Big Hero 6: The Series

This article is about the television series. For other uses, see Big Hero 6 (disambiguation).

Big Hero 6: The Series
File:Big Hero 6 The Series logo.jpg
Based on	Big Hero 6 by Man of Action Big Hero 6 by Don Hall and Chris Williams
Developed by	Mark McCorkle Bob Schooley Nick Filippi
Written by	Sharon Flynn Paiman Kalayeh
Directed by	Stephen Heneveld Ben Juwono
Voices of	Ryan Potter Scott Adsit Jamie Chung Genesis Rodriguez Khary Payton Brooks Wheelan Maya Rudolph
Composer	Adam Berry
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1
Production
Executive producers	Bob Schooley Mark McCorkle Nick Filippi
Production companies	Disney Television Animation Man of Action Studios
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	November 20, 2017 – present

Big Hero 6: The Series is an American animated television series, produced by Disney Television Animation and developed by Kim Possible creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley. The series is based on Disney's 2014 film Big Hero 6, which itself is loosely based on the comic book series, Big Hero 6 published by Marvel Comics. The series is a sequel as it takes place after the events of the film and uses traditional hand-drawn animation. It premiered with a 43-minute episode titled "Baymax Returns" on Disney Channel and Disney XD on November 20, 2017. The series will formally premiere with two new episodes on Disney Channel on June 9, 2018.

Plot

The series follows the events of the feature film Big Hero 6 and continues the adventures of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro Hamada and the compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax created by his late brother Tadashi. Along with his friends Wasabi, Honey Lemon, Go Go and Fred, they form the superhero team Big Hero 6 and embark on high-tech adventures as they protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains. Hiro also faces academic challenges and social trials as the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology (SFIT).

The show slightly retcons the ending of the movie. Among the differences include, Aunt Cass knowing about Baymax, the Big Hero 6's team identities are still secret from the public and Hiro attends SFIT as if everything is back to normal (though Tadashi's death is acknowledged, they do not erect a building in his honor and Hiro does not receive a grant from the Institute). Hiro also does not come up with the name "Big Hero 6" like it is implied at the end 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 cast

Returning characters

• Ryan Potter as Hiro Hamada, a 14-year-old robotics prodigy whose brother Tadashi Hamada was killed in an explosion at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology (SFIT) and member of Big Hero 6.
• Scott Adsit as Baymax, an inflatable robot originally built by Tadashi as a medical assistant, but reprogrammed by Hiro to also use martial arts as a member of Big Hero 6.
• Jamie Chung as Go Go Tomago, a tough, athletic student at SFIT and member of Big Hero 6 who specializes in electromagnetics.
• Genesis Rodriguez as Honey Lemon, a student at SFIT, chemistry enthusiast, and member of Big Hero 6
• Khary Payton as Wasabi, a smart, slightly neurotic student at SFIT and member of Big Hero 6 who specializes in lasers. Wasabi was voiced by Damon Wayans Jr. in the film.
• Brooks Wheelan as Fred, a comic book fan who is also team mascot at SFIT and member of Big Hero 6. Fred was voiced by T.J. Miller in the film.
• Maya Rudolph as Aunt Cass, Hiro's aunt and guardian. She is obsessed with cooking new and strange dishes and is oblivious to Hiro's double life.
• David Shaughnessy as Heathcliff, Fred's family butler.
• Alan Tudyk as Alistair Krei, a pioneer entrepreneur and CEO of Krei Tech. He is revealed to know the Big Hero 6's identities.
• Paul Briggs as Mr. Yama, a notorious gangster working under Obake and Hiro's arch-nemesis.
• Stan Lee as Boss Awesome / Frederick Frederickson III, Fred's Dad and a former superhero. While his real name has never been said, his son is revealed to be Frederick Frederickson IV, hinting at his actual name.
• Laura Silverman as Krei's Assistant, a capable and sarcastic woman who is always at Krei's side. She was a silent character in the movie, but speaks for the first time in the series.
• Christy Carlson Romano as Trina, a bot-fighter. She was a silent character in the movie, but speaks for the first time in the series.
• Daniel Henney as Tadashi Hamada, Hiro's older brother who built Baymax and was killed by Professor Callaghan. He appears as a recording in "Baymax Returns" and "Failure Mode".
• James Cromwell as Yokai / Professor Robert Callaghan, the former head of SFIT turned criminal.

