He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1985) was my absolute favorite show as a kid, the box sets are in my DVD collection and I recently rewatched the entire series on Amazon Prime/YouTube. The storyline follows a world known as Eternia that has unique people, creatures, magic and powers like nothing we've seen on Earth. A king, who married an Earth woman who crashed on Eternia, has a son, Adam, who has secret powers that allow him to transform into the strongest man in the universe. He uses these powers to protect the people and creatures of Eternia from evil.
This series was produced by and contained the voice of Lou Scheimer (Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids) and also contained the voices of John Erwin (Babe), Alan Oppenheimer (Westworld) and Linda Gary (Happily Ever After).
The characters and universe He-Man takes place in really captures the imagination and makes you wish you were there. The animation style is dated but still fun to watch and draws you in. The series does a great job of both entertaining and teaching important values with every episode having a lesson learned at the end. It was impossible to not love all of the characters, especially Orko who provided comedy, unique family/friends and was always in trouble. Teela was a smoke show in this and the flashback scenes when the various character were young were really good. The blind episode in season 2 always gave me anxiety and made my heart race as it unfolded. I will say the heroes and villains were equally interesting, especially with how aggressive Skeletor communicated and insulted everyone. The toys that were out with this series were amazing too. I had to have them as a kid. The soundtrack was excellent and fit the science fiction elements of the series perfectly.
Overall, this is an iconic 80s cartoon series that is an absolutely must see and was smarter than it gets credit for. I would consider this an absolute must see and score it a 10/10.
This series was produced by and contained the voice of Lou Scheimer (Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids) and also contained the voices of John Erwin (Babe), Alan Oppenheimer (Westworld) and Linda Gary (Happily Ever After).
The characters and universe He-Man takes place in really captures the imagination and makes you wish you were there. The animation style is dated but still fun to watch and draws you in. The series does a great job of both entertaining and teaching important values with every episode having a lesson learned at the end. It was impossible to not love all of the characters, especially Orko who provided comedy, unique family/friends and was always in trouble. Teela was a smoke show in this and the flashback scenes when the various character were young were really good. The blind episode in season 2 always gave me anxiety and made my heart race as it unfolded. I will say the heroes and villains were equally interesting, especially with how aggressive Skeletor communicated and insulted everyone. The toys that were out with this series were amazing too. I had to have them as a kid. The soundtrack was excellent and fit the science fiction elements of the series perfectly.
Overall, this is an iconic 80s cartoon series that is an absolutely must see and was smarter than it gets credit for. I would consider this an absolute must see and score it a 10/10.