Evilseed
- Studio
- Filmation Associates
- Distributor
- Group W
Synopsis
Prince Adam is He-Man, and he lives on the planet Eternia. There he keeps the planet safe from the evil Skeletor.
Characters
He-Man/Prince Adam, Orko, Battle Cat/Cringer, Skeletor, Sorceress, Teela, Beast Man, Evil-Lyn, Ram-Man
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Bob Arkwright
Producing
- Producer
- Lou Scheimer
Writing
- Writer
- Barney Cohen
Animation
- Animator
- Robert Alvarez, Barry C. Anderson, Rich Arons, Thomas Baron, Arland Barron, Vincent Bassols, Maxwell Becraft, Carole Beers, Carl Bell, Bob Bemiller, James Brummett, Kent Butterworth, William Carney, John Celestri, Yi-Chih Chen, Won Ki Cho, Moon Hwan Choi, Pat Clark, Steve Clark, Rich Coleman, Tom Cook, Ken Cope, Doug Crane, James A. Davis, James F. Davis, Zeon Davush, Daniel De La Vega, Chris Dent, Lillian Evans, Ben Farish, Rick Farmiloe, Marcia Fertig, Mike Gerard, Mark Glamack, Frank Gonzales, Lennie Graves, Carl Hall, Lee Halpern, Karen Haus, Brett Hisey, Richard Hoffman, Harry Holt, Hector Isola, Glen Kennedy, Andy Kim, Kyong Kim, Saesil Kim, Yang Kim, Yoon Kim, Aundre Knutson, Adam Kuhlman, Jang Lee, Julio Guerreo Leon, Mircea Manta, Mauro Maressa, Hal Mason, Burton Medall, Rick Morrison, Costy Mustatea, Dennis Neil, Jane Nordin, Bill Nunes, Ken O'Brien, Mike O'Conner, Eduardo Olivares, Jack Ozark, William D. Pratt, Dave Prince, Virgil Raddatz, William Recinos, Bill Reed, Dana M. Reemes, Gregory Reyna, Young Kyu Rhim, Joe Roman Jr, Chrystal Russell, Louise Sandoval, Ernie Schmidt, Don Schloat, Kunio Shimamura, Karlis Smiltens, Jay-Won So, Ka Moon Song, Ken Southworth, Michael A. Toth, Richard Trueblood, Robert Tyler, Dardo Velez, Neal Warner, Sheri Wheeler, Lawrence White, John Williamson, Al Wilzbach, Ellen Woodbury, Won Yoo
- Special Effects Animators
- Dan Chaika, Rich Coleman, Peggy Cullen, Randy Fullmer, Bruce Heller, Brett Hisey, Mark Myer, Allan Stoval, Dardo Velez
Voices
- Voice
- John Erwin (He-Man/Prince Adam, Ram-Man, Beast Man), Erik Gunden Lou Scheimer (Orko, King), Alan Oppenheimer (Skeletor, Merman, Man-at-Arms, Battlecat/Cringer), Linda Gary (Sorceress, Teela, Evil-Lyn, Queen)
Editing
- Editor
- Bob Crawford, Joe Gall, Rick Gehr, Sam Moore, Lida Saskova
- Supervising Editor
- George Mahana
Crew
- Storyboard Supervisors
- Bob Arkwright, Egidio Dal Chele
- Storyboard Artists
- William Barry, Rachel Brenner, Barry Caldwell, Rich Chidlaw, Brian Chin, Kurt Conner, Egidio Dal Chele, Humberto De La Fuente, Gary Eggleston, Bob Forward, Gary Goldstein, Warren Greenwood, Chuck Harvey, Stephen Hickner, Glen W. Hill, Chris Jenkyns, Victoria Jenson, Robert Lamb, Don Manuel, Hal Mason, Kevin Petrilak, Sharon Rolnik, Dave Russell, James Shull, Tom Sito, Mike Sosnowski, Michael Swanigan, Tom Tataranowicz, Paul Terry, Keith Tucker, Byron Vaughn
- Layout Department Supervisors
- Gary Hoffman, David West
- Layout Supervisors
- Kurt Anderson, Cosmo Anzilotti, Craig Armstrong, Curtis Cim, Marija Dail, Alberto De Mello, Herbert A. Hazelton, Wes Herschensohn, Gary Hoffman, Terry Keil, Chrystal Klabunde, Carol Lundberg, Warren Marshall, Dan Mills, William Recinos, Bart Seitz, Thomas Shannon, Cliff Voorhees, Martin C. Warner, Sherilan Weinhart, David West, Jim Willoughby
- Assistant Layout Supervisors
- Mike Hazy, Irma Rosien
- Assistant Supervisor
- Barbara Benedetto
- Layout Artists
- Gentry Akens, Pete Alvarado, Craig Armstrong, Carlos Baeza, Rex Barron, Carole Beers, Barbara Benedetto, Norman Cabral, Armando Carrillo, Fred Carrillo, Kathleen Castillo, Hee-Ja Cho, Hyansook Cho, Curtis Cim, Tom Coppola, Susan Crossley, Gregg Davidson, Janine Dawson, Lindsay Dawson, Ric Estrada, Gerald Forton, Kevin Frank, Ayalen Garcia, Rene Garcia, Sergio Garcia, James Garneau, Drew Gentle, Robert Givens, Jim Gomez, Don Greer, Jon Haber, Edward Haney, Tenny Henson, Wes Herschensohn, Thomas Hickson, David Hilberman, David Hoover, Mary Jorgenson, Karenia Kaminski, Ellen Kashan, Chrystal Klabunde, Robert