![]() Hiro and his university buddies use their scientific prowess to transform themselves and Baymax into superheroes to combat a Kabuki-masked villain. ![]() The protagonist is scrawny teen robotics prodigy Hiro, who, after suffering a tragic loss, befriends inflatable waddling robot Baymax, designed to be a personal health-care assistant. ![]() “Big Hero 6” is Disney’s first animated foray into the Marvel world, inspired by an obscure comic of the same name. There’s the swamp-dwelling ogre “Shrek” from DreamWorks Animation SKG’s and the child-frightening goofball monsters from Pixar Animation’s “Monster’s Inc.” and Steve Carell’s charmingly awful villain in “Despicable Me” - all which have gone on to sequels. Since then, unconventional heroes and edgier humor have emerged to push animated fare beyond kids-only consumption. Princess tales and the animal world dominated animation until the late 1990s with movies such as “The Lion King” and “The Little Mermaid.” “It coincides with nerd culture being popular in pop culture,” said Don Hall, who co-directed the film with Chris Williams, both self-described nerds. 7, is centered in a futuristic world of robotics and takes place in Sanfransokyo, which imagines San Francisco fused with Tokyo. ![]() The Marvel comics-inspired “Big Hero 6,” in theaters on Nov. LOS ANGELES, Oct 22 (Reuters) - An oversized personal health-care robot assistant might seem out of place next to the princesses and furry animals that have won over legions of fans, young and old, in animated films.īut for every young girl belting out “Frozen” princess anthem “Let It Go,” Walt Disney Co is betting there’s a nerd who will root for the geeks and robot fighting evil in “Big Hero 6.”ĭisney’s big film this year leads a field of offbeat animated movies featuring little green monsters and a Day of the Dead love triangle that could lure new audiences to animation, an increasingly vibrant segment of the movie industry, both creatively and economically. ![]()
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