*eyes media queue*

[ultranos]

So, um, how many episodes per season does Avatar: The Last Airbender have? I'm trying to figure out what's next on the list after I finish the last few episodes of s1 of Darker than Black. And it's between Avatar and Eden of the East. And while the latter is only 11 episodes, Avatar kinda, um, jumped the queue when I was browsing around TVTropes and, um, someone mentioned a character named Toph? I think my reaction was "wait, WHAAAT?!"

*facepalm* I am so goddamn predictable.

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[beanpot.livejournal.com]

Three seasons - 20 episodes per season. You will like it. I promise.

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

Hm, 60 episodes total? A bit longer than I usually do.

But I must admit, I'm pretty intrigued. I watched the first (and second?) episode(s). Uh, "Boy in the Iceburg" or something? I just got distracted by, you know, finals. And then have been chewing through other things.

But it's worth it? (I don't know why I'm so wary of Western animation...)

[havocthecat]

I don't know why I'm so wary of Western animation...

*snicker*

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

I was watching the first few episodes and was telling Trout that I kept having to stop myself from looking for the Japanese audio with English subtitles option! "It's originally in English, you moron!" indeed.

[havocthecat]

*giggling* Sometimes it's hard to remember, though, given how Asian the whole series is. Most Western series just can't resist throwing in a white character for the audience to identify with. (*facepalm*)

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

Actually, the thing that's helping me remember is the frame rate. I think it has a higher production budget than most anime I watch. :P

That said, for the world they made, the style works REALLY well.

(Bah, white character to identify with. What nonsense is this? We don't need that!)

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Avatar has strong characterization, a sense of humor, and PLOT. I think you'll like it, even if it's a bit longer than you usually watch--it goes pretty fast.

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

Well, I mean, I'd watch it sooner or later anyway, because it really does sound like my sort of thing.

I'm just trying to decide whether it jumps the queue over some of the shorter series (like the ones that are only 11 or 13 episodes) and things I'm theoretically in the middle of (like my "I'm halfway through my second attempt" watching of Ergo Proxy).

[havocthecat]

WATCH AVATAR. YOU WILL LOVE IT. OH MY GOD IT IS MADE OF WIN AND AWESOME. Um. Also, I think there are about 20 or so eps per season? And it's only three seasons.

(This is my only Avatar icon on LJ, which is why I'm using it. I have more on Dreamwidth.)

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

I started! I'm really enamored right now with the world-building. It's fantastic.

I'm assuming Aang gets better? He's...kinda making me want to strangle him for not taking things seriously. He's like the opposite of Shinji Ikari, and I STILL want to strangle him! On the other hand, Katara is cool and I really like Sokka's sarcastic commentary. Although I'm like on episode 6 or something.

[havocthecat]

Aang grows up A LOT throughout the three seasons, and starts taking things REALLY seriously by the end. Actually, that's one of the most enjoyable things is that a lot of characters get character development, not just the main character.

Um, so, question: Why would a character named Toph pique your interest? I know I'm missing something by not being a huge anime fangirl here.

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's cool. I don't think I'd be able to handle it if Aang didn't grow up.

So, well, I glanced at the TVTropes basic description of the characters, and when I got to Toph, I basically blinked and said "oh my god, they made Ichi from Zatoichi a tiny girl. There is no way this is not awesome."

Zatoichi is an extremely long-running series in Japan about a blind swordsman who wanders around beating up yakuza and generally being awesome. The campus movie group showed one of the many, many films a few years ago.

Blind character kicking ass is just one of my bulletproof character archetypes.

This possibly stems from reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms too much, where Xiahou Dun gets an arrow in the eye, plucks out his own eyeball and eats it, and keeps fighting.

Actually, now I'm hoping that Avatar really ends up drawing on RotTK, because that would be fitting and awesome.