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Baymax
Baymax is a fictional superhero character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau, Baymax first appeared in ''Sunfire & Big Hero 6'' #1 (September 1998). Baymax begins his existence as Hiro Takachiho's science project. Originally designed to be a hydro-powered robotic synthformer programmed to serve as Hiro's personal bodyguard, butler and chauffeur, Baymax becomes Hiro's best friend and father figure after being programmed with his recently deceased father's brain engrams. When the Giri recruits Hiro into the fledgling super-team Big Hero 6, Baymax also joins the team, where his phenomenal strength, amazing surveillance and data analysis capabilities have proven useful. Baymax is an artificial synthformer capable of synthtransing his body into various forms: a large humanoid male, "Battle-Dragon" and "Action-Mecha". The first serves as his default form, designed to be less conspicuous in public while attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baymax!
''Baymax!'' is an American animated superhero science fiction comedy television series created by Don Hall that premiered on Disney+ on June 29, 2022, featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The series is a spin-off of the animated feature film '' Big Hero 6'' (2014), and the second television series set in the film's continuity following '' Big Hero 6: The Series'' (2017–2021). The series is the first television series produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Synopsis The series follows healthcare companion robot Baymax as he helps people in the city of San Fransokyo. Voice cast * Scott Adsit as Baymax, a robot created by Tadashi, Hiro's late brother. *Ryan Potter as Hiro Hamada, a student at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology. * Maya Rudolph as Aunt Cass, Hiro's aunt. * Zeno Robinson as Ali, Sofia's friend. * Emily Kuroda as Kiko, a patient. * Lilimar as Sofia, a middle school patient. * Jaboukie Young-White as Mbita * Brian Tee as Yukio Episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Hero 6 (film)
''Big Hero 6'' is a 2014 American animated superhero film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Loosely based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Big Hero 6 (comics), Big Hero 6 created by Man of Action Entertainment, Man of Action, the film was directed by Don Hall (filmmaker), Don Hall and Chris Williams (director), Chris Williams and produced by Roy Conli, from a script by Jordan Roberts (writer), Jordan Roberts, Robert L. Baird and Daniel Gerson. It stars the voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Daniel Henney, T.J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, James Cromwell, Maya Rudolph and Alan Tudyk. The film tells the story of Hiro Takachiho#In other media, Hiro Hamada, a young robotics prodigy and Baymax#In other media, Baymax, a healthcare robot invented by his late brother, Tadashi. They form a superhero team to combat a supervillain responsible for stealing Hiro's tech. ''Big Hero 6'' is the first Disney animated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadashi Hamada
Tadashi Hamada is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated film '' Big Hero 6''. The film is inspired by a Marvel comic book of the same name. He is voiced by Daniel Henney. Tadashi is ethnically Japanese. In the film, Tadashi, a student at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, is the creator of Baymax, and the older brother of Hiro Hamada. Baymax, as described in the film, is a personal health care companion. Appearances ''Big Hero 6'' (2014) Tadashi appears in ''Big Hero 6'' as Hiro Hamada's older brother. Due to their parents being deceased, Tadashi is Hiro's primary voice of reason and father figure. In the film, Tadashi and Hiro live in San Fransokyo with their aunt Cass. Although his age is not explicitly described in the film, Tadashi acts very mature for his age. Additionally, Henney describes the character as "pure", even comparing Tadashi to an angel. Tadashi is also a "tech-wizard" who attends the San Fransokyo Institute of Tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Hero 6 (comics)
Big Hero 6 is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and created by Man of Action. Publication history Created by Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau, Big Hero 6 was intended to first appear in '' Alpha Flight'' #17 (Dec. 1998). Instead, the team appeared in their own self-titled, three-issue miniseries by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Gus Vasquez. Due to scheduling complications, the miniseries was published prior to ''Alpha Flight'' #17. The team appears in ''Alpha Flight'' #9 (January 2005), as well as a five-issue miniseries launched by Marvel Comics in September 2008. Fictional biography The Japanese government, in need of a team of state-sanctioned superheroes, consults the Giri, a top-secret consortium of politicians and corporations formed to recruit and train potential recruits for Big Hero 6, a team of superhuman operatives. Despite reservations from some members of the Giri, Silver Samurai, a freelance ronin and former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Adsit
Robert Scott Adsit (born November 26, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, Adsit joined the mainstage cast of Chicago's The Second City in 1994 after attending Columbia College Chicago. He appeared in several revues, including ''Paradigm Lost'' for which he won The Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Comedy. From 2005 to 2008, he codirected, co-wrote and coproduced the Adult Swim stop-motion animation program '' Moral Orel'' with Dino Stamatopoulos and Jay Johnston. He also voiced several characters and was nominated for an Annie Award for his work as Clay Puppington, Orel's father. After the success of ''Moral Orel'', Adsit and Stamatopoulos worked together again on the stop-motion animation series '' Mary Shelley's Frankenhole'' (2010–2012). Adsit is known for his role as Pete Hornberger, the well-meaning but jaded producer, on the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'', which won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Takachiho
