The hit all-ages Mecha series MECH CADETS will soon be an animated series on Netflix, and will also be collected in a trade paperback.
The press release follows:
Media Release -- Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa’s beloved series, Mech Cadet Yu, is being collected in full in the soft cover MECH CADETS BOOK ONE this Summer from BOOM! Studios’ imprint, KaBOOM! With colors by Triona Farrell, Jessica Kholinne, and Raúl Angulo, MECH CADETS BOOK ONE collects all twelve issues of the soon-to-be animated series on Netflix!
Every four years, giant sentient robots from outer space come to Earth and bond forever with a brand new crop of Sky Corps Academy cadets. But this time, instead of a cadet, one mech bonds with Stanford Yu, a young boy working with his mom as a janitor at Sky Corps.
For Stanford, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. But first, he’ll have to earn the trust of his classmates and survive contact with an uncompromising enemy…the Sharg!
MECH CADETS BOOK ONE is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning KaBOOM! imprint, home to comics for middle grade and younger readers including original series Just Beyond by R.L. Stine, Kelly & Nichole Matthews, and Irene Flores; ORCS! By Christine Larsen; The Princess Who Saved Herself by Greg Pak, Jonathan Coulton, and Takeshi Miyazawa; Forever Home by Jenna Ayoub; Jo & Rus by Audra Winslow, Hex Vet by Sam Davies; Drew and Jot by Art Baltazar; Hotel Dare by Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre; RuinWorld by Derek Laufman; and Pandora’s Legacy by Bones Leopard and Kelly & Nichole Matthews.
MECH CADETS BOOK ONE will be available in comic shops May 17, 2023 and in bookstores May 23, 2023. It is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle. Be sure to pick up your copy before the Summer 2023 premiere of Mech Cadets on Netflix!
For continuing news on MECH CADETS and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios was founded by Ross Richie in 2005 with the singular focus of creating world-class comic book and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences. Through four distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia—the company has produced bestselling, award-winning original work, including Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR, Something is Killing the Children, and Lumberjanes, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Dune, Magic: The Gathering, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and The Jim Henson Company properties. R.L. Stine's Just Beyond, based on bestselling BOOM! graphic novel series, is currently streaming on Disney+. BOOM! will also bring their original series to life through a first-look relationship with Netflix including the upcoming animated TV series Mech Cadets in 2023. Please visit www.boom-studios.com for more information.
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