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| Big Hero 6: The Series | |
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| Beginning date | November 20, 2017 |
| End date | February 15, 2021 |
| Number of Episodes | 56 (66 Segments) Micro-Episodes Season One Micro-Episodes Season Two Micro-Episodes Season Three Micro-Episodes Season Four Season One Season Two Season Three |
| Producers | Mark McCorkle Bob Schooley Nick Filippi |
| Original Channel | Disney XD |
| Previous Series | Marvel Super Hero Adventures |
| Next Series | Spider-Geddon |
Big Hero 6: The Series is a television series that follows the Academy Award winning film Big Hero 6. The series began airing November 20th, 2017.
It is the first animated series to focus on the team.
Story[]
The series will immediately follow the events of the film. Hiro Hamada is the newest prodigy at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology. He faces the usual academic challenges as well as being the new person on campus. Meanwhile, he still teams up with Baymax, Honey Lemon, Wasabi-No-Ginger, Fredzilla, and GoGo Tomago to protect the city as Big Hero 6 from various scientifically enhanced villains.[1]
Background[]
Kim Possible alumni Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley, and Nick Filippi are executive producing the series while Filippi will also serve as supervising director.
President and Chief Creative Officer of Disney Channels Worldwide Gary Marsh said "Our colleagues at Walt Disney Animation Studios have created a brilliant new world, inspired by Marvel, with vivid, unique characters. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to further develop these characters into a world class animated series, full of fun, action and the kind of endearing storytelling that only Mark, Bob, and Baymax can deliver."[2]
It is unknown what this means for the film's potential sequel. MTV spoke to Honey Lemon actress Genesis Rodriguez who stated "We spoke during Oscar night and we're like, 'Well, maybe now that we got the Oscar, this might happen.' There's nothing definitive. There's talks of something happening. We just don't know what yet." This could be the results of those talks, or something to keep fan interest until the sequel eventually comes.[3]
On December 10th, 2020, Disney announced a new series to follow the film titled Baymax! to premiere on Disney+. This new series would be handled by Walt Disney Animation Studios, who normally handles just the theatrical releases, rather than Disney's television division.[4] On January 28th, 2021, Entertainment Weekly received exclusive news that this series would come to an end following the conclusion of the third season.[5] It is unknown how Baymax! fits in with this series or if one will place the other out of canon.
Cast[]
Actor Role Ryan Potter Hiro Hamada Scott Adsit Baymax Brooks Wheelan Fredzilla Jamie Chung GoGo Tomago Khary Payton Wasabi-No-Ginger Genesis Rodriguez Honey Lemon Maya Rudolph Aunt Cass Alan Tudyk Alistair Krei Stan Lee Fred's Father David Shaughnessy Heathcliff Jenifer Lewis Professor Granville Andrew Scott Obake Andy Richter Globby Jean Giambrone Richardson Mole John Ross Bowie Mei Diedrich Bader Bluff Dunder Susan Sullivan Fred's Mother Haley Tju Karmi
The cast was officially announced on November 3rd, 2016. Maya Rudolph, Jamie Chung, Scott Adsit, Alan Tudyk, Ryan Potter, Genesis Rodriguez, David Shaughnessy, and Stan Lee all reprise their roles from the film.[6]
Khary Payton's casting on the series makes him the final main cast member from Teen Titans to voice a Marvel character in animation.
Episodes[]
- Micro-Episodes Season One
- Micro-Episodes Season Two
- Micro-Episodes Season Three
- Micro-Episodes Season Four
- Season One
- Season Two
- Season Three
On March 14th, 2017, Disney XD renewed the series for a second season.[7]
Starting November 24th, 2017, Disney will release six shorts each consecutive Friday.[8]
In August 2018, Unity Technologies partnered with Disney Animation for a series of shorts based on the series titled Baymax Dreams. The shorts would use Unity's real-time rendering software, typically used for game development. According to a press release, this "gives studios the freedom to do layout, animation blending, light, VFX, render, and composite all in one place, at the same time."
The shorts were directed by Simon J. Smith. He said, "Working in Unity is like having every department at your fingertips, it completely revolutionizes the production process. The results of Unity's parallel, non-linear workflow and real-time rendering meant we were able to make 'Baymax Dreams' in half the time, allowing us to spend the other half on experimentation and the creative process."
The shorts were released on September 15th, 2018 on DisneyNOW and Disney Channel's YouTube channel.[9]
On April 16th, 2019, before the second season premiered, Disney renewed the series for a third season.[10]
On January 28th, 2021 it was announced that the third season would the last.
Video[]
Merchandise[]
On November 20th, 2017, DisneyNOW will launch an online application called Pocket Baymax. The program allows users to create a customizable, interactive virtual assistant.
Reception[]
Rotten Tomatoes ranked the series among its top one-hundred superhero series with this series at one-hundred ranking below Spider-Woman at eighty-nine, Iron Man: Armored Adventures at eighty-six, Ultimate Spider-Man at eighty-three, Spider-Man Unlimited at seventy-three, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes at sixty-nine, The Super Hero Squad Show at sixty-eight, X-Men: Evolution at sixty-six, Fantastic Four at sixty-four, Avengers Assemble at fifty-eight, Guardians of the Galaxy at fifty-five, The Marvel Super Heroes at fifty-one, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends at forty-eight, The Spectacular Spider-Man at forty-six, Spider-Man at forty, Spider-Man at nineteen, and X-Men at five.[11]
References[]
- ↑ Baymax is Back! Big Hero 6 is Getting Its Own TV Show at Oh My Disney
- ↑ 'Big Hero 6' TV Series Set for Disney XD at The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ Big Hero 6 Officially Gets A Sequel, But Not As You’d Expect at MTV
- ↑ Every Disney Announcement and More from the Disney Investor Day 2020 at D23
- ↑ Big Hero 6 The Series to end with season 3: Cast look back on their favorite moments at Entertainment Weekly
- ↑ Breaking: We Finally Know the Full Cast of the Big Hero 6 TV Series at Oh My Disney
- ↑ BIG HERO 6 Cartoon Renewed Before First Episode Even Debuts at Newsarama
- ↑ Big Hero 6 The Series is Set to Launch and Here's Everything We Know So Far at Oh My Disney
- ↑ Big Hero 6: The Series Debuts Baymax Animated Shorts Using Unity Real-Time Technology at IGN
- ↑ 'Big Hero 6: The Series' Renewed at Disney Channel (Exclusive) at The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ 100 Best Superhero TV Shows of All Time at Rotten Tomatoes
External Links[]
| Big Hero 6 Universe | |
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| Features | Big Hero 6 |
| Series | Big Hero 6: The Series • Baymax! |
| Shorts | Random Rings: Baymax Helps Launchpad |