snick_backup | Avatar: The Last Airbender

I've just watched the first ep, and folks, I think I might be hooked. If you were going to write a character just for me in something like this, you might as well have written Katara; most of my usual annoyances with anime (OTT emotions, childishness) seem to be absent or underplayed; and the worldbuilding is both engaging and not obviously stupid. (I foresee many happy moments of deciding which element I'd choose to be.) Plus: winter! And either really excellent dubbing, or a show originally scripted in English; either way, I appreciate avoiding the dubbing/subs question.

I do notice that all the animals have extra pairs of limbs. Also that the flying bison is like a shaggy cross between Totoro and the Cat Bus.

ETA: And I notice that the credits use the same font as BtVS!

(icon chosen because of everyone on BtVS, Andrew would convert most naturally to an anime character, seems to me)