The New Adventures of He-Man

The New Adventures of He-Man

1990
The New Adventures of He-Man
The New Adventures of He-Man

The New Adventures of He-Man

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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.

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EP65  The Final Invasion
Jan. 01,0001
The Final Invasion

In light of the Galactic Guardians' latest victory, Flogg leads the Evil Mutants and the entire Denebrian forces in their final battle against Primus.

EP64  Flogg's Revenge
Jan. 01,0001
Flogg's Revenge

He-Man and the Galactic Guardians celebrate their victory in the Games. After failing to blow up the Great Hall with a stolen astrosub that has a Transium Ore, Skeletor and Flogg take hostages with the condition of their release is that He-Man must face Skeletor in the Arena.

EP63  The Games
Jan. 01,0001
The Games

The Galactic Guardians and the Evil Mutants compete against each other in the Games. While the Evil Mutants win the first round thanks to some trickery, the Galactic Guardians work to turn the tide against them.

EP62  A Time to Leave
Jan. 01,0001
A Time to Leave

The Galactic Guardians are in need of a trainer for the upcoming mutant invasion. When they arrive on the planet Nekron, they encounter the shady and unusually large Myte named Wulk who trains them until it comes to a certain maze where he has plans of his own that involves working Skeletor to take revenge on the Mytes.

EP61  The Blacksmith of Crelus
Jan. 01,0001
The Blacksmith of Crelus

He-Man and the Galactic Guardians head to the planet Crelus to find the blacksmith Yolt to make weapons for the upcoming Games. Though Skeletor and Flogg have a plan to make Crelus make weapons for them and fool him into thinking that the Galactic Guardians are the bad guys.

EP60  The Call to the Games
Jan. 01,0001
The Call to the Games

The Galactic Guardians and the Evil Mutants get involved with a battle between two gigantic stars. When the battle is finished, both parties must fight each other.

EP59  There's Gems in Them Hills
Jan. 01,0001
There's Gems in Them Hills

Skeletor and Korac free some mercenaries and promises them a reward if they terrorize Primus. When He-Man tries to infiltrate them and gets caught, Ambassador Bimo becomes his unlikely rescuer.

EP58  Queen's Gambit
Jan. 01,0001
Queen's Gambit

Skeletor causes a meteor to head to Primus while Crita starts a large offensive against the Mytes. With He-Man busy dealing with the meteor, Mara is on her own defending the Mytes from Crita and General Nifel.

EP57  The Power of the Good and the Way of the Magic
Sep. 19,1990
The Power of the Good and the Way of the Magic

To cut off the supplies to Primus, Skeletor and Flogg hatch a plan to conquer the planets in the Tri-Solar Galaxy. The planet Danzig is their first stop as He-Man, Flipshot, and Ambassador Bimo come to Danzig's defense.

EP56  Save Our City
Jan. 01,0001
Save Our City

The Mytes and the Gleanons are still at each other. General Nifel and Crita have a plan to subjugate the Mytes. Now He-Man and Mara must help the Mytes and thwart the Gleanons' plot.

EP55  The Taking of Levitan
Jan. 01,0001
The Taking of Levitan

President Pell sends his ambassador Bimo to Primus to showcase his robot Kog. Upon being contacted by General Nifel and Crita, Skeletor and Flogg plan to reprogram Kog to destroy Levitan where they have the Gleanons' programmer Private Dobson do the job. Upon Bimo and Kog's arrival, Optikk activates Kog to attack as he, Staghorn, Hoove, Slush Head, B.H., and Quakke begin their attack on Levitan.

EP54  The Tornadoes of Zil
Jan. 01,0001
The Tornadoes of Zil

Mara contacts Master Sebrian to inform him of a radio signal from the planet Zil that has been uninhabitable due to the storms there. He-Man and Spinwit head to Zil where they meet their inhabitants who would like Spinwit to save them due to the crystals for their Tornado Machines are almost out of power. Meanwhile, Skeletor takes B.H. and Quakke with him to attack Zil.

EP53  Balance of Power
Jan. 01,0001
Balance of Power

He-Man, Hydron, Flipshot, Sagitar, and Mara head to the planet Nekron to negotiate peace between the Mytes led by President Pell and the Gleanons led by General Nifel. They come to the aid of the Mytes when Crita collaborates with General Nifel in capturing President Pell in order to access the Transium Mines and obtain enough to make weapons for the Evil Mutants.