Hiro Takachiho is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in ''Sunfire & Big Hero 6'' #1, and was created by Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau. The character is known as Hiro Hamada and voiced by Ryan Potter in the '' Big Hero 6'' film and television series and related media. He is a young robotics prodigy who helps form the superhero group Big Hero 6 to protect the city. The character is also changed to half Japanese and half Caucasian. Publication history Created by Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau in their spare time while working on another project, Hiro was first intended to appear with the rest of Big Hero 6 in ''Alpha Flight'' #17 (December 1998). However, the team first appeared in their own self-titled three-issue miniseries by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Gus Vasquez, which due to scheduling issues, was published before ''Alpha Flight'' #17. The character appeared with the team in a subsequent five-issue mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that produces animated feature films and short films for the Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a scene from its first synchronized sound cartoon, ''Steamboat Willie'' (1928). Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney after the closure of Laugh-O-Gram Studio, it is the List of animation studios, longest-running animation studio in the world. It is currently organized as a division of Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios and is headquartered at the Roy E. Disney Animation Building at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California. Since its foundation, the studio has produced List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films, 63 feature films, from ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937), which is also the first hand dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomic Bombings Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during World War II. The aerial bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only uses of Nuclear warfare, nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Surrender of Japan, Japan announced its surrender to the Allies on 15 August, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet–Japanese War, Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan and Soviet invasion of Manchuria, invasion of Manchuria. The Japanese government signed an Japanese Instrument of Surrender, instrument of surrender on 2 September, End of World War II in Asia, ending the war. In the final year of World War II, the Allies of World War II, Allies prepared for a costly Operation Downfall, invasion of the Japanese mainland. This undertaking was preceded by a Air raids on Japan, conventional bombing and firebombing campaign that de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Resources
''CBR'', formerly ''Comic Book Resources'', is a news website primarily covering comic book news, comic book reviews, and comic book–related topics involving movies, television, anime, and video games. It is owned by Valnet, parent of publications including ''Screen Rant'', ''Collider (website), Collider'', ''MovieWeb'' and XDA Developers. History ''Comic Book Resources'' (''CBR'') was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics' then-new Kingdom Come (comic), mini-series of the same name. ''CBR'' has featured columns by industry professionals such as Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, and Mark Millar. Other columns were published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury (writer), George Khoury and Timothy Callahan. Acquisition by Valnet By April 4, 2016, ''CBR'' was sold to Valnet Inc., a Montreal, Canada–based company that owns other media properties includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Lobdell
Scott Lobdell (; born 1960) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter known for his work on numerous X-Men series for Marvel Comics in the 1990s, various work for DC Comics in the 2010s, namely '' Red Hood and the Outlaws, Teen Titans,'' and ''Superman'', and comics for other publishers, including the ''Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers'' series by Papercutz or ''Fathom'' by Aspen MLT. He also wrote the script to the 2017 comedy-horror film ''Happy Death Day''. Career Early career Lobdell did not begin to read comics until he was 17 years old, while lying in bed after lung surgery. Later, he went to college to study psychology, but quit two years later when he began to write. While in college, he wrote for the college newspaper and interviewed Marvel editor Al Milgrom. Lobdell started submitting various stories to Marvel, but was systematically rejected by various editors, including Tom DeFalco. Later, DeFalco started editing Marvel Comics Presents (a bi-weekly book) r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney+
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, as an animation studio, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney, Roy Oliver Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it later operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before adopting its current name in 1986. In 1928, Disney established itself as a leader in the animation industry with the short film ''Steamboat Willie.'' The film used synchronized sound to become the first post-produced sound cartoon, and popularized Mickey Mouse, who became Disney's mascot and corporate icon. After becoming a success by the early 1940s, Disney diversified into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. However, followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Roberts (writer)
Jordan Roberts (born Bruce Robert Jordan; June 19, 1957) is an American screenwriter and film director, known for co-writing the screenplays for the Academy Award-winning animated Disney film '' Big Hero 6'' (2014), for which he was nominated for the Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production. He also wrote and directed '' Around the Bend'' (2004), '' 3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom'' (2012), and '' Burn Your Maps'' (2016). Personal life Roberts is the son of actress Roberta "Bobbi" Jordan (née Barlett; 1937–2012) and screenwriter and film producer Robert Samuel Jordan, who left the family when Roberts was 3 years old. His stepfather was television screenwriter William "Bill" Jacobson (1919–2011), whom his mother married on October 23, 1968. Roberts had one brother, Scott Jordan, who died in the 1980s of a heroin overdose, and one older stepsister, Jessie Jacobson. Roberts married Marianne Roberts in 1991. They have a son, Cameron Roberts. Roberts also has a nephew, Brandon Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
