The New Adventures of He-Man

The New Adventures of He-Man
New Adventures of He-Man title screen
Genre	Animated television series
Created by	Mattel (He-Man and Skeletor) Donald F. Glut Steven J. Fisher
Developed by	Jack Olesker
Voices of	Garry Chalk Don Brown Ted Cole Michael Donovan Tracy Eisner Mark Hildreth Anthony Holland Campbell Lane Scott McNeil Doug Parker
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jean Chalopin
Running time	30 mins
Production company(s)	Jetlag Productions Mattel
Distributor	LBS Communications NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	Syndicated
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	September 10 – December 7, 1990
Chronology
Related shows	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe She-Ra: Princess of Power He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002 TV series)

The New Adventures of He-Man is an American animated series which ran in syndication in the fall of 1990 while Mattel released the toy line He-Man, an update of their 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. Filmation had gone defunct a year earlier and this series was meant to add more episodes to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, which itself was in syndication at the time.

This would mark the final entry in the original Masters of the Universe continuity, as the whole franchise would be rebooted twelve years later.

He-Man, legendary defender of the planet Eternia, has been summoned to the futuristic 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.

The majority of the cartoon episodes were written by Jack Olesker.

In the New Adventures mini-comics 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. Instead, he defeats Flogg and assumes full command of the Evil Mutants.

The element of the transformation from Adam to He-Man is retained from the first cartoon series, 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, 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!"

The show has been compared to the original series, with most reviews noting a dramatic shift in tone, creating a sense of discontinuity compared to the original. The quality of the animation is considered superior, but the character designs have been described as bland.