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103 - The Southern Air Temple
The Southern Air Temple Production number: 1x03
Original airdate: February 25, 2005
Short description: After one hundred years, Aangs returns home to the abandoned Airbender Temple where he faces his past and his future as the Avatar. A startling discovery forces Aang to come to terms with what really happened to the airbenders. But when a winged lemur, Momo, joins the group, he offers Aang a new sense of hope. Meanwhile Prince Zuko realizes he has competition when the ambitious Commander Zhao vows to capture the Avatar before him.
Essential Info
Cast & Characters

Animatic Editor:
» Dao Le

Art Director:
» Bryan Konietzko

Assistant Director:
» Li Hong
» Ethan Spaulding

Background:
» Tom Dankiewicz
» Bismark Datuin
» Elsa Garagarza
» Hye-Jung Kim
» George Nachev
» Will Weston

Casting:
» Leah Buono
» Maryanne Dacey
» Sarah Noonan, C.S.A.
» Shannon Reed

Character Designer:
» Aaron Alexovich
» Li Hong
» Bryan Konietzko

Character layout/cleanup:
» John Aoshima
» Debbie Cone
» Heiko Drengenberg
» Dean Kelly
» Chang Suk Lee
» Booh Wan Lim
» Angela Mueller
» Raymond Smyth
» Kuni Tomita

Checker:
» Kathy Gilmore

Chinese Calligraphy and Translation:
» Siu-Leung Lee, PhD

Creator/Executive Producer:
» Michael Dante DiMartino
» Bryan Konietzko

Cultural Consultant:
» Edwin Zane

Director:
» Lauren Macmullan

Episode Writer:
» Michael Dante DiMartino

Foley:
» Sanaa Cannella
» Jeff Kettle

Head Writer/Co-Producer:
» Aaron Ehasz

Line Producer:
» Miken Lee Wong

Lip Assignment:
» George Chialias
» Henry Madden

Main Title Creation:
» Andy Dill
» Michael Dante DiMartino
» Bryan Konietzko
» Titmouse, Inc

Martial Arts Consultant:
» Sifu Kisu of the Harmonious Fist Chinese Athletic Assn

Martial Arts Coord/Videographer:
» Lisa Wahlander

Music and Sound Design:
» The Track Team
» Benjamin Wynn
» Jeremy Zuckerman

Nickelodeon Executives:
» Eric Coleman
» Jenna Luttrell

Other:
» Jim Garifi
» Chris Prynowski

Picture Editing:
» Jeff Adams
» Kevin Zelch

Post Production:
» Andre Boutiller
» Encore Video
» Salami Studios
» Jason Stiff
» Lisa Yang

Production:
» Joann Estoesta
» Tami Friend
» Andrew Huebner
» Katie Mattila

Prop Design:
» Aldina Dias

Recording Engineering:
» Justin Brinsfield
» Thomas J. Maydeck, C.A.S.
» Mishelle Smith

Staff Writer:
» John O'Bryan

Storyboard Artist:
» Li Hong
» Lauren Macmullan
» Ethan Spaulding

Telecine Colorist:
» Dexter P

Voice Director:
» Andrea Romano

Writer's Assistant:
» Josh Hamilton

Animation Studio:
» DR Movie
Characters appearing in this episode:
» Aang
» Appa
» Gyatso
» Iroh
» Katara
» Momo
» Sokka
» Zhao
» Zuko


Audio clips:
Agni Kai (music) (1,666 kb)
Pop Culture References
None
Cameos
None
Other Notes
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