The New Adventures of He-Man

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The New Adventures of He-Man
New Adventures of He-Man title screen
Genre	Animated television series
Created by	Donald F. Glut (He-Man & Skeletor) Steven J. Fisher
Developed by	Jack Olesker
Voices of	Gary Chalk Don Brown Ted Cole Michael Donovan Campbell Lane Scott McNeil Doug Parker
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jean Chalopin
Running time	30 mins
Broadcast
Original run	September 10, 1990 – December 7, 1990
Chronology
Preceded by	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

The New Adventures of He-Man is an animated series which ran in syndication in the fall of 1990 while Mattel released the toy line He-Man, an update of their successful Masters of the Universe line. The cartoon series was intended to be a continuation of Filmation's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series.

[edit] Opening narration

"My name is Adam of Grayskull. When good is threatened, 'By the power of Eternia...I HAVE THE POWER!' I, He-Man, was summoned to the future by the last of mankind to defend them in their hour of need. But my old enemy Skeletor followed me. Now, here in the future, he has found new allies to help him in his neverending fight against all that is good. Yet on Primus, I too have found new great friends and a new family. Thus with the power of good and the way of the magic, we struggle against the forces of darkness. Good against evil, the battle continues."

[edit] Synopsis

He-Man, legendary defender of the planet Eternia, has been summoned to the future planet of Primus to defend the planet from the evil Mutants of the neighboring planet of Denebria. But his old adversary, Skeletor, has followed him, and allied himself with the Mutants in his fight to conquer the whole universe. Together with a team of Galactic Guardians, He-Man fights to defend Primus and all its power resources from the continuous attacks by Skeletor and the Mutants.^[1][2][3]

The majority of the cartoon episodes were written by Jack Olesker, resulting in a tight continuity, which was almost entirely lacking in the earlier Filmation series. Neither the New Adventures animated series or toyline were nearly as popular as the originals, lasting only sixty-five episodes and a few poorly received waves of action figures.^[4][5]

[edit] Minicomics

In the New Adventures minicomics packaged with the toys, the story is slightly different: when Prince Adam and Skeletor travel to Primus, Adam becomes He-Man in front of Skeletor, revealing his secret identity and giving up the identity of Prince Adam to remain permanently as He-Man. The "explosion" from the transformation damages Skeletor, and he has to become a cyborg in order to survive. Also, in the comics Skeletor does not fake allegiance to Flogg, but takes command of the Mutants.

The element of the transformation from Adam to He-Man is retained by the cartoon, as the makers felt it would be unwise to abandon it given that the transformation sequence had been one of the most popular elements of the original series. However, in this series, only one word in the transformation line is different - instead of "By the power of Grayskull...I have the power!", he says "By the power of Eternia...I have the power!"

[edit] Reception

The show, on its initial release, was met with hostility because it is a departure from the original Filmation cartoon.^[6]

[edit] DVD releases

BCI Eclipse LLC (under license from Entertainment Rights) has released The New Adventures of He-Man on DVD in Region 1 in two volumes.

[edit] Cast

• Long John Baldry - Treylus
• Don Brown - Hydron, Gepple, Optikk, Quakke, Kayo, Vizar, Werban
• Gary Chalk - He-Man, Artilla, President Pell, Alcon, Sgt. Krone, Andros, Gross
• Ted Cole - Spinwit, Slushhead, Karatti, Staghorn, Gleep
• Michael Donovan - General Nifel
• Tracy Eisner - Drissi
• Mark Hildreth - Caz
• Anthony Holland - Master Sebrian
• Campbell Lane - Skeletor, Sagitar
• Scott McNeil - Flipshot, Butthead, Krex, Captain Zang
• Doug Parker - Prince Adam, Hoove, Meldoc
• Alvin Sanders - Flogg, Tuskador
• Venus Terzo - Crita, Mara, Sorceress of Castle Grayskull

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• The New Adventures of He-Man at the Internet Movie Database
• The New Adventures of He-Man at TV.com