He-Man and the Warriors of the Universe is an upcoming American animated streaming television series produced by Mattel Television and Netflix Animation, it is a direct sequel and a "semi-spiritual sequel" to the 1983-1985 Filmation series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe that ignores the events of The New Adventures of He-Man and Master of the Universe: Revelation and is an "Amerime-tized" adaptation of Hiro Mashima's Japanese manga Fairy Tail.
Like Masters of the Universe, the series will stream on Netflix.
Premise[]
Adam and Teela have wed and beard a son, Prince Adam II, but his family is torn apart after Skeletor and He-Man's last battle leaves his mother betrayed and heartbroken, his grandpa Duncan exiled, and the king and queen overthrown by King Hiss forced to flee his home with his father's "fearless" friend Cringer they join a magical guild where they befriend two of their best wizards and winged cat, but eventually must return home to fight Hiss and the revived Skeletor as the new He-Man but he won't be fighting alone. The series will also reveal the secrets of Castle Greyskull.
Voice Cast[]
- Mark Hamill - Skeletor
- Tara Strong - Princess Teela, Queen Marlena
- Cam Clarke - Prince Adam I / He-Man
- David Kaye - King Randor, Stratos
- Tom Kenny - Orko, Roboto
- Susan Eisenberg - Sorceress
- Grey Griffin - Evil-Lyn, Lady Slither
- Kevin M. Richardson - Ram Man, Beast Man
- Roger C. Smith - Trap-Jaw, Buzz-Off
- Trevor Devall - Tri-Klops, Man-E-Faces
- Fred Tatasciore - Mer-Man
Production[]
Netflix and Mattel announced yet another Masters of the Universe animated series that will be a direct sequel, so the original series left off and a semi-spiritual sequel that won't involve any morals after each episode. The series also features the next generation of warriors and characters from the original series as well as characters from 2002 series and will standalone from Smith's Revelation, Bonnett, David, Keenan, and Soulie will return as executive producers, Ciro Nieli and David will take the role of showrunners. The series will center around Adam and Teela's son Prince Adam II along with a new generation of heroes as they the battle against the revived Skeletor, his followers and the vicious King Hiss and his army.
Characters from the 2002 series, 2021 series and Revelation will appear with other characters that didn't make their debut with some material from those shows will be used. Hiro Mashima, author of Fairy Tail and Rave Master announced that the show will also be a "Mattel-ifyed" or "Amerime-tized" adaptation of Fairy Tail and has confirmed that MOTU versions of his characters, however some characters and other material will be removed.
Casting[]
Mark Hamill announced that him reprise her role as Skeletor from Revelation, Cam Clarke will reprise his role as Adam from the 2002 series, David Kaye will voice King Randor, Kaye originally voiced Cringer from the 2021 series along, with cast members from both the Revelation and the 2021 series will reprise their roles or cast as different characters. Following Fairy Tail's adaptation a majority of the anime's dub cast is in talks reprise their roles MOTU versions of their characters, excluding Newton Pittman.
Music[]
Ali Dees' "The Power Is Ours" will be used in the opening credits and Bear McCrearys' He-Man Transformation music will be used during transformation sequences.
Animation[]
Production Reve and Tiger Animation will be outsourcee to animate the series like Revelation it will use an anime-like fashion, but was later replaced by Toneplus Animation Studios and for a CGI cel-shaded look. Hiss' design from the 2002 series will used, while his snake form will be altered, and the design used for 2002 Prince Adam will be featured on Adam II, Skeletor will have mixed design from 2002 series and Revelation some characters will be aged up, some won't because some are robots or magical beings like Orko.
Homage[]
In addition the series will pay homage to the franchises' previous adaptations including The New Adventures of He-Man and Revelation. Nieli that this will be on par with 2012 adaptation of TMNT and given his experience on a show he created for Jetix it will be a great benefit to the studio.
Merchandise[]
Mattel will manufacture the merchandise, Mashima will judgement them himself.
Comics[]
Dark Horse Comics will develop comics that will be in a separate continuity Mashima will personally oversee progress with some of the writers coming up with various titles and ideas.