Kline, John Koch, William M. Lotz, Istvan Majoros, Rick Maki, Jenifer Marshall, Warren Marshall, Linda McCall, Brian McEntee, James McLean, Dan Mills, Gale Morgan, Marcus Nickerson, Greg Nocon, Dave O'Day, Mike O'Mara, Phil Ortiz, Jean Paynter, Mike Perry, Philip Philipson, Rocco Pirrone, Sean Platter, Stephanie Pyren, Frank Recinos, Lenord Robinson, Sharon Rolnik, Connie Schurr, Bart Seitz, Desmond Serratore, Jason So, Michael Spooner, Bruce W. Timm, Maureen Trueblood, Robert Tyler, Cliff Voorhees, Mark Wallace, Curt Walsted, Sherilan Weinhart, Mark Westermoe, Jim Willoughby, William Wray, Charles Zembillas
- Character Design Supervisors
- Herbert A. Hazelton, Diane A. Keener, Carol Lundberg
- Character Design Artists
- Bronwen Barry, Keith Baxter, Thomas Bird, Fred Carrillo, Larry Eikleberry, Gerald Forton, Alice Hamm, Dale Hendrickson, Enrique May, Lewis Ott, Chris Peterson, Rick Quiroz, Harry Sabin, Bruce W. Timm, Charles Zembillas
- Background Artists
- Joseph Binggeli, Alan Bodner, Al Budnick, Nino Carbe, Ruben Chavez, Gary Conklin, Joe Denton, Flamarion Ferreira, Dean Ross Gordon, Larry Grossman, Ann Guenther, James Hickey, Vern Jorgensen, Robert Kalafut, Timothy Maloney, David McBride, Thomas O'Loughlin, Rolando Oliva, Donald Peters, Philip Philipson, Jeffrey Richards, Craig Robertson, James Schlenker, Donald Schweikert, Robert Stanton, Donald Watson
- Background Design Artists
- Enzo Baldi, Tim Callahan, Nino Carbe, Derek Parks-Carter, Jacques Charvet, Dave Dunnet, Frank Frezzo, Rene Garcia, Glen W. Hill, John Howley, Victoria Jenson, Alex Mann, Leandro Martinez, Lorenzo Martinez, Armando Norte, Dan St. Pierre, Jeff Purves, Thomas Shannon, Robert Smith, Michael Spooner, Alex Stevens, Mark Wallace
- Background Clean-Up Supervisor
- Irma Rosien
- Head Of Special Effects
- Shari Lupin
- Animation Special Effects Supervisors
- Brett Hisey, Dardo Velez
- Xerography Supervisor
- John Remmel
- Cel Service Supervisor
- Lou Digerolamo
- Ink And Paint Supervisors
- Alla Marshall, Flvia Mittman
- Assistant Animation Supervisor
- Doris A. Plough
- Key Assistant Coordinators
- Dori Littel Herrick, Randy Sanchez
- Animation Checking Supervisors
- Joyce Gard, Bevely Randles
- Key Assistant Animation Supervisor
- Diane A. Keener
- Mark-Up Supervisor
- Letha Prince
- Head Of Final Checking
- Howard Schwartz
- Camera Supervisor
- F.T. Ziegler
- Camera Operators
- Daniel Bunn Steve P. Damiani, Veronica Hantke, Ronald Jackson, Robert Jacobs, Dan C. Larsen, David J. Link, Jeffery Mellquist, Lindsay Rogers, Rick Taylor, Dean G. Teves, Charles Warren, Steven Wilzbach, Jerry Wittington, F.T. Ziegler
- Creative Technical Supervisor
- R.W. Pope
- Film Coordinators
- Toni Christiansen, June Gilham, Christie Meyer
- Assistant To The Directors
- Keith Sutherland
- Art Director
- John Grusd
- Sound Editors
- Bruce Elliot, Ron Fedele, Hector Gika, Bill Kean, Don Kenney, Jeff Patch, Michael F. Pignataro, Jim Puente, Charlie Rychwalski
- Music Editors
- Cecil Broughton, Sam Horta, Brian Mars, Mary R. Smith, Scene Planner, Mike Hazy
- Scene Planning Supervisor
- Mike Hazy
- Assistant To The Producer
- Patricia Ryan
- Production Director
- Hal Sutherland
- Production Managers
- R.W. Pope, Joseph Simon
- Production Controller
- Robert W. Wilson
- Production Coordinators
- Robin Tissmeer, Robin A. Tracy
- Production Associates
- Patricia Ryan, Pamela Vincent
- Production Assistants
- John J. Blough, Michael P. Sowa
- Post Production Supervisor
- Joseph Simon
Companies and other credits
- Layout Artists: atricia Wong
- A Filmation Production
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- Inc
- All Rights Reserved
Production notes
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was one of the most popular cartoons of the 80's, and with good reason. With what was probably the most successful merchandising tie-in ever, the series was watched religiously by children all over the world who could reach for their action figures as soon as the show was over.
