The Legend of Korra#Opal

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The Legend of Korra was initially conceived as a twelve-episode miniseries. Nickelodeon declined the creators' pitch for an Avatar: The Last Airbender follow-up animated film based on what then became the three-part comics The Promise, The Search and The Rift, choosing instead to expand Korra to 26 episodes.{{cite news|title='Avatar: The Search' was pitched as a movie by Mike DiMartino, but Nick opted for 'Korra' Book 2|url=http://www.hypable.com/2013/03/25/the-search-was-going-to-be-made-into-an-animated-movie-but-nickelodeon-went-with-book-2-of-the-legend-of-korra-instead/|access-date=March 26, 2013|newspaper=Hypable|date=March 25, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411024744/http://www.hypable.com/2013/03/25/the-search-was-going-to-be-made-into-an-animated-movie-but-nickelodeon-went-with-book-2-of-the-legend-of-korra-instead/|archive-date=April 11, 2013|df=mdy-all}} The series was expanded further in July 2012 to 52 episodes. These episodes are grouped into four separate seasons ("Books") composed of twelve to fourteen episodes ("Chapters") each, with each season telling a stand-alone story. Beginning with episode 9 of season 3, new episodes were first distributed through the Internet rather than broadcast. The Legend of Korra concluded with the fourth season.{{cite news|first=Bryan|last=Konietzko|title=I'm Sure This Meme Is Dead By Now But It Still|newspaper=Tumblr |url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/27078349740/im-sure-this-meme-is-dead-by-now-but-it-still|date=July 12, 2012|access-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716052845/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/27078349740/im-sure-this-meme-is-dead-by-now-but-it-still|archive-date=July 16, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

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The Legend of Korra is set in the fictional world of Avatar: The Last Airbender, 70 years after the events of that series. The people of the world belong to four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. The distinguishing element of the series is "bending", the ability of some people to telekinetically manipulate the classical element associated with their nation (water, earth, fire, or air). Bending is carried out by spiritual and physical exercises, portrayed as similar to Chinese martial arts. As a result of a genocide in the series's backstory, there is only one living family of airbenders at the time of the series.

Only one person, the "Avatar", can bend all four elements. Cyclically reincarnating among the world's four nations, the Avatar maintains peace and balance in the world. The Legend of Korra focuses on Avatar Korra, a seventeen-year-old girl from the Southern Water Tribe and the successor of Avatar Aang from The Last Airbender.

The first season is mostly set in Republic City, the capital of the United Republic of Nations, a new multicultural sovereign state founded by Avatar Aang after the end of The Last Airbender. The 1920s-inspired metropolis is described as "if Manhattan had happened in Asia" by the series' creators,{{cite web|last1=Konietzko|first1=Bryan|last2=DiMartino|first2=Michael Dante|title=The Legend of Korra: All Answered Questions|url=http://korranation.tumblr.com/post/25669402658/hey-korra-nation-last-week-we-asked-you-to-post|work=Korra Nation|date=June 22, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926150736/http://korranation.tumblr.com/post/25669402658/hey-korra-nation-last-week-we-asked-you-to-post|archive-date=September 26, 2013|df=mdy-all}} ([http://drawless.tumblr.com/post/25703110186/transcript-of-responses-to-fan-questions-about-the Transcript] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926150624/http://drawless.tumblr.com/post/25703110186/transcript-of-responses-to-fan-questions-about-the |date=September 26, 2013 }}) and its residents are united by their passion for "pro-bending", a spectator sport in which two teams composed of an earthbender, waterbender, and firebender throw each other out of a ring using bending techniques. Rapid technological growth has displaced the spirituality of bending, and what was considered a renowned martial art in Avatar: The Last Airbender is now commonplace, with benders in Republic City using their abilities to commit crime, compete in spectator sports, and fulfill everyday jobs.{{cite web|url=https://the-artifice.com/the-legend-of-korra-politics-privilege/|title=Politics and Privilege in The Legend of Korra|work=The Artifice|date=July 15, 2013|first=Kevin|last=Wong|access-date=March 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129004752/https://the-artifice.com/the-legend-of-korra-politics-privilege/|archive-date=January 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} The second season adds the southern polar region, home of the Southern Water Tribe, as a main setting in addition to Republic City, while the third and fourth seasons take place largely in the Earth Kingdom.

The first season, Book One: Air, sees Korra move to Republic City to learn airbending from Tenzin, Avatar Aang's son. She joins a pro-bending team alongside the brothers Bolin and Mako, and befriends Asami Sato, heiress to a leading engineering corporation. The ambitious politician Tarrlok enlists Korra to fight the anti-bender uprising of the "Equalists", led by the masked Amon, who strips benders of their abilities. Korra and her friends, aided by police chief Lin Beifong, unmask Amon as a waterbender himself and Tarrlok's brother, ending the Equalists' coup.

In the second season, Book Two: Spirits, Korra's uncle Unalaq, chief of the Northern Water Tribe, seizes power in the southern tribe. While Korra's friends seek support against Unalaq, Korra learns of the first Avatar, Wan, who fused his soul with the spirit of light, Raava, to imprison Vaatu, the spirit of darkness. Unalaq frees Vaatu during the Harmonic Convergence, a decamillennial alignment of planets, and unites with him to become a dark Avatar. After defeating Unalaq, Korra chooses to leave open the portals between the material world and the spirit world, allowing a new coexistence of spirits and humans.

The third season, Book Three: Change, begins as nonbenders begin developing airbending powers as a result of Harmonic Convergence, and Tenzin, Korra, and her friends attempt to recruit them to re-establish the extinct Air Nomads. One new airbender is Zaheer, the leader of the anarchist Red Lotus society. The Red Lotus assassinates the Earth Queen, throwing her kingdom into chaos, and captures Korra to attempt to kill her and end the Avatar cycle. They are defeated by Korra's friends and the new airbenders, but Korra is severely injured and psychologically traumatized.

The final season, Book Four: Balance, takes place three years later. Korra slowly recovers from her mental and physical trauma. The metalbender Kuvira, assigned to reunite the fractured Earth Kingdom, declares herself head of the new, authoritarian "Earth Empire". Kuvira builds a spirit-powered superweapon and attempts to conquer Republic City. When Korra and her friends destroy the weapon, defeating Kuvira, the blast creates another portal to the Spirit World. The series ends with the prospect of democracy for the former Earth Kingdom, as Korra and Asami leave together for a vacation in the spirit world.

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Korra (Janet Varney) is the series' 17-year-old "headstrong and rebellious" protagonist,{{cite web| url=http://biz.viacom.com/sites/nickelodeonpress/NICKELODEON/Pages/showpdf.aspx?FileName=TheLegendofKorra%20FINAL.pdf&ItemID=625&ListName=Press%20Releases| title=Nick Press The Legend of Korra press release| date=March 15, 2012| access-date=March 15, 2012| publisher=Viacom| work=Nick Press| format=PDF| location=Burbank, California| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928120459/http://biz.viacom.com/sites/nickelodeonpress/NICKELODEON/Pages/showpdf.aspx?FileName=TheLegendofKorra%20FINAL.pdf&ItemID=625&ListName=Press%20Releases| archive-date=September 28, 2013| df=mdy-all}} and Aang's reincarnation as the Avatar. Her transformation "from brash warrior to a spiritual being", according to DiMartino, is a principal theme of the series.{{cite web| last=Di Martino| first=Michael| title=The story behind Breaking Bad| url=http://mikedimartinostory.com/2013/04/16/the-story-behind-breaking-bad/| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616014833/http://mikedimartinostory.com/2013/04/16/the-story-behind-breaking-bad/| url-status=dead| archive-date=June 16, 2013| work=Why Story Matters| date=April 16, 2013| access-date=April 17, 2013}} The character was inspired by Bryan Konietzko's "pretty tough" sister, and by female MMA fighters.

The series focuses on Korra and her friends, sometimes called "Team Avatar", which include the bending brothers Mako and Bolin and the non-bender Asami. Mako (David Faustino), the older brother, is a firebender described as "dark and brooding".{{cite web| title=Legend of Korra Panel at ComicCon 2011| url=http://www.racebending.com/v4/current-diversity-highlights/the-legend-of-korra-panel-at-comiccon-2011/| date=July 28, 2011| access-date=July 30, 2011| author=Marissa Lee| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325095514/http://www.racebending.com/v4/current-diversity-highlights/the-legend-of-korra-panel-at-comiccon-2011/| archive-date=March 25, 2012| df=mdy-all}} The character was named after the late Mako Iwamatsu, the voice actor for Iroh in the first two seasons of the original series. His younger brother Bolin (P. J. Byrne) is an earthbender described as lighthearted, humorous, and "always [having] a lady on his arm".{{cite web| title=Trailer for The Last Airbender: Legend Of Korra; New Details on the Upcoming Miniseries| url=http://collider.com/legend-of-korra-trailer-details/104920/| date=July 24, 2011| access-date=July 26, 2011| author=Matt Goldberg| website=Collider| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810185633/http://collider.com/legend-of-korra-trailer-details/104920/| archive-date=August 10, 2011| df=mdy-all}} Asami Sato (Seychelle Gabriel), the only non-bender among the leading characters, is the daughter of the wealthy industrialist Hiroshi Sato.

The other main characters are the airbending master Tenzin, one of Aang's grown children (J. K. Simmons), and his family, which include his wife Pema (Maria Bamford) and their daughters Jinora (Kiernan Shipka) and Ikki (Darcy Rose Byrnes) and sons Meelo (Logan Wells) and Rohan. Jinora is calm and an avid reader. She is an airbender and joins the main cast in season 2.{{cite news|title=The cast announcements for The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra from WSJ|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/03/07/the-last-airbender-legend-of-korra-exclusive-cast-announcement/|publisher=News from Wall Street Journal|date=March 7, 2011|access-date=March 7, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308072500/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/03/07/the-last-airbender-legend-of-korra-exclusive-cast-announcement/|archive-date=March 8, 2011|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web | url=http://avatarthelastairbenderonline.com/airbender-legend-korra-panel-news/ | title=The Last Airbender Legend Of Korra Panel News | date=July 23, 2011 | access-date=September 17, 2011 | page=1 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921033630/http://avatarthelastairbenderonline.com/airbender-legend-korra-panel-news/ | archive-date=September 21, 2011 | df=mdy-all }} Ikki is described as "fun, crazy, and a fast talker". Little brother Meelo is super-active and comically aggressive, and baby Rohan is born during the third-to-last episode of Book One. Other recurring characters include Republic City police chief Lin Beifong (Mindy Sterling), and Korra's animal friends Naga and Pabu (both Dee Bradley Baker, the voice of a number of animals including Appa and Momo in the original series). Pabu was inspired by Futa, a famous standing Japanese red panda.{{cite news| author-link=Bryan Konietzko| last=Konietzko| first=Bryan| title=Years ago, on the Avatar production, ...| newspaper=Tumblr| url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/32498393575/years-ago-on-the-avatar-production-we-all-became| access-date=September 29, 2012| date=September 28, 2012| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027113646/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/32498393575/years-ago-on-the-avatar-production-we-all-became| archive-date=October 27, 2012| df=mdy-all}} Jeff Bennett as the voice for Shiro Shinobi, fast-talking probending match announcer in Book One. He also does the voice-overs for the short recaps during the opening sequence of each episode.

