He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American-Canadian animated television series. Developed for television by Michael Halperin, who created the original series, it was animated by Mike Young Productions. It served as an update of the 1980s Filmation series, produced to coincide with Mattel's revival of the Masters of the Universe franchise eleven years after its previous attempt. The series ran on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block between August 16, 2002, and January 10, 2004.

Unlike the previous He-Man series, set on the futuristic planet of Primus, this version sought to return to the roots of the storyline and provide broader explorations never reached in the first series, including origins for each character, and some first time animated debuts of familiar toyline faces. The series also brought back several writers from the original series, such as Larry DiTillio.

The series has been noted for similarities it shares with the original series. For example, it has an homage intro to the Filmation series' intro speech, but in this version, teenager Prince Adam is interrupted by an explosion and invasion by Skeletor and his henchmen. Prince Adam transforms into He-Man when he says "By the power of Grayskull... I have the power!" (later episodes feature a chorus singing He-Man's name during the scene change). It also features "scene change" sequences, but only the one involving the Sword of Power was taken from the Filmation series; all the others were created for this series, and the sequences occur less frequently than on the previous series.

On the planet Eternia, a young prince gains the ability to become a powerful warrior to defend Castle Grayskull against the dark lord Skeletor.

Cast

Image	Character	USA	Mex	Bra	Ger	Ita	Pol	Swe	Spa
	He-Man	Cam Clarke	Gerardo Vásquez	Garcia Júnior	Tobias Kluckert	Lorenzo Scattorin		Mattias Knave
	Prince Adam	Cam Clarke	Eduardo Garza	Garcia Júnior	Julien Haggége	Lorenzo Scattorin
	Man-at-Arms	Garry Chalk	Humberto Solórzano		Jan Spitzer			Dick Eriksson	Luis Vicente Ivars
	Teela	Lisa Ann Beley	Gaby Beltrán		Diana Borgwardt	Lorella De Luca
	Sorceress	Nicole Oliver	Adriana Casas			Patrizia Scianca
	Orko	Gabe Khouth	Rolando de la Fuente
	Cringer	N/A
	Battlecat	N/A
	Ram Man	Scott McNeil	Alejandro Mayén