Scripted series · Nickelodeon
The Legend of Korra
Only the Avatar can master all four elements.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Janet Varney
Korra (voice)
52 eps
David Faustino
Mako (voice)
52 eps
P.J. Byrne
Bolin (voice)
52 eps
Seychelle Gabriel
Asami Sato (voice)
49 eps
Mindy Sterling
Lin Beifong (voice)
31 eps
Adrian LaTourelle
Unalaq (voice)
16 eps
Henry Rollins
Zaheer (voice)
15 eps
J.K. Simmons
Tenzin (voice)
48 eps
Steve Blum
Amon (voice)
16 eps
Dee Bradley Baker
Naga / Pabu / Bum-Ju / Oogi / Tarrlok (voice)
64 eps
Kiernan Shipka
Jinora (voice)
25 eps
James Remar
Tonraq (voice)
14 eps
Darcy Rose Byrnes
Ikki (voice)
20 eps
Logan Wells
Meelo (voice)
29 eps
Daniel Dae Kim
Hiroshi Sato (voice)
7 eps
Tom Kenny
Referee (voice)
3 eps
Lance Henriksen
Lieutenant (voice)
7 eps
D. B. Sweeney
Aang (voice)
4 eps
Rami Malek
Tahno (voice)
3 eps
Skyler Brigmann
Kai (voice)
8 eps
Richard Epcar
Saikhan (voice)
5 eps
Zelda Williams
Kuvira (voice)
11 eps
Eva Marie Saint
Katara (voice)
5 eps
Alex McKenna
Senna (voice)
7 eps
Andrew Gentile
Council Page (voice)
4 eps
Dante Basco
General Iroh (voice)
6 eps
John Michael Higgins
Varrick (voice)
22 eps
Lisa Edelstein
Kya (voice)
14 eps
Richard Riehle
Bumi (voice)
17 eps
Aaron Himelstein
Desna (voice)
10 eps
Jason Harris
Ring Announcer (voice)
6 eps
Aubrey Plaza
Eska (voice)
12 eps
Spencer Garrett
Raiko (voice)
11 eps
Mark Allan Stewart
Lu (voice)
4 eps
Maria Bamford
Pema (voice)
19 eps
Rick Zieff
Gang (voice)
4 eps
Steven Yeun
Wan (voice)
3 eps
Jonathan Adams
Vaatu (voice)
9 eps
Jim Cummings
Lion Turtle / Hunter #3 (voice)
4 eps
Maurice LaMarche
Aiwei / Chef (voice)
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Legend of Korra actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Legend of Korra reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles to find balance within herself.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 52 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201347 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Book One: Air
201212 episodes
8.0IMDbIn Book One, Avatar Korra—a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition—sets out on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar, struggling to find balance between tradition and modernity, the bending and non-bending world, and within herself.
Best episode · S01E12 Endgame
Season 2 · Complete
Book Two: Spirits
201314 episodes
8.1IMDbIn Book Two, the Spirit and Human worlds are colliding and Team Avatar must embark on a journey diving deep into the mythology of the mystical Spirit World, encountering creatures like nothing they've seen before, and discovering the truth about the very first Avatar!
Best episode · S02E08 Beginnings (2)
Season 3 · Complete
Book Three: Change
201413 episodes
8.2IMDbSet two weeks after the end of Book Two, Book Three finds Korra discovering that new Airbenders are popping up all over the Earth Kingdom. While she tries to find these Airbenders and rebuild the Air Nation, a group of dangerous criminals embark on a mission of their own.
Best episode · S03E13 Venom of the Red Lotus
Season 4 · Complete
Book Four: Balance
201413 episodes
7.9IMDbBook Four is set three years after Book Three. Now broken and bruised, Korra begins a journey of self-discovery and survival as the strong prey upon the weak. When an aggressive military force rises up led by the power-hungry Kuvira, the fate of the Earth Kingdom hangs in the balance and only the Avatar can set things right.
Best episode · S04E12 Day of the Colossus
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E12 · Signature episode
Endgame
The duel between Amon and Korra - will Korra be powerful enough to beat Amon?
- Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Ki Hyun Ryu
- Written by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino
S02E08 · Signature episode
Beginnings (2)
Korra delves deeper into the Avatar's past and realizes what she must do in order to restore balance between the physical and spirit worlds.
- Directed by Ian Graham
- Written by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino
S03E13 · Signature episode
Venom of the Red Lotus
Korra battles Zaheer, while Bolin and Mako duel Ghazan and Ming-Hua. The captive members of the Air Nation escape and band together to help Korra.
- Directed by Melchior Zwyer
- Written by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino
S03E12 · Signature episode
Enter the Void
When other plans fail, Korra suggests a brave idea to take on the Red Lotus and save the Air Nation.
- Directed by Ian Graham
- Written by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino
S02E07 · Signature episode
Beginnings (1)
Korra learns about the epic and mythic origins of the first Avatar.
- Directed by Colin Heck
- Written by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino
S03E11
The Ultimatum
Mako and Bolin deliver an ominous message from Zaheer.
- Directed by Colin Heck
- Written by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E10
Scene Bending: Civil Wars, Part 1
S00E09
Scene Bending: The Southern Lights Scene 2
S00E08
Scene Bending: The Southern Lights Scene 1
S00E06
Scene Bending: Rebel Spirit Scene 1
S00E07
Scene Bending: Rebel Spirit Scene 2
S00E12
Scene Bending: Peacekeepers
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Bryan KonietzkoExecutive Producer
- Michael Dante DiMartinoExecutive Producer
- Joaquim Dos SantosProducer
- Ki Hyun RyuProducer
- Tim YoonProducer
Writing
- Katie MattilaWriter
- Bryan KonietzkoWriter
- Michael Dante DiMartinoWriter
- Joshua HamiltonWriter
- Tim HedrickWriter
Direction
- Melchior ZwyerDirector
- Colin HeckDirector
- Ian GrahamDirector
- Michael Dante DiMartinoDirector
- Joaquim Dos SantosDirector
- Ki Hyun RyuDirector
Music
- Benjamin WynnOriginal Music Composer
- Jeremy ZuckermanOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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The wider universe
Connected Series
The Avatar Universe
The Four Nations across generations.
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