He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe 1983

What can I say, I love He-Man. I like Prince Adam but much prefer He-Man. I have been a fan since the beginning. It's great. I have made sure that all the children in my life have seen it and they all love He-Man and Masters Of The Universe, the animation series.

When I was malnourished and emaciated, critically ill and completely disabled, throughout 2020, I referred to myself as Skeletor. My physique was like Skeletor. I am so glad and grateful that I don't look like that anymore.

If you have watched He-Man and are a fan, you understand why I am a fan. If you haven't, watch it. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I have, always.

The Dolph Lundgren Movie is good because it's He-Man.

Queen Marlena the Pilot | Full Episode | HMan Official | Masters of the Universe Official

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's toy line Masters of the Universe.^[1][2][3] The show, often referred to as simply He-Man, was one of the most popular animated shows of the 1980s.

It made its television debut in September 1983 and ran until 1985, consisting of two seasons of 65 episodes each. Reruns continued to air in syndication until 1988, at which point USA Network bought the rights to the series. USA aired He-Man until September 1990. The success of the toy-based show in syndication greatly influenced other animation houses to produce half-hour "cartoon commercials", and considerably changed the syndicated cartoon market.^[4]

The franchise has been adapted many times in comic book and comic strip form, and a live-action film was produced in 1987. A rebooted series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, renamed Masters of the Universe vs. The Snake Men during season 2, released on Toonami on August 16, 2002. Two continuation series are developed for Netflix: one is Masters of the Universe: Revelation for adult audience and another is an untitled family oriented animated CG revival. 

Synopsis

The series takes place on Eternia, a planet of magic, myth and fantasy. Its lead character is Prince Adam, the young son of Eternia's rulers, King Randor and Queen Marlena. Whenever Prince Adam holds the Sword of Power aloft and proclaims "By the Power of Grayskull!" he is endowed with "fabulous secret powers" and transformed into He-Man, the most 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, Man-At-Arms and Orko, He-Man uses his powers to defend Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor. Skeletor's 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

Main article: List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe characters

Episodes

Main article: List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episodes

Production history

The Mattel company released the original He-Man action figure in 1982; the franchise backstory was developed by the Filmation animation studio. On 1 December 1982, Michael Halperin wrote a "series bible".^[6] Some time after, both firms pitched the idea to the ABC network, who turned it down. The resulting series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, debuted through barter syndication in September 1983,^{[nb 1]} 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]

Despite the limited animation techniques that were used to produce the series, He-Man was notable for breaking the boundaries of censorship that had severely restricted the narrative scope of children's TV programming in the 1970s. For the first time since Hannah Barbera's Thundarr the Barbarian (1980-1981—likely an inspiration for He-Man), a cartoon series could feature a muscular superhero who was actually allowed to hit people (although he more typically used wrestling-style moves rather than actually punching enemies), though he still could not use his sword often; more often than not He-Man opted to pick up his opponents and toss them away rather than hit them. The cartoon was controversial in that it was produced in connection with marketing a line of toys; advertising to children was itself controversial during this period.^[8] In the United Kingdom, advertising regulations forbade commercials for He-Man toys to accompany the program itself. In similar fashion to other shows at the time, notably G.I. Joe, an attempt to mitigate the negative publicity generated by this controversy was made by including a "life lesson" or "moral of the story" at the end of each episode. This moral was usually directly tied to the action or central theme of that episode.^[9][10][11]

The show was so successful that it spawned a spin-off series, She-Ra: Princess of Power, following the adventures of He-Man's sister, Princess Adora.^[12] Mattel's subsequent attempts to relaunch the He-Man toy line also led to the short-lived sequel series The New Adventures of He-Man in the early 1990s, and an update of the franchise for a contemporary audience in 2002.^[13]

It is also noted for featuring early script-writing work from J. Michael Straczynski, later the creator of Babylon 5; Paul Dini and Brynne Stephens, both of whom who would go on to write acclaimed episodes of Batman: The Animated Series; Beast Wars story editor Larry DiTillio; and David Wise, later the head-writer of the TV version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Real Ghostbusters.^[14] In 2016 a new episode of He-Man was released.^[15]

Cast

• John Erwin as Prince Adam / He-Man, Ram-Man, Beast Man, Faker, Webstor, Whiplash, Granamyr and others
• Alan Oppenheimer as Skeletor, Cringer / Battle Cat, Man-At-Arms, Mer-Man, Buzz-Off, Roboto and others
• Lou Scheimer (credited as Erik Gunden) as Orko, King Randor, Stratos, Man-E-Faces, Mekaneck, Zodac, Fisto, Sy-Klone, Moss-Man, Lizard Man, Trap Jaw, Tri-Klops, Kobra Khan, Clawful, Jitsu, Spikor, Two Bad, Modulok and others
• Linda Gary as Teela, Evil-Lyn, Queen Marlena, Sorceress of Castle Grayskull and others
• George DiCenzo as various male guest voices (uncredited)
• Erika Scheimer as various female guest voices

Music

The series' music was composed by Shuki Levy and Haim Saban.^[16] The opening theme, snippets of which are used whenever Prince Adam transforms into He-Man and during interludes, is in C Mixolydian^{[clarification needed]}.

In 1984, a soundtrack album was released in France and Argentina by CBS Records and reissued on compact disc by XIII Bis in 2012,^[17] featuring music from the series and an adaptation 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 material.^[18]

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

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

Reception

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is considered the most successful animated series ever made by Filmation.^{[citation needed]} The show was often criticized by parent groups as a cartoon designed to advertise action figures.^{[9][10][19][20][21]} In 2009, IGN ranked the series as the 58th greatest animated show of all time in their Top 100 list.^[22]