We’ve seen how the minicomics that came with the He-Man toys told of He-Man’s journey to Primus to fight a new enemy. We’ve seen how the newspaper comics told the same story. Now let’s see what the cartoon did with the idea.
The New Adventures Of He-Man may or may not be a continuation of the original Filmation series. It doesn’t seem like it to me but Wikipedia believes it to be. However, Wikipedia is not always the best info source. I often use it for the sake of convenience. The cartoon is a lot different from the minicomics. The creators knew that kids liked the transformation sequence, even though they cut the time down and there’s no Battlecat in the He-Man toyline. Produced by Jetlag Productions, because Filmation had since closed, the show switches the science and fantasy around. The toyline had been going more and more in a science fiction direction with the addition of robots and cyborgs as I mentioned in the minicomics review, so it is a logical next step for the toys.
I’ve already gone over the toyline history by now so let’s get right into the first episode. Originally airing (at least around me) as a TV movie based on the first five episodes, I’m only going to show the first two episodes; that should be enough for you to get a feel for the show. If you want to see more it is available on home video and I like to support the official releases even if I don’t have it myself. Oddly this is the only series I don’t have on home video while I have season one of the other two shows. That’s just circumstance as I rather enjoy the show.
