This got me through the roughest time in my life

Spoiler: The best show ever aired on Nick

It’s a kid’s show, but it’s still, as a budding adult, my all-time favorite TV show. Ever.

I like it more than Game of Thrones, or the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

I like it more than NCIS, Stranger Things, Gilmore Girls, or Law and Order SVU. You name it. This is better.

Now, I didn’t really watch cartoons when I was younger. I thought Cartoon Network was silly. In fact, I thought it was stupid. And Nickelodeon didn’t hold my interest.

So I didn’t watch cartoons until Nickelodeon aired Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Oh. My. God. That got my interest.

From the first advertisement to the pilot episode, I was hooked!

A bald monk, my age, that has super powers, tattoos, and travels the world with his best friends?! It’s every kid’s dream!

I tuned in every week for that show, and now I have two copies of all three seasons on my hard-drive. As well as the spin-off series.

(One of the versions is HD. *Humble brag*)

Now, let me explain what this show did so well besides EVERYTHING.

Artistry.

This wasn’t a typical cartoon. It had anime and asian influence and veered away from the typical Nickelodeon aesthetic.

It showed in the animation style and the stills. Here are screenshots from the first few episodes, which were considered to be low-bar compared to the later seasons.