The Legend of Korra – Image: Nickelodeon
Hundreds of thousands of followers might be trying ahead to Friday when The Legend of Korra is scheduled to the touch down on Netflix but it surely gained’t be coming to Netflix globally. As a substitute, The Legend of Korra seasons 1-Four are solely at present scheduled to reach in the USA.
In case you weren’t conscious, The Legend of Korra is the wildly profitable follow-up TV sequence to Avatar: The Final Airbender (which is now out there within the majority of Netflix areas around the globe). It initially aired again on Nickelodeon between 2012 and 2014.
So the place’s the confusion right here? Nicely, partly as a result of it was introduced on Netflix’s See What’s Subsequent account. That account is about as much as ship information and is commonly Netflix’s main method of selling Originals but it surely additionally does information that unique to the US too reminiscent of The Legend of Korra information.
NXonNetflix which frequently Tweets about world titles additionally shared the following however also included the caveat that it was US solely. Nonetheless, that’s not stopped media shops sharing the headline without the caveats.
Right here is (a few of) what’s coming to Netflix in The US this August pic.twitter.com/NR8ZGtrzg2
— See What’s Subsequent (@netflixqueue) July 22, 2020
Different areas August 2020 lists reminiscent of those we host right here together with Netflix UK, CA, AU and different lists like Netflix Netherlands don’t point out The Legend of Korra.
This doesn’t imply that The Legend of Korra gained’t ever come to Netflix internationally. In reality, the potential of it occurring is now increased than ever with the US licensing it.
Within the case of Avatar: The Final Airbender, Netflix US was one of many final international locations to stream it and needed to look ahead to the license rights to change into out there and we suspect it could be the identical case right here. Unfortunetely, it’s onerous (close to on inconceivable) for us to place an precise date on this.
The place is The Legend of Korra streaming exterior the USA?
Let’s shortly check out the place the sequence is streaming proper now in case you can’t look ahead to it to hit Netflix the place you reside.
In the UK, the sequence 4 seasons can be found on Amazon Prime Video.
Canada there are not any streaming choices apart from premium video-on-demand companies. Australians can discover the sequence on Stan with 4 seasons with Amazon Prime carrying one season.
For different international locations, we’d counsel utilizing a service like JustWatch that is ready to simply let you know the place the present is out there.
We now have reached out to Netflix for clarification concerning The Legend of Korra and are but to listen to again formally from the Netflix PR electronic mail.
Netflix Buyer Companies, then again, referred us to the title request form and an article regarding how licensing works on Netflix.
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