The Legend of Korra (season 1) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Legend of Korra |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Original network | Nickelodeon |
| Original release | April 14 – June 23, 2012 |
Book One: Air is the first exciting season of the animated TV show The Legend of Korra. It was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. This season has twelve episodes, which are called "chapters." It was first planned to be a short series, but it became so popular that it was expanded to four seasons and fifty-two episodes! Book One: Air first aired in the U.S. from April 14 to June 23, 2012, on the Nickelodeon channel.
This season follows a brave seventeen-year-old girl named Korra from the Southern Water Tribe. She is the next Avatar, following Aang from the earlier series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Korra travels to a big city called Republic City to learn how to airbend. There, she faces a group called the "Equalists," who are against people who can bend elements. Their leader is a mysterious masked person named Amon.
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Watching Book One: Air
Before the show officially started on TV, the first two episodes were released online early. This happened because fans helped "Korra Nation," an online community for the show, reach a goal of 100,000 likes and shares. The episodes were available for a whole weekend starting March 24, 2012.
Book One: Air was shown on Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon HD from April 14 to June 23, 2012. In the U.S., you could watch the episodes for free on Nickelodeon's website or buy them digitally. Later, Nicktoons re-aired Book One with special comments from the creators. This special airing was called Korra: Making of a Legend and ran from July 9 to July 20, 2012.
The series also premiered in Canada on YTV on June 9, 2012, and on Nickelodeon Canada later that year. Fans in the UK and Ireland could watch it on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland starting July 7, 2013.
What Happens in Book One: Air?
The story begins by showing Korra as the Avatar. She has already mastered water, earth, and firebending, but she still needs to learn airbending. To do this, Korra travels to Republic City to train with Tenzin, who is Avatar Aang's youngest son.
Korra's Adventures in Republic City
In the big city, Korra quickly gets into trouble with Lin Beifong, the chief of police. Lin is the daughter of Toph Beifong from the original series. Korra helps stop some local troublemakers, but she does it in her own way, which clashes with the police.
A council member named Tarrlok, who is very ambitious, asks Korra to join him against the "Equalists." This group, led by the masked Amon, wants to stop all bending. As Korra explores Republic City, she meets two brothers, Mako and Bolin. They are part of a pro-bending team called the "Fire Ferrets." Korra joins their team, and they get a sponsor, Asami Sato, who is the daughter of a rich inventor. These four friends then form a new "Team Avatar."
The Equalists' Rise
After Korra arrives, the Equalists become more and more active. Their actions lead to a big attack on the pro-bending arena. Tarrlok starts to treat non-benders unfairly, and Korra refuses to support his harsh methods. In a fight, Tarrlok uses a forbidden type of waterbending called bloodbending to overpower Korra and kidnap her. He tries to make it look like the Equalists did it.
Amon then arrives at Tarrlok's secret hideout and takes away Tarrlok's bending powers. Korra manages to escape, only to find that Republic City is being taken over by the Equalists.
The Final Battle and Korra's Discovery
In the last two episodes, naval forces led by Iroh (the grandson of Zuko from the original series) try to help, but they are defeated by Equalist sea mines and flying machines. While trying to find Amon, Korra learns a big secret: Tarrlok and Amon are brothers, and they are the sons of Yakone, a powerful person Avatar Aang defeated many years ago.
Amon takes away Korra's bending abilities. But in a moment of great stress, Korra discovers her own hidden airbending powers! She uses them against Amon and reveals to everyone that he is actually a waterbender, not a non-bender as he claimed. This causes all his followers to leave him. Amon tries to escape with Tarrlok, but Tarrlok makes their boat explode at sea.
Feeling sad and defeated, Korra connects with Avatar Aang's spirit. Aang restores her bending powers, allowing her to help others who had their bending taken away by Amon. Everyone is amazed, and Tenzin proudly calls her Avatar Korra.
Episodes of Book One: Air
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| 1 | 1 | "Chapter One: Welcome to Republic City" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 14, 2012 | 101 | 4.55 |
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Seventy years after the adventures of Avatar: The Last Airbender, the White Lotus group finds the new Avatar, Korra, in the Southern Water Tribe. By age 17, Korra has mastered water, earth, and fire, but not airbending. She feels isolated and wants to finish her training with Master Tenzin, the son of Katara and Aang. Tenzin is on the council of the United Republic, a new nation created by Avatar Aang and Firelord Zuko. Trouble in Republic City makes Tenzin delay Korra's training. Korra secretly leaves her home with her polar bear-dog, Naga, and travels to Republic City. After a small conflict with local groups, she is arrested by Lin Beifong, the metalbending police chief and daughter of Toph. Tenzin helps her and lets her stay with him. Meanwhile, Amon is revealed as the leader of the "Equalist" movement, which is growing because of unfairness between benders and non-benders.
