Post by Musogato on Jul 21, 2010 18:08:37 GMT -5
Thought it would be good to have all the information out so far on the new show together in one place. When new info comes out, I'll edit it into here. If I'm missing anything, let me know!
--- COMIC CON 2011 SPOILERS
A lot of information and images were released at the San Diego Comic Con 2011. Because of the amount and potentially spoilery nature, it has it's own post here.
Quick links however:
Korra Trailer: Youtube
HD Trailer Screenshots: 50: Photobucket, 390: AWS-Icons @ LJ
High-Quality Character & Concept Art: Amira Photobucket, TheGadgetFish
Martial Arts Demo video: Youtube
Recorded Korra SDCC Panel: Youtube. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.
--- IN-SHOW INFO
The Legend of Korra will have 26 episodes
Expected to air in the USA in mid-2012, on Nickelodeon
Full show title is currently: The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra
Takes place 70 YEARS after Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Follows Korra, the Avatar after Aang.
Korra is a Waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe, and is a "passionate, rebellious, and fearless" teenage girl.
Korra has already mastered Water, Earth, and Fire
She is to learn Airbending from Tenzin, who is Aang's son
The show will mostly take place in Republic City
Republic City is the epicenter of the Avatar world. It is a metropolis with steampunk technology, and is inhabited by people from all nations.
Republic City has rampant crime, and is dealing with an anti-bender revolt.
Republic City draws inspiration from Shanghai in the 1920s and 30s and Hong Kong, as well as Manhattan and Vancouver. Cities that jut out on a peninsula or an island and has these big mountains around it.
New technology includes cars and motorcycles.
Katara is the mother of Tenzin, Aang's son.
Aang will be present in some way.
Aang died young-ish because of the energy he used up to stay in the iceberg for 100 years.
Cabbage Man won't appear, but "his legacy" will be present in some form.
There's a new boy character named Meelo
The new villain is an anti-bending revolutionary kind of guy. "Very scary" and "definitely a challenge for Korra."
The character Mako is "tall and handsome"
--- VOICE ACTORS/CAST INFO
Janet Varney as Korra
Kiernan Shipka as Jinora
Daniel Dae Kim as Hiroshi Sato
David Faustino as Mako
Seychelle Gabriel as Asami
Lance Henriksen as Lieutenant
P.J. Byrne as Bolin
JK Simmons as Tenzin
Dee Bradley Baker as animals and... ?
Dante Basco as.... ?
Rob Paulsen as.... ?
Eva Marie-Saint as.... ?
--- CREATOR-SIDE INFO
Show to be produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, Calif.
Show created by Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko
Mike & Bryan will be directly writing every episode.
Co-executive produced by Joaquim Dos Santos.
Ryuki Hung will be working on the show
The Track Team will be composing the music again!
The music may be like "the roaring twenties with an Asian feel"!
Andrea Romano returns as casting/voice director!
Sifu Kisu returns as the martial arts consultant!
--- QUOTES FROM CREATORS MIKE & BRYAN
"As a mini-series, it's going to be really tight. While we really love the filler episodes, those are some of our favorites, this thing is just lean and mean. It's a really cool driving story."
"The world has definitely changed, and evolved, and advanced, but we're very conscious of keeping the same feeling. Not totally different, but it's definitely generations later."
There WILL be a love interest for Korra / "plenty of romance in the story, but the same balance of ingredients."
The show will be a bit more mature, although there would still be a balance between drama and fun.... Bryan: "It’s fair to say we’re dealing with some sophisticated things and the show is growing up a bit."
The show is more sophisticated, but still has the humor, fun hybrid animals, and action like before. (paraphrased)
The show won't cover more mature subjects necessarily, just different mature subjects.
On the persecution of Airbenders(?) being compared to the X-Men registration act: "We'll see something like that, but in sort of a different structure."
"When we first starting talking to Nickelodeon about doing a new series in the ‘Avatar’ world, they asked if we could do shorter arcs-- more like a show like ‘24’ where there’s a specific villain or challenge for that particular season.”
"In every way we’re trying to improve [the Airbender world]. We’re not trying to change it so much that it’s unrecognizable and doesn’t feel like the same universe, but we are trying to update it, improve it, make everything just more sophisticated and appealing….It’s kind of like the show has grown up."
--- IMAGES
Large shot of Korra looking down at Republic City
Pencil linetest of Korra fighting off two men: Korean blog source - Youtube
Korra waterbending & firebending
--- SOURCES
PR Newswire
WallStreet Journal
WSJ interview with Mike & Bryan
ASN Forum
UGO Comic Con interview w/ Mike & Bryan
UGO confirms Track Team @ Comic Con
Toonzone Comic Con interview w/ Andrea Romano (bottom of page)
Giancarlo's DeviantART message
UGO interview with The Track Team
Dante Basco's Wordpress weblog
Twitter status for Dee Bradley Baker
Twitter status for Rob Paulsen
WSJ exclusive image of Korra's face
WSJ announces Legend of Korra voice cast
WSJ interview with Mike and Bryan
Examiner.com interview with David Faustino
--- COMIC CON 2011 SPOILERS
A lot of information and images were released at the San Diego Comic Con 2011. Because of the amount and potentially spoilery nature, it has it's own post here.
