HE-MAN & THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Animation Cel 1980

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TheDeepArchives Animation / Fine Art Gallery specializing in RARE and OBSCURE Animation FOR MORE INFORMATION call or email MATTEL TOYS HE-MAN and the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE FILMATION STUDIOS Item Type : Original Animation Production Cel of HE-MAN and ALIEN from the Classic 1980s Television Series; produced by FILMATION. Size : 12 Field 12.5 x 10.5 Condition : Excellent Circa 1980scomes with a laser print background Shipping Notes : (PLEASE READ)WE SHIP once a week, usually MONDAYS or TUESDAYS Louis Scheimer (b. October 19, 1928) is an Emmy and Grammy-award winning American producer, one of the original founders of Filmation , an animation company, and also an executive producer of many of its cartoons Masters of the Universe (commonly abbreviated to MOTU ; and sometimes informally referred to as He-Man , after the lead hero) is a media franchise created by Mattel .[ 2] [3 ][ 4] Although featuring a vast line-up of characters , the main premise revolves around the heroic characters of He-Man and evil Skeletor on planet Eternia . Since its initial launch late 1981, the franchise has spawned a variety of products, including six lines of action figures, four animated television series , countless comic series and a film . Designer Roger Sweet claims to be the chief creator of He-Man and MOTU, although this is not officially acknowledged by Mattel. [5 ] The earliest storybooks and much of the original backstory were written by Donald F. Glut .The animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was produced by Filmation and made its television debut in 1983. [8 ]Eternia is ruled by King Randor and Queen Marlena. (The latter was born Marlena Glen, a Terran astronaut who married Randor after she was marooned on Eternia by the crash of her spaceship). Their son is Prince Adam: lazy, clumsy, careless, irresponsible and almost as cowardly as his pet tiger Cringer. (Adam's twin sister, Princess Adora , was kidnapped at birth by the evil warlord Hordak - who raised her as his own daughter to become a captain in his army). However, Prince Adam possesses a magic sword , and when he holds it aloft and says the magic words, "By the power of Grayskull! I have the power!" Prince Adam is transformed into He-Man, "The Most Powerful Man In The Universe". [2 ]Many episodes, particularly the early ones, are about Skeletor's repeated attempts and failures to enter Castle Grayskull. He-Man invariably defeats these attempts, unless Skeletor defeats himself first via his own stupidity, arrogance and treachery - which is often the case. Though the animated cartoons were similar, in respects, to the version of the story presented by DC Comics, Filmation focused more on the lighter, humorous elements of the story rather than the violent ones, in order to render it more suitable for a children's audience. A new character was also introduced in the form of Orko , a small alien magician who shares Prince Adam's secret and provides the comic relief for most episodes.Despite the limited animation techniques that were used to produce the series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was notable for breaking the boundaries of censorship that had severely restricted the narrative scope of children's TV programming in the 1970s. For the first time in years, a cartoon series could feature a muscular superhero who was actually allowed to hit people (although most of the time wrestling -style moves were utlized instead of direct violence), though he still couldn't use his sword often. The cartoon was controversial in that it was produced in connection with marketing a line of toys ; advertising to children was itself controversial during this period. In Britain , advertising regulations forbade commercials for He-Man toys to accompany the program itself (either before or after the episode, as there were no in-show commercials). In similar fashion to other shows at the time (notably G.I. Joe ), an attempt to m... read more

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