EP52  The Running of the Herd
Jan. 01,0001
The Running of the Herd

After helping to accompany Hydron, Flipshot and Gepple to study the solar flares, He-Man learns that Sagitar's strange behavior comes from the Running of the Herd vision as He-Man allows the group to head to Equinos to celebrate the Horse Lords' heritage or else perish. Flogg plans to be present at the Running of the Herd with Skeletor, Slush Head, Staghorn, and the Mutant Troopers as a way to target Sagitar while threatening the planet's destruction to General Nekor.

EP51  Rock to the Future
Jan. 01,0001
Rock to the Future

Slush Head and Staghorn discover a 1980s rock star on a desolate planet. When they take the rock star to Denebria to meet their fellow Mutants, Skeletor plans to use the rock star in his plot to destroy He-Man.

EP50  Mutiny on the Mothership
Oct. 01,1990
Mutiny on the Mothership

The Mutant Mothership is caught in a space storm. Displeased with Flogg's decisions, Staghorn persuades B.H. and Quakke into starting a mutiny.

EP49  Dreadator
Jan. 01,0001
Dreadator

An unbeatable gladiator champion named Dreadator is persuaded by Skeletor to fight He-Man. To prove that he is the best warrior in the universe, Dreadtor challenges He-Man to a duel.

EP48  The Bride of Slushhead
Sep. 28,1990
The Bride of Slushhead

A bug on the Starship Eternia causes it to land on Denebria. Sagitar rescues a Mutant named Felca who is the future bride of Slush Head. Discovering that Sagitar rescued Felca, Slush Head agrees to help the Galactic Guardians get a new part for the Starship Eternia. Flogg finds out that Slush Head invited the Galactic Guardians to his wedding as Skeletor sees this as an opportunity to get rid of them once and for all.

EP47  The Guns of Nordor
Sep. 27,1990
The Guns of Nordor

Flogg has obtained some new laser cannons with their range being a threat to Primus. Now He-Man and the Galactic Guardians must infiltrate Nordor and destroy the cannons before it can be used on Primus.

EP46  No Easy Way
Jan. 01,0001
No Easy Way

While on a reconnaissance mission to Primus' moon, He-Man and the Scientists of Primus discover a plant species that is harmful to the Mutants of Denebria. He-Man harvests the plants and brings them to Primus in hopes that it can keep away the Evil Mutants.

EP45  You're in the Army Now
Jan. 01,0001
You're in the Army Now

Adam is on trial for running away during an attack by the Evil Mutants and a supposed act of treachery when he was secretly transforming into He-Man with Werban prosecuting him. Despite Master Sebrian attempting to speak on Adam's behalf, Adam is found guilty by Werban and is to be shipped off to the Prison Moon for the next 18 Telks. Meanwhile, Skeletor and Flogg enlist their inside person to plant a disruption bomb at the Titus Observatory to serve as a diversion for the Evil Mutants' next attack.

EP44  Brain Drain
Jan. 01,0001
Brain Drain

Skeletor uses an intelligence amplifier given to him by Korac to enhance the intelligence of the Evil Mutants. Even when they succeed in overcoming He-Man, the Evil Mutants start being intellectually superior to Skeletor.

EP43  The Dream Zone
Jan. 01,0001
The Dream Zone

Skeletor uses an invention to get into the Dream Zone. When he attacks the internal device that maintains the concentrated subconscious that helps to protect Primus, He-Man must enter the Dream Zone to confront Skeletor.

EP42  He-Fan
Jan. 01,0001
He-Fan

He-Man gets a big fan in the form of an old lady named Melindra. When the Galactic Guardians go on a mission, they are unaware that Melindra has stowed away on the Starship Eternia.

EP41  The Nemesis Within
Jan. 01,0001
The Nemesis Within

During an event on Primus where different inventions are being shown off, Skeletor has Grr steal a cloning device. When He-Man works to reclaim the device, the Evil Mutants obtain his DNA sample which Skeletor uses to create a clone he calls "He-Slave" which he plans to use to defeat He-Man.

