Big Hero 6: The Series is an American superhero comedy-drama lively tv collection that aired among November 20, 2017 and February 15, 2021. The collection is produced by Disney Television Animation and changed into created by means of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command & Kim Possible allies Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley and is based on Disney’s 2014 film Big Hero 6, which itself is loosely based at the comedian e book collection of the same name posted by using Marvel Comics. The collection is a sequel because it takes place after the events of the movie and uses conventional hand-drawn animation.[1][2] It premiered with a 43-minute episode titled “Baymax Returns” on Disney XD on November 20, 2017. In 2018, the collection turned into moved from Disney XD to Disney Channel before the series premier. The collection formally premiered with new episodes on Disney Channel on June nine, 2018.[three]
The 2nd season premiered on May 6, 2019 with a 3rd season showed earlier.[four]
The third season premiered on September 21, 2020 on Disney XD.[5] The 1/3 season capabilities predominantly 11-minute episodes, in preference to the 22-minute episodes of the primary seasons. Cast participants stated on January 28, 2021 that the collection might now not return for a fourth season and the collection finale aired on February 15, 2021.
In December 2020, it turned into announced that a derivative series titled Baymax! – so that you can be produced via Walt Disney Animation Studios – will be launched on Disney+ in 2022.[6]Plot[edit]
The collection is about after the occasions of the function movie Big Hero 6 and continues the adventures of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro Hamada and the compassionate, present day robotic Baymax created with the aid of his past due brother Tadashi. Along along with his buddies Wasabi, Honey Lemon, Go Go and Fred, they form the superhero team Big Hero 6 and embark on excessive-tech adventures as they protect their city from an array of scientifically better villains. Hiro additionally faces instructional challenges and social trials as the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology (SFIT).
The display barely contradicts the ending of the film. Among the variations are Aunt Cass understanding approximately Baymax, and Hiro attending SFIT as if the whole lot is again to regular (and even though a building is erected after Tadashi, Hiro does not get hold of a grant from the Institute). Hiro also does no longer come up with the name “Big Hero 6” like it’s far implied at the quit of the movie. Instead, Fred comes up with the name after having “brainstormed an epic list of team names” and testing them with himself.Voice forged and characters[edit]
- Ryan Potter as Hiro Hamada,[7] a 14-year-antique robotics prodigy whose older brother Tadashi Hamada become killed in an explosion on the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology (SFIT) and member of Big Hero 6; he serves as the team’s unofficial chief. He wears a healthy for safety and to hide his identification whilst he flies on Baymax.
- Scott Adsit as Baymax,[7] an inflatable robotic in the beginning constructed by Tadashi as a clinical assistant, but reprogrammed with the aid of Hiro to also use martial arts as a member of Big Hero 6; he wears a suit of armor with a jetpack and wings.
- Jamie Chung as Go Go Tomago,[8] a tough, athletic scholar at SFIT and member of Big Hero 6 who makes a speciality of electromagnetics; she makes use of two huge discs as wheels/skates while in action, and also uses smaller discs as weapons.
- Genesis Rodriguez as Honey Lemon,[7] a bubbly and optimistic pupil at SFIT (and Part-Time Student at SFAI or San Fransokyo Art Institute), chemistry enthusiast, and member of Big Hero 6; she makes use of ‘chem-balls’ that produce quite a few effects.
- Khary Payton as Wasabi,[7] a clever, barely neurotic pupil at SFIT and member of Big Hero 6 who focuses on lasers, and has laser-like blades on his fingers while in action. He appreciates order and control in his lifestyles and paintings environment. Wasabi changed into previously voiced with the aid of Damon Wayans Jr. within the film.
- Brooks Wheelan as Fred,[7] a comedian ebook fan and slacker who is additionally team mascot at SFIT and member of Big Hero 6, with reptilian super-suits (one gives the advent of a lizard-like monster, the alternative is chameleon-like); he lives in a massive mansion. Fred became previously voiced by using T.J. Miller inside the movie.