According to critic Mike Hoffman, the romantic interests of Korra and her companions are less in the foreground than in Avatar, and feature mainly in the first two seasons.{{cite news|last1=Hoffman|first1=Mike|title=Legend of Korra: A Fantastic Finale With a Perfect Ending|url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/legend-of-korra-a-fantastic-finale-with-a-perfect-ending/|access-date=March 22, 2023|date=December 20, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221045110/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/moviesandtv/reviews/12785-Legend-of-Korra-Series-Finale-Review.2|archive-date=December 21, 2014|df=mdy-all}} In Book One, Bolin pines for Korra, who is interested in Mako, who dates Asami. By the end of the season, Mako has broken up with Asami and entered a relationship with Korra. This ends around the end of Book Two, during which Bolin suffers from an abusive relationship with the waterbender Eska. In the fourth season, Bolin dates the airbender Opal, while Asami and Korra become closer friends. The series' final scene indicates a romantic connection between them.{{cite news|last1=Sava|first1=Oliver|title=The Legend Of Korra: "Day Of The Colossus"/"The Last Stand"|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-legend-of-korra-day-of-the-colossus-the-last-st-1798182260|access-date=March 2, 2020|work=The A.V. Club|date=December 19, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222005728/http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/legend-korra-day-colossus-last-stand-213266|archive-date=December 22, 2014|df=mdy-all}} Mike DiMartino wrote that the scene "symbolizes their evolution from being friends to being a couple".{{cite web|last1=DiMartino|first1=Mike|title=Korrasami Confirmed|url=http://michaeldantedimartino.tumblr.com/post/105916326500/korrasami-confirmed-now-that-korra-and-asamis|website=Tumblr|access-date=December 23, 2014|date=December 22, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223022012/http://michaeldantedimartino.tumblr.com/post/105916326500/korrasami-confirmed-now-that-korra-and-asamis|archive-date=December 23, 2014|df=mdy-all}} They continue in a relationship in the comics.

Book One: Air features two main adversaries for Korra: the Equalists' masked leader Amon (Steve Blum) who has the power to remove a person's bending-powers,{{cite web|title=The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra Trailer: Simply Stunning|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/the-airbender-legend-korra-trailer/|date=July 24, 2011|access-date=July 26, 2011|author=Devindra Hardawar|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817233249/http://www.slashfilm.com/the-airbender-legend-korra-trailer/|archive-date=August 17, 2011|df=mdy-all}} and the ambitious, charismatic politician Tarrlok (Dee Bradley Baker), who resorts to increasingly repressive methods against the Equalists.{{cite web|url=http://www.nick.com/shows/legend-of-korra/characters/tarrlok.html|title=Tarrlok / Waterbender|work=www.nick.com|access-date=July 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622024649/http://www.nick.com/shows/legend-of-korra/characters/tarrlok.html|archive-date=June 22, 2013}} Tenzin's parents Katara (Eva Marie Saint), and Avatar Aang (D. B. Sweeney), main characters of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, also made recurring appearances. Chris Hardwick and Kate Higgins voiced Sokka and Toph Beifong in guest appearances. Amon's lieutenant is voiced by Lance Henriksen, and Asami's father Hiroshi Sato by Daniel Dae Kim. Sato's character, the self-made founder of Future Industries, was inspired by Theodore Roosevelt and by the Japanese industrialists Keita Goto and Iwasaki Yatarō.{{cite news|last=Konietzko|first=Bryan|title=June 4, 2012|newspaper=Tumblr |date=June 4, 2012|url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/24446247365/edit-hiroshi-satos-character-design-was|access-date=June 5, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615001748/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/24446247365/edit-hiroshi-satos-character-design-was|archive-date=June 15, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Rami Malek voices Tahno, a pro-bending athlete. Richard Epcar voices Saikhan, captain of the Republic City Metalbending Police Force. Both Amon and Tarrlok are identified as the sons of mob boss Yakone (Clancy Brown). Korra is also supported by General Iroh (Dante Basco, who voiced Zuko in the original series), a member of the United Forces who is described as "a swashbuckling hero-type guy".{{cite web|title=Dante Basco returns|url=http://dantebasco.wordpress.com/2010/11/|access-date=November 22, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107082218/http://dantebasco.wordpress.com/2010/11/|archive-date=November 7, 2010|df=mdy-all}}{{cite tweet|user=dantebasco|author=Dante Basco|number=4338535209369600|date=16 November 2010|title=I'm playing a new character... But he definitely has something to do with Zuko!}} He is named after Iroh, Zuko's uncle in the original series.{{cite news|last=Farley|first=Christopher John|title='The Legend of Korra' Creators Preview the Season Finale|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/06/19/the-legend-of-korra-creators-preview-the-finale/|access-date=June 20, 2012|newspaper=Wall Street Journal, Speakeasy blog|date=June 19, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621163644/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/06/19/the-legend-of-korra-creators-preview-the-finale/|archive-date=June 21, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

Book Two: Spirits features Tenzin's and Korra's families, including Tenzin's elder siblings Kya (Lisa Edelstein) and Bumi (Richard Riehle) as well as Korra's father Tonraq (James Remar) and mother Senna (Alex McKenna). Book 2 also introduces John Michael Higgins as the corrupt businessman and inventor Varrick, with Stephanie Sheh voicing his assistant Zhu Li, along with Korra's uncle Unalaq (Adrian LaTourelle), aided by his twin children Desna (Aaron Himelstein) and Eska (Aubrey Plaza), and Vaatu (Jonathan Adams), the spirit of disorder. Spencer Garrett joined the cast as the voice for Raiko, the president of the United Republic. The season also explains the Avatar mythos though the first Avatar Wan (Steven Yeun) and Vaatu's polar opposite Raava (April Stewart). Making a few appearances in Books Two and Three, Greg Baldwin reprises Iroh from the previous series. Set six months after the events of the first season, Book Two: Spirits sees Mako as a police officer, Asami in charge of Future Industries, and Bolin leading a new pro-bending team with little success.

The anarchist antagonists introduced in Book Three: Change, the Red Lotus, comprise the new airbender Zaheer (Henry Rollins), the armless waterbender Ming-Hua (Grey DeLisle, who previously voiced a dark spirit),{{cite news|last=Snierson|first=Dan|title='Legend of Korra': Aubrey Plaza, James Remar, Lisa Edelstein join cast for Book 2|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/07/10/legend-of-korra-book-2-aubrey-plaza-james-remar-lisa-edelstein/|access-date=July 11, 2013|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 10, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714010748/http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/10/legend-of-korra-book-2-aubrey-plaza-james-remar-lisa-edelstein/|archive-date=July 14, 2013|df=mdy-all}} the combustionbender P'Li (Kristy Wu), and the lavabender Ghazan (Peter Giles). Supporting characters include the Earth Queen Hou-Ting (Jayne Taini), the retired Fire Lord Zuko (Bruce Davison), Lin's half-sister Suyin Beifong (Anne Heche), Suyin's trusted advisor Aiwei (Maurice LaMarche) and her captain of the guards Kuvira (Zelda Williams). New airbenders are also introduced in the season including the young thief Kai (Skyler Brigmann) and Suyin's daughter Opal (Alyson Stoner), both of Earth Kingdom origins and the love interests of Jinora and Bolin respectively. Jim Meskimen voices a Republic City merchant and later airbender named Daw, as well as Suyin's husband, the architect Baatar. Jason Marsden as the voice for Huan, second oldest son of Suyin, along Marcus Toji voicing Wei and Wing are the twin sons of Suyin. Greg Cipes as the voice for Tu, the cousin of Mako and Bolin, along Susan Silo voices a their grandmother Yin.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

The final season, Book Four: Balance, features Kuvira as Korra's antagonist at the head of an army bent on uniting the Earth Kingdom. The cast is also joined by Sunil Malhotra as Prince Wu, the vain heir to the Earth Kingdom throne, and Todd Haberkorn as Baatar Jr., Suyin's estranged son who is Kuvira's fiancé and second-in-command. Philece Sampler voices the aged Toph Beifong, another returning character from Avatar whose young adult version was voiced by Kate Higgins in Books 1 and 3. April Stewart was cast as Zuko's daughter, Fire Lord Izumi, in a minor role.{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Laura|title=Exclusive: Walking Dead Star Will Be First Avatar on Legend of Korra|url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/07/walking-dead-legend-korra-steven-yeun/|access-date=July 19, 2013|newspaper=Wired|date=July 18, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719034037/http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/07/walking-dead-legend-korra-steven-yeun/|archive-date=July 19, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

The art design of Republic City, described as "if Manhattan had happened in Asia", was inspired by the 1920s and incorporates influences from American and European architecture from that time period. Elements of film noir and steampunk also influenced the city's art concept. The design for the metalbending police force is based on 1920s New York City police uniforms, crossed with samurai armor.

The fighting styles employed by characters in the original show Avatar: The Last Airbender were derived from different distinct styles of Chinese martial arts.{{cite web| url= http://www.harmoniousfist.com/| title= The National Shaolin Information Resource| publisher= The Harmonious Fist Chinese Athletic Association| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061205044333/http://harmoniousfist.com/| archive-date= December 5, 2006| url-status= dead| access-date= January 30, 2018}} Set 70 years later, the fighting style in the multicultural Republic City has modernized and blended,{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/legend-korra-creators-5-things-312068|title='Legend of Korra' Creators: 5 Things You Didn't Know About the New 'Avatar' (Guest Blog)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 13, 2012|first=Jethro|last=Nededog|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023305/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/legend-korra-creators-5-things-312068|archive-date=January 31, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/legend-of-korra-s-michael-dante-dimartino-and-joaquim-d-1798230968|title=Legend Of Korra's Michael Dante DiMartino and Joaquim Dos Santos|work=The A.V. Club|date=April 13, 2012|first=Tasha|last=Robinson|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131070204/https://tv.avclub.com/legend-of-korra-s-michael-dante-dimartino-and-joaquim-d-1798230968|archive-date=January 31, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} with the creators incorporating three primary styles: traditional Chinese martial arts, mixed martial arts, and tricking. The pro-bending sport introduced in the series was inspired by mixed martial arts (MMA) tournaments.{{cite web|url=http://www.racebending.com/v4/featured/the-legend-of-korra-panel-at-comiccon-2011/|title="Legend of Korra" Panel at ComicCon 2011|date=July 28, 2011|work=racebending.com|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130135312/http://www.racebending.com/v4/featured/the-legend-of-korra-panel-at-comiccon-2011/|archive-date=January 30, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2624883/avatar-the-legend-of-korra-joaquim-dos-santos-interview/|title=INTERVIEW: PAGING, DR. FIGHT! A CHAT WITH 'LEGEND OF KORRA' ART DIRECTOR AND CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOAQUIM DOS SANTOS|work=MTV News|date=April 23, 2012|first=Charles|last=Webb|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131082126/http://www.mtv.com/news/2624883/avatar-the-legend-of-korra-joaquim-dos-santos-interview/|archive-date=January 31, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

Chinese martial arts instructor Sifu Kisu consulted on Avatar: The Last Airbender and returned as a consultant for the fight scenes in The Legend of Korra. MMA fighters Jeremy Humphries and Mac Danzig were credited with "providing a lot of the moves you'll see in the Probending arena", and Steve Harada and Jake Huang provided the stylized flips and acrobatics of "tricking" to the series' fighting style.

