But when I was writing the Korra comics I often referenced the art books for characters and backgrounds, and I was always amazed by the volume and quality of the artwork all the artists created over the course of the production. Michael Dante DiMartino: I haven’t watched the series since we finished it. Every time I see that stuff I am proud of the whole team and incredibly impressed all over again by Joaquim. The pair didn’t have anything to add to news of their departure from Netflix’s live-action reimagining of Airbender, but they had lots to say on how the show has aged - and why there could be more story to tell.įirst, an ice-breaker: What was the last bit of Korra that you actually sat down to watch? Do you go back to episodes for inspiration or just to entertain yourselves?īryan Konietzko: The last two scenes I watched were Korra and Zaheer’s airborne battle in the Book 3 finale, and Suyin and Kuvira’s metalbending fight in “Operation: Beifong.” They were side-by-side comparisons of co-executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos’ animatics and the final animation by Studio Mir. With The Legend of Korra now on Netflix and CBS All Access, Polygon connected with creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko over email to reflect on the biggest choices in the show, what they’ve heard about the Korra character in the years since the finale, and why, for all its social and spiritual ideas built into the series, they still really wanted to end the show with a big-ass mecha fight. It was tricky and contemplative then, but in 2020, the sequel series may have even more to say about politics, culture, behavior, and our place in the cosmos. Aang knew that a genocidal firelord was an enemy to defeat Korra challenged the new Avatar with anti-authority protagonists who preached equality but stepped over a line. The story whisked Korra, a struggling teenager with near godly might, into battles waged in moral grey areas and metaphysical dimensions in which mankind’s spirituality had literally been walled off. The show ran in primetime on Nickelodeon, but had the soul of a transcendent HBO epic. The Legend of Korra ran from April 2012 to December 2014, and each season shook fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender with an interrogation of the franchise’s philosophic fabric.

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