The New Adventures of He-Man

Infobox Television
show_name = The New Adventures of He-Man


caption = New Adventures of He-Man title screen
genre = Animated television series
developer = Jack Olesker
creator =Donald F. Glut ("He-Man & Skeletor")
Steven J. Fisher
voices = Gary Chalk
Don Brown
Ted Cole
Michael Donovan
Campbell Lane
Scott McNeil
Doug Parker
country = United States
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 65
list_episodes =
executive_producer = Jean Chalopin
runtime = 30 mins
network =
first_run =
first_aired = September 10, 1990
last_aired = December 7, 1990
preceded_by = He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
imdb_id = 0169477
tv_com_id = 8354

"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 serie was intended to be a continuation of Filmation's "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" series. However, the continuity of this series differs considerably from the Filmation series.

ynopsis

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.

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!"

DVD releases

"The New Adventures of He-Man" has been released on DVD by BCI Eclipse LLC.

Episode Guide

# "A New Beginning"
# "Quest for the Crystals"
# "The Heat"
# "Attack on Onnor"
# "The Ultimate Challenge"
# "Sword & Staff"
# "The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword... Or Is It?"
# "Glastnost Schmaznost"
# "The Youngest Hero"
# "The Festival of Lights"
# "The Gift"
# "Skeletor's Victory"
# "He-Man in Exile"
# "The Seeds of Resistance"
# "The Battle for Levitan"
# "Crack in the World"
# "Escape from Gaolotia"
# "He-Man Mutant"
# "Juggernaut"
# "Fading Star"
# "Skeletor's Revenge"
# "The Mind Lens"
# "Adam's Adventure"
# "Collision Course"
# "Planet of Junk"
# "Sanctuary"
# "Council of Clones"
# "Cold Freeze"
# "He-Caz"
# "Slaves to the Machine"
# "The Galactic Guardians"
# "The Siege of Serus"
# "The Children's Planet"
# "Zone of Darkness"
# "Once Upon a Time"
# "A Plague Upon Primus"
# "The Test of Time"
# "Four Ways To Sundown"
# "The Sheriff of Gorn City"
# "The New Wizard in Town"
# "The Nemesis Within"
# "He-Fan"
# "The Dream Zone"
# "Brain Drain"
# "You're In the Army Now"
# "No Easy Way"
# "The Guns of Nordor"
# "The Bride of Slushhead"
# "Dreadator"
# "Mutiny on the Mothership"
# "Rock to the Future"
# "The Running of the Herd"
# "Balance of Power"
# "The Tornadoes of Zil"
# "The Taking of Levitan"
# "Save Our City"
# "The Power of the Good and the Way of the Magic"
# "Queen's Gambit"
# "There's Gems In Them Hills"
# "The Call to the Games"
# "The Blacksmith of Crelus"
# "A Time To Leave"
# "The Games"
# "Flogg's Revenge"
# "The Final Invasion"

Cast

* 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

Trivia

* The majority of episodes were written by Jack Olesker, who was story editor for the entire series and wrote the show's series bible.
* A second season was planned in which He-Man and Skeletor were to return to Eternia and reunite with many characters from the original series, of whom one character, Man-At-Arms, was to have turned to the dark side and ruled Eternia as a dictator. But given the lack of sufficient viewer ratings, the show was cancelled after the first season. Series writer Jack Olesker revealed this intended plan on the he-man.org message boards in a post made in July 2006.
* Larry DiTillio, one of the prime writers of Filmation's series, was approached to work on the show but turned down the offer as he disliked the series bible, feeling it was too far removed from the original show's premise.
* Despite the change in appearance of many characters, the animators and artists did try and recreate the look of many locations in the first episode. The Royal Palace throne room is identical to the one featured in the original series, while Snake Mountain appears with a very similar look, and Skeletor still possesses his throne made of bones.
* Gary Chalk, who voiced He-Man in this series, would later voice Man-At-Arms in the 2002 Mike Young series. However, Chalk did not provide the voice of He-Man's alter ego Prince Adam, unlike John Erwin of the 1983 series and Cam Clarke of the 2002 series, who did the voices of both He-Man and Adam. Adam was instead voiced by Doug Parker.
* Unlike other versions of the Masters of the Universe where He-Man's power sword displays no magical powers beyond transforming He-Man into Adam and back again, this version imbued the sword with more magical powers, such as shooting out energy bolts that could also function as energy whips and force fields, or using the magic within the sword to accomplish feats his strength could not, such as sealing up cracks in the dome of an underwater city.
* Later the moulds of the toyline for the series were recycled and used for the toys for the movie Demolition Man.

External links

*imdb title|0169477