EP40  The New Wizard in Town
Jan. 01,0001
The New Wizard in Town

A large meeting of magic users is occurring on Primus. The Opague magician Ramlin is in attendance as he has a plan to steal everyone's magic.

EP39  The Sheriff of Gorn City
Sep. 26,1990
The Sheriff of Gorn City

In order to bring law and order to Gorn City, Flogg takes Skeletor's suggestion to appoint Flipshot as its new sheriff so that Skeletor can spring a trap for He-Man. Flipshot and Spinwit gain the support of Gorn City's mayor Seeka who has no vendetta against Primus. As Skeletor and the ex-mayor Korac orchestrate events to lure Tyroc and the Ugly Bunch to face He-Man by allowing Byloc to be captured, He-Man gains the assistance of Meliac to help defeat them.

EP38  Four Ways to Sundown
Sep. 25,1990
Four Ways to Sundown

The Galactic Guardians and the Evil Mutants remember their recent battle in the Quagmi Swamps. Each side recaps what happened during the battle.

EP37  The Test of Time
Sep. 24,1990
The Test of Time

The city of Levitan is in need of more berillium to run its generators. Master Sebrian's old friend Treybius travels to Primus to deliver the berillium where his ship the Star Trader is intercepted by the Evil Mutants. After being rescued by the Galactic Guardians, Treybius accompanies He-Man, Master Sebrian, and the Galactic Guardians to Denebria to reclaim the Star Trader and get the berillium before Levitan crashes to the ground.

EP36  A Plague on Primus
Jan. 01,0001
A Plague on Primus

Skeletor gets his hands on some anxiety gas which causes any males exposed to it to become trembling cowards and has an opposite on females. Now it is up to the females to defend Primus from the Evil Mutants.

EP35  Once Upon a Time
Jan. 01,0001
Once Upon a Time

He-Man is homesick for Eternia as the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull to send Teela to visit him. Meanwhile, Skeletor obtains a volume of a spellbook called the Encyclopedia of Evil and plans to obtain the entire collection with the help of Flogg, B.H., and Quakke while also taking Grot as a hostage.

EP34  Zone of Darkness
Sep. 21,1990
Zone of Darkness

Master Sebrian and Mara crash land in a remote area of Denebria. When He-Man arrives on Denebria to save them, he encounters some friendly Mutants who claim that they were once humans.

EP33  The Children's Planet
Jan. 01,0001
The Children's Planet

The Scientists of Primus inform Master Sebrian that a deadly gas called the Black Omega has the power to destroy Primus' planetary shield and is located on Omega 4, a frozen planet at the edge of the Tri-Solar Galaxy. Master Sebrian agrees with the Scientists' suggestions to have He-Man destroy the planet with the Black Omega. When He-Man, Spinwit, and Tuskador on Omega 4, he discovers that there are some inhabitants on Omega 4 enslaved by the Mutant Maxus and his two-headed servant named Zark who were exiled there by Skeletor. Maxus and Zark are using the slaves to harvest the Black Omega in order to get on Skeletor's good side.

EP32  The Siege of Serus
Jan. 01,0001
The Siege of Serus

An asteroid gets passed Primus' planetary shield. As the lasers from the Starship Eternia doesn't phase it, He-Man heads out to intercept it and deflects it into the sea. Master Sebrian discovers that the asteroid is causing trouble for the underwater city of Serus where Hydron is from. Learning form Hydron's sister Aquata about Serus' flooding, the Galactic Guardians work to seal the crack. Soon, they must deal with the living asteroid Keto who plans to drain Primus of its energy.

EP31  The Galactic Guardians
Sep. 27,1990
The Galactic Guardians

Following a recent fight, the Galactic Guardians reminisce about past battles. In a flashback, it is shown that a transporter ship carrying poison gas was blown off course as Hydron and Flipshot train the Galactic Guardians' new recruits Artilla, Spinwit, Tuskador, and the previously-unknown Sagitar. Skeletor plans to destroy the ship with the Galactic Guardians still on board.

EP30  Slaves to the Machine
Jan. 01,0001
Slaves to the Machine

He-Man and Skeletor arrive on the planet Machina where its inhabitants are controlled by machines. While He-Man joins a resistance and fights for the independence of Machina's inhabitants, Skeletor has other plans.

