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Being an action studio, Platinum also appreciated the thought that went into Korra's action sequences, and the way that they were inspired by real-life styles. The Legend of Korra is the sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender, which was a similarly popular show that aired on Nickelodeon until 2008. Both are based on the idea of elemental martial arts practicioners being able to harness air, water, fire, and earth, each with their own specialty. Amusingly, the lack of a translated version meant that the translators had to go to special lengths to get Platinum a version they could watch. They ended up transcribing scripts from whole episodes and dropping them into Word documents, which the team followed as they watched.

"We had two screens, one with the show and one with the document," Kurooka says. "We were torn between wanting to watch the action and wanting to understand what was going on." Ultimately though, he says, Platinum liked what they saw enough that they decided that "the brand was worth pursuing."