The Dawn of Monster Kid

The Dawn of Monster Kid is an American/Japanese animated science fiction superhero action-comedy television series co-produced by Toho Animation, Film Roman and Man of Action. It serves as a reboot to the original series and the entire Monster Kid franchise.

Plot
After being exposed to a chemical compound on international television, Max "Z" Stewart gains the ability to transform into giant monsters and helps people while defending the Earth from evil intergalactic criminals, mad scientists, supervillains and giant monster attacks.

Main Characters

 * Max Stewart/Monster Kid - a 10 year-old boy who can transform into kaiju.
 * Cora Stewart - Max's adoptive sister who is a child prodigy.
 * Alora Blight/Princess Blight - an alien princess from Photon and a member of the Blight Force.
 * Mary Stewart/Rosestar - Harold's wife, mother of Max, Ava, Debbie, Megan and Daisy, and the adoptive mother of Cora. She is also a superhero with cosmic-based powers and serves as Max's mentor.
 * Alora Blight/Princess Blight - an alien princess from Photon and a member of the Blight Force.
 * Mary Stewart/Rosestar - Harold's wife, mother of Max, Ava, Debbie, Megan and Daisy, and the adoptive mother of Cora. She is also a superhero with cosmic-based powers and serves as Max's mentor.
 * Mary Stewart/Rosestar - Harold's wife, mother of Max, Ava, Debbie, Megan and Daisy, and the adoptive mother of Cora. She is also a superhero with cosmic-based powers and serves as Max's mentor.

Supporting Characters

 * Harold Stewart - a respectful scientist, CEO of Stewart Corp, Mary's husband, father of Max, Ava, Debbie, Megan and Daisy, and the adoptive father of Cora.
 * Megan Stewart -
 * Ava Stewart -
 * Debbie Stewart -
 * Daisy Stewart -
 * Kyle -
 * Daphne Baxter -
 * Rachel Drake - Mary and Scarlet's younger twin sister.
 * Miranda Drake/Black Claw -
 * Amanda Drake -
 * Danielle Drake -
 * Morrow family -
 * Madison Morrow -
 * Chad Morrow -
 * Samantha Morrow -
 * Toby Morrow -
 * Zoey Morrow -
 * Samantha Morrow -
 * Mindy Morrow -
 * Bobby Morrow -
 * Deleon family -
 * Jerry Deleon
 * Alina Deleon
 * Trixie Deleon
 * Casey Deleon
 * Scarlet Lane - a fashion designer, businesswoman and the younger twin sister of Mary and Rachel. She was a spy and former member of an organization called Avalon.
 * Dinah Stewart - Max and Alora's daughter from the future.
 * Dylan Stewart - Max and Alora's son from another universe where his father died saving the Earth from Zero.
 * Avalon - an organization dedicated to protect the Earth from alien invasions, super criminals and kaiju attacks.
 * Theodore Drake - the leader of Avalon and husband of Rachel.
 * Mara Holland - the chief director and head of technology of Avalon and ex-wife of the Gold Vulture.
 * Laura Holland - the daughter of Mara and Ivan.
 * Alex Holland - the son of Mara and Ivan.

Antagonists

 * Zero - an artificial lifeform created by Dr. X from the use of nanotechnology and Max's greatest archenemy.
 * Adam Jones/Dr. X - a former Stewart Corp scientist-turned supervillain who became corrupted after transferring his consciousness into alien nanites called the Hive.
 * The Hive - an all powerful extraterrestrial being created by the Ancient Ones via nanotechnology.
 * Overmind - a sentient alien robot created by the Ancient Ones.
 * The Drox - an alien race of energy beings in silicon suits. They are rivals of the Staronites.
 * Mr. Z - an extraterrestrial worm-like being and one of the most wanted criminals in the universe.
 * Silver Men - humanoid silverfish monsters that serve as Mr. Z's foot solders.
 * Syndicate 5 - a team of supervillains founded by Gold Vulture.
 * Gold Vulture - a supervillain and the uncle of Max.
 * Silver Moth - a moth-themed supervillain and the archenemy of Black Claw.
 * Lady Blight - an intergalactic criminal who wishes to rule the Earth and serves as one of Max's archenemies. She is a member of the Blight and Queen Blight's twin sister.
 * Dark Nitro - a supervillain speedster.
 * Dagger - an intergalactic arms dealer.
 * Tickles the Clown -
 * Mama - an evil entity who takes the form of an old woman to scare human children.
 * Masters of Performance Arts - a group of villains who use their performance art skills for crime.
 * Dance Master - a supervillain who uses dance moves for his crimes and can control people with a hypnotic song and dance.
 * Magic Master - a magician-themed supervillain who uses advanced technology to simulate magic.
 * Puppet Master - a former puppeteer-turned supervillain who uses mind control technology headbands to control people.

Monsters

 * Solaris - An alien organism that feeds on energy.

Animation
The animation is the same as Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.

Prequel film
Main Article: The Dawn of Monster Kid: Origins

Trivia

 * Here are some changes from the original series.
 * Several characters from the original series won't appear
 * Andrew and Dennis won't appear.
 * Dawn won't appear.
 * Andy won't appear.
 * Ayla won't appear.
 * Dexter and Katie won't appear.
 * Allen won't appear.
 * Rachel has a son named Kyle, who's a Staronite.
 * Daisy will still be a Staronite.
 * Several kaiju from the original series will return as Max's monster forms.
 * Sagon
 * Vortex
 * Jiragon
 * Vokkon
 * Darkstar
 * Mevopod
 * Scarragon
 * Mary and Rachel are born with a third triplet sister.
 * The Blight Force won't have human identities and will go by their birth names.
 * Princess Blight will be more humorous.
 * Darrel is deceased after dying on the line while saving a partner's life.
 * Jade still resides at the Stewart Mansion, but with Daphne.
 * Humanity coexist with the Blight since 1999 after saving the Earth from an alien invasion. They colonize on an island and created Photon City, the most advanced city on the planet.
 * The Blight Force are public heroes as well as Max.
 * The main setting of the show is a new fictional city in Virginia called Dragon Cove.
 * Andrew and Dennis get replaced with two older twin girls, Ava and Debbie.
 * Megan is 11 years old along with Ava and Megan.
 * Cora is a 10 year-old American/Japanese and was adopted by Mary and Harold after her birth parents were killed during a giant monster attack in Tokyo.
 * Zero is an energy-based being from an unknown dimension who devours planets by draining the energy of a planet's core.
 * Max has two twin sisters instead of two twin brothers.
 * Max is portrayed as a child prodigy who's really smart and acts comic relief, but still remains the same like he was in the original series.
 * Cora will serve as the deuteragonist of the show and has the power to control technology.
 * Max won't be wearing his Monster Kid suit until the third season.
 * Jade becomes a main character.
 * Max can talk in his monster forms via telepathy.
 * Harold and Jade run a company called Stewart Corp.
 * Mr. Z is a giant worm-like alien with mind control powers, similar to the DC Comics supervillain, Starro.
 * Mary and Jerry have a strained relationship from prior to the show, due to a failed experiment that nearly killed Megan, but also gave her psycho powers.
 * Many monsters from the Godzilla franchise make appearances in the show.
 * Zero serves as the unseen antagonist of the first 2 seasons and fully appears as the main antagonist of the third and final season.
 * The Blight Force are part of an intergalactic organization dedication to the protection of the universe from various threats.