The Legend of Genji Explained

While the new Avatar Studios project has been revealed by Michael Dante Dimartino and Brian Konitzko, fan-made projects for what would follow the

legend

of Korra have been appearing on the Internet today, I want to introduce you to one in particular that is in progress and it seems quite promising, the

legend

of

genji

takes place after the death of korra, the animated web series introduces the next online avatar, an earthbender with a preference for sandbending named

genji

, in today's video i will go over the project, i will introduce its cool new characters and i will finally start a discussion about the future of the avatar franchise, so what exactly is the legend of genji?

The project that started making waves in late 2019 is a fan-based volunteer avatar project in the form of a lightly animated comic, while it has not yet been released. The first chapter will begin 17 years after Korra's death. A prologue episode called End of An Era is available on its official YouTube channel. It begins during the avatar's funeral after she saved the city of Bosang Say from an apocalyptic surge of spiritual energy. Korra stopped the city from literally exploding by using energy, bending and redirecting the energy into the sky, which unfortunately ended up creating an explosion that took her life during the prologue.

A heartbroken Asami wearing a water tribe necklace mourns the passing of her loved one. If you look closely, you will notice an image. introduces the two lovers, hinting at the fact that they were married at some point during their youth, while a now older Genora gives a speech. You may notice some familiar faces in the crowd like Mako Bolin Naga, while others like Fire Lord Izumi and General Iro are paying their respects outside the prologue saying goodbye to Korra while paving the way for a new avatar to be born set in what which would be the equivalent of our 60s and 70s the legend of genji presents us with the first televised avatar with the six-year old Luan, the boy, became a real sensation and appears in television specials and newspapers, but at Just like in the rise of Kiyoshi, Luan is actually not the real avatar.

Years later, the real avatar Genji, a sand master who grew up in the Siwang Desert, will be discovered. will change everything in the earth federation and the world in the legend of genji universe, the earth kingdom was dissolved by avatar korra and prince wu when they installed a new democratic system and renamed it the earth federation while all this sounds good and the president General Bao Jon worked hard to modernize his nation, his corrupt administration and his plan to unite the Land Federation under a single identity policy endangered the cultural identity of both the Misty Swamp Tribe and the Wong Tribes of the sea, this is where assigning the avatar to a sandbender gets really interesting.

The benders have had such a limited role in Avatar the Last Airbender when poor Appa was kidnapped, and an even smaller one in The Legend of Korra, as they barely appeared on screen, there are still plenty of stories that could be expanded upon for these. tribes in particular. and while we know earthbenders can bend glass, who knows to what extent genji could bend sand when in avatar state, plus the expanding avatar franchise, the legend of genji's website is a real mine gold with fun recorded live streams, quick drawing sessions, more information about the Avatar World they are creating artist apps to join and tons of concept art while the project has stalled a bit.

Team Genji. Make sure to give us some updates from time to time. As it stands, we should finally be able to get our hands on the episodes. one and two aren't very far down the path, but for now let me move on to the new team avatar you've created and explore their designs and personalities, important though, what really defines both avatar the last airbender and The Legend of Korra, not necessarily its action scenes or events, but in fact its character development, the franchise is about growth, from Aang learning to know himself by mastering the four elements to the incredible Zuko's redemption arc and Korra learns to be vulnerable, of course, cool character designs, unique bending arts styles, and an awesome boomerang.

Throwing skills are also part of what makes an avatar character great. Let's take a look at how the characters in the new legend of Genji compare. Let's start with the main protagonist, Genji, as Genji was born and raised among the sandbenders in the Siwong Desert. He and his family were forced to move and relocate four years ago to a crowded city called Jinsha. Earlier in his life, he was traveling through the Sewang Desert with his household sand sailor. Nowadays, he mainly goes around the city taking jobs that are available to him in order to support his family. mother and his little sister at this stage of the story he still hasn't been discovered as the avatar and is a bit absent with no real interest in school, reminds me a bit of airbender kai with a touch of korra don't you think?

