

The show drew on elements from East Asian, South Asian, and Western culture, making it a mixture of what were previously traditionally separate categories of Japanese anime and Western domestic cartoons. Avatar is set in an Asian-influenced world of martial arts and elemental manipulation. The series was created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who served as executive producers along with Aaron Ehasz. The map of Republic City is taken from the Welcome to Republic City online game.Avatar: The Last Airbender, also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in some PAL regions, is an Emmy award-winning American animated television series that aired for three seasons on Nickelodeon and the Nicktoons Network.The locations for Aang's favorite spots to ride elephant koi, hopping llamas, and hog monkeys were mentioned in " The Avatar Returns".This means the Water Tribe is territorially smaller than it appears on the map, and the Fire Nation is larger.

It is also heavily distorted, much like a Mercator projection, a type of cylindrical map that makes a round surface appear flat while still preserving loxodromes.
