Mech Cadet Yu

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.

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.

In other media

An animated series based on the comic series, entitled Mech Cadets, was released in August 2023.