Product Details

• Actors: Zach Tyler, Mae Whitman, Jack De Sena, Dee Bradley Baker, Dante Basco
• Writers: Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Nickelodeon
• DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CSUNJI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,014 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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• This is item 2 in The Avatar: The Last Airbender Series.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Avatar The Last Airbender, Book 1: Water, Volume 2 continues the adventurous if half-comic journey of 12-year-old Airbender Aang, reincarnation of an ancient avatar, and his friends Katara and Sokka as they seek a teacher to help Aang fulfill his peacemaking destiny in a war-torn world. The four episodes on this disc, a follow-up to the elegant, magical series introduction, find the trio wandering through sundry Earth Nation cities, where they encounter signs of troubles between the once-harmonious, elemental tribes representing fire, earth, air, and water. They also bump into trouble with the occasional evil kingdom, as in "The King of Omashu," where Aang must go through various trials to save Katara and Sokka from a bizarre execution. (They're encased in growing, crystal structures.) "Imprisoned" finds Katara inadvertently responsible for the arrest of an Earthbending boy who dares to use his powers while his people are under Firebender occupation. The ambitious, two-part "Winter Solstice" is the best production in this collection, a pairing of storylines involving the capture of a Firebender war criminal and the hopes of a frightened village that turns to Aang to defeat a monster from the spirit world. The action is still original and fun on this sequel--most of it continues to be based on exciting uses of the elements--and the lead trio's characters (Aang the scamp, Katara the idealist, Sokka the skeptic) are still a pleasure to be with. --Tom Keogh

Product Description
Aang and his friends continue their quest to the Northern Water Tribe, visiting various Earth Nation cities. They soon learn that Aang must master all bending elements before the summer, when a comet will arrive that could empower the Fire Nation making them virtually unstoppable.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Avatar series mastering elements of good TV, March 17, 2006

By	perla "Being. Differently." (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

Yup, the series is about tribal benders who can work with a particular element, earth, air, water or fire. The Avatar, a child, must master all 4. Talking about elements, this series has elements for great TV ---fun, excitement, great characters, plot, and wow, even Values! So this review is mainly for parents. I'm a mom and came to love this program too AFTER my kids urged me to watch every new episode along with them.
My sons, ages 7 and 11, started watching Avatar from the beginning and loved it so much they made sure they watched not only every new episode but also reruns. Of all the cartoons they watch, this one is very good in not only visuals (ala japanese anime), exotic locales, fun and excitement... but also in intriguing story telling and realistic character development. Every episode is like a chapter in an epic, developing the plot and revealing more and more about each of the main characters Katara, Sokka and the Avatar Aang(ages 12-15) and also of the secondary characters(more kids and also adults). Their sidekicks are their helpful, sometimes silly, and endearing pets Apa and Momo.

The Avatar episodes bring the young heroes into situations where they have to make choices and as viewers we journey with them as the make both good and bad choices, and watch as they learn and mature as they go along.

The Avatar series reveals the universality of human spirit as the young heroes face challenges and conflict. Despite and maybe because of the exotic people and settings, the writers never resort to TV stereotyping about gender, color, age, weight, education or lack of, etc., that you find woven in for punch lines and demeaning in other TV programming.
This is the only or one of the few new popular kids programs that doesn't insult yours or your kids intelligence, and actually has family values. I highly recommend this cartoon to parents looking for something that the whole family can watch and have fun together.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent Fantasy with Morals, February 8, 2006

By	Gregory A. Patterson (Palmyra, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is such a fine film. It is rare that such a thoughtful "cartoon" can display such marvelous characteristics as respect, discipline, morality and responsibility. The characters represent such wonderful archtypes and realism in their humanity. The ancient ways of the four elements from the Orient and medevil Europe, to name a few, are well thought out and actualized. This is the first cartoon in a long time that I encourage my children to watch.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful gem of a show, March 28, 2006

By	Raveness "a graphic designer" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

My husband and I are huge anime, animation and martial arts fans. His sister, (older sister, mind you), told us about this show on Nick and how awesome it was. How different it was with it's in-depth storyline, the great voice acting, the characters you could relate to as well as the fantastic animation. And the close harmony with martial arts sealed the deal. We were hooked with the first episode we watched, halfway thru Season 1, and quickly set up the DVR to find as many others as possible. It's killing us, this waiting for new episodes! ;P

This is a great show that adults can get into (if they're into animation and the like). One of their best cross-overs since Invader Zim (though I had my doubts, at times, that kids should be watching that one).

I've picked up the first DVD and the second one arrived, just this very second (yay!). You can be sure that we'll get the whole series and save it for our kids to watch. (Aw mom! Not that OLD cartoon again!)