Breaking Down Avatar: The Last Airbender's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight
(VISUAL SPOILERS FOR AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER)
Canipa looks back on a recently revived classic and discusses how Avatar: The Last Airbender was able to excel due to the creative trust in the Korean animation teams. So much for "American" cartoons!
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Avatar: The Art of the Animated Series - https://www.amazon.com/Avatar-Last-Ai...
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Creating the Legend (DVD Extras) - https://www.amazon.com/Avatar-Last-Ai...
Bryan and Mike on the Nick Animation Podcast - • Episode 1: Bryan Konietzko & Michael Dante...
LeSean Thomas' Seoul Sessions - • Video
Korea JoongAng Daily on Korean animators moving to the US - https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/...
Manuel Rodriguez's son performs Groundboxing at MoMoCon - • Southern Praying Mantis Groundboxing at Mo...
Seung-Hyun Oh Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/user11359513
Seung-Hyun Oh Linkedin - / seung-hyun-oh-68717526
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Intro:
Animated by Christian Maize (@CookieficationJ)
Music by Steven Kelly (@Sarifus)
Produced for The Canipa Effect
Anime/Cartoon series featured in this video (chronologically):
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
King of the Hill (1997)
Family Guy (1999)
Invader Zim (2001)
Mission Hill (1999)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Pilot) (2004)
Wonderful Days (2003)
The Legend of Korra (2012)
The Last Airbender [the bad one] (2010)
The God of High School (2020)
Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)
Naruto (2002)
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004)
Spongebob Squarepants (1999)
Fairly Odd Parents (2001)
Pokemon: Advanced Battle (2004)
Music:
(Avatar: The Last Airbender does not have an official soundtrack release. The track titles are fan-written. Likewise, there are two composers for the series, but with no official release, it's unclear who did what.)
00:00 - Cave Jivin' - Jeremy Zuckerman/Benjamin Wynn (ATLA)
00:49 - The Canipa Effect Intro - Steven Kelly
01:04 - Aang vs. Ozai - Jeremy Zuckerman/Benjamin Wynn (ATLA)
02:47 - The Avatar Has Returned - James Newton Howard (The Last Airbender)
03:09 - YuYen - Jeremy Zuckerman/Benjamin Wynn (ATLA)
04:40 - Peace Excerpt - Jeremy Zuckerman/Benjamin Wynn (ATLA)
05:46 - Final Blow - Jeremy Zuckerman/Benjamin Wynn (ATLA)
06:38 - Main Theme - Jeremy Zuckerman/Benjamin Wynn (ATLA)
07:20 - Earthbenders - James Newton Howard (The Last Airbender)
09:18 - The Blue Spirit - James Newton Howard (The Last Airbender)
09:53 - Invading the Palace - Jeremy Zuckerman/Benjamin Wynn (ATLA)
11:23 - The Chance - Roman P
All footage is used for the purpose of review and is fair use.