thebitterguy

American animation has greatly benefited from Asian influences. Martial arts and Samurai cinema and Japanese Anime have all had beneficial influences on storytelling, art styles and settings.

Two of the best American animated series of the past several years have been Avatar: the Last Airbender and Samurai Jack.

The two shows have a great deal in common; in each, a powerful warrior finds themselves lost in time, and must struggle against a mighty enemy to set right the world. Plus Mako.

In Avatar, the hero is Aang, the Avatar who possesses the power to master all four elemental martial arts styles. After being lost for a century, he returns to the world to find that the Fire Nation has struck out on a war of conquest. Samurai Jack's eponymous hero has been thrown forward through time by Aku, an evil sorcerer who has conquered the world in his absence.

Each of these mighty warriors strives to bring order to a chaotic world, but in the cruel arena of Hoo'd Win, only one will be victorious!

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YTV's scheduling sucks a lot, so there's no way to know when it'll be shown on there, but the last Avatar boxed set is scheduled for July 29, so the last 4 eps should be out by then.

Oh, man, only 4 episodes left? I wonder what they'll do after that.

I need to contact judgefang to see if he can do a sketch of The Boulder before MCCC.

( Some people prefer to live in a spoiler free world )

Cover art can be seen here.

Thanks togamera_spinning for the heads up.

I am as happpy as a leetle gurl.

edit: Apparently, much more than 4 eps left. Which is better. We just need to SEE them now.