Info on Korra Book 2 and Art

All the New Info from the Korra Comic-Con Panel

Here it is. All the new info. It comes from Jenny-SDCC, Matt Patches, Hypable, CinemaBlend, and Hollywood.com. Most of the pics from Owldee.

All the New Info from the Korra Panel

- Book 2 is called “Spirits” and takes place 6 months after Book 1.

- Concept art from snowy landscapes at a festival at the Southern Water Tribe.

- “The opening scene is at the Southern Water tribe at a festival.  There is a cool banquet hall made of ice.  They go on a crazy journey through another water tribe and it is a bit dark and scary”

- “Korra & co. will travel into the tundra of the Southern Water Tribe. Creepy snowscape with bright green sky.”

- “The look harkens back to the iceberg Aang was frozen in.  The ice has an otherworldly glow to it.”

- “Beautiful Southern Air Temple concept painting. Yellows and oranges. Looks like #LOTR”

- Book 2 is “In the thick of animation and design and production, still a very far way to go”

- “Opening of Book 2 in a festival in the sourthern water tribe, gentle snow falling, lanterns, circus games, A PAINTING OF A MUCH LARGER SOUTHERN WATER TRIBE!”

- Southern Water Tribe has a beautiful banquet hall made of ice

- Great landscapes, storms, ominous rock formations

- “Mysterious location they’re journeying to in this storm, with cool spooky lighting”, harkens back to the glow Aang’s ice burg had

- Naga and Korra exploring the mysterious location

- Twisted roots coming out of ice walls

- Southern Air Temple all spruced up

- Vistas, base of the mountain around the temple, very gentle, “misty kind of Chinese mountains”

- Ancient air bender site

- SPIRIT WORLD!!!!

- Explore the spirits, background, creation of the Avatar

- There are some paintings of the Southern Air Temple and the base of the mountain with mist around them.  They will be going into the spirit world as well with 2 very special episodes

- #Korra will explore spirit world. Book 2 will feature episodes that look back at history of Avatar/spirit world.

- We will visit the spirit world and there will be two “very special episodes” in the middle of the season that deal with the mythology of the spirits an the Avatar.

- Asami takes over Sato’s company!

- The costumes are similar with elements to compensate for winter.  Asame has an Amelia Earhart look.  The others have longer selves and winter coats.

- Book 2 will feature Bumi as a main character! Same with Kya. Bumi wears pink earmuffs.

- #Korra was inspired by Gina Carano.

- “We’ll meet Unarock, Korra’s uncle. Her whole family is comprised of badasses”

- Ulak is Korra’s Uncle, she is the chief of the northern tribe, we will learn how Korra’s fate ties into the whole family and how that family ties into the two water tribes.

- Ulak has twins. One boy one girl, they are similarly designed, the voices have been cast (but we can’t be told).

- Korra is very similar, longer sleeves, very athletic, Mandarin a-symmetrical top, looks a little meaner

- Mako get’s a coat! Still has the scarf

- Bolin has an AWESOME green parka

- “There will be no shortage of sprits this season”

- Asami takes over her fathers company, more business attire

- STILL A BADASS THOUGH, Goggles, and updated racing leathers

- Tenzin gets ANOTHER claok

- BUMI BUMI BUMI HAS PINK EAR MUFFS, Kya will also appear, Bumi definitely has the same spirit as the old king. Bit of a pot belly since we last saw him

- KYA! No dreds, has a half moon necklace, bit of a hippy, FAVORITE SONG IS SECRET TUNNEL, has a special bond with Jinora

- “Mako is a cop! He takes down some criminals. Bolin is still a Fire Ferret. We got to see Korra go into the Avatar State to win an airball race with the air-kids on Air Temple Island. We also get to see Korra fight a spirit, which looks like it will be a massive battle. We get to see Asami who is ready to ship bi-planes to get Future Industries back on the map.”

- “Fan question from Facebook: “As creators, what do you do day-to-day?” Now: Mike is working with the writers on book 3 and Bryan is looking at animatics since he’s the art director. Designers in Burbank are hard at work on Book 2 and 4.


- Bryan: “Mike and I got to write Book One together, which was nice, but all my design work fell behind.” So Book 2 has some more writers working with Mike, and Bryan’s peeking in whenever he can. “If you want your own show: BEWARE.”

- The Avatar parents get an update, going to see more of Korra’s parents this season, Korra’s dad was thought of initially to be like a line backer physically

- Flashback to Tonnraq in his early 20’s, shirtless XD tumblr_m746aluiuc1r5s8e9o1_500.jpg

- Tahnroks brother, “Unolok”??? will be appearing! Very posh, to bring up the relationship between the north and south tribes

- His children, twins, kind of creepy, slouched shoulders

- Verick???, Howard Hughes, little bit of a playboy guy, Captain of Industry, more humorous, great rapport with Bolin, VERY BRIGHT PURPLE CLOAK, Southern Water Tribe descent

- Spirits! shadowy creature? Can’t even describe!

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- Pro-Bending returns! Fire Ferrets vs. Rhino Lions in an animatics preview. But Mako & #Korra aren’t on the team!

