"Avatar: The Last Airbender" co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino spoke with CBR TV from our floating studio at Comic-Con International in San Diego, to discuss the successful animated series, its expansion into comic books at Dark Horse, how the comics tie into and inform the sequel series, "The Legend of Korra," and the future of that series.

On the impetus for bringing "Avatar" to comic books:
It's a great way to revisit the old characters without having to do a full animation and everything… Obviously, 'Legend of Korra' was getting rolling so we didn't have time to do two series or anything like that, so I really like the comic outlet as a way to get these new stories out there.

On whether the end of "Avatar" was planned or developed over time: "I honestly didn't think it was going to get that big a reaction that it would carry to this day that it's like the number one question people continue to ask us. We had ideas of how to, you know, approach that story and was it going to be animated or could we tell it in a different way, and when the opportunity to do the comics came up it seemed like that was a good way to get into that story line. I'm excited that we're getting to delve into that.

On working with writer Gene Yang on the comic stories: "I don't know how many people find it through the comics versus the television show, but the great thing about working with Gene is he came to it as a fan of the show, but definitely -- because of his other work -- he brings a kind of personal point of view to the stories, which has been great… He loves the world, he's very faithful to the world, but he's also able to bring his own take on it.

On targeting a younger audience while employing such a complex mythology: "We've never had to really argue about it. Nickelodeon's been a great home for it. It's really the stories Bryan [Konietzko] and I want to tell, or just -- the stories we want to explore -- and we kind of propose these stories to the network and most of the time they have no problem, which has been remarkable. We've had a lot of freedom."

On bridging the gap from "Avatar" to "Korra" via the comics: There's definitely a bit of crossover, 'cause when we started on the comics we had laid some of the groundwork for 'Korra' as far as Republic City and, like we said, Beifong's metal bending, and that kind of stuff. We did want to kind of go back and show how did Aang and Zuko work together to form this new republic where benders from all over the world were welcomed and kind of living together in harmony and stuff. So it's nice to be able to do that story, and kind of show the origins of what you end up seeing in 'Korra.'"

On "Legend of Korra's" Season 1 finale tying up all the loose ends introduced in the pilot: "Certainly when we came up with the idea, initially it was for a 12-episode series, which Bryan and I were really excited about, to just go all out and do this amazing little miniseries. We designed it to have a really clear end to it -- that it could go on, but if this was it -- if this was all we got to do with Korra, you would have a satisfying end to the story. But we got more episodes, which is great, but we built it so that Korra has -- she's got aways to go, you know? She's not done kind of growing and learning about the spirit world and her spirituality and stuff, so that's really what we're going to be following throughout all these books is her spiritual growth and how she becomes the Avatar -- and what kind of Avatar she wants to be."

下附部分翻译：

降世神通系列的主创 MICHAEL 在接受CBR 采访时谈到了关于科拉传奇和神通的
漫画：
关于【最后的气宗】的结局是一早就安排好的还是随着时间逐步发展出来的呢？
答：老实说我真的不认为它会取得那么大的反响，以至于时至今日人们还是把它
当做头号问题来问我们。我们有一些如何展示那个故事的想法，是做成动画呢还
是以别的啥方式来讲述，当得知能出漫画时我们觉得这是把故事讲下去的好办法
。我很高兴能开始挖掘那个故事~（诶呦怎么感觉答非所问，麦扣在谈组组他妈
么。。？估计是问题给省略了。。。）
关于通过漫画系列来串联起【气宗】和【科拉】间的故事：
答：两部动画里面确实有交集，当我们构思漫画时我们已经有了一些关于科拉的北京设定，比如共和城和北方家族的御金术之类的。我们确实想向观众展示组克安是如何携手创建了共和城这座来自世界各地的御术师和平相处的城市。能交代这个故事感觉很棒，尤其是能告诉你科拉的世界是怎么形成的。
关于【科拉传奇】第一季大结局看起来十分圆满的问题
答：当我们想出这个故事的时候，一开始我们就打算只做12集，而我和BRYAN对于能全力以赴完成这个迷你系列都很感到兴奋。我们一开始就打算让这个故事有一个明确的大结局——它能够被继续讲下去，但如果就只能做这么多了那你也会对它感到满意。很高兴现在我们可以继续做下去了，科拉的故事也确实可以说下去：科拉还有很多关于灵界和精神修养啥的知识要学习呢。所以我们要继续讲述科拉在精神上的修行和成为神通的经历，以及她到底想成为一名怎样的神通。


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