The power of friendship, love, and good choices.

Big Hero 6 is basically another Astro Boy waiting to happen.

The biggest difference? Friends.

Sure, Astro Boy had help here and there — but Big Hero 6 takes the whole friendship saves the day concept and makes it the heart of the entire movie. Without it, nothing that happens in this story would even be possible.

The movie throws us straight into the future — a mashup of San Francisco and Tokyo called San Fransokyo — without any explanation of how the world got there. Flying cars? Floating wind turbines? Advanced robotics? Yeah, it’s just… there.

Honestly, I kind of respect that they don’t even bother trying to explain it.

The world-building isn’t the point — the characters are.

Our introduction to Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter) is at a robot fight — a gritty little underground setup where custom-built machines go head-to-head for cash.

Hiro looks like your typical dumb 14-year-old kid — cocky, reckless, probably a little too smart for his own good. He walks in with this tiny, janky-looking robot that barely looks like it could make toast — let alone fight.

Everyone writes him off immediately.

Then Hiro absolutely hustles the hell out of everyone.

It’s the classic underdog setup, but it works because it immediately shows us who Hiro really is:

• A genius
• A little shit
• Way smarter than everyone around him

Tadashi (Daniel Henney) comes swooping in on his scooter to save Hiro from getting his ass kicked — and from that moment on, you just know something bad is going to happen to him.

It’s written all over their relationship.

Tadashi isn’t just Hiro’s big brother — he’s his guiding light. The guy who pushes him to do better, be better, and not waste his talent on petty robot fights. The bond between them is so strong that when you lose Tadashi…

You feel it.

The Invention

The whole movie pivots around Hiro’s invention:

Micro-Bots.

Tiny robots the size of a fingernail that can link together and form anything you can think of — controlled by nothing but your mind.

Honestly? One of the coolest inventions in any animated movie ever.

Disney movies have always danced around death with metaphors and flowery language.
But not this one.

They straight up say the word dead — multiple times. No sugarcoating.

Tadashi runs into a burning building to save his professor, Callaghan, and… that’s it.

He’s gone.

The way they handle his death is heavy — especially for a Disney movie. They let you sit with that grief right alongside Hiro. It makes everything that comes after feel real, not just some superhero origin story.

Baymax: The Heart of the Movie

If there’s one thing that makes this movie unforgettable, it’s Baymax (Scott Adsit).

He’s a walking marshmallow balloon with the emotional depth of a golden retriever — and somehow, he’s one of the best-written robot characters they’ve written yet.

What makes Baymax so special is that he’s not just some cold, calculated machine like every other robot you’ve seen before. He genuinely cares — and it’s not just because he’s programmed to.

There’s something in him that goes beyond the code.

I don’t care what anyone says — Baymax has emotions.

Eventually, Hiro builds a whole squad out of Tadashi’s friends — turning them into self-made superheroes with tech-based powers.

• Go Go Tomago – Speedster with magnetic wheels
• Wasabi – Laser blades and OCD
• Honey Lemon – Chemistry genius with a purse full of chemical bombs
• Fred – The rich comic book nerd in a fire-breathing kaiju suit

What I loved about this movie is that none of these guys are traditional superheroes. They’re just… smart people trying to do the right thing.

The Villain Twist

Okay, so the villain reveal?

Totally predictable.

If you didn’t guess who the masked man was from the moment he showed up, you probably weren’t paying attention. But honestly, the villain isn’t what this movie is really about.

It’s about grief — and how you deal with it.

Hiro goes through every stage of it:

• Denial
• Anger
• Revenge

But it’s his friends — and Baymax — that bring him back from that dark place.

At its core, Big Hero 6 is a movie about what makes someone a hero.

Not powers.
Not revenge.
Not even saving the day.

It’s about making the right choices — even when you’re hurting.

If you’re looking for some groundbreaking, mind-bending sci-fi flick — this isn’t it.
But if you want a movie about friendship, loss, and what it means to do the right thing — you’re in for something special.

The animation is gorgeous.
The characters are lovable.
The emotional punches hit hard.

If you’re into:
✅ Save-the-world movies
✅ Cute emotional robots
✅ Lovable self-made superheroes
✅ Crying at animated movies when nobody’s watching

Then this one’s for you.