EP29  He-Caz
Sep. 20,1990
He-Caz

After Caz injures his leg pretending to be a Galactic Guardian, the Scientists of Primus give him a high-tech Medi-Suit powered by energy crystals that can help him move around until his leg is fully healed. This Medi-Suit gives Caz some abilities. Knowing that the Scientis of Primus put too many energy crystals in it, Master Sebrian advises He-Man to stop Caz before he gets hurt. Unfortunately Skeletor lures Caz to a trap on the planet Dectis causing He-Man, Sagitar, and Tuskador to go rescue him.

EP28  Cold Freeze
Jan. 01,0001
Cold Freeze

Primus' sun withdraws out of regeneration behind a shell. This causes an ice age to break out as He-Man works to preserve all life on Primus.

EP27  Council of Clones
Jan. 01,0001
Council of Clones

Skeletor and Flogg have Primus' planetary shield bombed with everything they got. He places a special super-computer on a shuttle pod which He-Man obtains as the Scientists of Primus discover that it can produce clones. When the Scientists of Primus use it to clone the Inner Council members so that they can rest, Skeletor activates the super-computer where the clones work to disable the planetary shield.

EP26  Sanctuary
Sep. 20,1990
Sanctuary

The Galactic Guardians destroy Flogg's new giant laser canon, but it's wreck emits a green gas that threatens the shield around the planet Primus. Skeletor soon produces more of the gas to weaken Primus and even He-Man's sword is affected.

EP25  Planet of Junk
Jan. 01,0001
Planet of Junk

Using an image projector found on an asteroid, Skeletor disguises himself and the Evil Mutants as Professor Galactica's Interstellar Circus. They use this cover to kidnap the Scientists of Primus in order to have them work on the weapons found on the asteroid.

EP24  Collision Course
Jan. 01,0001
Collision Course

Skeletor steals the plans for a gravity generator and builds one of his own. He plans to use it to push Primus out of its orbit where its temperature change threatens all life on Primus.

EP23  Adam's Adventure
Jan. 01,0001
Adam's Adventure

Skeletor uses a brainwave detector to help him find He-Man. When Skeletor abducts a spaceship, He-Man is nowhere to be found.

EP22  The Mind Lens
Jan. 01,0001
The Mind Lens

Skeletor uses the Mind Lens to influence the human will. After causing damage on Primus, Skeletor wants to use the Mind Lens on He-Man.

EP21  Skeletor's Revenge
Oct. 01,1990
Skeletor's Revenge

The Scientists of Primus create a Super Computer that would link all machines on Primus and the planetary shield. An exiled computer hacker named Mikros collaborates with Skeletor to place a computer virus called the Argazoid into the Super Computer. To combat the Argazoid, the Scientists of Primus use a shrink ray to shrink He-Man, Artilla, Gepple, and Alcon into the computer in order to keep Argazoid from reaching the Vasionic Resonator so that the Evil Mutants can invade.

EP20  Fading Star
Jan. 01,0001
Fading Star

The Galactic Guardians investigate a destroyed ship orbiting Primus and find a Hibernation Capsule containing Dukan who is one of the greatest heroes in Primus' past. Skeletor challenges Dukan to a duel in an abandoned city on Denebria. Suspecting trouble, He-Man, Hydron, and Flipshot secretly follow Dukan.

EP19  Juggernaut
Sep. 18,1990
Juggernaut

A spaceship carrying a little girl arrives on Primus. He-Man and the Galactic Guardians are unaware that the little girl is actually a dangerous cyborg used by Skeletor in his plot to bring down the shield surrounding Primus.

EP18  He-Man Mutant
Sep. 17,1990
He-Man Mutant

After the Galactic Guardians capture Quakke and B.H., the Scientists of Primus create a machine called the Mutator that can turn any human into a mutant. When it is tested on He-Man so that he can spy on Skeletor, it changes more than his appearance as destroys the Mutator and rescues Quake and B.H. Not realizing that the mutant is a transformed He-Man, Skeletor names him Cruncher and takes him in storming the Inner Council's chambers.