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The Legend of Korra was co-created and produced by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California. To illustrate the length of the production process (about 10 to 12 months per episode){{cite web | url=http://mikedimartinostory.com/2013/02/14/the-icarus-deception-dont-believe-the-story-youve-been-told/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411093924/http://mikedimartinostory.com/2013/02/14/the-icarus-deception-dont-believe-the-story-youve-been-told/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 11, 2013 | title=The Icarus Deception: Don't believe the story you've been told | date=February 14, 2013 | access-date=February 16, 2013 | author=DiMartino, Mike }} and the overlap of the various phases, Konietzko wrote in July 2013 that their team was already developing the storyboards for the first episode of Book 4 while the last episodes of Book 2 were not yet finished.{{cite news|last=Konietzko|first=Bryan|title=JULY 18, 2013|newspaper=Tumblr |url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/55788253484/to-give-you-a-sense-of-just-how-long-it-takes-to|date=July 18, 2013|access-date=July 18, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822050636/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/55788253484/to-give-you-a-sense-of-just-how-long-it-takes-to|archive-date=August 22, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

Production of the series was announced at the annual San Diego Comic-Con on July 22, 2010. It was originally due for release in October 2011.{{cite web |url= http://www.ugo.com/tv/avatar-legend-of-korra-details-at-comic-con |title= Avatar: Legend of Korra Details at Comic-Con? |last1= Rothing |first1= Hilary |date= July 8, 2010 |access-date=September 5, 2010 |publisher= UGO Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119031508/http://www.ugo.com/tv/avatar-legend-of-korra-details-at-comic-con|archive-date=January 19, 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/03/08/the-last-airbender-legend-of-korra-the-creators-speak/?KEY |title=Speakeasy blog By Christopher John Farley |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=March 8, 2011 |access-date=March 8, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012220246/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/03/08/the-last-airbender-legend-of-korra-the-creators-speak/?KEY |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} Tentatively titled Avatar: Legend of Korra at the time, it was intended to be a twelve-episode{{cite news|first=Christopher|last=Farley|title='The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra: The Creators Speak|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/03/08/the-last-airbender-legend-of-korra-the-creators-speak/|date=March 8, 2011|access-date=March 18, 2012|publisher=Dow Jones & Company|work=SpeakEasy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319130838/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/03/08/the-last-airbender-legend-of-korra-the-creators-speak/|archive-date=March 19, 2012|df=mdy-all}} mini series set in the same fictional universe as the original show, but seventy years later.{{cite web|url=http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/34609/sdcc2010--batman-under-the-red-hood-roundtables-pt-2-timm-greenwood-amp-romano |title=Animation News Discussion Cartoon Community – toonzone news|publisher=Toonzone.net |access-date=August 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017045138/http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/34609/sdcc2010--batman-under-the-red-hood-roundtables-pt-2-timm-greenwood-amp-romano/|archive-date=October 17, 2012}} In 2011, the title was changed to The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra, and again in March 2012 to The Legend of Korra. The premiere was eventually delayed to April 14, 2012. South Korean animation studio Mir was involved in the pre-production, storyboarding and animation of the series which allows the studio more creative input on directing the martial arts scenes that the series and its predecessor are known for.{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/tv/2017/1/20/14323386/voltron-netflix-studio-mir|title=The studio behind Voltron, Korra and more cult cartoons is just getting started|last=Kim|first=Matthew|date=2017-01-20|website=Polygon|language=en|access-date=2020-03-09|archive-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214035409/https://www.polygon.com/tv/2017/1/20/14323386/voltron-netflix-studio-mir|url-status=live}}

According to animation director Yoo Jae-myung, Nickelodeon was initially reluctant to approve the series and suspended production because, according to Konietzko, conventional wisdom had it that "girls will watch shows about boys, but boys won't watch shows about girls". The creators eventually persuaded the channel's executives to change their mind. Konietzko related that in test screenings, boys said that Korra being a girl did not matter to them.{{cite news|author-link=Neda Ulaby|last=Ulaby|first=Neda|title='Airbender' Creators Reclaim Their World In 'Korra'|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/04/13/150566153/airbender-creators-reclaim-their-world-in-korra|access-date=June 15, 2013|newspaper=NPR|date=April 13, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624031248/http://www.npr.org/2012/04/13/150566153/airbender-creators-reclaim-their-world-in-korra|archive-date=June 24, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

The creators wrote all of the episodes of the first season themselves, omitting "filler episodes" to allow for a concise story.{{cite web|last=Fitzpatrick |first=Kevin |url=http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2010-legend-of-korra-interview |title=Comic-Con 2010: The Legend of Korra Interview |publisher=UGO.com |date=July 26, 2010 |access-date=August 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031213600/http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2010-legend-of-korra-interview|archive-date=October 31, 2013}} Once the series was expanded from its original 12-episode schedule to 26 and then to 52, more writers were brought in so that the creators could focus on design work.{{cite web |url=http://www.hypable.com/2012/07/13/legend-of-korra-2012-comic-con/ |title='Legend of Korra' San Diego Comic-Con fan panel – live blog |last1=Sims |first1=Andrew |date=July 13, 2012 |work=Hypable |access-date=July 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111033818/http://www.hypable.com/2012/07/13/legend-of-korra-2012-comic-con/ |archive-date=January 11, 2013 |df=mdy-all }} Joaquim Dos Santos and Ryu Ki-Hyun, who worked on the animation and design of the original series, also became involved with creating The Legend of Korra, as is storyboarder Ian Graham. Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, who composed the soundtrack for the original series as "The Track Team," also returned to score The Legend of Korra.{{cite news|last=Patches|first=Matt|title=Airbender Composer Duo Track Team Talk Korra and More|url=http://www.ugo.com/tv/airbender-music-track-team-legend-of-korra-interview|access-date=January 5, 2013|newspaper=UGO|date=August 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715232933/http://www.ugo.com/tv/airbender-music-track-team-legend-of-korra-interview|archive-date=July 15, 2014}}

The second season, Book Two: Spirits, premiered on September 13, 2013, and concluded on November 22, 2013. It consists of fourteen episodes. Animation work was done by the South Korean animation studio Mir as well as the Japanese animation studio Pierrot.{{cite web|last1=Kirkpatrick|first1=Noel|title=The Legend of Korra "Peacekeepers" Review: Every Which Way But Korra's|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/community/post/the-legend-of-korra-peacekeepers-review-every-which-way-but-korras-138092087939/|publisher=tv.com|access-date=April 20, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142831/http://www.tv.com/shows/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/community/post/the-legend-of-korra-peacekeepers-review-every-which-way-but-korras-138092087939/|archive-date=April 2, 2015|df=mdy-all}} Studio Mir was expected to solely work on Book 2, but executive director Jae-myung Yoo decided that Studio Mir would animate The Boondocks instead because the animation process was less rigorous. Pierrot was eventually called in to fill the void and animate Book 2. According to Jae-myung Yoo, Studio Mir was later contacted and re-asked to animate Book 2. Yoo feared that, if Book 2 failed, Studio Mir and Korean animators would have their reputations tarnished for Pierrot's failures. Consequently, Studio Mir accepted the offer and worked alongside Pierrot.{{cite web|last=Shah|first=Keval|title=Which Studio Animated Book 2 of The Legend of Korra – Mir or Pierrot?|url=http://avatarthelegendofkorraonline.com/which-studio-animated-book-2-of-the-legend-of-korra-mir-or-pierrot-we-have-an-answer/2907/|work=Avatar: The Legend of Korra Online|access-date=December 31, 2013|date=June 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101113143/http://avatarthelegendofkorraonline.com/which-studio-animated-book-2-of-the-legend-of-korra-mir-or-pierrot-we-have-an-answer/2907/|archive-date=January 1, 2014|df=mdy-all}}

The third season, Book Three: Change, aired its first three episodes on June 27, 2014, soon after some episodes were leaked online. It takes place two weeks after the events of Book Two: Spirits. Episodes nine to thirteen were streamed online, rather than being broadcast as a television program.{{cite news|title=BOOK 3 MOVING TO DIGITAL RELEASE!|url=http://korranation.tumblr.com/post/92735712934/book-3-moving-to-digital-release|website=Korra Nation|publisher=Nickelodeon|access-date=July 24, 2014|date=July 24, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725133802/http://korranation.tumblr.com/post/92735712934/book-3-moving-to-digital-release|archive-date=July 25, 2014|df=mdy-all}}

Book Four: Balance, the final season, was produced in parallel to the previous two seasons. The crew, at one point, worked on approximately 30 episodes at the same time: post-production for season 2, production for season 3 and pre-production for season 4.{{cite web|title=KORRACAST Interviews MIKE & BRYAN|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMVq08LMQ0|author=YumChunks|website = YouTube|access-date=December 5, 2014|date=November 23, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519123721/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMVq08LMQ0|archive-date=May 19, 2015|df=mdy-all}} Some production steps, such as color correction and retakes, continued up until the date of the series finale, December 19, 2014.{{cite news|last1=Konietzko|first1=Bryan|title=DECEMBER 5, 2014|newspaper=Tumblr |date=December 5, 2014|url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/104462825022/1028-days-ago-i-started-this-blog-with-a-post|access-date=December 6, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219220557/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/104462825022/1028-days-ago-i-started-this-blog-with-a-post|archive-date=December 19, 2014|df=mdy-all}} Season 4 started online distribution a few months after the third season's finale on October 3, 2014. After Nickelodeon cut the season's budget by the amount required for one episode, DiMartino and Konietzko decided to include a clip show, which reuses previously produced animation, as episode 8 ("Remembrances") instead of dismissing many of the creative staff.{{cite news|last1=Konietzko|first1=Bryan|title=A few preemptive words about Episode 408, "Remembrances"...|url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/103173899927/a-few-preemptive-words-about-episode-408|access-date=November 21, 2014|date=November 20, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124171155/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/103173899927/a-few-preemptive-words-about-episode-408|archive-date=November 24, 2014|df=mdy-all}} Studio Mir was helped by its companion studio, a subunit called Studio Reve, while working on Book 4.{{cite web |title=Comic-Con 2014: 'The Legend of Korra' Panel |website=ScreenCrush |url=http://screencrush.com/comic-con-2014-the-legend-of-korra-panel-2/ |author=Fitzpatrick, Kevin |access-date=November 3, 2014 |date=July 25, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104052244/http://screencrush.com/comic-con-2014-the-legend-of-korra-panel-2/ |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news|title=bryan konietzko|url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/101464775832/niuner-hello-tumblr-im-still-alive-heres-a|author=Bryan Konietzko|website=Tumblr|access-date=November 3, 2014|date=October 31, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113143339/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/101464775832/niuner-hello-tumblr-im-still-alive-heres-a|archive-date=November 13, 2014|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|title=bryan konietzko|website=Tumblr|url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/102733772972/yu-jae-myung-and-studio-mir-hosted-a-wonderful|access-date=December 3, 2014|date=November 15, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224041916/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/102733772972/yu-jae-myung-and-studio-mir-hosted-a-wonderful|archive-date=December 24, 2014|df=mdy-all |last1=Vidani |first1=Peter }}

