Greg Pak's science fiction comic "Mech Cadet Yu" will be animated! Animation production will be handled by Polygon Pictures.

Polygon Pictures has announced that it will produce the animation series MECH CADETS, based on the science fiction comic "Mech Cadet Yu" (Boom! Studio) by Greg Park and Takeshi Miyazawa.

Since its establishment in July 1983, Polygon Pictures has been Japan's largest digital animation studio engaged in the production of cutting-edge entertainment films with the mission of "doing what no one else is doing with overwhelming quality for the world to see. Including its production base in Malaysia, "Silver Ant PPI Sdn. Bhd. Bhd., a production base in Malaysia. They are passionate about content creation, making full use of the latest technology. Their representative works include "GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters", "Knights of Sidonia", "Ajin", "BLAME!", "Star Wars: Resistance", and "Pingu in the City".

The upcoming animated series "Mech Cadets" is set on Earth after it is attacked by a space race, and tells the story of Stanford Yu, a young boy working at a military academy, who becomes a pilot of a giant robot to fight against the space race with his friends.
Boom! Studios, publisher of "Mech Cadet Yu" in the U.S., provided full cooperation in the production of the animation. The script and executive producer is Aaron Lam of "Spartacus: God of Arena" (2011) and "Deadly Ghosts Returns" (2018).

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Jack Lien, executive producer of the company, commented on the announcement: "We are very pleased to announce the launch of our Tokyo-based studio, "The J-Pop Anime Theme Poll", which will be held in Tokyo, Japan.

As a Tokyo-based studio, we believe it is important for our team to bring together diverse opinions and create a story that embodies the Japanese art form. In keeping with our mission "to do what no one else is doing, with unparalleled quality, for the world to see," we are proud to be working with our talented team of general director Toru Awa-Patrick and writer/producer Aaron Lam, along with Greg Park, Takeshi Miyazawa, and Boom! Studios. Studios, and the talented staff of Greg Pak, Takeshi Miyazawa, and Boom! We are also honored to be working with Netflix, which has made it possible for us to tell this story. I hope that future storytellers around the world will be inspired by this film."

MECH CADETS will be available exclusively on Netflix in 2023. Expectations are high for the world of "Mech Cadet Yu," depicted in the latest 3DCG.

Film information
MECH CADETS
Fifty years from now, in a world after the Earth has been attacked by a terrifying space race. Stanford Yu, a young boy working as a janitor at the Sky Core Military Academy, has only one dream that he really wants to fulfill. That dream was to become the pilot of Robo-Mech, a giant robot that came from outer space to save the Earth. Eventually, this dream becomes a reality, and Stanford and his classmates join forces to protect mankind from a new threat from a space race.

Scheduled for exclusive distribution on Netflix in 2023.