Avatar: The Last Airbender (franchise)

The franchise is set in an Asian-inspired fantasy world that is divided into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Fire Nation, the Air Nomads, and the Earth Kingdom. People of each nation are capable of telekinetically manipulating (referred to as "bending" in the franchise) one of the four elements: water, earth, fire, or air.

The titular "Avatar" is the only person who can bend all four elements, and they are responsible for maintaining spiritual and physical balance in the world. After an Avatar's death, the Avatar Spirit, Raava, is reborn into a new person of a different nation, who is the new Avatar and who must master the bending arts of the four elements, and take on their Avatar responsibilities.

Three television series make up the Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise: Avatar: The Last Airbender (animated, 2005-2008), The Legend of Korra, and Avatar: The Last Airbender (live-action, 2024-present). All series in total amount to 128 episodes across nine seasons of television.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008)

The first series in the franchise, Avatar: The Last Airbender follows the young Avatar Aang as he attempts to end the Fire Nation's war of conquest against the other three nations. Aang, who is the last surviving Air Nomad due to a genocide perpetrated by the Fire Nation, is joined by a teenage waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe, Katara, her non-bending brother Sokka, and later the young blind earthbending prodigy Toph, as he journeys to master bending the elements so that he can defeat the Fire Nation's leader, Fire Lord Ozai, and restore peace throughout the four nations. The series also depicts the journey of Prince Zuko, Ozai's disgraced and exiled son, as he tries to restore his honor. When Ozai exiled him, he sent him on a quest to find the Avatar, a task thought impossible at the time. Zuko stays devoted to capturing Aang throughout the first season, but would go on to join Aang’s group later in the series.

The Legend of Korra (2012-2014)

Set 70 years after the original series, The Legend of Korra follows Aang's successor as the Avatar, a waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe named Korra, who moves to the new, multi-ethnic Republic City to learn airbending from Aang's youngest son, Tenzin. She befriends a firebending and earthbending pair of brothers, Mako and Bolin, and the industrial heiress Asami Sato, and contends with a series of political upheavals, including a rising anti-bending movement, a civil war in the Water Tribes, an anarchist conspiracy, and the rise of an authoritarian government in the Earth Kingdom.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024-present)

Produced by Netflix in partnership with Nickelodeon, Avatar: The Last Airbender is a live-action adaptation of the first series by Albert Kim. Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, originally set to be the showrunners, abandoned the project due to creative differences. The first season was released on February 22, 2024, on Netflix, and consists of eight episodes. On March 6, 2024, the series was renewed for a second and third season, with it set to conclude with the latter.

Avatar: Seven Havens

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Nickelodeon and Avatar Studios have announced Avatar: Seven Havens, a new 2D animated series. Set 225 years after the events of The Legend of Korra, Avatar: Seven Havens takes place in the aftermath of a global cataclysmic event, with civilization on the verge of collapse. The series will follow Korra's successor as the Avatar, Pavi, an earthbender who is blamed for humanity's destruction and attempts to survive with help from her long-lost twin sibling named Nisha. The series was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and Ethan Spaulding and Sehaj Sethi will serve as executive producers. Seven Havens will consist of 26 half-hour episodes spread across two seasons, or books. On December 23, 2025, it was announced the series will be released on Paramount+. On July 23, 2026, it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 that the series will premiere on October 9.

The Last Airbender (2010)

The Last Airbender is a 2010 live-action adaptation of the first season of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender by M. Night Shyamalan. The film was widely panned by critics and fans of the animated series, and has since been considered one of the worst films ever made and took in $319 million at the worldwide box office.

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026)

In February 2021, along with the announcement of the formation of Avatar Studios, it was reported that the studio's first project would be an animated theatrical film that would begin production later in 2021. In June 2022, it was announced that Lauren Montgomery, a former storyboard artist on Avatar and a supervising producer for Korra, would serve as director. In April 2024, Paramount revealed the film's tentative title, Aang: The Last Airbender, along with the casting of Eric Nam as Aang, Dionne Quan as Toph, Jessica Matten as Katara, Román Zaragoza as Sokka, and Dave Bautista as an antagonist. The film was originally set to be released theatrically on October 9, 2026 by Paramount Pictures. In April 2025, the title of the film was announced as The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender. On December 23, 2025, it was announced the film would instead be released on Paramount+. In March 2026, Montgomery revealed that production had wrapped and the final cut of the film had been screened for the entire cast and crew. Posts from the screening by Eric Nam and Román Zaragoza revealed that the film had been retitled Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender. In April 2026, the entire film was leaked on social media platform X. As of April 2026, investigations are underway by Paramount Pictures to determine the source of the leak. Sources familiar with the situation say the company has determined it did not originate internally. Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender was released on Paramount+ on July 25, 2026, with a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles and New York City.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2006-present)

The Last Airbender (2010)

The Legend of Korra (2016-present)

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Podcast

Avatar: Braving the Elements is a podcast by Nickelodeon in which Dante Basco, the voice actor for Prince Zuko, and Janet Varney, who voiced Korra, revisit the animated television series. The podcast's main focus are deep dives into each TV episode in chronological order; other episodes explore individual characters, important themes in the Avatar universe or the craft and artistic work which went into creating it. Varney and Basco are often joined by other people who were involved in bringing the series to life, including fellow voice actors, writers, directors, producers and the show creators themselves. Avatar: Braving the Elements has also featured fans of the show as guests and been live-recorded by its hosts at conventions. Beginning with season 3, video recordings of the podcast were uploaded to Youtube.

Tabletop roleplaying game

On July 12, 2021, Magpie Games announced that on August 3 of the same year they'd be launching a Kickstarter campaign for Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game, an officially licensed tabletop roleplaying game set in the universe of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. The campaign raised USD $9.53M, becoming the most successful campaign for a tabletop game in Kickstarter's history. Pre-orders for much of the game's content opened on October 12, 2022.

Concert

In October 2023, Nickelodeon and GEA Live announced Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert, an ongoing concert tour featuring Zuckerman's score for the series. The tour was initially announced for four dates and locations in the UK, US, and France, and premiered in London on January 21, 2024. The concert runs for over two hours and the music is performed by an orchestral ensemble, while several moments from the series are displayed on a large screen. Zuckerman, in assistance with DiMartino, Konietzko, and original editor Jeff Adams expanded the series' score and compositions for the concert. The concert is produced by Nickelodeon, GEA Live, and Senbla.

Trading Card Game

On October 28th, 2025, Wizards of the Coast announced their newest Magic the Gathering crossover to be with Avatar: The Last Airbender. The series was released on November 21st, 2025, with a set of 414 cards; an additional eternal release releasing soon after while providing more artwork and some rereleases of cards. On November 17th, 2025 a secret lair, a handful of cards, was also released.