Concerning the development of the much-discussed final scene intended to show the friends Korra and Asami becoming a romantic couple, Bryan Konietzko explained that at first he and DiMartino did not give the idea much weight, assuming they would not be able to get approval for portraying their relationship. But during the production of the finale they decided to test that assumption, approached the network and found them supportive up to a certain limit. They decided to change the final scene from Korra and Asami only holding hands, to also facing each other in a pose referencing the marriage scene a few minutes prior and the pose made by Aang and Katara in the finale of Avatar: The Last Airbender.{{cite news|last1=Konietzko|first1=Bryan|title=Korrasami is Canon.|url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/105916338157/korrasami-is-canon-you-can-celebrate-it-embrace|website=Tumblr|access-date=December 23, 2014|date=December 22, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223021915/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/105916338157/korrasami-is-canon-you-can-celebrate-it-embrace|archive-date=December 23, 2014|df=mdy-all}}

The Legend of Korra was produced mainly as traditional animation, with most frames drawn on paper in South Korea by the animators at Studio Mir and scanned for digital processing. Each episode comprises about 15,000 drawings.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/04/13/150566153/airbender-creators-reclaim-their-world-in-korra|title='Airbender' Creators Reclaim Their World In 'Korra'|author=Ulaby, Neda|publisher=National Public Radio|date=April 13, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624031248/http://www.npr.org/2012/04/13/150566153/airbender-creators-reclaim-their-world-in-korra|archive-date=June 24, 2013|df=mdy-all}} The series makes occasional use of computer-generated imagery for complex scenes or objects, most noticeably in the animations of the pro-bending arena or the mecha-suits of the later seasons.

While The Legend of Korra was produced in the United States and therefore not a work of Japanese animation ("anime") in the strict sense, The Escapist magazine argued that the series is so strongly influenced by anime that it would otherwise easily be classified as such: its protagonists (a superpowered heroine, her group of talented, supporting friends, a near-impervious villain who wants to reshape the world), its themes (family, friendship, romance, fear, and death) and the quality of its voice acting as well as the visual style are similar to those of leading anime series such as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Bleach or Trigun.{{cite news|last=O'Brien|first=Chris|title=Can Americans Make Anime?|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/features/9829-Can-Americans-Make-Anime|access-date=August 15, 2012|newspaper=The Escapist|date=July 30, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018071546/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/features/9829-Can-Americans-Make-Anime|archive-date=October 18, 2012|df=mdy-all}} A notable difference from such series is the absence of lengthy opening and ending sequences set to J-pop songs; to save broadcast time, The Legend of Korra{{'}}s openings and endings last only a few seconds. The series mostly abstains from using the visual tropes characteristic of anime, but does occasionally use exaggerated facial expressions to highlight emotions for comic effect.

As in Avatar, the series adds to its Asian aesthetic by presenting all text that appears in its fictional world in traditional Chinese characters, without translating it. For example, on the "Wanted" posters seen in the episode "The Stakeout", the names of the protagonists are written as 寇拉 (Korra), 馬高 (Mako) and 愽林 (Bolin).

The Legend of Korra is set to music by Jeremy Zuckerman, who previously wrote the music for Avatar: The Last Airbender with Benjamin Wynn. For The Legend of Korra, Zuckerman is the sole composer while Wynn is the lead sound designer; the two collaborate with Foley artist Aran Tanchum and showrunner Mike DiMartino on the soundscape of the series.{{cite news|last=Schick|first=Michal|title=SeptBender Interview: Jeremy Zuckerman discusses music-bending on 'The Legend of Korra'|url=http://www.hypable.com/2013/09/23/the-legend-of-korra-jeremy-zuckerman-track-team-interview/|access-date=September 23, 2013|newspaper=Hypable|date=September 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130923181344/http://www.hypable.com/2013/09/23/the-legend-of-korra-jeremy-zuckerman-track-team-interview/|archive-date=September 23, 2013|df=mdy-all}} Konietzko and DiMartino's concept for the score was to blend traditional Chinese music with early jazz. On that basis, Zuckerman composed a score combining elements of Dixieland, traditional Chinese music and Western orchestration. It is performed mainly by a string sextet and various Chinese solo instruments,{{cite news|title=Eagle Rock and Silver Lake musical duo hit the right note with animated series|url=http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2012/09/eagle-rock-and-silver-lake-musical-duo-hit-the-right-note-with-animated-series/|access-date=September 20, 2012|newspaper=The Eastsider LA|date=September 18, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923193538/http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2012/09/eagle-rock-and-silver-lake-musical-duo-hit-the-right-note-with-animated-series/|archive-date=September 23, 2012|df=mdy-all}} including a dizi (flute), paigu (drums), a guqin, an erhu and a Mongolian matouqin.{{cite news|last=Patches|first=Matt|title=Listen to Two Exclusive Clips From the Legend of Korra Soundtrack|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/07/2-exclusive-legend-of-korra-soundtrack-clips.html|access-date=July 12, 2013|newspaper=Vulture|date=July 11, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714121555/http://www.vulture.com/2013/07/2-exclusive-legend-of-korra-soundtrack-clips.html|archive-date=July 14, 2013|df=mdy-all}}{{Cite web|url = https://open.spotify.com/episode/4oQA5HfTIlkiMAOMY5KnYK|title = Jeremy Zuckerman – the Legend of Korra|website = Spotify|date = February 20, 2015|access-date = May 25, 2020|archive-date = December 4, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201204071605/https://open.spotify.com/episode/4oQA5HfTIlkiMAOMY5KnYK|url-status = live}}

A soundtrack CD, The Legend of Korra: Original Music from Book One, was published on July 16, 2013.{{cite news|last=Danton|first=Eric R.|title=Listen to An Exclusive Music Track from 'The Legend of Korra'|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/06/13/listen-to-an-exclusive-music-track-from-the-legend-of-korra|access-date=June 13, 2013|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=June 13, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616063609/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/06/13/listen-to-an-exclusive-music-track-from-the-legend-of-korra/|archive-date=June 16, 2013|df=mdy-all}} Music from Korra and Avatar was also played in concert at the PlayFest festival in Málaga, Spain in September 2014.{{cite news|title=Jeremy Zuckerman & Benjamin Wynn to Participate in PlayFest|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/07/17/jeremy-zuckerman-benjamin-wynn-to-participate-in-playfest-in-malaga/|access-date=July 19, 2014|work=Film Music Reporter|date=July 17, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720030933/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/07/17/jeremy-zuckerman-benjamin-wynn-to-participate-in-playfest-in-malaga/|archive-date=July 20, 2014|df=mdy-all}} The series's soundtrack was nominated as best TV soundtrack for the 2013 GoldSpirit Awards.{{cite web|title=Premios: Las Mejores BSOs: GoldSpirit XIII edición |url=http://nueva.bsospirit.com/index.php/premios/goldspirit-xiii-edicion |website=BSOspirit.com |access-date=August 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815121141/http://nueva.bsospirit.com/index.php/premios/goldspirit-xiii-edicion |archive-date=August 15, 2014 }}

On July 16, 2013, Nickelodeon and Sony Music Entertainment's Legacy Recordings released The Legend of Korra: Original Music from Book One.

{{track listing

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|title1= Prologue

|length1= 1:18

|title2= Air Tight

|length2= 2:54

|title3= In a Box

|length3= 1:37

|title4= An Impossible Crime

|length4= 2:11

|title5= Being Patient / Beifong’s Sacrifice

|length5= 4:20

|title6= Asami and Mako Dine

|length6= 1:10

|title7= On the Lam

|length7= 1:19

|title8= Hittin’ on All Sixes

|length8= 2:40

|title9= Good Ol’ Days

|length9= 1:41

|title10= Before

|length10= 7:38

|title11= Fresh Air

|length11= 1:06

|title12= Korra Confronts Tarrlok

|length12= 3:00

|title13= Squeaky Rags

|length13= 1:44

|title14= Amon

|length14= 3:02

|title15= Chi Blockers

|length15= 2:18

|title16= A Peaceful Place

|length16= 2:03

|title17= Left My Heart in Republic City

|length17= 2:40

|title18= Firebending Training

|length18= 1:16

|title19= Wheels

|length19= 2:48

|title20= Republic City Under Attack

|length20= 4:03

|title21= Hardboiled…Afraid (Separate Ways)

|length21= 1:20

|title22= War

|length22= 2:04

|title23= Asami and Hiroshi / Korra Airbends

|length23= 4:24

|title24= Greatest Change

|length24= 5:16

|title25= The Legend of Korra End Credits

|length25= 0:31

|title26= The Legend of Korra Main Title

|length26= 0:28

}}

The first season (Book One: Air) aired in the United States on Nickelodeon on Saturday mornings between April 14, 2012, and June 23, 2012. Unlike its predecessor, the series was broadcast in high-definition. It was broadcast in other countries on the local Nickelodeon channels beginning in August 2012.

The second season (Book Two: Spirits) began airing on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 13, 2013, on Friday evenings. The season ended on November 22, 2013.

The third season (Book Three: Change) began airing on Nickelodeon in the United States on June 27, 2014, also on Friday evenings, two episodes at a time. The broadcast was announced one week in advance after several episodes of the new season were leaked on the Internet. After the first seven episodes aired to low ratings, Nickelodeon removed the last five episodes from its broadcast schedule. The remainder of the episodes were then distributed online via Amazon Video, Google Play, Xbox Video and Hulu as well as the Nickelodeon site and apps.{{cite news|url=http://blog.bcdb.com/nick-pull-korra-airwaves-web-7820/|title=Nick Pull Korra from Airwaves; Web Only|first=Dave|last=Koch|publisher=Big Cartoon News|date=July 27, 2014|access-date=July 27, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140806185830/http://blog.bcdb.com/nick-pull-korra-airwaves-web-7820/|archive-date=August 6, 2014|df=mdy-all}} The Escapist compared The Legend of Korra to Firefly as "a Friday night genre series with a loyal fan following built up from previous works by the creators that is taken off the air after the network fails to advertise it properly or broadcast episodes in a logical manner." Series creator Michael DiMartino said that the series' move to online distribution reflected a "sea change" in the industry: While Korra did not fit in well with Nickelodeon's other programming, the series did extremely well online, with the season 2 finale having been Nickelodeon's biggest online event.{{cite news|last1=Trendacosta|first1=Katharine|title=Creators of The Legend of Korra Explain the Show's Not-Cancellation|url=http://io9.com/creators-of-the-legend-of-korra-explain-the-shows-not-c-1611119124/+nathangrayson|access-date=July 26, 2014|work=io9|date=July 26, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727201129/http://io9.com/creators-of-the-legend-of-korra-explain-the-shows-not-c-1611119124/+nathangrayson|archive-date=July 27, 2014|df=mdy-all}}

The fourth season (Book Four: Balance) began distribution in the United States on October 3, 2014, through Nick.com, Amazon Video, iTunes and Hulu.{{cite web|url=http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/digital-short-legend-of-korra-uploader-special-announcement.html|title=Nickelodeon announcement|date=September 10, 2014|work=www.nick.com|access-date=October 5, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006131254/http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/digital-short-legend-of-korra-uploader-special-announcement.html|archive-date=October 6, 2014|df=mdy-all}} Beginning on November 28, 2014, with episode 9, the fourth season was officially premiered back on television on Fridays on Nicktoons.{{cite news|last1=Davis|first1=Lauren|title=Nickelodeon Comes To Its Senses, Brings Legend Of Korra Back To TV|url=http://io9.com/nickelodeon-comes-to-its-senses-brings-legend-of-korra-1662700410|access-date=November 24, 2014|work=io9|date=November 24, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127005740/http://io9.com/nickelodeon-comes-to-its-senses-brings-legend-of-korra-1662700410|archive-date=November 27, 2014|df=mdy-all}}

The Legend of Korra is broadcast subtitled or dubbed on Nickelodeon channels outside of the U.S.