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| 2 | 2 | "Chapter Two: A Leaf in the Wind" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 14, 2012 | 102 | 4.55 |
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Korra is frustrated because she still can't airbend. She visits Republic City's pro-bending arena, even though Tenzin told her not to. There, she meets Bolin and Mako, two brothers on the "Fire Ferrets" pro-bending team. Korra fills in for their missing teammate. At first, she struggles, but then she uses airbending ideas to win the match. Tenzin is impressed and allows Korra to stay on the team.
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| 3 | 3 | "Chapter Three: The Revelation" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 21, 2012 | 103 | 3.55 |
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To earn money for pro-bending, Bolin joins a group, but they are all taken by the Equalists. At an Equalist meeting, Amon shows he can permanently remove bending powers from captured people. Mako and Korra rescue Bolin before Amon can take his bending.
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| 4 | 4 | "Chapter Four: The Voice in the Night" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | April 28, 2012 | 104 | 4.08 |
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Republic City Councilman Tarrlok creates a team to catch Amon and eventually gets Korra to join. Mako starts dating Asami Sato, the daughter of a rich inventor named Hiroshi Sato, who also sponsors the Fire Ferrets. After some success, Korra challenges Amon to a duel. She is ambushed and captured by Equalists. Amon doesn't take her bending, but hints he will later. Tenzin finds her, scared and upset from the attack.
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| 5 | 5 | "Chapter Five: The Spirit of Competition" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | May 5, 2012 | 105 | 3.78 |
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Mako spends time with Asami, which makes Korra annoyed. Korra spends an evening with Bolin instead. Later, Korra kisses Mako, which upsets Bolin and causes problems for the Fire Ferrets' chances in the championship. By the end, the team makes up and moves on to the championship match against the "Wolfbats," who are very proud.
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| 6 | 6 | "Chapter Six: And the Winner Is..." | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | May 12, 2012 | 106 | 3.88 |
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Amon threatens to attack the pro-bending arena if the Council doesn't cancel the championship. Chief Lin Beifong promises to protect the stadium. The Wolfbats win the match unfairly. After the match, Equalists attack the arena. They use electric gloves to stop Chief Beifong's metalbenders. Amon takes away the Wolfbats' bending powers in front of a shocked crowd. Korra and Beifong fight the Equalists, but they escape in an airship, and the arena is badly damaged.
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| 7 | 7 | "Chapter Seven: The Aftermath" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | May 19, 2012 | 107 | 3.45 |
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Tarrlok asks Lin Beifong to resign as police chief. Mako and Bolin move into the Sato mansion. Korra visits them and hears hints that Hiroshi Sato is working with the Equalists. She tells Chief Beifong and Tenzin, but they find no proof. A secret source reveals Sato has a hidden factory making weapons for the Equalists. When Korra, Tenzin, and Beifong find the factory, they are attacked by Equalists using large combat machines built by Sato. Beifong's officers are captured. Mako, Bolin, and Asami rescue Korra, Tenzin, and Beifong. Beifong decides to resign and rescue her officers. Korra offers Mako, Bolin, and Asami a safe place on Tenzin's Air Temple Island.
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| 8 | 8 | "Chapter Eight: When Extremes Meet" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 2, 2012 | 108 | 2.98 |
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At his new job, Police Chief Saikhan promises to support Tarrlok's team, which causes Tenzin and Korra to argue with Tarrlok. Korra is frustrated about not being able to airbend, and Tenzin tells her to seek help from past Avatars. Asami, Mako, Bolin, and Korra form a new "Team Avatar." They patrol the city and capture Equalists, which Tarrlok dislikes. Tarrlok sets a curfew for non-benders and arrests a crowd that doesn't obey. Korra tries to help the civilians, and Tarrlok arrests her friends to stop her. Later, Korra confronts Tarrlok. He offers to free her friends if she cooperates, but she refuses. A bending battle starts. Korra gains the upper hand, but Tarrlok reveals he is a bloodbender, able to control people's bodies. Tarrlok easily captures Korra and takes her to a cabin outside Republic City.