Although Genji is a bit tough on the outside, his airbending friend, Khao Sang, seems to be the complete opposite. Khao Sang is not to be confused with Kiyoshi's mentor, Kelsen is a highly intelligent airbending prodigy born to two famous airbenders, he has it all. In his favor to become the next Tenzin Having obtained his air nation tattoos after years of study and practice, Khao Sang is ready to be released into the world to share his vast knowledge, something tells me he will become the master of Genji's airbending, but something also tells me that the two might be a bit of a clash or at least at first a sandstorm is surely rising.

Then we have Nami from the northern water tribe, according to the healers, the cheerful looking girl was supposed to grow up and become one of the greatest. Water benders After enrolling in a private water bending academy in the north, Nami still hasn't bent a single drop of water. Nami might be one of the rare tri-water protagonists who isn't a teacher, however, she has a cute little quirk hanging around. We hang out with tiny, strange spirits at home, which means her connection to the spirits could be very strong and could be useful for one of the gang's next adventures.

Firebender Iko Hibana appears to be a mix between Asumi and Azula. She is outgoing, a perfectionist and is proud to study. At the Royal Fire Academy for girls, she is one of the institution's best students, but trying to stay at the top takes its toll on her, as she often experiences anxiety about not being the best of the best. That reminds you of someone who lost their Marbles now this completes the new avatar of the team with members of the four nations, but that's not all, in addition to the characters from previous shows, the team behind the legend of Genji created two more characters We still don't know if they will be for or against.

Team Luon's avatar is a strong earth and metal master who was named the new avatar by the white lotus and diary with his shiny new title, he and his family promoted to the elite class while preparing him to learn the four elements just like jan. in the book Rise of Kiyoshi he became a master of Earth Controlling through the education he was given, but he also cannot control Fire or any other element besides Earth, in fact the last character I want to talk about At this point it is Maya. Maya, originally from the sea side of the Earth Federation, has just graduated from the daily training academy and was designated as the avatar's personal security detail.

Something tells me these two could come into conflict with the team's new avatar, leading to a momentous showdown as the team behind the legend of genji seems excited by Avatar Studios' announcement. I wonder what that means for the future of their project if you haven't heard that the creators of the Avatar franchise abandoned ship on that Netflix live-action remake project. and signed a deal with Nickelodeon for the upcoming streaming platform Paramount Plus, while we have no idea what stories will be told, we know for sure that Avatar Studios will focus on expanding the world of Avatar with new series starting with an animated film that is planned To be released in theaters, there are a few possible ways these series could take shape and creators might want to adapt them into comic book sequels that follow Aang's adventures after the original series and Cora's after her own series, although It would be fun to see them. well written animated comics, I think fans would like new stories to appear on screen, these could be adventures that take place later after the comic timeline or focus specifically on a few characters, a show about zuko growing up as the fire lord would like it.

Surely more than one fan another way would be to adapt the rise of kiyoshi and the shadow of kyoshi to the kiyoshi novels while some might find the idea redundant this could open the door to more animated series about previous avatars after all it seems to be a one of their goals is to create their own mcu using film and television the most obvious idea that comes to mind is also the least safe for avatar studios as they did with the legend of korra and as the legend of genji is currently doing they could decide to tell the story of the next avatar, depending on when coral would die, we could easily get an avatar series inspired by the 80s, 90s or even 2000s, oh count me in for a skateboard earthbender avatar, uh, back to genji, this makes me think that I don't know much about sand benders and as far as I'm concerned we never got to witness a sand bending avatar while metal bending is not the easiest way to master earth bending .

Ask Berlin. Sand bending requires a very precise skill set in order to bend thousands of grains of sand to one's will, imagine what an avatar could do with sand while in the avatar state. I'm talking about huge sandstorms that could literally catch fire if the avatar controls the friction between the Mineral Particles at high speed. Earth's future avatar could also create Gara-style sand clones to aid them in battle against an army of enemies. Earthbenders are known to erect giant walls of earth to protect themselves from incoming fire, water, or air attacks, so a sand bending avatar could do something similar but in a more malleable way, since sand bending is a close fluid art when bending water, this could give them the opportunity to create weapons, shields and armor made of hardened sand or even glass if manipulated for this goal now.

Granted, both series about past avatars and the avatar following Korra are promising ideas, but have you considered a futuristic avatar or even an avatar in space? It could open the avatar universe to entirely new powers of control across the galaxy.