In Germany, the first and second seasons received a German-language broadcast on Nickelodeon Germany. The third and fourth seasons are broadcast in 2015 on the German Nicktoons pay TV channel. In France, only the first season has been broadcast on Nickelodeon France and J-One. A fandub project to complete the French dub was launched in 2015.{{cite news|title=The Legend of Korra : un projet pour le doublage français de la série animée|url=http://www.begeek.fr/the-legend-of-korra-un-projet-pour-le-doublage-francais-de-la-serie-animee-161993|access-date=February 23, 2015|work=Begeek|date=February 23, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223183942/http://www.begeek.fr/the-legend-of-korra-un-projet-pour-le-doublage-francais-de-la-serie-animee-161993|archive-date=February 23, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

In 2017, the Kenya Film Classification Board banned The Legend of Korra, together with the cartoon series The Loud House, Hey Arnold!, Steven Universe, Clarence and Adventure Time, from being broadcast in Kenya. According to the Board, the reason was that these series were "glorifying homosexual behavior".{{cite news|last1=Anyango|first1=Jennifer|title=Films board bans six TV programs 'for promoting homosexuality'|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001243666/films-board-bans-six-tv-programs-for-promoting-homosexuality|access-date=23 June 2017|work=The Standard|date=15 June 2016|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617070626/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001243666/films-board-bans-six-tv-programs-for-promoting-homosexuality|archive-date=June 17, 2017|df=mdy-all}}

The Legend of Korra got added to Netflix for streaming on August 14, 2020 in the United States.{{Cite web|last=Romano|first=Aja|date=August 13, 2020|title=Legend of Korra's messy, complicated legacy|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/8/13/21362113/legend-of-korra-netflix-controversy-korra-vs-aang-korrasami|access-date=August 15, 2020|website=Vox|language=en|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212181318/https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/8/13/21362113/legend-of-korra-netflix-controversy-korra-vs-aang-korrasami|url-status=live|quote=The Legend of Korra hits Netflix on August 14, the first time since its original 2012-2014 run that the cult hit cartoon...has been available on the streaming giant.}} The Legend of Korra will be removed from Netflix on April 16, 2025 in the United States.{{cite web|last=Ali|first=Zakaria|url=https://screenrant.com/the-legend-of-korra-avatar-netflix-leaving-streaming/|title=Netflix Is About to Lose The Legend of Korra, And Avatar: The Last Airbender May Be Next|website=Screenrant|date=March 18, 2025|access-date=March 19, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319120137/https://screenrant.com/the-legend-of-korra-avatar-netflix-leaving-streaming/|archive-date=March 19, 2025|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=van Wyk|first=Adrian|url=https://www.cbr.com/avatar-legend-of-korra-netflix-exit/|title=April 16 Will Be a Sad Day for Avatar: Legend of Korra Fans|website=CBR|date=March 18, 2025|access-date=March 19, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250319120152/https://www.cbr.com/avatar-legend-of-korra-netflix-exit/|archive-date=March 19, 2025|url-status=live}}

All episodes of the series have also been released through digital download services, DVD and Blu-ray formats. The DVD releases contain extra features such as audio commentary from the creators, cast and crew for some episodes, and the Blu-ray releases contain commentary for additional episodes.

The following table indicates the release dates of the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the series:

The series premiere averaged 4.5 million viewers, ranking it as basic cable's number-one kids' show and top animated program for the week with total viewers. The Legend of Korra also ranks as the network's most-watched animated series premiere in three years.{{Cite web|title=Debut of Nickelodeon's 'The Legend of Korra' Draws 4.5 Million Viewers|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/17/debut-of-nickelodeons-the-legend-of-korra-draws-4-5-million-viewers/129568/|first=Amanda|last=Kondolojy|date=April 17, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2012|publisher=TVbytheNumbers|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119081345/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/17/debut-of-nickelodeons-the-legend-of-korra-draws-4-5-million-viewers/129568/|archive-date=January 19, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

Book One: Air drew an average of 3.8 million viewers per episode. This was the highest audience total for an animated series in the United States in 2012.{{cite news|last=Kepler|first=Adam|title=New Animated Series Make Inroads in Ratings|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/new-animated-series-make-inroads-in-ratings/|access-date=September 16, 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 14, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916223815/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/new-animated-series-make-inroads-in-ratings/|archive-date=September 16, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

Book Two: Spirits premiered with 2.6 million viewers. Suggested explanations for the reduced number of broadcast viewers were: the long period between seasons, a change in time slot (Friday evening instead of Saturday morning), the increased availability of digital download services, and generally reduced ratings for the Nickelodeon channel.{{cite news|last=Schick|first=Michal|title='The Legend of Korra' season 2 premiere brings in low ratings|url=http://www.hypable.com/2013/09/17/legend-korra-season-2-premiere-brings-low-ratings/|access-date=September 24, 2013|newspaper=Hypable|date=September 17, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130924105558/http://www.hypable.com/2013/09/17/legend-korra-season-2-premiere-brings-low-ratings/|archive-date=September 24, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

Book Three: Change aired on short notice in June 2014 after Spanish-language versions of some episodes were leaked on the Internet. The season premiered with 1.5 million viewers.{{cite news|last1=Kondolojy|first1=Amanda|title=Friday Cable Ratings: 'Girl Meets World' Tops Night + 'Zapped', 'Friday Night SmackDown', 'Jessie' & More|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/06/30/friday-cable-ratings-girl-meets-world-tops-night-zapped-friday-night-smackdown-jessie-more/277892/|access-date=June 30, 2014|work=TV by the Numbers|date=June 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707023739/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/06/30/friday-cable-ratings-girl-meets-world-tops-night-zapped-friday-night-smackdown-jessie-more/277892/|archive-date=July 7, 2014|df=mdy-all}} After declining TV ratings in the third season, Nickelodeon stopped airing the series on its main network and shifted its distribution to sister channel, Nicktoons and online outlets. The online distribution is where the show had proven to be much more successful.{{cite web|last1=Schwartz|first1=Terri|title='Legend of Korra: Book 3' shift to digital explained at Comic-Con 2014|url=http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/legend_of_korra_book_4_comic_con_panel_report_2014-2014-07|website=Zap2it|access-date=August 12, 2014|date=July 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813080300/http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/legend_of_korra_book_4_comic_con_panel_report_2014-2014-07|archive-date=August 13, 2014|df=mdy-all}}

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the show currently has an average score of 89%, based on critic reviews.{{Rotten Tomatoes TV|the-legend-of-korra}} Its first season holds a score of 91% with an average rating of 8.25 out of 10, based on 11 critic reviews, with the website's critical consensus saying, "The Legend of Korra expands the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender with narrative substance and crisp animation – and progresses the drama and action with a female lead."{{Rotten Tomatoes TV|the-legend-of-korra/s01|The Legend of Korra: Season 1}} The second season holds a score of 67% with an average rating of 8.35 out of 10, based on 9 critic reviews.{{Rotten Tomatoes TV|the-legend-of-korra/s02|The Legend of Korra: Season 2}} Both Book Three: Change and Book 4: Balance receive the score of 100% based on 9 critic reviews, with average ratings of 9.5 out of 10 and 9 out of 10 respectively.{{Rotten Tomatoes TV|the-legend-of-korra/s03|The Legend of Korra: Book Three – Change}}{{Rotten Tomatoes TV|the-legend-of-korra/s04|The Legend of Korra: Book Four – Balance}}

David Hinckley of the New York Daily News wrote that the "visually striking" series is "full of little tricks and nuances that only true fans will notice and savor, but nothing prevents civilians from enjoying it as well."{{cite news | url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-04-14/news/31340888_1_avatar-naga-world | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906220532/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-04-14/news/31340888_1_avatar-naga-world | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 6, 2012 | title=Nickelodeon's new 'Legend of Korra' puts a kick into animated female heroes | work=New York Daily News | access-date=April 19, 2012 | date=April 14, 2012}} Writing for Vulture, Matt Patches highlighted the second season's loose, handheld-style cinematography{{--}}challenging for an animated series{{--}}and the "weird, wonderful", wildly imagined spirits fought by Korra; "a Kaiju parade with beasts that mirror velociraptors".{{cite news|last=Patches|first=Matt|title=The Legend of Korra Season Two Premiere Recap: Rebel Spirits/The Southern Lights|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/legend-of-korra-season-two-premiere-recap.html|access-date=September 14, 2013|newspaper=Vulture|date=September 14, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915205534/http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/legend-of-korra-season-two-premiere-recap.html|archive-date=September 15, 2013|df=mdy-all}} Max Nicholson for IGN described the third season as "easily the show's most consistent season to date, delivering complex themes, excellent storylines and unmatched production values."{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/29/the-legend-of-korra-book-three-review|title=The Legend of Korra: Book Three Review|work=IGN|date=August 29, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140929181130/http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/08/29/the-legend-of-korra-book-three-review|archive-date=September 29, 2014|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} And Oliver Sava, for The A.V. Club, characterized it as a "truly magnificent season of television, delivering loads of character development, world building, socio-political commentary, and heart-racing action, all presented with beautifully smooth animation and impeccable voice acting".{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-legend-of-korra-into-the-void-venom-of-the-red-1798181189|title=Review: The Legend Of Korra: "Into The Void"/"Venom Of The Red Lotus"|work=The A.V. Club|date=August 22, 2014 |access-date=March 2, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006090335/http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/legend-korra-voidvenom-red-lotus-208466|archive-date=October 6, 2014|df=mdy-all}}