This series has been called "the first of the animated 30-minute commercials" for a toy- specifically, Mattel's He-Man toys, action figures and games.
Many TV stations turned down the series when it came out in 1983, concerned that consumer groups would object to its commercialization of children's toys. Relaxed FCC regulations encouraged stations in many markets to purchase the series a year later.
He-Man was the alter ego of the handsome Prince Adam, ruler of the planet Eternia and overseer of Castle Greyskull, where the governing Council of Elders were housed. It was up to Prince Adam to protect the castle from danger, which usually meant threats from the evil Skeletor who thought that he should be the one to rule the planet.
In order to defend his people from Skeletor, Prince Adam would raise his sword in the air and shout, "By the power of Greyskull! I have the power!," thus transforming into the mighty hero He-Man.
Like any good hero, He-Man had an array of friends to help him out when things got a little rough. Man-at-Arms served as his right-hand man and strategic adviser, and Teela, Man-at-Arms' warrior goddess adopted daughter, also lent an effective hand in battle. Other allies included the powerful Sorceress and Cringer, Prince Adam's cowardly tiger, who transformed into the fierce Battle Cat when his owner became He-Man. He-Man's sidekick, Orko, served a dual function, as a source for comic relief and a non-offensive outlet for the "moral of the story" messages at the end of every episode.
The series became the second highest-rated children's show of the year, while the He-Man action figure became the second best-selling toy (after Barbie) in the United States.
Eventually, Prince Adam's sister, Princess Adora, would be introduced on a TV special and spun off to her own series, She-Ra, Princess of Power.
The series' overwhelming popularity was largely due to the easing of FCC regulations on advertisements in cartoons. Mattel was therefore able to share producing credit and market toys based on the series... as long as they didn't advertise during the show itself. Eventually, even this rule would be lifted and the syndicated stations would advertise toys based on the cartoons that children had seen SAVING THE UNIVERSE only two seconds before.
The success of He-Man reached its peak with the live-action motion picture Masters of the Universe in 1987, with Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and veteran actor Frank Langella as Skeletor.
This series has been called "the first of the animated 30-minute commercials" for a toy- specifically, Mattel's He-Man toys, action figures and games.
Many TV stations turned down the series when it came out in 1983, concerned that consumer groups would object to its commercialization of children's toys. Relaxed FCC regulations encouraged stations in many markets to purchase the series a year later.
He-Man was the alter ego of the handsome Prince Adam, ruler of the planet Eternia and overseer of Castle Greyskull, where the governing Council of Elders were housed. It was up to Prince Adam to protect the castle from danger, which usually meant threats from the evil Skeletor who thought that he should be the one to rule the planet.
In order to defend his people from Skeletor, Prince Adam would raise his sword in the air and shout, "By the power of Greyskull! I have the power!," thus transforming into the mighty hero He-Man.
Like any good hero, He-Man had an array of friends to help him out when things got a little rough. Man-at-Arms served as his right-hand man and strategic adviser, and Teela, Man-at-Arms' warrior goddess adopted daughter, also lent an effective hand in battle. Other allies included the powerful Sorceress and Cringer, Prince Adam's cowardly tiger, who transformed into the fierce Battle Cat when his owner became He-Man. He-Man's sidekick, Orko, served a dual function, as a source for comic relief and a non-offensive outlet for the "moral of the story" messages at the end of every episode.
The series became the second highest-rated children's show of the year, while the He-Man action figure became the second best-selling toy (after Barbie) in the United States.
Eventually, Prince Adam's sister, Princess Adora, would be introduced on a TV special and spun off to her own series, She-Ra, Princess of Power.
The series' overwhelming popularity was largely due to the easing of FCC regulations on advertisements in cartoons. Mattel was therefore able to share producing credit and market toys based on the series... as long as they didn't advertise during the show itself. Eventually, even this rule would be lifted and the syndicated stations would advertise toys based on the cartoons that children had seen SAVING THE UNIVERSE only two seconds before.
The success of He-Man reached its peak with the live-action motion picture Masters of the Universe in 1987, with Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and veteran actor Frank Langella as Skeletor.