|
Secure checkout & satisfaction guaranteed by 
|
|
|
The Last Airbender: Prequel: Zuko's Story |  | Authors: Dave Roman, Alison Wilgus
Creator: Nina Matsumoto
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
List Price: $10.99
Buy New: $5.99
as of 9/9/2010 04:00 CDT details
You Save: $5.00 (45%)
New (24) Used (9) from $3.55
Seller: books from brooklyn
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 16,809
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0345518543
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780345518545
ASIN: 0345518543
Publication Date: May 18, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Features:
| • | ISBN13: 9780345518545 | | • | Condition: New | | • | Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed |
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
THE SON WILL RISE
Prince Zuko is banished from the Fire Nation by his own father, Fire Lord Ozai. Horribly scarred and stripped of everything he holds dear, Zuko wanders the earth for almost three years in search of his only chance at redemption: the Avatar, a mystical being who once kept the four nations in balance. All around him, people whisper that this is an impossible task—the Avatar, after all, disappeared a century ago—but Zuko defiantly continues the search. His quest is all he has left.
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 13
 Small Look into Zuko's Past! May 19, 2010
T'keyah Daley
21 out of 26 found this review helpful
For those that couldn't tell, this book is really short and is a nice little manga about Zuko's banaishment. I'm guessing this is supposed to be for people who haven't exactly watched the series and want to know why Zuko is hunting for the avatar. But, if you have watched the series then this gives you a lot of new insight as well. A few things have changed though, one being the artists rendition of Iroh who looks more like his actor than are big old fluffy friend from TV. For the characters who have yet to be casted like Mai, Ty Lee, and Azula, they look like their normal TV selves. Anyways, this manga comic maps out the first days of Zuko's banishment where he goes around searching for the avatar in the air temples while also dealing with his emotions (which are really fired up....haha...) Different from the original series, this shows you how Zuko becomes the Blue Spirit. It's different from the tv show because it gives the hint that he's been the blue spirit for a long time. (Remeber Zuko is banished a full 2 years before he finds the avatar) All in all, it was a good read especially for a hard core Avatar fan like me. I expect the movie to be really good and I can't wait. 3D whoo!
Excellent look back at Zuko before it all begins! June 1, 2010
L. Crawley (Virginia)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
This 'manga', even though it isn't in the traditional manga form is quite enjoyable. The story takes us back to the days after Zuko has been scarred by his Father, and it a lot of ways, he[Zuko] suffers emotionally and mentally. It gives us a better insight on Iroh and Zuko's relationship - and it thrilled me that they used some of the dialogue from the "Airbender" series in some of the panels. It's worth the purchase; it's an awesome back story that's drawn rather well! Any true fan would want this added to their collection. Well done.
An Nice Insight into Zuko's Past June 2, 2010
Tristan A. Hayes (Richmond, VA USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I will try to keep it spoiler free for the movie only folks.
The book is fairly short but then again Zuko is just a teen so its just to be expected. The book actually examines the events that occurred before he started his search. Like the anime showed, we see glimpses of his showdown that shows how he earned the scar on his face. We also learn why he is on his search of the Avatar (once again if you watched the show people would know). That is perhaps the only flaw in this, is that most of it fans of the show would already know about. Most of the material is rooted in the show already and the show already filled though portions, there are actually a few things which were nice to see explored and such. For examples the interactions between Zuko, Azula (his sister), his father, and his uncle and crew. It was also interesting that they threw in a training section and his travels to a place that is revisited during the actual events of the show and even the movie too.
So in conclusion for fans of the show, most of this is already known, but it is nice to have a fast way to review it and picture all the characters in the situations presented in the book. The artist did a good job of imagining some of them as well and the art is at times simply stunning.
For people who have only seen or heard of the movie, this serves as a great primer for the movie and should definitely be checked out. Some of the stuff probably will not even be shown in the movie so it is a good way to get the full experience and just to enjoy.
I hope that the artists gets to do more of these as the artwork was beautiful.
Unlike manga this was not done in the traditional style and just done in the normal style of American graphic novels (ie no reading it backwards, etc).
Zuko's Story June 30, 2010
Tim Lasiuta (Red Deer, Alberta)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
It is always fulfilling to learn about a character pre-movie/tv series. From a literary standpoint, it creates a sympathetic response to the character, and therefore more viewers/readers.
Zuko benefits from this treatment. Pre-scarring, pre-rebellion, we find that in his quest for the Avatar, he actually encountered him and provided protection at one point. Sure, the book deals with his banishment and struggle with survival and efforts to prove himself, but we can see his character and appreciate it.
I have not seen the series, nor the upcoming film, but I really appreciate the story as it is. It is well done, art and story, and can truly be a stand alone book.
Bravo Roman/Wilgus and Matsumoto.
Tim Lasiuta
 Sweeet. August 14, 2010
Selden
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a seriously charming, if slight, addition to Avatar for fans of the series. In fact, I suspect it's the only product associated with Shyamalan's racist, sexist, and apparently boring and incoherent film which is worth mentioning in the same breath as the excellent original material.
Unfortunately, it *is* tied in to the film, which is one of its substantial drawbacks. The film versions of Zuko and Iroh are actually much less of a distraction than I expected, thanks to Nina Matsumoto's fantastic work with expressions and the fact that the writers largely nail the characters' voices. Uncle Iroh works especially well, while Zuko, though rather generic design-wise, thankfully has a visible scar, and does look amusingly close to his season three self on occasion. On the other hand, the need for firebenders to have an outside source of fire to draw on, also a detail from the film, was more annoying than I'd anticipated: Matsumoto does her best to make it look as organic as possible, but there's always the niggling thought that it's just as well there was a lantern or whatever handy.
The other big problem is the length. The manga is largely a character piece, which is all to the good: the interaction between Zuko and his uncle was one of the great pleasures of the original series, and the creative team here manage to do it justice without slipping into sentimentality - no small feat given the subject matter. As such, though, it thrives on more meditative moments, which are just the kind of thing manga is great at providing. So it's a pity that there wasn't room for, say, a few pages of scene-setting, or of Zuko and Iroh drinking tea or eating together - the sort of thing the tv series got a lot of mileage out of whenever it was able to fit it in. As it is, the manga is really a series of brief vignettes, with not enough pauses for breath in between to properly ground the world and the characters.
Having said that, the world is very much that of the animated series - ironically, given the film's racebending, a lot of the Fire Nation incidental characters look even more specifically Japanese than in the original. Matsumoto's work is great - clear, energetic and unfussy, with a lot of solid blacks. Some of it does feel a bit rushed, but I'll definitely be seeking out her other stuff after this. And Matsumoto does a lot to keep the tone from getting too angst-ridden, as well: she has a great line in Zuko's trademark teenage stomping, and her Iroh is often hilarious.
All this adds up to a slightly odd artifact which certainly doesn't stand on its own, but which works very well as a footnote to the animated series - it's got some nice easter eggs for fans, and it does some particularly interesting work with the great villain Azula. There are also some 'making of' pages padding it out at the back, which are fun: it's especially good to get a look at the script. For a movie tie-in which deals with Zuko at his woobiest, it's a really solid piece, very much better than it needed to be. It's a pity that this creative team didn't get a chance to get to grips with this material without space constraints and the need to fit in with the movie holding them back.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 13
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. | |