New characters

• Jenifer Lewis as Professor Granville, the new head of the robotics program at SFIT. A stern woman who despises procrastination and deep down sees potential in Hiro.
• Andrew Scott as Obake, a mysterious villain.
• Andy Richter as Globby / Dibbs, a pathetic thief who steals Honey Lemon's chem purse with an experimental neurotransmitter and that transforms him into a slime monster.
• Diedrich Bader as Bluff Dunder, a news reporter for San Fransokyo. Known for his somewhat pompous delivery.
  • Bader also voices Felony Carl, a recurring minor criminal.
• Susan Sullivan as Mrs. Frederickson, Fred's wealthy socialite mother who is embarrassed by her son's antics.
• Sean Giambrone as Richardson Mole, an eleven year old fanboy and Fred's arch-rival. He has an open crush on Go Go.
• John Ross Bowie as Mel
• Haley Tju as Karmi, a biology student at SFIT who is jealous of Hiro, but is in love with his alter ego.
• Jeff Bennett as Baron Von Steamer, a steampunk based villain and arch-enemy of Boss Awesome.
• Katy Mixon as Barb, the mother of Juniper and part of the electricity powered duo High Voltage.
• Sophie Reynolds as Juniper, the daughter of Barb and part of the electricity powered duo High Voltage.
• Naoko Mori as Momakase, a professional thief and chef who uses cooking blades as weapons.
• Gordon Ramsay as Bolton Gramersi, an arrogant chef and Cass' rival.
• Alton Brown as Yum Labouché, a famous chef and judge in the underground
• John Michael Higgins as Mini-Max, Fred's robot sidekick.
• Lucas Neff as Noodle Burger Boy, the fast food mascot of Noodle Burger.
• Mara Wilson as Liv Amara, a self made millionaire.

Development and production

In March 2016, Disney announced that a Big Hero 6 television series was in development and will premiere on Disney XD in 2017. The series takes place immediately after the events of the film and is created by Kim Possible's Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley, and executive produced by McCorkle, Schooley and Nick Filippi. Talking to Leonard Maltin for the podcast Maltin on Movies, Scott Adsit suggested an early 2018 release date.

In March 2016, it was revealed that Jamie Chung reprises her role as GoGo and that following November, it was revealed that most of the cast members from the film would reprise their roles, including Ryan Potter, Genesis Rodriguez, Scott Adsit, Alan Tudyk, and Maya Rudolph. Khary Payton replaced Damon Wayans Jr. as Wasabi and Brooks Wheelan replaced T. J. Miller as Fred. On January 6, 2017, Disney XD released an official teaser trailer for the series.

The first season will consist of 21 half-hours.