Quick links however:
Korra Trailer: Youtube
HD Trailer Screenshots: 50: Photobucket, 390: AWS-Icons @ LJ
High-Quality Character & Concept Art: Amira Photobucket, TheGadgetFish
Martial Arts Demo video: Youtube
Recorded Korra SDCC Panel: Youtube. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.
--- IN-SHOW INFO
The Legend of Korra will have 26 episodes
Expected to air in the USA in mid-2012, on Nickelodeon
Full show title is currently: The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra
Takes place 70 YEARS after Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Follows Korra, the Avatar after Aang.
Korra is a Waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe, and is a "passionate, rebellious, and fearless" teenage girl.
Korra has already mastered Water, Earth, and Fire
She is to learn Airbending from Tenzin, who is Aang's son
The show will mostly take place in Republic City
Republic City is the epicenter of the Avatar world. It is a metropolis with steampunk technology, and is inhabited by people from all nations.
Republic City has rampant crime, and is dealing with an anti-bender revolt.
Republic City draws inspiration from Shanghai in the 1920s and 30s and Hong Kong, as well as Manhattan and Vancouver. Cities that jut out on a peninsula or an island and has these big mountains around it.
New technology includes cars and motorcycles.
Katara is the mother of Tenzin, Aang's son.
Aang will be present in some way.
Aang died young-ish because of the energy he used up to stay in the iceberg for 100 years.
Cabbage Man won't appear, but "his legacy" will be present in some form.
There's a new boy character named Meelo
The new villain is an anti-bending revolutionary kind of guy. "Very scary" and "definitely a challenge for Korra."
The character Mako is "tall and handsome"
--- VOICE ACTORS/CAST INFO
Janet Varney as Korra
Kiernan Shipka as Jinora
Daniel Dae Kim as Hiroshi Sato
David Faustino as Mako
Seychelle Gabriel as Asami
Lance Henriksen as Lieutenant
P.J. Byrne as Bolin
JK Simmons as Tenzin
Dee Bradley Baker as animals and... ?
Dante Basco as.... ?
Rob Paulsen as.... ?
Eva Marie-Saint as.... ?
--- CREATOR-SIDE INFO
Show to be produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, Calif.
Show created by Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko
Mike & Bryan will be directly writing every episode.
Co-executive produced by Joaquim Dos Santos.
Ryuki Hung will be working on the show
The Track Team will be composing the music again!
The music may be like "the roaring twenties with an Asian feel"!
Andrea Romano returns as casting/voice director!
Sifu Kisu returns as the martial arts consultant!
--- QUOTES FROM CREATORS MIKE & BRYAN
"As a mini-series, it's going to be really tight. While we really love the filler episodes, those are some of our favorites, this thing is just lean and mean. It's a really cool driving story."
"The world has definitely changed, and evolved, and advanced, but we're very conscious of keeping the same feeling. Not totally different, but it's definitely generations later."
There WILL be a love interest for Korra / "plenty of romance in the story, but the same balance of ingredients."
The show will be a bit more mature, although there would still be a balance between drama and fun.... Bryan: "It’s fair to say we’re dealing with some sophisticated things and the show is growing up a bit."
The show is more sophisticated, but still has the humor, fun hybrid animals, and action like before. (paraphrased)
The show won't cover more mature subjects necessarily, just different mature subjects.
On the persecution of Airbenders(?) being compared to the X-Men registration act: "We'll see something like that, but in sort of a different structure."
"When we first starting talking to Nickelodeon about doing a new series in the ‘Avatar’ world, they asked if we could do shorter arcs-- more like a show like ‘24’ where there’s a specific villain or challenge for that particular season.”
"In every way we’re trying to improve [the Airbender world]. We’re not trying to change it so much that it’s unrecognizable and doesn’t feel like the same universe, but we are trying to update it, improve it, make everything just more sophisticated and appealing….It’s kind of like the show has grown up."
--- IMAGES
Large shot of Korra looking down at Republic City
Pencil linetest of Korra fighting off two men: Korean blog source - Youtube
Korra waterbending & firebending
--- SOURCES
PR Newswire
WallStreet Journal
WSJ interview with Mike & Bryan
ASN Forum
UGO Comic Con interview w/ Mike & Bryan
UGO confirms Track Team @ Comic Con
Toonzone Comic Con interview w/ Andrea Romano (bottom of page)
Giancarlo's DeviantART message
UGO interview with The Track Team
Dante Basco's Wordpress weblog
Twitter status for Dee Bradley Baker
Twitter status for Rob Paulsen
WSJ exclusive image of Korra's face
WSJ announces Legend of Korra voice cast
WSJ interview with Mike and Bryan
Examiner.com interview with David Faustino