Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2
Aang seeks an earthbending teacher and uncovers a conspiracy in Ba Sing Se.
Book Two: Earth is the second season of the American animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelodeon. The season follows Aang and his friends Katara and Sokka as they seek an earthbending teacher, eventually recruiting Toph Beifong, and journey to the Earth Kingdom capital of Ba Sing Se, where they uncover a government conspiracy. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh, declared traitors by the Fire Nation, become fugitives pursued by Princess Azula.
Quick Facts
- Season number
- 2; Book Two: Earth
- Showrunner
- Michael Dante DiMartino; Bryan Konietzko
- Starring
- Zach Tyler Eisen
- Mae Whitman
- Jack DeSena
- Dante Basco
- Jessie Flower
- Dee Bradley Baker
- Mako
- Grey DeLisle
- Episodes
- 20
- Network
- Nickelodeon
- First aired
- 17 March 2006
- Last aired
- 1 December 2006
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Background
The season was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and aired on Nickelodeon, both owned by Viacom. Executive producers and co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko worked alongside head writer and co-producer Aaron Ehasz. Most episodes were directed by Ethan Spaulding, Lauren MacMullan, and Giancarlo Volpe, with writing by a team including Elizabeth Welch, Tim Hedrick, and John O'Bryan. Music was composed by Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, known as The Track Team.
Main voice actors from the first season returned: Zach Tyler Eisen as Aang, Mae Whitman as Katara, Jack DeSena as Sokka, Dee Bradley Baker as Appa and Momo, and Dante Basco as Zuko. New characters included Toph Beifong voiced by Jessie Flower, Azula voiced by Grey DeLisle, Mai voiced by Cricket Leigh, Ty Lee voiced by Olivia Hack, and Long Feng voiced by Clancy Brown. Mako Iwamatsu voiced Iroh in his final performance before his death from throat cancer; Greg Baldwin voiced Iroh for brief portions in three episodes, mixed with Iwamatsu's recordings. The episode "The Tales of Ba Sing Se" features a dedication to Mako at the end of Iroh's segment.
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