The Guardian - bit.ly/3LABYac

- Anime Outsourcing - Sakugablog - bit.ly/3NJXRFY
- Outsourcing Anime - Variety - bit.ly/3tXFi98

- MAPPA Animator Describes Studio Like A Factory - ANN - bit.ly/3tZhHVH
- Animators Paid $34 / Cut On MAPPA Show For Netflix - CartoonBrew - bit.ly/3uOnPiB
- High Guardian Spice Creators Discuss Budget - ANN - bit.ly/38antv6

- Music Video Inflames Argument About Anime - Kotaku - bit.ly/3u33R4O

Interviews w/ Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
- TOR - bit.ly/3K2JlH0
- TheMarySue - bit.ly/3Lyxssv
- IGN - bit.ly/379cCBi
- NickSplat - bit.ly/37apmrn

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