Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44136 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-06-04
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 93 minutes

Synopsis
Children's cable network Nickelodeon fashions an American spin on Japanese anime with their original series AVATAR: THE LEGEND OF AANG. On a futuristic Earth torn between the warring elements of Air, Earth, Water, and Fire, only one special being known as the Avatar can bring peace to the conflicted planet. The trouble is, the Avatar is an immature 12-year-old boy named Aang, who would rather wander the world having fun-filled adventures than settle down and face his heroic destiny. Ably blending kids-oriented comedy with martial-arts action/adventure worthy of its Japanese counterparts, AVATAR continues with this second thrilling instalment.

Customer Reviews

Argh! My Cabbages!
The second volume of Avatar has Aang and company generaly goofing around whilst Prince Zuko are chasing them. Still I do wonder why we are over a year behind the states who have already got season 2 out. This is a show with genuine humour in it. Uncle Iroh voiced by the sadly missed Mako is consistantly funny yet can still kick several earth benders butts, this does start to give Zuko a more rounded personality so by season 2 you have an empathy for him.
5: The King of Omashu -
While in Omashu, Aang and the gang accidentally destroy parts of the city on a joyride. The King of Omashu challenges Aang to three tasks that require creative thinking before allowing Aang and his friends to leave the city first appearance of Cabbage merchant Chou -"Argh! My cabbages!" who is a running gag in the series.
6: Imprisoned
Aang, Katara, and Sokka camp at a small Earth Kingdom town where all the town's Earthbenders are enslaved by the Fire Nation. Katara accidentally gets an Earthbender, Haru, arrested; in her guilt, she tricks the Fire Nation into arresting her so that she can help to free the Earthbenders from the inside. A guest appearance of George Takei as the warden
7: The Spirit World (Winter Solstice, Part 1)The gang find themselves in a small Earth Kingdom village under attack by a Spirit World monster. Aang attempts to stop the monster from destroying the town but is accidentally transported into and trapped within the Spirit World. Meanwhile, Iroh gets captured by a group of Earth Kingdom soldiers and Zuko must track him down.
8 Avatar Roku (Winter Solstice, Part 2)
Aang must travel to the Fire Temple, while battling Zuko and Zhao, to receive a message from Avatar Roku (he may be dead but he can talk to Aang) . He soon finds that even the once loyal sages of the Avatar are against him.

The only gripe I have is there are no extras on it cust the episodes it may be a good idea to wait and see if the series 1 collection comes out

Volume Two
Avatar continues to impress with another four great episodes. Episode five is a fun episode that adds a bit more to Aangs background. Episode six is good as well focusing more on Katara and nicely fleshes out her character. The episode also has a great appearance for George Takei. The highlight of this volume for me is the last two episodes which greatly advance the storyline and adds an extra urgency to Aangs quest. The first of these, episode seven, sees the Avatar and company arrive at a village plagued by a spirit monster. This leads Aang into a spirit quest in an attempt to contact his predecessor. The final episode of the volume follows the Avatar as he races to a temple inside the Fire Nation to complete his mission to contact Roko and receive a warning of things to come. Overall Avatar continues to be a great show and is even in danger of knocking Futurama off the top of my list of favourite American animation.

Heading north
Traveling from the South Pole to the North Pole would be a tricky business in the best of times, but it's even worse when you've got a vast empire out to catch you. "Avatar The Last Airbender - Book 1 Water, Vol. 2" continues the one-off tales of peril for the Avatar and his little gang, but it also kicks off a potential story arc that might span a good portion of the series.

The gang visits the Earth kingdom of Omashu, home of countless mail chutes and delivery tracks -- but after an unfortunate incident involving a cart of cabbages, Aang and his buddies are arrested. Unfortunately the eccentric old king of Omashu soon reveals that Aang is the Avatar, and forces him to undergo three perilous challenges -- and if he doesn't overcome them, his friends will be encased in gennamite crystals. Just what is the king doing, and why does he seem so familiar?

Then the gang travels to a village where Earthbenders are all taken captive by the Fire Nation and transported to an offshore prison. When Katara gets a young man named Haru to Earthbend after a mining cave-in, the boy is arrested and taken away -- and she feels responsible for what happened. So she fakes Earthbending to get herself captured, and taken to the Fire Nation prison.

And a small village asks Aang to help when a spirit beast attacks their village... only to have Sokka dragged away by the beast, and Aang himself ends up stranded in the spirit world. The late Avatar Roku's spirit dragon shows him that on the day of the winter solstice, Aang will be able to speak to his late mentor -- but the temple he must reach is in the Fire Nation. And he's still got the spirit beast to deal with.

But at the same time, Zuko and Zhao are racing to find the Avatar, and they follow him into Fire Nation waters. As his enemies close in and treacherous sages try to betray him, Aang learns of a terrible event that may give the Fire Nation even more power.

The first couple episodes in "Avatar The Last Airbender - Book 1 Water, Vol. 2" are solid standalones, with some uplifting Messages Of The Day about thinking outside the box ("like a mad genius!") and standing up against oppressors. But the story really blossoms with the "Winter Solstice" two-parter -- it's all build-up for a massive revelation from Avatar Roku, which clearly is intended to form an overhanging plot arc through at least the rest of the season.

The writers also seem to be getting the hang of epic fantasy, showing vast Fire Nation blockades, ancient temples and glimpses of a spirit otherworld where ghosts, dragons and vast beasts roam. And the conflicts between the Fire Nation and its oppressed enemies is drawn out in more detail, along with plenty of slam-bang action (Zuko's chain-shattering rescue of Iroh) and an explosive climax... well, more like a VOLCANIC climax.

The writing has also become far steadier. These episodes are peppered with comic relief (Iroh's rambling monologues after being taken prisoner), slam-bang action (Zuko's chain-shattering rescue of Iroh) and slightly tongue-in-cheek ("Take them to the refurbished chamber that was once bad!").

Aang's rather nebulous save-the-world destiny is outlined in a little more detail here, showing a specific disaster that he must avert -- and he's got a strict time limit too. Katara gets to show off her charisma, while Zuko's anti-villain status is cemented by a nasty choice he's given: rescue his beloved uncle, or nab Aang. And Iroh -- seemingly a pleasant old lazy goof -- shows just how clever and dangerous he actually is.

"Avatar The Last Airbender - Book 1 Water, Vol. 2" smooths out some of the early wrinkles in this classic series, and kicks off an overhanging story arc. Definitely a must-see.