- Korra airball races Jinora & uses Avatar state to beat her! Tenzin’s pissed

- Probending! Fire Ferrets agains the —— Lions (missed it), Bolin giving pep talk…to TWO ENTIRELY NEW PLAYERS. Go down as the fastest knockout in probending history XD

- Mako is on a fancy bike, chasing…waterbenders past a Wendy’s XD Intense chase scene, and he takes down the truck! “Looks like you had some car trouble, good thing the police are here.”

- ASAMI FLYING A PLAN, Nearly bankrupt because of her father’s reputation, sounds confident, but sercretly worried

- Pema being heckled by her three eldest and Korra riding around on air scooters, Korra goes into the Avatar state to win the race, Tenzin overhears, and scolds her

- Naga barking, weird shadow spirit appears in the distance, attacks Korra, pins her down….fade out

- Korra goes Avatar state to fight the creature, into the festival

- Amazing motorcycle chase scene b/w #Korra & Mako vs. robbers. Great motorcycle driving effects.

- Mako becomes a cop in Book 2. And is ready to sling some great zingers.

- So Mako has become a cop, and now Bolin is struggling to find his place in the world. TO BECOME A MAAAAN.

- They always imagine Korra’s father is huge even though he is a gentle guy

- Kya is a water bender with a hippie look.  She has a special bond with Senna

- Bumi’s sister will be joining this season.

- Verick, a Howard Hughes playboy, kind of character.  He and Bolin have a funny relationship. Southern Water tribe member.  Also a shipping magnet who is a more entertaining character.

- We get to see more of Korra’s parent and meet her uncle OOdalak who is head of the northern tribe and more in touch with the spirits. He mentors Korra

- Andrea Romano is the voice coach and she describes how she gets the cast to understand the animation.  She organizes the scenes so the actors to react better and work together.

- The spirit creature appears to be evil.  The storyboards are really cool.  They just told us that Mako becomes a cop in book 2 and Bolin is looking for his path.

- They showed an animatics clip with the Fie Ferrets being beaten and Mako chasing someone on his motorbike.  Asame is determined to put her father’s company back on top.  Tinsin’s family airbends all around the island.  Korra goes into the avatar state to win race.  The spirit creature attacks Korra, it is twice her size.  She goes into the avatar state to fight it.

- A very cool spirit creature with glowing eyes, walks on two legs, with a tail, and branch like appendages.

- Bringing in two writers from Avatar to work on Season 2, so Bryan can focus more on design and art.

- They’re going to record our voices for crowd scenes in #Korra Book 2! Awesome

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-The panel concluded with first look footage in the form of animatics (early animated storyboards that give you a feel of what to expect from the finished product). First up is a scene in the Pro-Bending arena (it’s back!) with Bolin leading the Fire Ferrets into a match with the new team, Lion Elephants. Mako and Korra are off the team — and Bolin is getting his butt kicked playing side-by-side with the newbies.

Next, a big action scene between Mako (now a policeman for Republic City) and a pair of fleeing robbers. They try and waterbend his motorcycle off the road with a sheet of ice, but he’s faster than them. He jumps the cycle into the air, spins around, firebends their truck and sends it rolling into a building. “Looks like someone had car trouble.” Diss.

Then we see Korra racing Tenzin’s kids on airballs around the air temple. It’s neck and neck, but Korra jumps into Avatar State for the extra umph to get her across the finish line. Tenzin is not pleased. “The Avatar State is not to be used as a booster rocket!” This moment may speak to the season’s larger arc, of Korra learning to master and appreciate her spiritual side.

Finally, we see Korra encounter a spiny spirit in the Southern Water Tribe. He’s spiny and wicked, like one of Miyazaki’s darker creations. The creature moves with lightning speed, pinning Korra to ice. She enters Avatar State to whip fire and water at the beast, but he tunnels underground and escapes. Conflict with the Spirit World is already shaping up to be the show’s big conceit.

- Festival in Southern Water Tribe: tumblr_m747hjKoPf1r5du0ko1_500.jpg tumblr_m747nuxPKq1r5du0ko1_1280.jpg

- Banquet Hall: tumblr_m74866tggO1r5du0ko1_500.jpg

- icy tundra: tumblr_m748c70aQZ1r5du0ko1_500.jpg

- “Described as a storm that Korra (and others?) get trapped traveling through. This is going to be related to Korra’s spiritual journeys in someway”:  tumblr_m748kjjlNv1r5du0ko1_500.jpg

- “Some spiritual energy source thing. They described it as a parallel to Aang stuck in the iceberg - a similar looking glowing ball” : tumblr_m748t8hFb01r5du0ko1_500.jpg

- “Deeper inside the glowing thing” tumblr_m7490l9yaD1r5du0ko1_500.jpg tumblr_m7494xmlTx1r5du0ko1_500.jpg

- Southern Air temple: tumblr_m7498j8MeQ1r5du0ko1_500.jpg tumblr_m749ebuBCZ1r5du0ko1_500.jpg tumblr_m749meZMqN1r5du0ko1_500.jpg trap door: tumblr_m749stFsEZ1r5du0ko1_500.jpg

- The Spirit World: tumblr_m749wmAsmY1r5du0ko1_500.jpg

- Mako new outfit: tumblr_m74a6eSx4d1r5du0ko1_500.jpg


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