Friday, June 13, 2025

Hikari Sentai Maskman Ep. 1: The Mysterious, Beautiful Runaway - Summary/Review

 



Of all the 80s Super Sentai, this one I had been interested in the most. Primarily because I like the costumes and because of X1 Mask. But, other than that I am going into this blank. Click "read more" and let's begin this journey.

Friday, June 6, 2025

Let's Talk...Avatar Legends

It is a rare series that can truly be considered revolutionary in the cultural zeitgeist. A show that can literally be the harbinger for transformation of an entire industry. A show like Avatar: The Last Airbender. Airing between 2005 and 2008, Avatar: The Last Airbender takes place in a world comprised of four nations each based on the four classical elements (Earth, Fire, Water, and Air). In this world, there are people known as benders who are capable of manipulating one of the four elements based on their nation of origin. Only a single individual, known as the Avatar, is capable of bending all four elements at once. The Avatar's duty is to maintain peace between the four nations and the spirit world, a realm filled wit all kinds of strange

Beyond its cultural impact, I don't think it is too much of an exaggeration to say that Avatar: The Last Airbender also had a truly transformative impact upon my family growing up. It was the one "children's" show that my entire family would watch, oftentimes on replay as we had the entire DVD collection at home. We relished in the triumphs and tragedies, the beautiful music and themes, and I personally absolutely adored the expansive world-building presented to us.

And in the past 20 years, the Avatar universe has only vaguely been explored since The Last Airbender. Of course, there was The Legend of Korra, which was controversial within the community but otherwise until the last few years, Avatar seemed an abandoned IP. Thankfully, that is no longer the case and that is where today's article will be focusing. We are going to discuss the current lineup of Avatar properties, the upcoming projects and releases, and conjecture about interesting and fascinating potential areas to explore within the universe of Avatar, now more popularly referred to as Avatar Legends.

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