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2nd flavor of Avatar: The Last Airbender animation series

Season of goggle box series

Avatar: The Terminal Airbender
Flavour 2
Book Ii: Earth
Avatar-TheCompleteBook2Collection.jpg

Cover for the 2d season DVD
Country of origin U.s.
No. of episodes 20
Release
Original network Nickelodeon
Original release March 17 (2006-03-17) –
December i, 2006 (2006-12-01) [1]
Season chronology

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Book Three: Fire

List of episodes

Volume Two: World is the second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender, an American blithe television series created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelodeon. The series starred Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Jessie Flower, Dante Basco, Dee Bradley Baker, Mako Iwamatsu (in his final performance as Iroh) and Greyness DeLisle every bit the main character voices.[1] [two]

In the second season, Aang and his friends Katara and Sokka are on a quest to find an Earthbending instructor which finishes when they recruit Toph Beifong. Later finding important data concerning the state of war with the Fire Nation, Appa ends up kidnapped. Their journey leads to Ba Sing Se, the capital letter of the Earth Kingdom, where they uncover a great internal government conspiracy. Meanwhile, due to their actions at the North Pole in Book 1, Zuko and Iroh are declared traitors of the Fire Nation and desert their country, becoming fugitives in the Earth Kingdom. Pursuing both Zuko and Aang is Princess Azula, Zuko's younger prodigy sis.

Book 2: Earth premiered on Nickelodeon on March 17, 2006. It consisted of 20 episodes and ended on December i, 2006. The season received considerable acclaim, with the series beingness called "consistently excellent."[three] The series won multiple awards, including All-time Character Animation in a Television Production from the 34th Annie Awards[4] and Outstanding Private Achievement in Animation at the 2007 Emmy Awards.[5]

Between January 23, 2007, and September xi, 2007, Paramount Home Entertainment released four DVD sets containing v episodes each before releasing the entire season as a boxset.[half-dozen]

Episodes [edit]

Production [edit]

The flavor was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and aired on Nickelodeon, both of which are owned by Viacom. The season'southward executive producers and co-creators are Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who worked alongside head writer and co-producer Aaron Ehasz.[ix] Most of the individual episodes were directed past Ethan Spaulding, Lauren MacMullan and Giancarlo Volpe.[2] Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Aaron Ehasz, Elizabeth Welch, Tim Hedrick, John O'Bryan; along with creators DiMartino and Konietzko.[2]

The flavor's music was composed by "The Track Squad", which consists of Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, who were known to the show's creators considering Zuckerman was Konietzko's roommate.[10]

Cast [edit]

Most of the chief characters from the get-go season remained the same: Zach Tyler Eisen voices Aang, Mae Whitman voices Katara, Jack DeSena voices Sokka,[ii] Dee Bradley Baker voices both Appa and Momo, and Dante Basco voices Zuko.[eleven]

In improver, several new characters appear: Jessie Flower voices Toph Beifong, Grayness DeLisle voices Azula, Cricket Leigh voices Mai, Olivia Hack voices Ty Lee, and Clancy Brownish voices Long Feng.[ii]

Mako Iwamatsu, who voiced Iroh in the start two seasons, died from throat cancer after production was completed; he was replaced past Greg Baldwin for the post-obit season and The Legend of Korra.[12]

In the episode "The Tales of Ba Sing Se, the segment titled "The Tale of Iroh" features a dedication to Mako at the end when Iroh is tearfully singing to mourn the loss of his merely child Lu Ten.

Reception [edit]

In a review of the Volume ii DVD Release for Book 2, Gabriel Powers from DVDActive.com described the series every bit one of the best children's series in contempo times, making comparisons with Samurai Jack and Justice League, and complimented it for its depth and humor.[13] Powers besides comments:

Without dumbing down its characters, plots, or humour, and without overtly taming-up the action or peril, Avatar manages to enthral children and adults, ages four to 56...In that location is a 18-carat archetype feel to the serial, which uses actual Asian culture and lore equally its base. Like Star Wars, the creative forces behind the show have tapped into that basic, generation spanning storytelling that will alive long after the series' youngest fans are erstwhile and biting.[13]

For the video and sound quality, Powers says "Flavour two by and large looks better than the majority of season ane, only withal has some problems" concerning image sharpness. Rotten Tomatoes gave it an 87% fresh rating in 2008.[14] Jamie S. Rich from DVD Talk says that "As a apartment concept, Avatar the Concluding Airbender is aught special, but in execution, it is head and shoulders above other children's amusement", and that "as a whole, the look of Avatar is consistently excellent".[3]

The show likewise received acclaim for its visual appeal. In the 34th Annie Awards, the testify was nominated for and won the "Best Character Animation in a Television Production" award, for Jae-Myung Yu's animation in "The Blind Brigand", and the "Best Directing in an Blithe Television Production" honor, for the episode "The Drill".[four] In 2007, the prove was nominated for "Outstanding Animated Program" in the 2007 Emmy Awards for the "City of Walls and Secrets" episode,[15] though information technology did not win.[five] However, the evidence did win the "Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Animation" award for Sang-Jin Kim's animation in the "Lake Laogai" episode.[5]

