The New Adventures of He-Man is not the best of anything to do with He-Man but I didn't think it deplorable either. I watched the series with intrepidation because I remembered disliking it as a child, but as an adult while there are flaws it is not as bad as I remembered. The pilot episode was on the uninspired side and the animation quality is uneven, a lot of the time it is colourful and unique but there are also times where the character designs are jerky and the backgrounds lack life. However, the music is catchy and cool, the action sequences are choreographed well and compel you at least and the transformation sequence was the one I remembered always really liking and that is still the case here. The writing does have some stilted moments but is often funny, intelligent and with a sense of conflict, the story-lines are thought out well and interesting and the characters whether heroes or villains are engaging. The voice acting is very good. All in all, The New Adventures of He-Man is not bad, better than I remembered. It will never be one of my favourite shows but compared to some of the awful animated shows of the past decade or so it is deserving of a better reputation. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Sequel to the 1980s Filmmation He-Man finds He-Man/Prince Adam (He-Man voiced by Gary Chalk, who later voiced Man-At-Arms on the 2002 He-Man series, Adam voiced by Doug Parker, as opposed to the 1980s and 2002 versions where He-Man/Adam was voiced by the same actor, John Erwin and Cam Clarke respectively) being flung into the future to defend the planet Primus from the evil mutants; his old enemy, Skeletor, comes along for the ride and joins forces with the Mutants. New friends, new foes, the battle of Good VS. Evil continues.I admit when I saw this again on DVD after having not seen it for years it wasn't as bad as I remembered it being. Certainly the opening into had good music and there was some great animation (that is when the animators actually had enough time to go a good job, as some episodes look rushed), some of the episodes were actually genuinely entertaining, in addition to attempts to give it more of a forward going story arc. The biggest gripe? Well, it just doesn't look or feel like the He-Man we know and love. Writer Laurence "Larry" DiTillio, who wrote for both the 1980s He-Man and 2002 He-Man, apparently agreed and thus decided not to write for this series (although Michael Reaves wrote for all three series). One of my friends actually described this version of He-Man as looking like a pirate while Adam looks like a Roman shepherd peasant, but hey, at least they actually looked different, thus adding to the idea of a "disguise".Still, worth a look for die hards.

Deplorable. Ridiculous. Not even sub-standard fun. The anime style is annoying. The queen of Eternia has blue hair? Why is Prince Adam dressed like a shepherd? And as Prince Adam- the voice is SO gay. The lisps are unmistakable. No, being gay is not the problem. I'm gay but prefer Prince Adam/He-Man to be masculine, bold and strong. He is suppose to be the almighty defender after all. And Skeletor- yelch. NOT scary, not frightening. Why is his face green? And why did they have to change the chant that turns Adam into He-Man? "By the power of Eternia"? Um...it's "By the power of Grayskull" people!! You cannot make a Batman movie or cartoon and take him out of Gotham. Superman will always be in Metropolis. You CANNOT go changing a characters legacy just because you want to. BAD producers.Other reviews on the net have said the show can stand on its own. Um...NO it cannot. It's a pathetic attempt to breath new life into a classic story that was in no need of CPR. Guess the old saying is true- if it ain't broke, don't fix it. For me this will be like the film Halloween 3. I will forget it ever happened.BAD producers!!! Shame!!!

Taking place 10,000 years into the future. The planet of Primus(Eternia) is under attack by Floog and his mutants of moon Nordor. In order to stop the attacks, the great minds of Primus built a time machince to find a legend, the power of the good and the way of the magic. Such a being is He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe. He-Man didn't come to the future alone, Skeletor , the evil lord of destruction followed He-Man to the future. So as the story goes on He-Man joined the Galactic Gaurdians, and Skeletor joined the mutants. Thus beginning the New Adventures series. It was a good series, Mattel tried, but it was not a good time. The only thing good about the series was the transformation sequence. later