EP17  Escape from Gaolotia
Jan. 01,0001
Escape from Gaolotia

The Evil Mutants have taken over the prison ship Gaolotia. When Caz and Drissi take an Astrosub and get baited to Gaolotia, Skeletor contacts He-Man telling him to come rescue them at Gaolotia. The Sorceress of Castle Grayskull contacts He-Man stating that Skeletor is having Gaolotia placed in the path of the comet Xenon.

EP16  Crack in the World
Oct. 17,1990
Crack in the World

Tricking the Scientists of Primus with an award that will be presented at a space station, Skeletor and Flogg use a robot to have them decode the formula for Energon. This substance is used to melt and destroy planets and the award given to them is filled with it. The only thing that can destroy Energon is a power that is as evil as Energon.

EP15  The Battle for Levitan
Oct. 09,1990
The Battle for Levitan

Skeletor threatens to destroy Levitan if He-Man doesn't surrender. He-Man disguises himself as a Mutant Trooper to get close to Levitan while having a plan to retake Levitan and all of Primus with the help of the Galactic Guardians and the resistance. Though Skeletor will destroy Levitan anyway even if He-Man surrenders.

EP14  The Seeds of Resistance
Oct. 08,1990
The Seeds of Resistance

As the Scientists of Primus work on a way to deactivate the Zeps, Adam and Mara go to where Master Sebrian, Hydron, and Flipshot are being held and free them despite interference by Crita, Slush Head, and the Mutant Troopers. Afterwards, He-Man and Master Sebrian provide a diversion for Skeletor while Mara, Hydron, and Flipshot retake the Starship Eternia.

EP13  He-Man in Exile
Oct. 05,1990
He-Man in Exile

At the advice of Flogg, Quakke puts up bounty posters for He-Man's capture as the Evil Mutants and the Zeps look for him. He-Man frees some prisoners from Slush Head as they join up in his resistance. When Skeletor threatens a village, He-Man offers to surrender if they spare the village.

EP12  Skeletor's Victory
Oct. 04,1990
Skeletor's Victory

Primus has been taken over by the Evil Mutants and the Zeps. As He-Man and Mara have the key to the shield around Primus, Skeletor has captured Master Sebrian, Hydron, and Flipshot and sends B.H., Quakke, and Staghorn to find He-Man. Meanwhile, the Scientists of Primus work to find what makes the Zeps assume their monstrous forms.

EP11  The Gift
Oct. 03,1990
The Gift

At the advice of Skeletor, Flogg contacts Master Sebrian and gives Primus some Zeps as a goodwill gift for peace between Primus and Denebria. Once Primus is filled with Zeps, Skeletor and Flogg activate their remote that turns the Zeps into hideous beasts that attack the Primans. He-Man discovers that the Zeps are actually androids and that there are too many for him to fight all at once.

EP10  The Festival of Lights
Sep. 14,1990
The Festival of Lights

The Festival of Lights is a tradition where a solar eclipse happens to the Primian Suns and a celebration will occur after that where Caz states to Adam that they celebrate the return of the Suns. As He-Man will be attending an interstellar rodeo run by Buck Westar that comes to Primus, Skeletor plans to enter Primus by taking over Buck Westar's ship and capture the Galactic Guardians one by one until only He-Man and Sagitar are left.

EP9  The Youngest Hero
Oct. 16,1990
The Youngest Hero

Drissi and Hydron doubt that Caz can join the Primus Space Force. As Flogg leads the Evil Mutants in the next attack, Skeletor and Quakke capture Caz when he tries to stop them and bring him to Denebria where Skeletor uses a special virus to keep him subdued. He will cure Caz of the virus if He-Man surrenders his Power Sword. He-Man comes up with a plan while taking Grot with him.

EP8  Glasnost Schmaznost
Oct. 15,1990
Glasnost Schmaznost

Master Sebrian and Adam get a message from the Galactic Council's leader that they will meet on the planet Enoos. The same message meets Skeletor and Flogg as they plan to sway the Galactic Council to their side even by having B.H. fake a hit on Mara that Skeletor will save her from. When this works and the Galactic Council suggests that both planets send delegations, He-Man, Hydron, and Flipshot head to Denebria where they are led into a trap by Slush Head and Lizorr while Skeletor and B.H. secretly have a plan to have an explosive ore burrow into Primus.