Home media [edit]

Nickelodeon began releasing DVDs for Book 2 on January 23, 2007.[sixteen] The first four DVD releases contain 1 disc that consisted of five episodes each.[17] The last DVD was the "Complete Book 2 Box Prepare", which contains all of the episodes in the flavour on four discs, and packaged with a special features disc.[vi] All of the DVD sets for Book 2 were released with Region one encoding, pregnant that they tin can only play on North American DVD players. Volume 2 was released on Region two on July 20, 2009.

Volume Discs Episodes Region 1 release Region 2 release Region 3 release
1 1 5 Jan 23, 2007 Not released June 4, 2009[18]
2 one five April ten, 2007 Not released August half dozen, 2009[nineteen]
iii one 5 May 22, 2007 Non released October 29, 2009[20]
4 1 5 Baronial 14, 2007 Not released March 31, 2010[21]
Box set iv[22] 20[22] September xi, 2007 July 20, 2009 September nine, 2010[23]

Footnotes [edit]

1. ^ Product code format taken from the commentary for "Sozin'due south Comet: The Phoenix King"

References [edit]

General
  • "Flavour 2". Avatar: The Last Airbender. IGN. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  • "Season 2 DVD Data". TVShowsOnDVD.com. February 24, 2005. Archived from the original on fifteen September 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
Specific
  1. ^ a b "IGN: Avatar: The Concluding Airbender: Season 2". IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved October 22, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Avatar: The Concluding Airbender Cast and Details". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 16 Dec 2008. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Rich, Jamie South. (September 12, 2007). "Avatar The Last Airbender — The Complete Book 2 Collection". DVD Talk. Retrieved June half-dozen, 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Annie Awards: Legacy - 34th Almanac Annie Awards". International Blithe Moving-picture show Society. Feb 9, 2006. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
  5. ^ a b c Mesger, Robin (September viii, 2007). "59th Creative Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. pp. 11–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on Nov 28, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2008.
  6. ^ a b "Season 2 DVD Information". TVShowsOnDVD.com. February 24, 2005. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  7. ^ a b Bynum, Aaron H. (September twenty, 2006). "Hugger-mugger of the Fire Nation Ratings". Animation Insider. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
  8. ^ "59th Almanac Primetime Emmy Nominees". CBS News. September fourteen, 2007. Archived from the original on October xix, 2019. Retrieved Oct nineteen, 2019.
  9. ^ DiMartino, Michael Dante; Konietzko, Bryan (Baronial 29, 2005). "Interview with "Avatar" Program Creators — Page 3". Animation Insider (Interview: Transcript). Interviewed by Aaron H. Bynum. Archived from the original on August iv, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
  10. ^ DiMartino, Michael Dante; Konietzko, Bryan (August 29, 2005). "Interview with "Avatar" Plan Creators — Folio 4". Animation Insider (Interview: Transcript). Interviewed by Aaron H. Bynum. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
  11. ^ "Dante Basco". 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
  12. ^ "Avatar: Why Uncle Iroh Was Recast In The Last Airbender". ScreenRant. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-22 .
  13. ^ a b Powers, Gabriel. "Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 2, Vl.i". DVDActive. Archived from the original on 2008-10-xi. Retrieved June 5, 2008.
  14. ^ Powers, Gabriel. "Avatar: The Last Airbender, Flavor Two Collection". DVDActive. Archived from the original on 2008-xi-21. Retrieved June 5, 2008.
  15. ^ "59th Artistic Emmy Awards Nominations" (PDF). Academy of Tv Arts & Sciences. 2007. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2008.
  16. ^ "Avatar: The Last Airbender Search". Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved June 5, 2008.
  17. ^ "The Avatar: The Last Airbender Serial". Amazon.co.u.k.. Amazon.com, Inc. Archived from the original on August one, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2008.
  18. ^ "Buy Avatar: The Fable of Aang - Book 2: Globe - Volume one on DVD-Video from EzyDVD.com.au".
  19. ^ "Buy Avatar: The Fable of Aang - Book 2: Globe - Volume ii on DVD-Video from EzyDVD.com.au".
  20. ^ "Buy Avatar: The Legend of Aang - Volume 2: Globe - Book 3 on DVD-Video from EzyDVD.com.au".
  21. ^ "Purchase Avatar: The Last Airbender - Volume 2: Earth - Book 4 on DVD-Video from EzyDVD.com.au".
  22. ^ a b "Avatar: The Last Airbender — Flavour Two DVD Information". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
  23. ^ "Buy Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Complete Book 2 Collection (iv Disc Box Set) on DVD-Video from EzyDVD.com.au". Archived from the original on 2010-09-09.

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