But ultimately, what’s so special about Avatar: The Last Airbender is the story underlying all of the fantastical elements– the magic comes in the humanity of the characters, bender and non-bender alike.

Content for children – cartoons and otherwise – has always been a hot commodity, in every sense of the term. Is the resurgence in revisiting cartoons and kid shows with a new inclusion of adult audiences simply a product of nostalgia, or do the stories from our childhood signify something else?