Before the first season's finale, Scott Thill of Wired hailed The Legend of Korra as "the smartest cartoon on TV," able to address adults' spiritual and sociopolitical concerns while presenting an "alternately riveting and hilarious ride packed with fantasy naturalism, steampunk grandeur, kinetic conflicts, sci-fi weaponry and self-aware comedy."{{cite news|last=Thill|first=Scott|title=Why Legend of Korra Is the Smartest Cartoon on TV|url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/06/legend-of-korra-finale|access-date=June 23, 2012|newspaper=Wired|date=June 23, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623190719/http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/06/legend-of-korra-finale/|archive-date=June 23, 2012|df=mdy-all}} In The Atlantic, Julie Beck characterized the series as "some of the highest quality fantasy of our time", appreciating it for combining nuanced social commentary with Avatar: The Last Airbender{{'}}s "warmth, whimsy, and self-referential wit".{{cite news|last=Beck|first=Julie|title=The Legend of Korra: A TV Show for Kids With Serious Appeal for Adults|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/09/-em-the-legend-of-korra-em-a-tv-show-for-kids-with-serious-appeal-for-adults/279842/|access-date=September 20, 2013|newspaper=The Atlantic|date=September 20, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054819/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/09/-em-the-legend-of-korra-em-a-tv-show-for-kids-with-serious-appeal-for-adults/279842/|archive-date=September 21, 2013|df=mdy-all}} Brian Lowry of Variety felt that the series "represents a bit more ambitious storytelling for older kids, and perhaps a few adults with the geek gene."{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2012/tv/reviews/the-legend-of-korra-1117947378/| title=The Legend of Korra review | work=Variety | date=April 11, 2012 | access-date=March 2, 2020 | first=Lowry|last=Brian | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419212325/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947378 | archive-date=April 19, 2012 | df=mdy-all }}

At TV.com, Noel Kirkpatrick commented favorably on how the second season of "one of television's best programs" handled the necessary quantity of exposition, and on its introduction of the theme of conflict between spiritualism and secularism.{{cite news|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Noel|title=The Legend of Korra Book 2 Premiere Review: Smells Like Angry Spirit|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/community/post/the-legend-of-korra-book-2-premiere-review-smells-like-angry-spirit-137894654072/|access-date=September 14, 2013|newspaper=TV.com|date=September 14, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915223047/http://www.tv.com/shows/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/community/post/the-legend-of-korra-book-2-premiere-review-smells-like-angry-spirit-137894654072/|archive-date=September 15, 2013|df=mdy-all}} Covering the third season, Scott Thill at Salon described Korra as one of the toughest, most complex female characters on TV, despite being in a cartoon, and considered that the "surreal, lovely sequel" to Avatar "lastingly and accessibly critiques power, gender, extinction, spirit and more — all wrapped up in a kinetic 'toon as lyrical and expansive as anything dreamt up by Hayao Miyazaki or George Lucas".{{cite news|last1=Thill|first1=Scott|title="You gotta deal with it!": The TV writers behind the powerful female character no one is talking about|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/07/18/you_gotta_deal_with_it_the_tv_writers_behind_the_powerful_female_character_no_one_is_talking_about/|access-date=July 19, 2014|work=Salon.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719060301/http://www.salon.com/2014/07/18/you_gotta_deal_with_it_the_tv_writers_behind_the_powerful_female_character_no_one_is_talking_about/|archive-date=July 19, 2014|df=mdy-all}} David Levesley at The Daily Beast recommended the series to those looking for "beautifully shot and well-written fantasy on television" after the end of Game of Thrones{{'}}s most recent season, noting that in both series "the fantastical and the outlandish are carefully balanced with human relationships and political intrigue".{{cite news|last1=Levesley|first1=David|title='Game of Thrones' Withdrawal? Watch Nickelodeon's Fantasy Epic 'The Legend of Korra'|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/01/game-of-thrones-withdrawal-watch-nickelodeon-s-fantasy-epic-the-legend-of-korra.html|access-date=July 28, 2014|work=The Daily Beast|date=July 1, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729000407/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/01/game-of-thrones-withdrawal-watch-nickelodeon-s-fantasy-epic-the-legend-of-korra.html|archive-date=July 29, 2014|df=mdy-all}}

Several reviewers noted the sociopolitical issues that, unusually for an animated series on a children's channel, run through The Legend of Korra. According to Forbes, by telling "some of the darkest, most mature stories" ever animated, The Legend of Korra has created a new genre, "the world's first animated television drama".{{cite news|last=Barr|first=Merrill|title=Has 'The Legend Of Korra' Created A New Television Genre?|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2013/11/23/has-the-legend-of-korra-created-a-new-television-genre/|access-date=January 11, 2014|date=September 23, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111212340/http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2013/11/23/has-the-legend-of-korra-created-a-new-television-genre/|archive-date=January 11, 2014|df=mdy-all}} Thill proposed that the Equalists' cause in season 1 reflected the recent appearance of the Occupy movement, and DiMartino responded that though the series was written before Occupy Wall Street began, he agreed that the show similarly depicted "a large group of people who felt powerless up against a relatively small group of people in power."{{cite news|last=Thill|first=Scott|title=The Legend of Korra Upgrades Avatar's Mythic Bending Epic|url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/04/legend-of-korra/|access-date=September 11, 2012|newspaper=Wired|date=April 13, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720075110/http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/04/legend-of-korra|archive-date=July 20, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Beck wrote that The Legend of Korra used magic to illustrate "the growing pains of a modernizing world seeing the rise of technology and capitalism, and taking halting, jerky steps toward self-governance", while portraying no side of the conflict as entirely flawless. Alyssa Rosenberg praised the show for examining issues of class in an urban setting, and a guest post in her column argued that the struggle between Korra and Amon's Equalists reflected some of the ideas of John Rawls' "luck egalitarianism", praising the series for tackling moral issues of inequality and redistribution.{{cite web|last=Rosenberg|first=Alyssa|title='The Legend of Korra' Tackles Class and Urbanization, Is Amazing|url=http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/03/27/452177/avatar-the-legend-of-korra-tackles-class-and-urbanization-is-amazing/|website=ThinkProgress|access-date=September 11, 2012|date=March 27, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701154615/http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/03/27/452177/avatar-the-legend-of-korra-tackles-class-and-urbanization-is-amazing/|archive-date=July 1, 2012|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|last=Beauchamp|first=Zack|title=Guest Post: 'The Legend of Korra' Takes On Redistribution|url=http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/05/16/484827/guest-post-the-legend-of-korra-takes-on-redistribution/|website=ThinkProgress|access-date=September 11, 2012|date=May 16, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014151953/http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/05/16/484827/guest-post-the-legend-of-korra-takes-on-redistribution/|archive-date=October 14, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

Writing for The Escapist, Mike Hoffman noted how the series respected its younger viewers by explicitly showing, but also giving emotional weight to the death of major characters, including "one of the most brutal and sudden deaths in children's television" in the case of P'Li in season 3. By portraying Korra's opponents not as stereotypical villains, but as human beings with understandable motivations corrupted by an excess of zeal, the series trusted in viewers to be able to "resolve the dissonance between understanding someone's view and disagreeing with their methods". And, Hoffman wrote, by showing Korra to suffer from "full-on depression" at the end of the third season, and devoting much of the fourth to her recovery, the series helped normalize mental health issues, a theme generally unaddressed in children's television, which made them less oppressive for the viewers.

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Summing up Book Four, Joanna Robinson for Vanity Fair described it as "the most subversive television event of the year", noting how much of the season and series pushed the boundaries of what is nominally children's television by "breaking racial, sexual, and political ground": It featured a dark-skinned female lead character as well as a bevy of diverse female characters of all ages, focused on challenging issues such as weapons of mass destruction, PTSD and fascism, and was infused with an Eastern spirituality based on tenets such as balance and mindfulness.{{cite magazine|last1=Robinson|first1=Joanna|title=How a Nickelodeon Cartoon Became One of the Most Powerful, Subversive Shows of 2014|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/12/korra-series-finale-recap-gay-asami|access-date=December 19, 2014|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=December 19, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219230600/http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/12/korra-series-finale-recap-gay-asami|archive-date=December 19, 2014|df=mdy-all}} Levesley also highlighted the "many examples of well-written women, predominantly of color" in the series. Oliver Sava at The A.V. Club noted that the series had "consistently delivered captivating female figures"; he considered it to be first and foremost about women, and about how they relate to each other "as friends, family, and rivals in romance and politics".

Moreover, according to Robinson, the series' final scene, in which Korra and Asami gaze into each other's eyes in a shot mirroring the composition of Avatar{{'}}s final moments in which Aang and Katara kiss, "changed the face of TV" by going further than any other work of children's television in depicting same-sex relationships{{--}}an assessment shared by reviewers for TV.com,{{cite news|last1=Kirkpatrick|first1=Noel|title=The Legend of Korra Series Finale Review: New Beginnings|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/community/post/the-legend-of-korra-series-finale-book-4-episode-12-episode-13-day-of-the-colossus-the-last-stand-141886896821/|access-date=December 20, 2014|work=TV.com|date=December 19, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221013308/http://www.tv.com/shows/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/community/post/the-legend-of-korra-series-finale-book-4-episode-12-episode-13-day-of-the-colossus-the-last-stand-141886896821/|archive-date=December 21, 2014|df=mdy-all}} The A.V. Club, USA Today,{{cite news|last1=Hoai-Tran|first1=Bui|title=Let's talk about that 'Legend of Korra' ending...|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/12/22/legend-of-korra-series-finale-nickelodeon-lgbt-couple/77618268/|access-date=December 23, 2014|work=USA Today|date=December 22, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081824/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/12/22/legend-of-korra-series-finale-nickelodeon-lgbt-couple/77618268/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}} IGN,{{cite news|last1=IGN Staff|title=THE LEGEND OF KORRA: IGN EDITORS REACT TO THE ENDING AND KORRASAMI|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/24/the-legend-of-korra-ign-editors-react-to-the-ending-and-korrasami|access-date=December 25, 2014|work=IGN|date=December 24, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225025615/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/24/the-legend-of-korra-ign-editors-react-to-the-ending-and-korrasami|archive-date=December 25, 2014|df=mdy-all}} Moviepilot{{cite news|last1=Dauvin|first1=Angela|title=Legend of Korra: Living Up to the ATLA Legacy|url=http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/12/19/legend-of-korra-living-up-to-the-atla-legacy-2528364?lt_source=external,manual|access-date=December 20, 2014|work=Moviepilot|date=December 19, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221004050/http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/12/19/legend-of-korra-living-up-to-the-atla-legacy-2528364?lt_source=external,manual|archive-date=December 21, 2014|df=mdy-all}} and The Advocate.{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/2/02/35-lgbt-characters-who-redefined-family-tv#slide-1|title=35 LGBT Characters Who Redefined Family TV|work=The Advocate|first=Jacob|last=Ogles|date=February 2, 2017|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130075127/https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/2/02/35-lgbt-characters-who-redefined-family-tv#slide-1|archive-date=January 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