- Maya Rudolph as Aunt Cass,[7] Hiro and Tadashi’s aunt and mother or father. She is obsessed with cooking new and abnormal dishes and is oblivious to Hiro’s double lifestyles, as Hiro knows that she can “in no way permit him out of the house” if he famous this statistics.
- David Shaughnessy as Heathcliff,[7] Fred’s circle of relatives butler, who assists the group of their schooling efforts.
- Alan Tudyk as Alistair Krei,[7] a pioneer entrepreneur and CEO of Krei Tech. He is revealed to recognize Big Hero 6’s mystery identities once they saved his existence within the film.
Development and production[edit]
In March 2016, Disney announced that a Big Hero 6 tv series turned into in improvement and premiered on Disney Channel in 2017. The series takes region straight away after the occasions of the movie and is created by way of Kim Possible’s Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley, and executive produced via McCorkle, Schooley and Nick Filippi.[1] The display was reportedly pitched with the aid of McCorkle and Schooley quickly following the film’s release.[nine][unreliable source] Talking to Leonard Maltin for the podcast Maltin on Movies, Scott Adsit cautioned an early 2018 launch date.[10]
In March 2016, it become discovered that Jamie Chung would reprise her position as Go Go,[8] and that following November, it was discovered that most of the solid individuals from the movie could reprise their roles, which includes Ryan Potter, Genesis Rodriguez, Scott Adsit, Alan Tudyk, and Maya Rudolph. Additionally, Khary Payton changed Damon Wayans Jr. as Wasabi and Brooks Wheelan changed T. J. Miller as Fred.[7] On January 6, 2017, Disney Channel released an reliable teaser trailer for the series.[11]
On March 14, 2017, it became renewed for a second season, beforehand of the series ideal.[12] On April 16, 2019, the series turned into renewed for a 3rd season.[thirteen] On January 28, 2021, participants of the cast said that the show would no longer be picked up for a fourth season and might air its final episode on February 15, 2021.[14]Episodes[edit]Broadcast[edit]
Baymax Returns premiered on Disney Channel channels in Canada on November 20, 2017 and inside the UK and Ireland on November 30, 2017.[15]
The series formally premiered with two new episodes on Disney Channel on June nine, 2018, followed through more new episodes on June 10, 2018, with weekly premieres every Saturday through September starting on June 16, 2018 with episodes airing at 7 a.m. beginning on September eight.[3]
Starting on May 6, episodes of the second one season aired on weekdays at three:30 p.m. Starting on September three, 2019, first-run premieres aired on Disney XD weekdays at 7:30 a.m. Premieres on Disney Channel aired 2d-run weekdays at 3:30 p.m. Eventually, the series formally moved premieres again to Disney XD beginning on January 4, 2020 until the series finale.
The series is also available on Disney’s streaming service, Disney+.Home media[edit]Big Hero 6: The Series home video releasesSeasonEpisodesRelease datesRegion 112017–1822Volume 1: Back in Action: June 26, 2018
Episode(s): “Baymax Returns” – “Failure Mode”Special featuresBack in Action (Region 1):
All six “Baymax and” shortsAwards and nominations[edit]YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.2018Annie AwardOutstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast ProductionMark Taihei, Ben Plouffe, Chris Whittier, Sylvia Filcak, Amy ChenNominated[16]seventieth Primetime Creative Arts Emmy AwardsOutstanding Animated Program”Baymax Returns”Nominated201946th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy AwardsOutstanding Sound Editing for an Animated ProgramRobert Poole II, Robbi Smith, David Bonilla, Rich Danhakl and J LampinenNominatedAnnie AwardOutstanding Editorial team in an Animated Television / Broadcast ProductionCharles Jones, Joe Molinari, Dao Le, Vartan Nazarian, David VazquezWon[17]2020Annie AwardBest Editorial in TV/MediaDao Le, Joe Molinari, Charles T. Jones, David Vasquez (for Prey Date)Nominated47th Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Writing Program for an Animated SeriesNominated[18][19]Outstanding Original Song in a Children’s, Young Adult, or Animated Program”Gonna Go Good”Nominated[18]Comic ebook series[edit]