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37. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Great_Paul
https://youtu.be/d1EnW4kn1kg

Unique: 5.5
Story: 6.5
Music: 5.5
Animation: 6
Personal: 5.5
Average: 5.8

This is a highly focused intro. The creators knew exactly what they wanted to do with it and accomplished their goals, without wasting even a moment of the sequence on any diversions. This intro isnt meant to be memorable. It doesnt even have a true theme song. Its simply designed to tell you what the show is about in a way that makes you want to keep watching.

While narrated intros rarely work well, this intro pulls it off by building its own mythology from the start and telling the story like a legend. Its what the intro for Yu-Gi-Oh! tried to do at the start, but far less effectively without having the kind of imagery you see here showcasing each of the four elements. Its simple and to the point, but its interesting.

Even better is the way the intro pulls you into its world by starting with an overhead map and zooming in until you get this really nice hand-drawn style of artwork for the waves and mountains. That segment was my favorite part of the intro and helped boost the score for the already good animation.

The intro also does a nice job of introducing Aang by showing you his abilities and playful personality in the span of seconds. Unfortunately, the intro doesnt give you much of anything about the other characters including the narrator. But overall, the viewer is left with a good sense of the story and world of the show.

Lastly, while there is no theme song, what little background music we hear does a decent job of helping to set the tone and accompanying the visuals. But it was tough for me to score the music any higher when its so sparse and forgettable.

And one of these days, Ive got to get around to watching this show.