Mike Hoffman, on the other hand, felt that Korra and Asami's relationship was not intended as particularly subversive, but as something the writers trusted younger viewers, now often familiar with same-sex relationships, to be mature enough to understand. Megan Farokhmanesh of Polygon wrote that by portraying Korra and Asami as bisexual, the series even avoided the error of assuming sexual orientation, as many other TV series did, to be a strict divide between "gay" and "straight".{{cite news|last1=Farokhmanesh|first1=Megan|title=The Legend of Korra achieved more in under a minute than most shows do in their lifetime|url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/23/7439921/the-legend-of-korra-series-finale-asami-couple|access-date=December 23, 2014|work=Polygon|date=December 23, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223230315/http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/23/7439921/the-legend-of-korra-series-finale-asami-couple|archive-date=December 23, 2014|df=mdy-all}} In 2018, io9 ranked the series' final scene #55 on its list of "The 100 Most Important Pop Culture Moments of the Last 10 Years".{{cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-100-most-important-pop-culture-moments-of-the-last-1822145186|title=The 100 Most Important Pop Culture Moments of the Last 10 Years: #41–60|work=io9|date=January 17, 2018|author=io9 Staff|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204453/https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-100-most-important-pop-culture-moments-of-the-last-1822145186|archive-date=January 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} As Korra was made widely available again on Netflix in 2020, Janet Varney called her role as the voice of Korra "the most profound and meaningful part of my career" on account of the impact the ending had on queer fans. Vanity Fair said that the show's creators "fought hard" for the ending with Korra and Asami, which has "plausible deniability that it's all platonic."{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Joanna |title=Raya and the Last Dragon's Kelly Marie Tran Thinks Her Disney Princess Is Gay |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/raya-and-the-last-dragon-kelly-marie-tran-gay-namaari-raya |website=Vanity Fair |access-date=March 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307025741/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/raya-and-the-last-dragon-kelly-marie-tran-gay-namaari-raya |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |date=March 5, 2021 |url-status=live}}

The Washington Post and Vulture have since credited The Legend of Korra with changing the landscape of LGBT representation in western animated children's cartoons, paving the way for more overt queer content in shows such as Adventure Time, Steven Universe, and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/09/16/how-legend-korra-changed-landscape-queer-representation-animated-shows/|title=How 'The Legend of Korra' changed the landscape of queer representation in animated shows|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Madison|last=Dong|date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210203165632/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/09/16/how-legend-korra-changed-landscape-queer-representation-animated-shows/?arc404=true|archive-date=February 3, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/legend-of-korra-korrasami-queer-characters-kids-tv-legacy.html|title=Legend of Korra Walked So Queer Characters on Kids' TV Could Kiss|website=Vulture|date=August 19, 2020|first=Zosha|last=Millman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203170155/https://www.vulture.com/article/legend-of-korra-korrasami-queer-characters-kids-tv-legacy.html|archive-date=February 3, 2021|url-status=live}}

The first season of The Legend of Korra received numerous accolades. It received two nominations for the 2012 Annie Awards; Bryan Konietzko, Joaquim Dos Santos Ryu Ki-Hyun, Kim Il Kwang and Kim Jin Sun were nominated in the category of Best Character Design in an Animated Television Production, and the first two episodes were nominated in the category of Best Animated Television Production for Children.{{cite news|title='Brave,' 'Wreck-It Ralph' among nominees for the Annie Awards|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-brave-wreck-it-ralph-nominees-annie-awards-20121202,0,4731958.story|access-date=December 3, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 3, 2012|first=Susan|last=King|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206004440/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-brave-wreck-it-ralph-nominees-annie-awards-20121202,0,4731958.story|archive-date=December 6, 2012|df=mdy-all}} The series was also nominated for the "Outstanding Children's Program" award from among the 2012 NAACP Image Awards, which "celebrates the accomplishments of people of color".{{cite web|title=The "44TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS" NOMINEES ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.naacpimageawards.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/44th-NIA-Nominations_Final_Release.pdf|publisher=NAACP|date=December 11, 2012|access-date=January 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319130412/http://www.naacpimageawards.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/44th-NIA-Nominations_Final_Release.pdf|archive-date=March 19, 2013}} IGN editors and readers awarded the series the "IGN People's Choice Award" and the "Best TV Animated Series" award in 2012, and it was also nominated for "Best TV Series" and "Best TV Hero" for Korra.{{cite news|title=Best TV Animated Series|url=http://www.ign.com/wikis/best-of-2012/Best_TV_Animated_Series|access-date=January 6, 2013|newspaper=IGN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107032413/http://www.ign.com/wikis/best-of-2012/Best_TV_Animated_Series|archive-date=January 7, 2013|df=mdy-all}} The series also took second place (after My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) in a TV.com readers' poll for the "Best Animated Series" of 2012.{{cite news|title=TV.com's Best of 2012: Best Animated Series|url=http://www.tv.com/features/best-of-2012/vote/poll/SpecialFeatures:list:best-animated-series/|access-date=January 5, 2013|newspaper=TV.com|date=January 4, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109120617/http://www.tv.com/features/best-of-2012/vote/poll/SpecialFeatures:list:best-animated-series|archive-date=January 9, 2013|df=mdy-all}} The first season also received three Daytime Emmy Award nominations, winning in the category of "Outstanding Casting For an Animated Series or Special."

The second season received fewer awards and total nominations than the first; it was nominated for three Annie Awards in 2014, winning in the category of "Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production." It was nominated for two more IGN awards, being nominated for "Best TV Animated Series" and winning the "IGN People's Choice Award" for the second year in a row.{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/wikis/best-of-2013/TV|title=IGN: Best of 2013 – TV|website=IGN|date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=December 18, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114052433/http://www.ign.com/wikis/best-of-2013/TV|archive-date=January 14, 2017|df=mdy-all}}

The third and fourth seasons, combined into one entry, were nominated for six IGN awards, winning the "People's Choice Award" for the third time in a row, as well as "Best TV Animated Series" for the second time, "People's Choice Award for Best TV Episode" for Korra Alone, and "People's Choice Award for Best TV Series" for the first time.{{cite news|title=Best TV Animated Series|url=http://www.ign.com/lists/best-of-television/tv-animated|access-date=January 13, 2015|work=IGN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116000543/http://www.ign.com/lists/best-of-television/tv-animated|archive-date=January 16, 2015|df=mdy-all}} The third and fourth seasons were nominated for two Annie Awards; "Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Children's Audience," and winning "Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production."

File:Korra and Mako cosplay at 2012 Anime Expo.jpging as Korra and Mako in 2012]]

Like its predecessor series, The Legend of Korra has a broad fandom, including on social media and at fan conventions. Most fans are young adults, according to The Escapist, but many are children and younger teenagers.{{cite news|last1=Hoffman|first1=Mike|title=Four Ways The Legend of Korra Respected Its Younger Viewers|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/moviesandtv/12836-Legend-of-Korra-Wasn-t-Subversive-It-Was-Respectful|access-date=January 8, 2015|work=The Escapist|date=January 8, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112124414/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/moviesandtv/12836-Legend-of-Korra-Wasn-t-Subversive-It-Was-Respectful|archive-date=January 12, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

According to Merrill Barr writing for Forbes, few series "boast as vocal a fan base as The Legend of Korra", including such popular series as Game of Thrones and Orphan Black.{{cite news|last1=Barr|first1=Merrill|title='The Legend of Korra' is Proof Good Television Can Survive Anything|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2014/12/19/the-legend-of-korra-is-proof-good-television-can-survive-anything/|access-date=December 19, 2014|work=Forbes|date=December 19, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219230925/http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2014/12/19/the-legend-of-korra-is-proof-good-television-can-survive-anything/|archive-date=December 19, 2014|df=mdy-all}} In January 2015, after the series ended, the media reported on a fan petition to have Netflix produce a series in the Avatar universe garnering more than 10,000 signatures only in 2015.{{cite news|last1=Jaworski|first1=Michelle|title=Fans turn to Netflix to lobby for more 'Avatar' and 'Legend of Korra'|url=http://www.dailydot.com/geek/legend-of-korra-netflix-fan-petition/|access-date=January 18, 2015|work=The Daily Dot|issue=January 12, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118214321/http://www.dailydot.com/geek/legend-of-korra-netflix-fan-petition/|archive-date=January 18, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

The A.V. Club and io9 noted that the live-action TV series Warrior, for which NBC ordered a pilot in early 2015, has a premise almost identical to that of The Legend of Korra: It is to be about "a damaged heroine" who "works undercover with physical and spiritual guidance from a mysterious martial arts master to bring down an international crime lord" in a "contemporary multicultural and sometimes magical milieu".{{cite news|last1=Barsanti|first1=Sam|title=NBC is developing a magical martial arts drama|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/nbc-developing-magical-martial-arts-drama-213692|access-date=January 12, 2015|date=January 11, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112153310/http://www.avclub.com/article/nbc-developing-magical-martial-arts-drama-213692|archive-date=January 12, 2015|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|last1=Bricken|first1=Rob|title=NBC Is Going To Make A Martial Arts Fantasy Show Because Why Not|url=http://io9.com/nbc-is-going-to-make-a-martial-arts-fantasy-show-becaus-1679053703|access-date=January 12, 2015|date=January 12, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113004833/http://io9.com/nbc-is-going-to-make-a-martial-arts-fantasy-show-becaus-1679053703|archive-date=January 13, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

In an interview with GLAAD's Raina Deerwater, ND Stevenson, creator of the series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power talked about queer representation in animation, situating The Legend of Korra alongside Steven Universe as an inspiring series that has taught young fans to expect "nothing less than a variety of solid queer representation and central queer characters.".{{cite web |last1=Deerwater |first1=Raina |title=EXCLUSIVE: 'She-Ra' creator Noelle Stevenson talks to GLAAD about the final season, queer representation in animation, and watching 'Killing Eve' |url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/exclusive-she-ra-creator-noelle-stevenson-talks-glaad-about-final-season-queer-representation |website=GLAAD |access-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519193915/https://www.glaad.org/blog/exclusive-she-ra-creator-noelle-stevenson-talks-glaad-about-final-season-queer-representation |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |date=May 18, 2020 |url-status=live}}

{{See also|List of Avatar: The Last Airbender media}}

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The Legend of Korra is continued in a graphic novel trilogy series written by DiMartino and published by Dark Horse Comics. The first trilogy, The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, was drawn by Irene Koh and takes place immediately following the series finale, focusing on Korra and Asami's relationship in the aftermath of Kuvira's attack. The first volume was published on July 26, 2017,{{cite web|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/29-495/The-Legend-of-Korra-Turf-Wars-Part-One-TPB|title=THE LEGEND OF KORRA: TURF WARS PART ONE TPB|publisher=Dark Horse Comics|access-date=January 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911120101/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/29-495/The-Legend-of-Korra-Turf-Wars-Part-One-TPB|archive-date=September 11, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} the second volume was published on January 17, 2018,{{cite web|title=THE LEGEND OF KORRA: TURF WARS PART TWO TPB|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/29-496/The-Legend-of-Korra-Turf-Wars-Part-Two-TPB|publisher=Dark Horse Comics|access-date=January 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022192827/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/29-496/The-Legend-of-Korra-Turf-Wars-Part-Two-TPB|archive-date=October 22, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} and the third and final volume was published on August 22, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/29-497/The-Legend-of-Korra-Turf-Wars-Part-Three-TPB|title=The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part Three TPB|website=www.darkhorse.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006063248/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/29-497/The-Legend-of-Korra-Turf-Wars-Part-Three-TPB|archive-date=October 6, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-06-17|df=mdy-all}} A sequel, The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire, was published in three volumes in May 2019, November 2019, and February 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/2794/nycc-2018-legend-korra-continues-dark-horse-co-cre|title=NYCC 2018: The Legend of Korra Continues at Dark Horse With Co-Creator Michael Dante DiMartino|publisher=Dark Horse Comics|date=October 1, 2018|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028020932/https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/2794/nycc-2018-legend-korra-continues-dark-horse-co-cre|archive-date=October 28, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