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| 9 | 9 | "Chapter Nine: Out of the Past" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 9, 2012 | 109 | 3.58 |
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Tarrlok locks Korra in a metal box in the mountains. He tells everyone that Equalists kidnapped her. Lin Beifong frees Korra's friends from prison. With Tenzin, she finds the Equalist hideout. A witness reveals Tarrlok's bloodbending powers. Tarrlok uses his powers to escape. Meanwhile, Korra learns from Aang's past that 42 years ago, a powerful person named Yakone used bloodbending to escape trial, and Aang took his bending away. Tarrlok confirms he is Yakone's son, trying to control Republic City through politics. When Equalists find him, his bloodbending doesn't work on Amon, who takes away Tarrlok's bending. Korra escapes and reunites with Naga, who takes her back to her friends.
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| 10 | 10 | "Chapter Ten: Turning the Tides" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 16, 2012 | 110 | 3.54 |
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After recovering, Korra tells her story. Tenzin asks Lin to protect his family while he attends a council meeting. Tenzin is attacked at City Hall. He defeats his attackers but learns other council members are captured, and the city is under a full Equalist attack with new weapons. Amon's airships bomb Republic City. Tenzin reaches police headquarters and calls the United Forces for help. Equalist 'mecha-tanks' capture Chief Saikhan and many officers. Korra and her friends rescue Tenzin. Tenzin's wife, Pemma, gives birth to their fourth child, Rohan, as Equalist airships arrive at Air Temple Island. Lin Beifong, with Tenzin's three airbending children, defeats the invaders. Korra goes into hiding, and Tenzin flees with his family to protect the last airbenders. Lin destroys a chasing airship but is captured. She refuses to tell where Korra is and loses her bending. Korra's team enters the city sewers. General Iroh, Zuko's grandchild, arrives with a fleet to help Republic City.
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| 11 | 11 | "Chapter Eleven: Skeletons in the Closet" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 23, 2012 | 111 | 3.68 |
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Korra and her friends hide underground until Iroh's fleet arrives. But the fleet is quickly stopped by Equalist mines, aircraft, and torpedoes. Korra saves Iroh from drowning, and they regroup. Korra and Mako go to find Amon. Iroh, Bolin, and Asami try to stop the Equalist airbase to protect another fleet. Korra and Mako find Tarrlok captured on Air Temple Island. He reveals that Amon is his brother, Noatak, both sons of Yakone. Meanwhile, the attack on the Equalists' airbase goes badly when the attackers are stopped by an electric fence.
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| 12 | 12 | "Chapter Twelve: Endgame" | Studio Mir | Joaquim Dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu | Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko | June 23, 2012 | 112 | 3.68 |
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Bolin, Asami, and Iroh are captured by Hiroshi Sato and the Equalists but are rescued by Naga. Asami and Bolin fight Hiroshi and his mecha-tanks. Iroh destroys the Equalist bombers. Korra and Mako confront Amon at an Equalist rally and show everyone that he is a bender. Amon denies it and reveals he has captured Tenzin and his family. Korra and Mako free them, but Amon overpowers them and takes away Korra's bending abilities, except for her airbending. She then uses her airbending against him. Amon falls into the sea, and his escape reveals he is a waterbender. He flees Republic City with Tarrlok, who later causes their boat to explode. At the South Pole, Katara cannot heal Korra's lost bending. As Korra sits sadly, Aang's spirit fully restores her spiritual connection and bending powers. Korra enters the Avatar State and restores Beifong's bending. Everyone watches in awe as Tenzin calls her Avatar Korra.
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Who Are the Voices?
Many talented actors lend their voices to the characters in Book One: Air.
Main Voice Actors
- Janet Varney as Avatar Korra
- David Faustino as Mako
- P. J. Byrne as Bolin
- J. K. Simmons as Tenzin
- Seychelle Gabriel as Asami Sato
- Mindy Sterling as Lin Beifong
- Kiernan Shipka as Jinora
- Dee Bradley Baker as Tarrlok
Other Important Voices
- Logan Wells as Meelo
- Darcy Rose Byrnes as Ikki
- Steve Blum as Amon
- Lance Henriksen as Amon's Lieutenant
- Daniel Dae Kim as Hiroshi Sato
- Clancy Brown as Yakone
How Many People Watched?
