Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra are two shows you'll find hard to overlook. The animated series have held their own for years now, and their resurgence in 2020 has brought a new era of fans to the series. Of course, this means the Avatar fandom is thriving in a big way, and that is why an ultimate collector's set is coming to Blu-ray this year.
Over on Amazon, the all-new bundle was spotted by fans. It was there fans learned The Ultimate Aang & Korra Blu-ray Collection is in the works from Paramount, and this set will come with tons of goodies to collect. So if you need all the info on this Avatar bundle, you can find its product blurb below:
"The ultimate Aang and Korra Blu-ray collection features over an hour of all-new and exclusive bonus features including an Auditory Exploration with the Avatarverse Creators, a conversation with Janet Varney and Dante Basco, hosts of the Avatar: Braving the Elements podcast, and 8 collectible art cards! Experience the complete Avatar saga with Aang and Korra. From the discovery of Avatar Aang in the iceberg in Avatar: The Last Airbender to Korra's heroic journey to set things right in Republic City through The Legend of Korra, relive all the epic air, earth, water, and firebending in the ultimate Avatar Collection."
The Ultimate Aang & Korra Blu-ray Collection will come complete with both series, a new bonus disc, and art cards. The bonus disc includes over 80 minutes of new special features, among them an interview with the “Avatarverse” creators.
As you can see, this bundle will come with the entirety of Avatar: The Last Airbender as well as The Legend of Korra. It will also come packed with never-before-seen features including the franchise's stars and co-creators. And to top things off, a set of eight collectible cards will be included for fans to frame or gift.
Currently, this bundle is slated to arrive on December 7, so Avatar fans can get their wishlist going. Amazon has the set listed for $106.99 USD, so it will be on the pricier end. But if you are a diehard fan of both series, this collector's edition is certainly calling your name!
Update - Official Paramount Home Entertainment press release:
NICKELODEON’S GROUNDBREAKING AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER AND THE LEGEND OF KORRA SERIES RETURN WITH EPIC 2-SERIES DVD COLLECTION FEATURING A BONUS DISC AND COLLECTIBLE ART CARDS
THE ULTIMATE AANG & KORRA
BLU-RAYTM COLLECTION
Available December 7, 2021
LOS ANGELES – November 18, 2021 – Nickelodeon’s critically acclaimed, Emmy® Award-winning Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra animated series are back in a brand-new special collector’s edition: The Ultimate Aang and Korra Blu-ray™ Collection, arriving on December 7, 2021. The 2-series collection features new outer packaging designed with custom art of Aang and Korra in the Japanese Sumi art style, plus a brand-new bonus disc and eight collectible art cards. Included on the bonus disc are over 80 minutes of exclusive content: a brand-new feature exploring the Auditory Avatarverse with creators Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and a special recording with newly launched Avatar: Braving the Elements podcast hosts Janet Varney (voice of “Korra”) and Dante Basco (voice of “Zuko,” “General Iroh”).
Created by Konietzko and DiMartino, Avatar: The Last Airbender aired on Nickelodeon from February 2005 through July 2008, garnering both critical and audience acclaim while also winning Annie®, Genesis®, Primetime Emmy®, and Peabody® awards. The series features an iconic blend of anime and traditional animation, alongside a talented voice cast including Zach Tyler Eisen (The Ant Bully, TV’s “Little Bill”), Mae Whitman (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, TV’s “Parenthood”, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, “Family Guy”), Jack DeSena (TV’s “All That”, “Grounded for Life”), Dee Bradley Baker (TV’s “SpongeBob SquarePants”, Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise, TV’s “Batman: The Animated Series”), and Basco (Hook, TV’s “The Legend of Korra”).
