The New Adventures of He-Man is an animated series which ran in syndication starting in the second half of 1990. A pre-syndication early clearance of the series began in December, 1989 on select market independent stations, 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, but Filmation's parent Westinghouse Broadcasting had shut down the studio a year earlier. Instead, while existing in the same continuity, a new central story was created for this series. It is also the first He-Man series to feature a Canadian voice cast.
This would mark the final entry in the original Masters of the Universe continuity, as the franchise as a whole would be rebooted twelve years later with He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
Characters
- He-Man/Prince Adam (voiced by Doug Parker as Adam, Garry Chalk as He-Man) – The protector of Eternia who is summoned to Primus to help fight the Evil Mutants. When on Primus, Adam turns into He-Man by quoting "By the power of Eternia, I have the Power."
- Skeletor (voiced by Campbell Lane) – The archenemy of He-Man. Upon being accidentally brought to Primus, Skeletor forms an alliance with the Evil Mutants of Denebria by telling Flogg that he will help him take over Primus in exchange for Flogg helping him destroy He-Man. By the end of the series, Skeletor and Crita are last seen in a shuttle pod disappearing into the depths of space.
Galactic Guardians
- Flipshot (voiced by Scott McNeil) – A space pilot from the cloud city of Levitan. He is also known as Icarius in the toyline.
- Hydron (voiced by Don Brown) – An undersea commander and the captain of the Starship Eternia who comes from Primus' underwater city of Serus.
- Kayo (voiced by Don Brown) – A space warrior and space pilot from Onnor in the Terra region of Primus. He is also known as Tatarus in the toyline.
- Nocturna (voiced by Alvin Sanders) – A martial artist and master of stealth from the Eastern continent of Mida. He was mostly seen as a background character.
- Vizar (voiced by Don Brown) – A warrior with strong powers of sight who comes from the ancient city of Olympic in the Opal region of Primus.
- Tuskador (voiced by Alvin Sanders) – An intergalactic merchant warrior from the Polarides star system with tusks on his elephant-like armor that he uses to catch enemies with. He is also called Insyzor in the toyline.
- Artilla (voiced by Garry Chalk) – A cyborg weapons expert. He is also called Weaponstronic in the toyline.
- Spinwit (voiced by Ted Cole) – A warrior from the planet Zil who can create tornadoes by spinning. He is also called Tornado in the toyline.
- Sagitar (voiced by Campbell Lane) – A Horse Lord and former slave in the Denebrian Mines and arch-enemy of Staghorn who comes from the planet Equinos. His kind can turn from centaur-like beings to four-armed humanoids. He is also called Tharkus in the toyline.
Evil Mutants of Denebria
- Flogg (voiced by Alvin Sanders)
- Hoove (voiced by Doug Parker) – A mutant with powerful kicks who is often paired with Karatti.
- Lizorr – A reptilian mutant from the desert of Gorn. He was mostly seen as a background character. In "Glastnost Schmaznost," Lizorr was shown to extend his tongue as seen when he wraps it around He-Man's arm.
- Quakke (voiced by Don Brown) – A super-strong mutant warrior who can shake the ground by hitting it with his Grabatron Meteormace. He is also called Earthquake in the toyline.
- Staghorn (voiced by Ted Cole) – A scheming Evil Mutant tracker that wears a helmet with large metal pikes protruding from it which he uses in battle to pick up his enemies and throw them around. He comes from the Regula Mountains in the deepest, darkest part of the frozen Fog Zone on Denebria. Staghorn is the archenemy of Sagitar.
- Butthead (voiced by Scott McNeil) – A mutant who attacks his enemies by ramming them with his head. Known as "B.H." on the cartoon.
- Crita (voiced by Venus Terzo) – A crafty female Mutant and later Queen of the Gleanons. She is an attractive and ruthless Evil Mutant who works on the Mutant Mothership and is attracted to Skeletor. By the end of the series, He-Man traps Skeletor and Crita in a shuttle pod and banishes them into space.
- Tech Mutants – Two unnamed Mutants that work as scientists for Flogg.
- Mutant Troopers – The generic foot soldiers of the Evil Mutants. Some of them are shock troopers while others pilot their shuttle pods for air attacks.
Other characters
- Master Sebrian (voiced by Anthony Holland) – The wisest and most knowledgeable man on the planet Primus and the only one who Adam reveals his secret identity to. The quality of the animation is considered superior, but the character designs have been described as bland.
DVD releases
BCI Eclipse LLC (under its Ink & Paint classic animation entertainment brand) (under license from Entertainment Rights) released The New Adventures of He-Man on DVD in Region 1 in two volume sets in 2006/2007. Each episode on BCI Ink & Paint's DVD releases of The New Adventures of He-Man (AKA He-Man in Space by He-Man fans) was uncut and digitally re-mastered for optimum audio and video quality and presented in its original broadcast presentation and story continuity order, as well as extensive bonus features.
As of 2009, this release has been discontinued and is out of print as BCI Eclipse has ceased operations.
To commemorate the 30th anniversary He-Man and the Masters of the Universe brand, Mill Creek Entertainment released the 30th Anniversary Commemorative Collection of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe DVD in December 2012. The 22-disc features all 130 episodes of the 1983 series, 20 fan-favorite episodes of the 1990 series, as well as all 39 episodes of the 2002 series.
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!DVD name !! Ep # !! Release date
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| The New Adventures of He-Man: Volume 1 || align="center"|33 || December 26, 2006
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| The New Adventures of He-Man: Volume 2 || align="center"|32 || March 27, 2007
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