Calling All Fans Of Avatar: The Last Airbender!!!

[Etoh*the*Greato]

... I want to know how that city managed to stay hidden AND why no one apparently had heard of it in Aang's time.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it didn't exist until afterwords. The implication appears to be that the city formed after some sort of unified "republic." Thus the name. I like that Aang's son is gonna be teaching Air bending.

[mechana2015]

Another option is that it IS a city we've seen,but expanded and renamed over the past 70 years... could even be Ba Sing Se, or a city in the fire nation.

[Anystazya]

Hey, so there's now an interview with Mike and Bryan: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/21/legend-of-korra-the-creators-of-avatar-the-last-airbender-on-the-new-spinoff/

They mention that "[They] were drawing inspiration from Shanghai in the 1920s and 30s and Hong Kong and even Western cities like Manhattan and even location-wise cities like Vancouver, a city that juts out on a peninsula or an island and has these big mountains around it."

Also, MomentofIntertia, the series will premiere sometime in 2011. =)

[steenajack]

This is SOOOOOO exciting! I can't wait to see this show. 8DDDDDDD!

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

A steampunk interpretation? Fantastic!

[jim_wijit]

When I heard the new series would have a hot headed female protagonist AND a steampunk city I was so happy my head exploded with shear delight. It got confetti everywhere.