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He-man Masters of the Universe Animated Series

1980s American blithe television set serial by Filmation

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
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Series logo
Genre
Created by Lou Scheimer
Based on Masters of the Universe
by Mattel
Voices of
Theme music composer
Opening theme "Masters of the Universe"
Composers
  • Shuki Levy
  • Haim Saban
  • Erika Lane
State of origin U.s.a.
Original linguistic communication English
No. of seasons two
No. of episodes 130 (list of episodes)
Product
Executive producer Lou Scheimer
Producer Gwen Wetzler
Running time 23 minutes
Production companies Filmation Associates
Mattel
Distributor Group W Productions
Release
Original network First-run syndication
Audio format Mono (early season 1)
Stereo (mid-belatedly flavor 1–two)
Original release September 5, 1983 (1983-09-05) (U.1000.) September 26, 1983 (1983-09-26) (Us) –
November 21, 1985 (1985-11-21)
Chronology
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American animated television series produced past Filmation based on Mattel'southward toy line Masters of the Universe . [1] [2] [3] The prove, often referred to as simply He-Man, was one of the well-nigh popular blithe shows of the 1980s.

It made its television set debut in September 1983 and ran until 1985, consisting of two seasons of 65 episodes each. Towards the cease of the show's original run, it spawned one feature length theatrical film He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword , which served as the introduction for the show'south spinoff literal sister series She-Ra: Princess of Power. Reruns continued to air in syndication until 1988, at which point USA Network bought the rights to the serial. The states aired He-Man until September 1990. The success of the toy-based show in syndication profoundly influenced other animation houses to produce half-60 minutes "cartoon commercials", and considerably inverse the syndicated cartoon market. [4]

The franchise has been adapted many times in comic book and comic strip form, and a alive-activeness movie was produced in 1987. A rebooted serial, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, renamed Masters of the Universe vs. The Snake Men during flavor 2, released on Toonami on August 16, 2002. 2 continuation series were released in 2022 for Netflix: ane is Masters of the Universe: Revelation for an developed audience and some other is a family-oriented animated CGI revival, as well titled He-Man and the Masters of the Universe .

Synopsis [ edit ]

The series takes place on Eternia, a planet of magic, myth and fantasy. Its lead character is Prince Adam, the young son of Eternia'southward rulers, King Randor and Queen Marlena. Whenever Prince Adam holds the Sword of Ability aloft and proclaims "Past the Power of Grayskull!" he is endowed with "fabled secret powers" and transformed into He-Man, the well-nigh powerful man in the universe. Together with his close allies, Battle Cat (who undergoes a similar transformation from being Adam's cowardly pet tiger Cringer), The Sorceress, Teela, Human being-At-Arms and Orko, He-Human being uses his powers to defend Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor. Skeletor'due south main goal is to conquer the mysterious fortress of Castle Grayskull, from which He-Man draws his powers. If successful, Skeletor would have enough power to rule all of Eternia and possibly the entire universe. [5]

Characters [ edit ]

Episodes [ edit ]

Production history [ edit ]

The Mattel visitor released the original He-Man action effigy in 1982; the franchise backstory was developed by the Filmation animation studio. On i December 1982, Michael Halperin wrote a "serial bible". [6] Some time later, both firms pitched the idea to the ABC network, who turned information technology down. The resulting serial, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, debuted through barter syndication in September 1983, [nb ane] and became the first syndicated show to be based on a toy. By 1984, it was seen on 120 U.S. stations and in more than 30 countries., [7] By mid-1985, it was airing on 152 stations across the U.S., and was the almost popular syndicated program with children 2-11 with a 10.ix rating in that demographic. [8]

Despite the express blitheness techniques that were used to produce the serial, He-Man was notable for breaking the boundaries of censorship that had severely restricted the narrative telescopic of children'due south Tv set programming in the 1970s. For the commencement time since Ruby-Spears's Thundarr the Barbarian , a cartoon series could feature a muscular superhero who was actually allowed to hit people (although he more than typically used wrestling-style moves rather than really punching enemies), though he all the same could not apply his sword often; by and large He-Man opted to pick up his opponents and toss them away rather than striking them. The cartoon was controversial in that it was produced in connexion with marketing a line of toys; advert to children was itself controversial during this period. [nine] In the Uk, advertising regulations forbade commercials for He-Human toys to accompany the program itself. In similar mode to other shows at the fourth dimension, notably G.I. Joe , an endeavour to mitigate the negative publicity generated by this controversy was made by including a "life lesson" or "moral of the story" at the stop of each episode. This moral was usually direct tied to the action or cardinal theme of that episode. [10] [11] [12]