The fan-favorite series spawned a beloved animated sequel series, The Legend of Korra, which aired on Nickelodeon and Nick.com from April 2012 through December 2014, garnering both critical and audience acclaim while also winning Annie® and Primetime Emmy® awards. The series features the same iconic blend of anime and traditional animation alongside a talented voice cast including Janet Varney (TV’s “Stan Against Evil”, “You’re the Worst”), David Faustino (TV’s “Married with Children”, “DreamWorks Dragons”, “Dragons: Race to the Edge”), P.J. Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street, TV’s “Big Little Lies”), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Spider-Man, TV’s “Gravity Falls”, “Ultimate Spider-Man”), Seychelle Gabriel (TV’s “Falling Skies”), and Dee Bradley Baker (TV’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender”, “SpongeBob SquarePants”, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”).
The Ultimate Aang and Korra Blu-ray™ Collection will be available on December 7, 2021 from Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon Home Entertainment for $97.99.
Synopsis:
The Ultimate Aang and Korra Blu-ray™ Collection features over an hour of all-new and exclusive bonus features including an Auditory Exploration with the Avatarverse Creators; a conversation with Janet Varney and Dante Bosco, hosts of the Avatar: Braving the Elements podcast; and 8 collectible art cards!
Experience the complete Avatar saga with Aang and Korra. From the discovery of Avatar Aang in the iceberg in Avatar: The Last Airbender to Korra’s heroic journey to set things right in Republic City through The Legend of Korra, relive all the epic air, earth, water and firebending in the ultimate Avatar collection.
Seasons:
Avatar: The Last Airbender:
- Book One: Water
Season 1 – 20 episodes – Aired 2/21/05 – 12/2/05
- Book Two: Earth
Season 2 – 18 episodes – Aired 3/17/06 – 12/1/06
- Book Three: Fire
Season 3 – 16 episodes – Aired 9/21/07 – 7/19/08
The Legend of Korra:
- Book One: Air
Season 1 – 12 episodes – Aired 4/14/12 – 6/23/12
- Book Two: Spirits
Season 2 – 14 episodes – Aired 9/13/13 – 11/22/13
- Book Three: Change
Season 3 – 13 episodes – Aired 6/27/14 – 8/22/14
- Book Four: Balance
Season 4 – 13 episodes – Aired 10/3/14 – 12/19/14
Bonus Content:
Avatar: The Last Airbender:
- Book One: Water
-- Behind the Scenes Kung Fu Featurette
-- The Making of Avatar – From Real Life to Animation
-- Behind the Scenes: The Voices of Avatar
-- Ask the Creators Featurette
-- Original Uncut Animatic – Episode # 15: Bato of the Water Tribe
-- 4 Audio Commentaries with Creator, Cast & Crew
- Features Dee Bradley Baker (voices of Momo and Appa), Ben Wynn (sound effects), Aaron Ehasz (Head Writer) and Co-Creators: Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino
-- Behind the Scenes with the Avatar Cast & Crew
-- Avatar Pilot Episode with Audio Commentary
-- The Making of Avatar – Inside the Sound Studios
-- The Making of Avatar – Inside the Korean Animation Studios
- Book Two: Earth
-- Original Uncut Animatic – Episode # 21: The Avatar State
-- 7 Audio Commentaries by Creators, Cast & Crew
-- Interview with Creators and M. Night Shyamalan
-- The Essence of Bending with Bryan Konietzko and Sifu Kisu
-- Avatar Super Deformed Shorts
- Bending Battle
- Swamp Skiin’ Throwdown
- School Time Shipping
-- Escape From the Spirit World: Animated Graphic Novel
- Book Three: Fire
-- 11 Audio Commentaries by Creators, Cast & Crew
-- The Women of Avatar: The Last Airbender
-- Book 3 Finale Pencil Test Animation
-- Into the Fire Nation at San Diego Comic-Con
The Legend of Korra:
- Book One: Air
-- Audio Commentary (episodes 101-112)
-- The Legend of Puppetbender Presents “The Making of a Legend: The Untold Story – Part I”
-- Creator’s Favorite Scenes: Animatics
- Welcome to Republic City
- The Revelation (2)
- The Voice in the Night
- The Spirit of Competition (2)
- And the Winner Is…
- When Extremes Meet
- Turning the Tides
- Endgame
- Book Two: Spirits
