By Gemard Guery – Staff Reporter

Since its premiere on Nickelodeon 15 years ago, “Avatar: The Last Airbender” has become one of the most loved shows on television and has become one of the greatest shows of all time.

The show takes place in a world made up of four nations: the Earth Kingdom, the Water Tribes, the Air Nomads, and the Fire Nation.  Certain members of the four nations (known as benders) have the ability to bend one of the four elements which usually corresponds with the nation they were born and raised in.  One individual known as the Avatar has the ability to bend all four elements with a new Avatar being reborn into a new nation after the previous Avatar’s death.  However, this individual is tasked with making sure the world stays in balance at all times and stopping anyone or anything that can cause imbalance.

But as the Fire Nation began a war to take control of the world, the Avatar vanishes and nobody sees or hears him for a hundred years, giving the Fire Nation the opportunity to conquer the other three nations and allowing them to kill anyone who stood in their way including all the Air Nomads to prevent the next Avatar from foiling their plans.

When two siblings from the Southern Water Tribe find the Avatar, a young immature Airbender named Aang.  The Fire Nation begins to go after him.  When Aang realizes that he has lost his entire culture to the vicious Fire Nation, he quickly finds his destiny.  Aang must master all four elements, defeat the fire nation, and save the world.  If he succeeds, the world can recover from the scar left by the Fire Nation.  If he fails, there will be no world to save.

This show is amazing. It gets very emotional at times and, honestly, hard to look away from.  It has one of the best character development that was done perfectly.  The show embraces the different cultures of the world with the four nations.  Each of the nations represented a different culture in the real world.  The show is also very relevant, a lot of the issues we see in the show happen all around the world today.  Avatar is funny and really encapsulates a little boy with imagination and humor, but with a huge responsibility.  Simply put, “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is the perfect combination between a sweet humorous kids show and a more serious show for young adults. Absolutely thrilling!

There are practically no weak points in the show.  The only weak point is one of the most beloved main characters in the show was introduced long after the first few main characters made their appearances, but this is no way “ruined” the show.  It was great for the plot and even led to a very unexpected twist that helped them out immensely.

Rating: 10 out of 5 stars