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Topic: Avatar: The Last Airbender

(A still from “Spirited Away.” © 2001 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli)

How “Spirited Away” inspired "Avatar"

Melanie McFarland
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix)

Airbender's conflicted racial evolution

Kelly Pau
Kiawentiio as Katara in "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (Courtesy of Netflix)

How "Avatar" gets Katara all wrong

Nardos Haile
Utkarsh Ambudkar as King Bumi and Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai in Netflix's "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Netflix)

"Avatar" and the American voter’s choice

Melanie McFarland
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix)

New "Avatar" better than Shyamalan mess

Melanie McFarland
Avatar The Last Airbender (Nickelodeon)

"Avatar" and the fight against fascism

Melanie McFarland