On March 14, 2017, it was renewed for a second season, ahead of the series premiere.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Baymax Returns"	Stephen Heneveld, Ben Juwono	Written by : Sharon Flynn, Paiman Kalayeh Storyboard by : Trey Buongiorno, Christopher Copeland, Monica Davila, Michael Fong, Stephanie Stine, David Vantuyle, Young ki Yoon	November 20, 2017 (2017-11-20)	1.51
Shortly following the defeat of Callaghan and Hiro's first day at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, Hiro discovers Baymax's personality chip and proceeds to rebuild his skeleton. Meanwhile, Fred tries to convince the reluctant group to return to crime fighting as the superhero team Big Hero 6. Elsewhere, Yama is hired by the mysterious Obake to steal an unusual paperweight from Professor Granville, the new dean at SFIT and Hiro's professor. Hiro rushes the rebuilding process and the skeleton escapes and is captured by Yama and his crew. Yama pressures Hiro to retrieve the paperweight in exchange for the skeleton. With Fred's help they get it, but Yama double crosses them. Wasabi, GoGo and Honey Lemon arrive and save them and make off with the skeleton and paperweight, but meanwhile Yama managed to create duplicates of the skeleton and sends them out to attack the city. They also steal the paperweight which is revealed to have powerful magnetic energy that affects electric appliances including a train carrying Aunt Cass. The Big Hero 6 stop the train and Hiro tosses the paperweight into the sky where it safely explodes. The next day, Granville gives Hiro Tadashi's old lab and he joins his friends in becoming the Big Hero 6. Meanwhile the villain Obake contemplates his next move.
2	"Fred's Bro-Tillion"	Stephen Heneveld	Written by : Sharon Flynn Storyboard by : Stephen Heneveld, David Vantuyle, Young Ki Voon	June 9, 2018 (2018-06-09)	N/A
When super-villain Baron Von Steamer crashes Fred's Bro-Tillion, Big Hero 6 springs into action.
3	"Big Roommates"	Kathleen Good	Written by : Jeff Poliquin Storyboard by : Aldina Dias, Kathleen Good, Jay Oliva, Alan Wan	June 9, 2018 (2018-06-09)	N/A
A purse thief gets more than he bargained for when he steals Honey Lemon's chem-lab purse and it turns him into the mutant super-villain, Globby.
4	"Issue 188"	Ben Juwono	Written by : Kathleen Good Storyboard by : Trey Buongiorno, Ben Juwono, Max Lawson, Stephanie Stine	June 10, 2018 (2018-06-10)	N/A
Professor Granville sets Hiro up with Karmi, a student studying biology. Karmi despises Hiro for replacing her as the youngest student to join SFIT, yet ironically, she has a crush on Hiro's alter ego which she somehow cannot seem to recognize. Meanwhile, the Big Hero 6 take on Barb and Juniper, known collectively as the electricity and pop music powered duo High Voltage. In order to help, Fred has to visit his arch-nemesis, Richardson Mole who has in his possession issue 188 of Captain Fancy. In the end, Fred's mission turned out to be in regards to Hiro's identity not being noticed and the team take out High Voltage easily. Hiro realizes that Granville set him up with Karmi to help her become more social. Karmi gains some respect for Hiro, but now thinks that he "has it bad" for her.
5	"Food Fight"	Kathleen Good	Written by : Noelle Stevenson Storyboard by : Aldina Dias, Teny Issakhanian, Max Lawson, James Shur, David Vantuyle	June 10, 2018 (2018-06-10)	N/A
When Aunt Cass stumbles into an underground cooking competition, she thrives and becomes addicted to the excitement, mean while, the team faces a ninja thief named Momakase.
6	"Muirahara Woods"	Stephen Heneveld	Written by : Sharon Flynn Storyboard by : Monica Davila, David Vantuvle, Young Ki Yoon	June 16, 2018 (2018-06-16)	N/A
Hiro, Fred, and Baymax follow GoGo into the mysterious Muirahara Woods where they get lost and everything electronic strangely fails including Baymax.
7	"Failure Mode"	Kenny Byerly	Written by : Kathleen Good Storyboard by : Travis Blaise, Max Lawson, Matthew O'Callaghan, Kenji Ono, James W. Suhr	June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	N/A
Hiro becomes demoralized when his latest school project fails spectacularly; the team must take on the incompetent villain, Globby.
8	"Aunt Cass Goes Out"	Stephen Heneveld	Written by : Jeff Poliquin Story by : Joe Ansolabehere Storyboard by : Trey Buongiorno, Monica Davila, David Vantuyle, Young Ki Koon	June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30)	N/A
After Aunt Cass nearly discovers Hiro's secret membership in the Big Hero 6, Hiro tries to set her up with someone to distract her.
9	"The Impatient Patient"	Kathleen Good	Written by : Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle Storyboard by : Monica Davila, Aldina Dias, Karen Guo, Tenny Issakhanian, James W. Suhr	July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07)	N/A
Although he is obviously ill, Hiro refuses to listen to his team-mates and Baymax and only watch from afar as they fight the mercenary team Mad Jacks.
10	"Mr. Sparkles Loses His Sparkle"	Kathleen Good	Written by : Paiman Kalayen Storyboard by : Aldina Dias, Max Lawson, Naomi Hicks, Kenji Ono, Teny Issakhanian, James W. Suhr	July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14)	N/A
Crazy game show host Mr. Sparkles threatens to hurt Hiro's cat Mochi to force Go Go to join a game. But she is very afraid of public appearances.
11	"Killer App"	Ben Juwono	Written by : Daniel Dominguez Storyboard by : Trey Buongiorno, Michael Fong, Maria Nguyen	July 21, 2018 (2018-07-21)	N/A
Wasabi's need for order clashes with Hiro's chaotic work style when they collaborate on a school project.

Broadcast

Baymax Returns premiered on Disney XD channels in Canada on November 20, 2017 and in the UK and Ireland on November 30, 2017.

The series formally premieres with two new episodes on Disney Channel on June 9, 2018, followed by two more new episodes on June 10, 2018, with weekly premieres every Saturday through September starting on June 16, 2018.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2018	Annie Award	Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production	Mark Taihei, Ben Plouffe, Chris Whittier, Sylvia Filcak, Amy Chen	Nominated

External links

• Official website
• Big Hero 6: The Series at IMDb
• Big Hero 6 Baymax Returns at IMDb