"Avatar: The Last Airbender" The Boy in the Iceberg (2005)

Director:

Dave Filoni

Writers:

Michael Dante DiMartino (creator) &
Bryan Konietzko (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Avatar: The Last Airbender" (2005)

Original Air Date:

21 February 2005 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

Two teenage siblings (Sokka and Katara) living in the South Pole discover a very strange boy (Aang)...

Plot Keywords:

Shipping | Power | Earth | Tribe | Martial Arts

Cast

Zach Tyler	...	Aang (voice) (as Zach Tyler Eisen)
Mae Whitman	...	Katara (voice)
Jack De Sena	...	Sokka (voice) (as Jack DeSena)
Dante Basco	...	Prince Zuko / Additional Voices (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Appa / Additional Voices (voice)
Mako	...	Uncle Iroh (voice)
Melendy Britt	...	Gran Gran (voice)
Madeline Lovejoy	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Luke Zampas	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Quotes:

[first lines]
Katara: [voiceover] Water. Earth. Fire. Air. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all changed when the Fire Nation attacked...

First aired episode...obviously so

This was a good enough episode to get me hooked, so I probably should have gone easier on the rating, but in retrospect, and compared to the more recent episodes, this one was weak, rushed and relied on what some might refer to as 'little boy humor'. Which is entirely appropriate, as that is the audience they were trying to draw in. This series has since grown phenomenally, drawing in an audience from all age groups, from the targeted 7-10 year olds to thirty-year-old viewers. This is definitely a show to watch with the family, and you really should start out with this first episode. It does a very good job of introducing all essential characters, the overall plot, and it includes a few good laughs.