EP7  The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword...Or Is It?
Jan. 01,0001
The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword...Or Is It?

Obtaining a painting from a man named Helm, Skeletor and Slush Head stow away on Captain Tipper's ship and heads to a cave in Primus's wastelands and uses a spell to bring the dragon in the painting to life to cause chaos on Primus. He-Man, Hydron, and Flipshot then work to defend Primus from the dragon and other Temperic Oil paintings that Skeletor brings to life.

EP6  Sword & Staff
Sep. 12,1990
Sword & Staff

Skeletor and Quakke find a crystal on Denebria that makes Quakke stronger. Quakke tests his new strength on He-Man, Hydron, and Flipshot during their trip to get oil for the Vasionic Resonator on Denebria and they are saved by Sagitar.

EP5  The Ultimate Challenge
Sep. 11,1990
The Ultimate Challenge

Following the failed attack on Onnor, Skeletor sends a hologram calling out He-Man to face him on the Cameroon Asteroid. While He-Man and Master Sebrian are sure it is a trap, He-Man goes anyway. While He-Man is facing off against Skeletor, Hoove and the Mutant Shuttle Pods attack Primus' main radar station while Crita, Lizorr, and Karatti capture Master Sebrian and Drissi.

EP4  Attack on Onnor
Sep. 10,1990
Attack on Onnor

He-Man saves Grot's garden from an attack by Hoove and Karatti. Meeting Werban in the Oasis, Skeletor tricks him into lowering Onnor's shield of protection so that Hoove can lead the Evil Mutants to invade Onnor under the cover of a peace talk.

EP3  The Heat
Sep. 07,1990
The Heat

Slush Head captures the Scientists of Primus as they are working on repairing the Trithuseum generators. Upon learning that they built the shield around Primus, Skeletor sends them to the Quagmi Swamp in Denebria. He-Man, Hydron, and Flipshot head to Denebria to rescue the Scientists and get them back to Primus to repair the Trithuseum generators before Primus' core overheats.

EP2  Quest for the Crystals
Sep. 06,1990
Quest for the Crystals

During his fight with He-Man, Slush Head destroys the Trithuseum generators on Primus that prevents its core from overheating. The crystals needed to help power the Trithuseum generators upon its rebuilding can only be found in Gorn City on Denebria. He encounters the trader Meliac who Skeletor uses in his plot to defeat He-Man.

EP1  A New Beginning
Sep. 01,1990
A New Beginning

Hydron and Flipshot are sent by Master Sebrian to Eternia to find a champion of good to help them in their fight against the Evil Mutants of Denebria led by Flogg. They have a run-in with Andros and are brought to Skeletor who tricks them into thinking that he's a good guy until He-Man shows up. He-Man and Skeletor's fight is taken to Primus where He-Man proves that he's a good guy by fighting off the Evil Mutants while Skeletor forms an alliance with the Evil Mutants

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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.