-- Audio Commentary (episodes 113-126)
-- Scene Bending
- Rebel Spirit Scene 1
- Rebel Spirit Scene 2
- The Southern Lights Scene 1
- The Southern Lights Scene 2
- Civil Wars, Pt. 1
- Civil Wars, Pt. 2
- Peacekeepers
- Beginnings: Part 1
- Beginnings: Part 2
- The Guide
- A New Spiritual Age
- Night of a Thousand Stars
- Harmonic Convergence
- Darkness Falls
- Light in the Dark
-- Kindred Spirits: Tenzin’s Family
-- Inside the Book of Spirits
-- The Re-telling of Korra’s Journey
-- Feuding Spirits: Korra’s Family
- Book Three: Change
-- Audio Commentary (episodes 201-213)
-- The Spirit of an Episode
- A Breath of Fresh Air
- Rebirth
- The Earth Queen
- In Harm’s Way
- The Metal Clan
- Old Wounds
- Original Airbenders
- The Terror Within
- The Stakeout
- Long Live the Queen
- The Ultimatum
- Enter the Void
- Venom of the Red Lotus
- Book Four: Balance
-- Audio Commentary (episodes 214-226)
-- Kuvira vs. Prince Wu
-- Republic City Hustle: Parts 1-3
-- The Legend of the Puppetbender Presents “The Making of a Legend: The Untold Story – Part II”
-- Legend of Korra: New York Comic-Con Panel Featurette
Bonus Disc:
-- Auditory Exploration with the Avatarverse Creators
-- A Conversation with Janet Varney and Dante Basco – Hosts of the Avatar: Braving the Elements Podcast
The Ultimate Aang and Korra Blu-ray™ Collection Fast Facts:
Street Date: December 7, 2021
Catalog: 191329209448 (US); 191329209349 (CAN)
Avatar: The Last Airbender Running Time: 24 hrs 22 min
Legend of Korra Running Time: 20 hrs 10 min
Bonus Disc Running Time: 1 hr 26 min
Avatar: The Last Airbender Audio: Books 1-3: English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 2.0 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital
VAM: English 2.0 Dolby Digital
Legend of Korra Audio: Book 1: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Spanish 2.0 Stereo, French 2.0 Stereo
Books 2-3: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital
Book 4: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Bonus Disc Audio: English 2.0 Dolby Digital
US Rating: Not Rated
CN Rating: PG (Violence, Frightening Scenes)
US M.S.R.P.: $97.99
CN M.S.R.P.: $107.99
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Update (12/4) - In an conversation included in The Ultimate Aang and Korra Blu-ray Collection, a new bundle that packages Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra together for the first time, Varney talks to her Avatar: Braving the Elements podcast cohost Dante Basco (the voice of Zuko) about the dimensions of Korra that became essential to bringing her to life across four seasons. For anyone who binged the series for the first time when it popped up on Netflix last year, it might be easy to overlook Korra’s character details or underestimate the struggles she faces. But for Varney, they provided the grounded character traits that allowed her to process Korra as a person.
“We have this Avatar who is the polar opposite of Aang,” she says in the exclusive video clip above. “She is a horrible airbender, and all of the things about her personality that go with not knowing how to airbend.”
Even at the time, it was difficult for some fans to empathize with Korra as she faced, arguably, even more challenging ordeals than her predecessor, Aang. But Varney hits on one important detail that’s really only emphasized in one early scene in the series: “She found out she was the Avatar very young.”
Watch the full clip on Polygon, and find the full segment in The Ultimate Aang and Korra Blu-ray Collection, arriving on Dec. 7.
Watch Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra on Paramount+ and Netflix!
Listen to the brand new podcast, Avatar: Braving the Elements!: http://nickalive.blogspot.com/search/label/Avatar%3A%20Braving%20the%20Elements
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Originally published: October 05, 2021.
Sources: ComicBook.com, The Digital Bits; Press release via Tabby's Pantry; Additional source: Collider.
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