When thinking about classic '80s cartoons, one of the biggest standouts is Masters of the Universe, which most of us simply called "He-Man" because the real title of that cartoon was a mouthful for a toddler. Now, He-Man is returning to television as Mattel TV and Netflix have teamed up for an anime series.

Announced at Power-Con, director Kevin Smith surprised audiences and announced this new project. He will serve as showrunner and executive producer of Netflix's anime series Masters of the Universe: Revelation. The show will entail unresolved stories from the classic '80s era, and it will follow many of your favorite characters right where they left off when the show ended.

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"I'm Eternia-ly grateful to Mattel TV and Netflix for entrusting me with not only the secrets of Grayskull, but also their entire Universe," declared Smith in a press release. "In Revelation, we pick up right where the classic era left off to tell an epic tale of what may be the final battle between He-Man and Skeletor! Brought to life with the most metal character designs Powerhouse Animation can contain in the frame, this is the Masters of the Universe story you always wanted to see as a kid!"

Eric Carrasco (Supergirl), Tim Sheridan (Reign of the Supermen), Diya Mishra (Magic the Gathering), and Marc Bernardin (Alphas) will serve as writers on the new series. Powerhouse Animation, the studio behind Netflix's Castlevania series will be doing the animation.

The new series continues to grow Netflix's anime content on the service. "He-Man has inspired children--and the child inside of us all--for decades, with his feats of heroism and courage in the face of evil," exclaimed John Derderian, head of anime content for Netflix. "We can think of no better creator for this show than Kevin Smith."

No release date was revealed at the time of the announcement.

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One only needs look at the She-Ra series on Netflix to see this needs a hard pass. It'll probably be all woke. Beastman, Ram-Man, and a host of others will be changed to gay characters. Man-E-Faces will have one face that's a woman, one that's an animal, and maybe that's another race so he can change gender, species, and race so he can talk about how he's persecuted when he changes faces (yes I'm aware one of his faces was a monster another was a robot plus he was an actor if I remember it right so that takes us back to one of my earlier predictions). They confiscate He-Man's sword hoping that will stop all violence on Eternia. and lock up Duncan because he's making weapons that fall into bad guys hands/claws/jaws/bones/whatever. Someone will probably try to force Marlena and Orco back to their original planet/dimension because they were illegal, but we'll have a storyline about how they are doing jobs (queen/jester) that other Eternians won't do or conditions were bad so they were seeking asylum. Sadly all of that would not take much work as He-Man pretty much lends itself to it.

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