Ultraman Kids

is an anime sub-series of the larger Ultraman Series aimed at a very young target audience, featuring child Ultras and aliens encountering day-to-day struggles and going on adventures. The series began with the 1984 short film which was shown alongside Ultraman ZOFFY: Ultra Warriors vs. the Giant Monster Army in theaters.
The short was followed up by the TV series in 1986, then later a sequel series in 1991 titled . This second show was more adventure oriented and featured more characters, though mainly focusing on Maa, Pico, Bal, and a new character named Piko (not to be confused with Hanuman's human host) based upon Yullian.
The series can be watched on Plex, Roku, Vudu, Shout! TV, and Tubi.
==Characters==
===Main Ultras===
*Maa
*Piko
*Cebu
*Taa
*Ace
*Rookie
*Root
*Nozzy
===Main Kaiju===
*Bal
*Gutsun
*Mephira
*Pega
*Gomotan
*Elepy
*Takkon
*Grosser
*Poly Poly
*Pigko
*Midori
*Milk
*Gus
===Ultraman Kids: The Pleasant Friends of Planet M7.8===
*Gamarra
*Captain Majara
===Ultraman Kids: 30 Million Light-Years in Search of Mother===
*Kureron - A young Motokureron who was placed under a curse.
*Kureron's Friends
*Elepy
*Monster Birds - A flock of these creatures attacked Maa and Sev when they attempted to get crude oil to power their ship. They are noteworthy in being the first creatures to get a taste of Maa's Ultro Beam.
*King Docking
*King Docking's Soldiers - King Docking's Soldiers were originally lost space travelers that were turned into his servants. When Maa defeated King Docking in a battle, the soldiers were set free to return to where they came from.
*Kaneppi - A young Kanegon who befriends the cast.
*Kanelin - A young Kanegon who also befriends the cast
*Kanegon Officer - An adult Kanegon officer who arrests Maa for saving another Kanegon's life.
*Kanegon People
*Purima - A crystal planet similar in appearance to Pris-Ma that almost turned the crew into crystals when Piko stole a piece of it.
*Saborin
*Saborin's Knights - A group of young Saborin who befriend their prince.
*CP Robot - Saborin's care robot.
*Seamon - A young Seamons obsessed with a love fortune, falling in love with Bal and then Seagora.
*Seagora - A young Seagorath that only wanted Seamon's affection.
*Fortune Teller Ura - An elderly Woo who met Maa's parents and helps the group.
*Kaiju Shippopo - A kaiju that appeared when Seamon stepped on it's tail. Bal fended it off with out knowing. Later returned to fight Bal, only to be beaten by Seagora.
*Doremic Brothers - A group of humanoid instruments Midori found in an egg floating in a lake. They leave the ship to spread their music and look for Maa's mother.
*Teby - A young Tepeto
*Mayor of the Underwater City - An Elderly Tepeto
*King Docking's Mother - An elderly Red King
*Robokkin - Docking's Mother's personal assistant robot.
*Dodgey - A Tetsuon who was caught steeling food. Becomes a staff member at Mr. Grosser's school.
*Dr. Zabra - An Alien Zarab professor who invents things, helped the Kids twice.
*Dr. Zabra's wife - Dr. Zabra's wife who is in constant anger due to her husband's shennanigans.
*Mecca - An arrogant humanoid alien that promised to fix Bal's Bal, only to give up after drinking a smoothie mixed with the Homesick Herb.
*Repairman - an Alien Mysteler that Bal brought to fix his ship, only to get physically abused by not only Bal but Gutsun as well.
*Young Abo - A young Aboras who is seen with his girlfriend.
*Bunny - A young Banila who used the Homesick Herbs to convince Abo to stay with her.
*Yanpy - A young Yapool Girl who was brought onto the Kids Star by one of Maa's sneezes.
*Old Women Fortune Tellers - Three good natured elderly fortune tellers tricked into being witches and dream stealers from the Crystal Ball Spirit.
*Crystal Ball Spirit - A being that lives inside a dark crystal ball, powered by dreams.
*Takkon Brothers
*Gonchan - A young Crazygon that befriends the group on Planet Roborobo
*Utomtoms - Three U-Toms that capture the cast and force them to perform in a circus
*Jokkin - The Utomtom's security enforcer, a version of King Joe
*Prince Goro - a young Alien Goron who was shrunk by Garlong to take over the throne of Planet Goron.
*Garlong - an evil Alien Goron who attempted to overthrow the royal bloodline by shrinking Prince Goro, only to be thwarted by Maa and his friends.
*Street Soldiers - A bunch of Alien Goron hench soldiers loyal to Garlong.
*Doris - A young human girl who has been reading about Maa's journey in a book. She is also sucked into Alice in Wonderland with the Kids Star group.
*Doris' Friends - Four other young human girls who are seen jump roping outside. Doris joins them after her adventure with the Kids Star group.
*Friends in Wonderland - The inhabitants of Wonderland, including Gryphon, Mock Turtle, Cheshire Cat, the Caterpillar, White Rabbit, the Card soldiers, Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter, March Hare, and the Dormouse.
*Dadako Brothers: Dadapi, Dadapu and Dadapo, three young Dada aliens who drifted apart from loneliness. Maa and his friends re-unite the brothers and befriend them.
*Haudi: A Birdon that runs a cafeteria, also acts as the Dadako Brothers' nanny.
*Lampy: An elderly Alien Miracle who runs and protects the only source of light in The Black Zone.
*Lens: The insectoid leader of the Space Jack Pirates, has sensitive eyes.
*Mask: A Saigo looking lacky of Lens, wears a mask because of breathing problems.
*Hat: A gun slinging and cigar chomping member who wears a hat to hide his balding head.
*Gyappy: A young Flying Raidron who befriends the group on their travels, even saving Pigko and Midori from quicksand, Piko from a falling coconut, and the entire crew from animal eating flowers.
*Gyappy's Mama: A large Flying Raidron that appeared when the mother of the animal eating flowers attacked the group and caught Gyappy in a vine. 
*Pent: A friendly Alien Icarus who also acts as Maa's parents personal driver.
*Ms. Pent: Pent's wife who is currently watching over Maa until his parents get back from their emergency response to a Nebula Hurricane.
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*Ultraman Kids is one of the shows that is not released as part of TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION's streaming list.
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