The first airings of Book One: Air on TV, not counting reruns or digital downloads, were watched by an average of 3.7 million people per episode.
Other Fun Stuff About Book One: Air
The Art Book
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| Author | Dave Marshall (ed.), Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko |
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| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
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23 July 2013 |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 978-1616551681 |
A special art book called The Legend of Korra – Book One: Air – The Art of the Animated Series was released in July 2013. This book, published by Dark Horse Comics, was edited by Dave Marshall and written by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It's full of amazing concept art, sketches, storyboards, and other art from Book One. It also includes comments from the creators and artists about how they made the show. People loved the book, calling it "carefully made and very complete."
Home Video Release
Book One: Air of The Legend of Korra became available on DVD and Blu-ray on July 9, 2013. Both versions include special audio commentary from the creators, cast, and crew. They also have a funny interview with the show's characters as puppets! The Blu-ray version has even more, like audio commentaries for all episodes and a feature called "Series creators' Favorite Scenes: Eight Animatics."
Book Versions
Book One: Air was also turned into two novels by Erica David. These books are for readers aged twelve and up and were published by Random House in 2013:
- Revolution: This book covers episodes one to six and was released on January 8, 2013.
- Endgame: This book covers episodes seven to twelve and was released on July 23, 2013.
The Soundtrack
| The Legend of Korra: Original Music from Book One | ||||
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| Released | July 16, 2013 | |||
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| Label | Nick Records | |||
| Producer | Benjamin Wynn | |||
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The music for The Legend of Korra was created by "The Track Team," which is made up of composers Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn. They both worked on the music for Avatar: The Last Airbender. For The Legend of Korra, Zuckerman composed the music, and Wynn handled the sound design.
The creators, Bryan Konietzko and Mike DiMartino, wanted the music to mix traditional Chinese music with early jazz. So, Zuckerman and Wynn created a score that combined parts of Dixieland jazz, traditional Chinese music, and Western orchestra sounds. It was mostly played by a group of string instruments and various Chinese solo instruments.
A soundtrack CD, The Legend of Korra: Original Music from Book One, came out on July 16, 2013. It has 26 instrumental songs. Konietzko mentioned that getting the album released was a "frustrating wait and battle" due to some official delays. He hoped the album would sell well to convince Nickelodeon to release an Avatar: The Last Airbender soundtrack, which many fans had asked for. The day after it was released, the album was the best-selling soundtrack and ranked number 5 in pop music sales on Amazon.com.
Song List
All music composed by Jeremy Zuckerman.
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| 1. | "Prologue" | 1:18 |
| 2. | "Air Tight" (with The Angel City Dixieland Band and Chris Tedesco) | 2:54 |
| 3. | "In a Box" | 1:37 |
| 4. | "An Impossible Crime" | 2:10 |
| 5. | "Being Patient / Beifong's Sacrifice" | 4:19 |
| 6. | "Asami and Mako Dine" | 1:10 |
| 7. | "On the Lam" | 1:19 |
| 8. | "Hittin' on All Sixes" (with The Angel City Dixieland Band and Chris Tedesco) | 2:39 |
| 9. | "Good Ol' Days" | 1:40 |
| 10. | "Before" | 7:37 |
| 11. | "Fresh Air" | 1:05 |
| 12. | "Korra Confronts Tarrlok" | 2:59 |
| 13. | "Squeaky Rags" (with The Angel City Dixieland Band and Chris Tedesco) | 1:43 |
| 14. | "Amon" | 3:02 |
| 15. | "Chi Blockers" | 2:18 |
| 16. | "A Peaceful Place" | 2:03 |
| 17. | "Left My Heart in Republic City" | 2:40 |
| 18. | "Firebending Training" | 1:15 |
| 19. | "Wheels" | 2:47 |
| 20. | "Republic City Under Attack" | 4:02 |
| 21. | "Hardboiled... Afraid (Separate Ways)" | 1:20 |
| 22. | "War" | 2:04 |
| 23. | "Asami and Hiroshi / Korra Airbends" | 4:24 |
| 24. | "Greatest Change" | 5:15 |
| 25. | "The Legend of Korra End Credits" | 0:30 |
| 26. | "The Legend of Korra Main Title" | 0:28 |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:The Legend of Korra (Libro 1) para niños
