History ComicBook / MechCadetYu

The comic was adapted into an animated series titled "WesternAnimation/MechCadets'' on {{Creator/Netflix}}, done by Creator/PolygonPictures, which released August 10, 2023. A sequel comic series, also titled ''Mech Cadets'', released its first issue a day before, on August 9, 2023. It takes place [[TimeSkip a year after]] ''Mech Cadet Yu'' concludes, with a new addition to the principal cast of Cadets, Francis 'Frank' Oliveti's cousin Franklin. This time, [[TheRival the]] [[DefrostingIceQueen formerly]] [[AcademicAlphaBitch antagonistic]] Olivia Park takes the focal protagonist role, as she struggles with the new status quo she's now living.

The comic was adapted into an animated series titled "''WesternAnimation/MechCadets''" on {{Creator/Netflix}}, done by Creator/PolygonPictures, which released August 10, 2023. A sequel comic series, also titled ''Mech Cadets'', released its first issue a day before, on August 9, 2023. It takes place [[TimeSkip a year after]] ''Mech Cadet Yu'' concludes, with a new addition to the principal cast of Cadets, Francis 'Frank' Oliveti's cousin Franklin. This time, [[TheRival the]] [[DefrostingIceQueen formerly]] [[AcademicAlphaBitch antagonistic]] Olivia Park takes the focal protagonist role, as she struggles with the new status quo she's now living.

* AlienInvasion: The Sharg eventually return and it's a textbook example of feral aliens attempting to take over.

* BondCreature: The Mecha Robos.

* HumongousMecha: Again, the Robos.

* WrongGenreSavvy: In a darker story, the military being wary of [[spoiler: the benevolent robots who come to help defend the world with no strings attached and making plans to wipe them out]] would have been the right call. However, in everything but country of origin this is a traditional SuperRobot work, so their fears are unfounded.

* ChildProdigy: Most of the students must be these because there's a specific window of opportunity to bond with the Robos based on age. Robos whose first pilots die are sometimes given new adult pilots.

* HeroicSacrifice: In the final battle, [[spoiler:in order to prevent more Robos from being killed to power Hero Force Two, Stanford’s team has their Robos plug into HF2 and charge its energy supply from their own reserves. Unfortunately, Hero Force One glitches in the process and chooses to eject Olivia while it stays to transfer the last of its energy into the colossal mech.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: In the final battle, [[spoiler:in order to prevent more Robos from being killed to power Hero Force Two, Stanford’s team has their Robos plug into HF2 and charge its power supply from their own energy reserves. Unfortunately, Hero Force One glitches in the process and chooses to eject Olivia while it stays to transfer the last of its energy into the colossal mech.]]

* ChildProdigy: Most of the students must be these because there's a specific window of opportunity to bond with the Robos based on age. Robos whose first pilots die are sometimes then given new adult pilots.

The comic was adapted into an animated series titled "''WesternAnimation/MechCadets''" on {{Creator/Netflix}}, done by Creator/PolygonPictures, which released August 10, 2023. A sequel comic series, also titled ''Mech Cadets'', released its first issue a day before, on August 9, 2023. It takes place [[TimeSkip a year after]] ''Mech Cadet Yu'' concludes, with a new addition to the principal cast of Cadets, Francis 'Frank' Oliveti's cousin Franklin. This time, [[TheRival the]] [[AcademicAlphaBitch antagonistic]] Olivia Park takes the focal protagonist role, as she struggles with the new status quo she's now living.

The comic was adapted into an animated series titled "''WesternAnimation/MechCadets''" on {{Creator/Netflix}}, done by Creator/PolygonPictures, which released August 10, 2023. A sequel comic series, also titled ''Mech Cadets'', released its first issue a day before, on August 9, 2023. It takes a place [[TimeSkip a few years after]] ''Mech Cadet Yu'' concludes, with a new addition to the cast of Cadets. This time, [[TheRival the]] [[AcademicAlphaBitch antagonistic]] Olivia Park takes the focal protagonist role, as she struggles with the new status quo she's now living.

The comic was adapted into an animated series titled "''WesternAnimation/MechCadets''" on {{Creator/Netflix}}, done by Creator/PolygonPictures, which released August 10, 2023. A sequel comic series, also titled ''Mech Cadets'', began in 2023.

The comic is being adapted into an animated series titled "''Mech Cadets''" on {{Creator/Netflix}}, done by Creator/PolygonPictures. It's due to be released by 2023. A sequel comic series, also titled ''Mech Cadets'', began in 2023.

The comic is being adapted into an animated series titled "''Mech Cadets''" on {{Creator/Netflix}}, done by Creator/PolygonPictures. It's due to be released by 2023.

Enter Stanford Yu, a Chinese American youth who unfortunately is not a Sky Corps Cadet. He's a janitor there along with his mother. He can only watch the Robos arrive from a distance as he bikes home after a long day's work. That is until a Robo winds up damaged and off course, and lands on his route back home. When Yu tries to guide the Robo towards the mountain, he winds up bonding with it. As there's no known way to break the connection between a Robo and pilot, Yu must attend the Sky Corps academy as a Cadet and learn to defend the planet.

The comic was later adapted into an animated series titled "''Mech Cadets''" on {{Creator/Netflix}}, done by Creator/PolygonPictures.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcomd: The aftermath of Yu and the cadets [[spoiler:fighting a sudden Sharg attack, despite that they're still in training and haven't been ordered to this fight, is that they get demoted and reassigned to non-combatant roles. They also have to clean up the carcasses of the Sharg left in the area after their battle.]]

* PowerTrio: Excluding Skip Tanaka's Robo, Mechs arrive in sets of three.

* RealityEnsues: The aftermath of Yu and the cadets [[spoiler:fighting a sudden Sharg attack, despite that they're still in training and haven't been ordered to this fight, is that they get demoted and reassigned to non-combatant roles. They also have to clean up the carcasses of the Sharg left in the area after their battle.]]

''Mech Cadet Yu'' is a comic series by Creator/GregPak. It was first published as the one-shot ''Los Robos'' in the comics anthology ''Shattered'', then was adapted into a full series by Creator/BoomStudios. It ran for 12 issues with another release in omnibu format for 3 volumes. The series' concept was influenced by ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' and ''Anime/MazingerZ''.

The comic was later adapted into an animated series on {{Creator/Netflix}}.

Years ago, Boy Scout Skip Tanaka was out hiking in the dessert when a HumongousMecha descended from outer space and formed an unbreakable bond with him. The two would become world-renowned heroes, fighting off numerous alien threats. They began the Sky Corps, a program that trains talented youths so that the best of the best can go to the mountain where Skip's [[AMechaByAnyOtherName Robo Mech]] first arrived, where new Robos arrive once a year to bond with the cadets.

''Mech Cadet Yu'' is a comic series by Creator/GregPak. It was first published as the one-shot ''Los Robos'' in the comics anthology ''Shattered'', then was adapted into a full series by Creator/BoomStudios. It ran for 12 issues with another release in omnibu format for 3 volumes. The series' concept was influenced by Iron Giant and Mazinger Z.

* WouldHurtAChild: The Sharg are more than willing to target the Sky Corps academy, which is full of young trainees. [[spoiler: They even intentionally leave their eggs in the area in the hopes they'll be brought in.]]

''Mech Cadet Yu'' is a comic series by Creator/GregPak. It was first published as the one-shot ''Los Robos'' in the comics anthology ''Shattered'', then was adapted into a full series by Creator/BoomStudios. It ran for 12 issues with another release in omnibu format for 3 volumes.