The testify was and then successful that it spawned a spin-off series, She-Ra: Princess of Ability , following the adventures of He-Man's sister, Princess Adora. [13] Mattel'south subsequent attempts to relaunch the He-Man toy line also led to the short-lived sequel series The New Adventures of He-Homo in the early 1990s, and an update of the franchise for a contemporary audience in 2002. [14]

It is besides noted for featuring early on script-writing work from J. Michael Straczynski, afterwards the creator of Babylon v ; Paul Dini and Brynne Stephens, both of whom who would become on to write acclaimed episodes of Batman: The Animated Series ; Beast Wars story editor Larry DiTillio; and David Wise, later on the caput-writer of the TV version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Real Ghostbusters . [fifteen] In 2016, a new episode of He-Human was released. [xvi]

Cast [ edit ]

Music [ edit ]

The serial' music was composed by Shuki Levy and Haim Saban. [17] The opening theme, snippets of which are used whenever Prince Adam transforms into He-Man and during interludes, is in C Mixolydian [ description needed ].

In 1984, a soundtrack album was released in France and Argentine republic by CBS Records and reissued on compact disc past XIII Bis in 2012, [eighteen] featuring music from the series and an accommodation of "A Friend in Need" (French release)/"Diamond Ray of Disappearance" (Argentine release); La-La Land Records released a two-disc, limited-edition soundtrack album in 2015, containing the musical content of the 1983 LP and much previously unreleased fabric. [nineteen]

The Latin American Spanish-linguistic communication version of the show features an actual theme song complete with lyrics unique to this version, with vocals by Chilean singer Memo Aguirre (a.yard.a. "Captain Memo") based on Levy and Saban'southward original musical score.

In 1986, Brazilian children's music grouping Trem da Alegria recorded a song about He-Man.

Reception [ edit ]

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is considered the nearly successful animated serial e'er made by Filmation.[ citation needed ] The show was often criticized by parent groups as a drawing designed to annunciate activity figures. [10] [eleven] [20] [21] [22] In 2009, IGN ranked the series as the 58th greatest animated evidence of all fourth dimension in their Top 100 list. [23]

Name in other languages [ edit ]

  • In Basque "He-Man eta Unibertsoko Jaunak"
  • In Bosnian "He-Human i Gospodari svemira" ("Хи-Мен и Господари свемира")
  • In Catalan "He-Human i els Senyors de l'Univers"
  • In Chinese "太空超人"
  • In Croatian "He-Man i Gospodari svemira"
  • In Danish "Heman Og Førerne Af Universet"
  • In Dutch "He-Man, en de meesters van het Universum"
  • In Finnish "He-Human being ja Maailmankaikkeuden Valtiaat"
  • In French "Musclor et les Maîtres de fifty'Univers"
  • In Galician "He-Man due east bone Amos practise Universo"
  • In German
    • "He-Man und Masters of the Universe" (Television receiver Version 1992)
    • "He-Man und dice Meister des Universums" (VHS Version)
    • "He-Homo – Im Tal der Macht" (TV Version 2002)
  • In Greek "Χι-Μαν Οι Κυριάρχοι Του Σύμπαντος"
  • In Hungarian Lovag és az univerzum védelmezői.
  • In Hebrew "הי-מן ושליטי היקום"
  • In Italian
    • "He-Homo e i dominatori dell'universo" (Season ane)
    • "He-Human being eastward i padroni dell'universo" (Season 2)
  • In Macedonian "Hi-Men i Gospodarite na vselenata" ("Хи-Мен и Господарите на вселената")
  • In Montenegrin "Hullo-Men i Gospodari svemira" ("Хи-Мен и Господари свемира")
  • In Norwegian "He-Human og mestere i universet"
  • In Polish "He-Human i Władcy Wszechświata"
  • In Portuguese
    • "He-Homo due east bone Defensores do Universo"
    • "He-Human e os Mestres do Universo" (Brazil)
    • "He-Homo e os Donos do Universo" (Portugal)
  • In Romanian "He-Human și maeștrii universului"
  • In Russian "Hello-Men i Vlasteliny Vselennoy" ("Хи-Мен и Властелины Вселенной")
  • In Serbian "Hi-Men i Gospodari svemira" ("Хи-Мен и Господари свемира")
  • In Slovene "He-Homo in Gospodarji vesolja"
  • In Spanish
    • "He-Homo y los Amos del Universo" (Latin America)
    • "He-Man y los Masters del Universo" (Spain)
  • In Swedish "He-Man och Universums Giganter"
  • In Thai "ฮีแมน จ้าวจักรวาล"
  • In Turkish "He-Man ve Evrenin Efendileri"
  • In Ukrainian "Хі-Мен та Володарі Всесвіту"

