Big Hero 6 Review

Big Hero 6


Release Date: 26th December 2014 - Australia


Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Animation Studios

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/

Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: PG

Runtime: 102 minutes


Budget: $165,000,000

Box Office Gross: $657,870,525 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Young robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada and inflatable robot Baymax form a special bond. Both are catapulted into an evil plot with their close friends and form a band of high-tech heroes.


Voice Cast
Ryan Cooper - Hiro Hamada
Scott Adsit - Baymax
T. J. Miller - Fred
Jamie Chung - GoGo Tamago
Damon Wayans, Jr - Wasabi
Genesis Rodriguez - Honey Lemon

Daniel Henney - Tadashi Hamada

James Cromwell - Professor
Robert Callaghan

Maya Rudolph - Aunt Cass

Alan Tudyk - Alistair Krei

Abraham Benrubi - General

Katie Lowes - Abigail

Billy Bush - Newscaster

Daniel Gerson - Desk Sergeant
Paul Briggs - Yama

Charlotte Gulezian - Ringleader

David Shaughnessy - Heathcliff
Stan Lee - Fred's Dad (Cameo)

Crew
Directors - Don Hall and Chris Williams
Big Hero 6 Team and Characters Creators - Man of Action
Screenplay - Jordan Roberts,
Daniel Gerson and Robert
L. Baird

Additional Story Material - Bert V. Royal
Executive Producer - John Lasseter
Producer - Roy Conli

Co-Producer - Kristina Reed

Creative Advisors - Nathan
Greno and Mark Kennedy

Lead Production Supervisor: Animation - Karen Ann Ryan
Production Designer - Paul
A. Felix

Art Director - Scott Watanabe
Character Design
Supervisor - Jin Kim
Lead Character Designer -
Shiyoon Kim

Heads of Story - Paul Briggs
and Joseph Mateo

Lead Story Artists - John Ripa

and Marc E. Price

Modelling Supervisor - Zack Petroc
Head of Animation - Zach A. Parrish

Animation Supervisors - Nathan Engelhardt,

Jason Figliozzi, Michael Franceschi,

Brent Homman and Doug Bennett

Lead 2D Animator - Mark Henn

Environment CG Supervisor - Larry Wu

Character CG Supervisor - Carlos Cabral

Background Designer - Barry Atkinson
Director of Cinematography: Lighting -

Adolph Lusinsky
Director of Cinematography: Layout -

Rob Dressel

Cinematographic Consultant - Robert Richardson

Production Manager - Yvett Merino Flores

Head of Effects - Michael Kaschalk
Visual Effects Supervisor - Kyle Odermatt

Editor - Tim Mertens

Additional Editors - Lisa Lassek

and Julie Rodgers

Associate Editors - Shannon Stein

and Karen A. White

Supervising Sound Editor & Designer -

Shannon Mills

Sound Effects Editors - Addison Teague,

David C. Hughes, Nia Hansen and

Jeremy Bowker

Supervising ADR Editor - Daniel Laurie

Re-Recording Mixers - David E. Fluhr

and Gabriel Guy

Foley Artists - John Roesch and

Alyson Dee Moore

Music - Henry Jackman

Composers: Additional Music - Dominic Lewis

and Paul Mounsey

Executive Music Producer - Chris Montan

Music Supervisor - Tom MacDougall

Score Recordist and Mixer - Alan Meyerson


Awards

2015 Academy Awards
Best Animated Feature - Chris Williams, Don Hall
and Roy Conli (Won)


Review
Marvel is still a Disney property and has always been a close competitor to Warner Brothers' DC. Since Disney's purchase, they continued to bring the life of the treasured comic book heroes on the big screen. The two corporate giants had never done an animated feature together. Finally, the Disney animation studio people decided upon BIG HERO 6. It's one of Marvel's lesser-known properties and is from the group that created Ben 10. There isn't a movie with so many scenes containing mind-boggling animation and fast-paced action since Disney put away the toys on their two earlier attempts, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet.

This movie contains a story and a blend of humour and action and delivers perfectly crafted animation rivalled by a few others. The film also includes scenes that show a lot of sadness. I was captivated by experiencing this incredible film that no studio has ever done since Pixar pushed the envelope in their mega-hit production The Incredibles to blow away the superhero comic fan base in childlike wonder.

There are many good factors to choose from in BIG HERO 6 besides its 3D animation pixels and some weight of human emotion. The film carries the background setting in the city, which is supposed to be an amalgam of Tokyo and San Francisco and is supposed to be an architectural blend. I was amazed at the film, which reminded me of another animated feature I reviewed of The Iron Giant, particularly the friendship between a boy and a machine and the end where one of those main characters makes a heroic sacrifice.

It's one step ahead of Frozen and probably a better film. Nothing gets crazy with BIG HERO 6. It will continue to be its new greatest triumph in the animation field.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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