Hardcover art books detailing each season's creative process have been published by Dark Horse, similar to the art book published about Avatar: The Last Airbender:

In July 2013, Nickelodeon published a free interactive e-book, The Legend of Korra: Enhanced Experience, on iTunes.{{cite book|title=The Legend of Korra: Enhanced Experience|date=July 2, 2013|url=https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-legend-of-korra-enhanced-experience/id666323592|publisher=iTunes|access-date=July 2, 2013|archive-date=January 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113122450/https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-legend-of-korra-enhanced-experience/id666323592|url-status=live}} It contained material such as concept art, character biographies, animatics and storyboards.{{cite news|last=Goldman|first=Eric|title=The Legend of Korra: Sneak Peek at the New Enhanced Experience Interactive Book|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/01/the-legend-of-korra-sneak-peek-at-the-new-enhanced-experience-interactive-book|access-date=July 2, 2013|newspaper=IGN|date=July 1, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705060059/http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/01/the-legend-of-korra-sneak-peek-at-the-new-enhanced-experience-interactive-book|archive-date=July 5, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

In March 2013, PixelDrip Gallery organized a Legend of Korra fan art exhibition in Los Angeles with the support of the series's creators, and later published a documentary video about it.{{cite web|last=Konietzko|first=Bryan|title=I'm The Art Show, Deal With It! A Legend of Korra Tribute (by PixelDrip Gallery)|date=September 23, 2013|url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/62078997630/fullmetalavatar-im-the-art-show-deal-with-it|access-date=September 24, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929041110/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/62078997630/fullmetalavatar-im-the-art-show-deal-with-it|archive-date=September 29, 2013|df=mdy-all}} Another art exhibition supported by Nickelodeon to pay tribute to The Legend of Korra and Avatar was held from March 7 to 22, 2015 at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California.{{cite web|title=THE LEGEND OF KORRA / AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER TRIBUTE EXHIBITION|url=http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/462|website=Gallery Nucleus|access-date=January 1, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101162238/http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/462|archive-date=January 1, 2015|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|last1=Mammano|first1=Michael|title=A Day at the Avatar/Korra Art Show at Gallery Nucleus|url=http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/the-legend-of-korra/244659/a-day-at-the-avatarkorra-art-show-at-gallery-nucleus|access-date=March 22, 2015|work=Den of Geek|date=March 16, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319194451/http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/the-legend-of-korra/244659/a-day-at-the-avatarkorra-art-show-at-gallery-nucleus|archive-date=March 19, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

An adult coloring book, The Legend of Korra Coloring Book ({{ISBN|978-1-5067-0246-9}}) with art by Jed Henry was released in July 2017.{{cite news|last1=Polo|first1=Susana|title=This is what a Legend of Korra adult coloring book looks like before it's done|url=http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/1/14765032/korra-coloring-book|access-date=1 March 2017|work=Polygon|date=1 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301225843/http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/1/14765032/korra-coloring-book|archive-date=March 1, 2017|df=mdy-all}}

Book One: Air was adapted as two novels by Erica David, aimed at readers ages twelve and up. The novelizations were published by Random House in 2013:{{cite news|last=Schick|first=Michael|title='Legend of Korra' roundup: Season 3 moving forward, season 1 novelized|url=http://www.hypable.com/2012/10/31/legend-of-korra-roundup-season-three-moving-forward-season-one-novelized/|access-date=November 1, 2012|newspaper=Hypable|date=October 31, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126041755/http://www.hypable.com/2012/10/31/legend-of-korra-roundup-season-three-moving-forward-season-one-novelized/|archive-date=January 26, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

• {{cite book|title=Revolution|isbn=978-0-449-81554-0|type=adapting episodes one to six|date=January 8, 2013 |last1=David |first1=Erica |publisher=Random House }}
• {{cite book|title=Endgame|isbn=978-0-449-81734-6|type=adapting episodes seven to twelve|date=July 23, 2013 |last1=David |first1=Erica |publisher=Random House }}

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Activision published two video games based on the series in October 2014. The first, titled only The Legend of Korra, is a third-person beat 'em up game for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Windows. Despite the game's developer PlatinumGames being known for well-received action games, the game received mixed reviews. The second game, The Legend of Korra: A New Era Begins, is a turn-based strategy game developed by Webfoot Technologies for the Nintendo 3DS. Nickelodeon also makes several Adobe Flash-based browser games based on The Legend of Korra available on their website.{{cite web|title=The Legend of Korra: Games|url=http://www.nick.com/games/legend-of-korra-games|publisher=Nickelodeon|access-date=January 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128004126/http://www.nick.com/games/legend-of-korra-games/|archive-date=January 28, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

IDW Publishing released a series of board games based on The Legend of Korra. The first is an adaptation of the series' pro-bending game; that was financed through Kickstarter and released in fall 2017.{{cite web|title=IDW Announces Avatar: The Legend Of Korra Board Game|url=http://comicbook.com/anime/2017/06/22/avatar-the-legend-of-korra-board-game/|access-date=23 June 2017|website=comicbook.com|date=23 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623025732/http://comicbook.com/anime/2017/06/22/avatar-the-legend-of-korra-board-game/|archive-date=June 23, 2017|df=mdy-all}} Korra is a playable character in multiple Nickelodeon crossover games, including Super Brawl Universe, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix and 3: Slime Speedway, and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and its sequel.{{Citation|title=Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix Arriving This October – IGN Expo – IGN|date=June 11, 2020|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/nickelodeon-kart-racers-2-announced-trailer|language=en|access-date=2020-06-12|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211183846/https://www.ign.com/articles/nickelodeon-kart-racers-2-announced-trailer|url-status=live}} Korra also appears as a skin for Skadi in Smite.{{Cite magazine|last=Tack|first=Daniel|title=Avatar: The Last Airbender And The Legend of Korra Are Coming To Smite|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/06/22/avatar-the-last-airbender-and-the-legend-of-korra-are-coming-to-smite|access-date=2020-10-06|magazine=Game Informer|language=en|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008232716/https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/06/22/avatar-the-last-airbender-and-the-legend-of-korra-are-coming-to-smite|url-status=live}}

A 12-inch figurine of Lin Beifong, as well as a graphic t-shirt, was announced at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con.{{cite news|last1=Goldman|first1=Eric|title=COMIC-CON: NICKELODEON EXCLUSIVES INCLUDE NEW AVATAR, KORRA, TMNT AND POWER RANGERS COLLECTIBLES|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/25/comic-con-nickelodeon-exclusives-include-new-avatar-korra-tmnt-and-power-rangers-collectibles|access-date=June 28, 2015|work=IGN|date=June 25, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628005123/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/25/comic-con-nickelodeon-exclusives-include-new-avatar-korra-tmnt-and-power-rangers-collectibles|archive-date=June 28, 2015|df=mdy-all}} Mondo released a figurine of Korra and Asami holding hands in March 2018.{{cite news|last1=Pulliam-Moore|first1=Charles|title=Korra and Asami's Love Has Been Immortalized as an Adorable Avatar Statue|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/korra-and-asamis-love-has-been-immortalized-as-an-adora-1823806015|access-date=17 March 2018|work=io9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317232349/https://io9.gizmodo.com/korra-and-asamis-love-has-been-immortalized-as-an-adora-1823806015|archive-date=March 17, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

In 2013, before the premiere of Book Two: Spirits, Nickelodeon released three animated short videos online titled Republic City Hustle that cover part of the lives of Mako and Bolin as street hustlers before the events of the first season.{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Laura|title=Exclusive Look at the First Legend of Korra Webisode|url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/08/legend-korra-webisode-mako-bolin/|access-date=August 9, 2013|newspaper=Wired|date=August 9, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810211820/http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/08/legend-korra-webisode-mako-bolin/|archive-date=August 10, 2013|df=mdy-all}} They are written by Tim Hedrick, one of the writers for Book Two: Spirits, and designed by Evon Freeman.{{cite web|last=DiMartino|first=Mike|title=8.9.13|date=August 2013|url=http://michaeldantedimartino.tumblr.com/post/57809812579/korranation-watch-mako-and-bolins-origin-story|access-date=August 9, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927063011/http://michaeldantedimartino.tumblr.com/post/57809812579/korranation-watch-mako-and-bolins-origin-story|archive-date=September 27, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

In August 2012, Variety reported that Paramount Animation, a sister company of Nickelodeon, was starting development of several animated films, with budgets of around US$100 million. According to Variety, a possible candidate for one of the films was The Legend of Korra.{{cite news|last1=Graser|first1=Marc|last2=Kroll|first2=Justin|title=Paramount ramping up animation slate|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/paramount-ramping-up-animation-slate-1118057934/|access-date=March 2, 2020|newspaper=Variety|date=August 17, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819232301/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118057934|archive-date=August 19, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Series creator Bryan Konietzko later wrote on his blog that no such film was in development.{{cite news|last=Konietzko|first=Bryan|title=No Korra movie in the works at this time|newspaper=Tumblr |url=http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/30497077745/no-korra-movie-in-the-works-at-this-time|date=August 29, 2012|access-date=August 30, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911131909/http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/30497077745/no-korra-movie-in-the-works-at-this-time|archive-date=September 11, 2012|df=mdy-all}} In July 2013, he said that he and DiMartino were far too busy working on multiple seasons of the TV series in parallel to consider developing a film adaptation at that time.{{cite news|title=IGN Live at San Diego Comic-Con 2013|url=http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/07/12/ign-live-at-san-diego-comic-con-2013|access-date=July 19, 2013|newspaper=IGN|date=July 19, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721101203/http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/07/12/ign-live-at-san-diego-comic-con-2013|archive-date=July 21, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

On February 20, 2025, Nickelodeon and Avatar Studios announced a sequel series to The Legend of Korra titled Avatar: Seven Havens in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The series will be set after the end of The Legend of Korra{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/avatar-last-airbender-seven-havens-animated-series-nickelodeon-1236313495/|title=Avatar: Seven Havens Officially Announced, Set After the Events of The Legend of Korra|first=Joe|last=Otterson|magazine=Variety|date=February 20, 2025|access-date=March 31, 2025}} and the protagonist will be an earthbender who is the incarnation of the Avatar after Korra's death. The series will consist of 26 episodes, spread across two seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/tv/526440/new-avatar-atla-series-seven-havens-news-announcement|title=Nickelodeon is finally giving us a new Avatar: The Last Airbender show|first=Zosha|last=Millman|website=Polygon|date=February 20, 2025|access-date=March 31, 2025}}

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