Home media [ edit ]

In 1983-1986 RCA/Columbia Pictures Domicile Video released the series in VHS and Beta. BCI Eclipse LLC (under its Ink & Pigment classic animation entertainment characterization) (under license from Entertainment Rights) released all 130 episodes of the original 1983 series of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe on DVD in Region one in 2005/2006, in 4 volume sets. Each episode on BCI Ink & Paint's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe DVD releases were uncut, unedited, fully restored and digitally remastered for optimum audio and video quality and presented in its original broadcast presentation and story continuity lodge. [24] [25] [26] [27] Each volume contains an all-encompassing array of special features including documentaries, grapheme profiles, commentaries, DVD-ROM features, trivia, photo galleries and more. As of 2009, these releases have been discontinued and are out of print equally BCI Eclipse ceased operations. [28]

On Dec x, 2010, Manufactory Creek Entertainment appear that they had acquired the rights from Archetype Media to re-release the series on DVD in America. They take subsequently re-released the complete first season in one eight-disc set as well as two smaller twenty-episode book releases. [29] The consummate second season was released on September thirteen, 2011. [30] The 2002 series, composed of four discs; 960min, was also released in 2010 past Mill Creek Entertainment, and is titled Masters of the Universe: The Complete Serial (ASIN B002DQL34G). Commemorating the 30th anniversary Masters of the Universe make, Manufactory Creek Amusement finally released the 30th Anniversary Commemorative Collection of the Masters of the Universe DVD. The 22-disc set up features all 130 episodes of the 1983 series, twenty fan-favorite episodes of the 1990 series, besides as all 39 episodes of the 2002 series. [31]

DVD Name Ep# Release date
The Complete First Flavor 65 Feb xv, 2011
The Complete Second Flavor 65 September xiii, 2011

Universal Pictures Dwelling Entertainment released all 130 episodes of the original 1983 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe serial on DVD in Region 1 on October i, 2022, as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Complete Original Series. This release includes "He-Man & She-Ra: The Cloak-and-dagger of the Sword" and "He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special". [32]

In Region 4, Madman Entertainment released the entire series on DVD in Australia in 4 volume sets (similar to BCI Eclipse releases). These releases take been discontinued and are now out of print. A complete serial box fix was released past Madman on June 24, 2009; this is still available. [33]

The pilot episode, "Diamond Ray of Disappearance", has a minute or so of footage missing due to the principal tapes being damaged. In the original version, subsequently teleporting the King and Queen and Man-At-Arms abroad to another dimension, Skeletor turns the ray onto Orko, who gets stuck within a vase which deflects the beam. Orko escapes to warn He-Man. This footage has non been lost; it is yet existent on other media in apportionment. However, complications over the rights to it prevented it from being inserted back into the DVD release.[ citation needed ]

Sequel [ edit ]

Netflix is making two new He-Man projects. The start will be the adult Netflix Original series Masters of the Universe: Revelation , a directly sequel to the 1983 TV series. [34] With characters like Scare Glow and He-Ro from the Mattel toys (that never appeared in animated form) as well as Lt. Andra who appeared in STAR/Curiosity comics, the series acts as a sequel to overall 80s stories.

It will be directed past Kevin Smith and will be animated past Powerhouse Animation Studios. [35] On February 14, 2022, the full voice cast was confirmed. [36] Appropriately there will be 10 episodes total, carve up in 2 "parts", from information Mattel provided in "Masterverse" action figure order confirmation (the showtime wave in Masterverse volition be using designs from the MOTU: Revelation show, just subsequent toy waves volition draw other versions of He-Man). Then, on May 13, 2022, Entertainment Weekly released the first look of the serial, with the first 5 episodes gear up to release July 23, 2022. [37]

It is also confirmed a direct family oriented Netflix Original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series is in the works. It is reportedly beingness fabricated past Mattel Television set for a CG-animated revival to the original He-Man series with new storylines and character takes. It is currently unknown if information technology will be continued to She-Ra and the Princesses of Power , or if there volition too exist versions of She-Ra characters. [38] [39]

Notes [ edit ]

  1. ^ In the practice of barter syndication, product companies give idiot box stations a series for complimentary, in exchange for advertizing. [7]

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe

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