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TheLittleSongbird The New Adventures of He-Man is not the best of anything to do with He-Man but I didn't think it deplorable either. I watched the series with intrepidation because I remembered disliking it as a child, but as an adult while there are flaws it is not as bad as I remembered. The pilot episode was on the uninspired side and the animation quality is uneven, a lot of the time it is colourful and unique but there are also times where the character designs are jerky and the backgrounds lack life. However, the music is catchy and cool, the action sequences are choreographed well and compel you at least and the transformation sequence was the one I remembered always really liking and that is still the case here. The writing does have some stilted moments but is often funny, intelligent and with a sense of conflict, the story-lines are thought out well and interesting and the characters whether heroes or villains are engaging. The voice acting is very good. All in all, The New Adventures of He-Man is not bad, better than I remembered. It will never be one of my favourite shows but compared to some of the awful animated shows of the past decade or so it is deserving of a better reputation. 7/10 Bethany Cox
DarthBill Sequel to the 1980s Filmmation He-Man finds He-Man/Prince Adam (He-Man voiced by Gary Chalk, who later voiced Man-At-Arms on the 2002 He-Man series, Adam voiced by Doug Parker, as opposed to the 1980s and 2002 versions where He-Man/Adam was voiced by the same actor, John Erwin and Cam Clarke respectively) being flung into the future to defend the planet Primus from the evil mutants; his old enemy, Skeletor, comes along for the ride and joins forces with the Mutants. New friends, new foes, the battle of Good VS. Evil continues.I admit when I saw this again on DVD after having not seen it for years it wasn't as bad as I remembered it being. Certainly the opening into had good music and there was some great animation (that is when the animators actually had enough time to go a good job, as some episodes look rushed), some of the episodes were actually genuinely entertaining, in addition to attempts to give it more of a forward going story arc. The biggest gripe? Well, it just doesn't look or feel like the He-Man we know and love. Writer Laurence "Larry" DiTillio, who wrote for both the 1980s He-Man and 2002 He-Man, apparently agreed and thus decided not to write for this series (although Michael Reaves wrote for all three series). One of my friends actually described this version of He-Man as looking like a pirate while Adam looks like a Roman shepherd peasant, but hey, at least they actually looked different, thus adding to the idea of a "disguise".Still, worth a look for die hards.
djaxisravenguard As far as sequels go, this show takes the sword and sorcery of the original, and tacks on an uninspired time travel pilot. But if you disregard the initial episode, the show itself is a bonafide jewel.This is "The New Adventures of He-Man", and as the title implies, the adventures are new. Both He-Man and Skeletor gain new allies, new powers, and newly found depth to their characters. Skeletor in particular is no longer just a bumbling goon, but he has not turned into the sinister live action movie version of the character. He still has a wry sense of humor and a surprising amount of humility as he is no longer the true alpha dog, but his villainous works are just as heinous as a "real" villain's.Which brings me to the mutants. Early into the show it's readily apparent that like Skeletor's last minions, they do have a penchant for mistakes, but are a much stronger and fearsome group. Instead of being just a mish mash of villains, they're a well oiled fighting machine strengthened by years of war. Flogg in particular is far from the brightest tool in the shed, but he's as sincere as can be, and you can see it in him, that if he was just a little bit better at his job, perhaps even Eternia would need to fear him.He-Man as well gets an overhaul, with a much heavier focus on "the way of the magic." His power sword has taken on She-Ra like transformation powers and can not only defend and reflect enemy weapons, but can also be used as a "gun" itself. This part did bother me, as it just feels tacked on, as though the creators wanted him to be so good, that guns were out of the picture. Yet the more useful (this time) Adam ends up with some gun-play...As solid as the villains are, the Galactic Guardians really seem to be more akin to the bad guys of the old series. There's very few introductions and more often than not their victories feel more like lucky breaks than true skill. While the mutant's mistakes are essentially luck for the Guardians, if really feels like I said. If Flogg was just one iota more competent or maybe if Skeletor truly fell into the line of command as a cooperative underling, the people of Primus would be in grave danger.Plotwise, the (generally) five episode story arcs are superb, with the earliest one having shades of Vietnam and even aspects similar to WW2. The stand alone episodes range from well done (especially the episodes around the scientists) to terrible (a galactic rodeo anyone?) But all of them serve at least some purpose.Animation is at times a bit "jerky" but the fight scenes are much closer to Japanese anime than traditional American animation. Overall, the lips sync with the voices well, and at in many cases the show has a very clean feel to it. The backgrounds also range from unique to downright boring, but largely lean towards unique.Sound is another high point. Ouside of a few goofy music clips, the music itself is good enough at time to drive anyone with a taste for electronica wild. Voices, like all cartoons, range from annoying to pleasing, but all seem to fit the characters.In summation, at the least The New Adventures of He-Man is a must see for fans but could also be enjoyed by people new to the franchise.
atomic_dog02 Taking place 10,000 years into the future. The planet of Primus(Eternia) is under attack by Floog and his mutants of moon Nordor. In order to stop the attacks, the great minds of Primus built a time machince to find a legend, the power of the good and the way of the magic. Such a being is He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe. He-Man didn't come to the future alone, Skeletor , the evil lord of destruction followed He-Man to the future. So as the story goes on He-Man joined the Galactic Gaurdians, and Skeletor joined the mutants. Thus beginning the New Adventures series. It was a good series, Mattel tried, but it was not a good time. The only thing good about the series was the transformation sequence. later