Mech Cadet Yu is an American comic book limited series written by Greg Pak and drawn by Takeshi Miyazawa. It was published by Boom! Studios between 2017 and 2018.
Premise Cadets from the Sky Corps Academy team up with giant robots from outer space to protect the planet from aliens from the Sharg race.
Issues Issue # Publication date Critic rating and reviews Sales12 August 20179.1/10 based on 16 reviews8,407213 September 20178.7/10 based on 9 reviews4,775311 October 20178.8/10 based on 8 reviews rowspan="2" 415 November 20178.4/10 based on 7 reviews510 January 20188.4/10 based on 10 reviews3,67967 February 20188.4/10 based on 8 reviews3,26777 March 20188.6/10 based on 9 reviews3,08584 April 20188.4/10 based on 8 reviews2,940913 June 20187.7/10 based on 5 reviews2,6061011 July 20188.1/10 based on 6 reviews2,392118 August 20188/10 based on 1 review2,3531212 September 20189.2/10 based on 6 reviews2,272
Reception On Comic Book Roundup, the series has a score of 8.5 out of 10 based on 93 reviews. Steve Morris of Comic Book Resources called the debut issue "entertaining". Chase Magnett of ComicBook.com gave the first volume a "B" and felt that its main problem was "building the world necessary for the characters and the main idea to fall into place". C.K. Stewart of Newsarama gave the debut issue a 10 out of 10 and called it "a fun comic for readers of all ages". Joshua Davison of Bleeding Cool, reviewing issue eight, praised the artists.
Awards and nominations +YearAwardCategoryResult2018Ringo AwardsMike Wieringo Spirit Award
In other media An animated series based on the comic series, entitled Mech Cadets, was released in August 2023.
In February 2026, it was announced that Todd Helbing and Brent Fletcher were developing a live-action adaptation for Disney+.
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