Trailer Talk: Big Hero 6 (English + Japanese)

by Daniela

WARNING: Potential spoilers ahead! The Japanese trailer gives out details that were not revealed in the English trailer!

Following the on-going phenomenon that was Frozen, Disney has now started to released footage of their 54th animated feature. Big Hero 6 is the company's first attempt at making an animated film after acquiring Marvel. Fortunately for Disney, Big Hero 6 is one of Marvel's lesser known properties so they have the creative liberty to make a few changes here and there. And no, this isn't a sequel to Big Hero 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.

Big Hero 6 follows a young Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter), a robotics prodigy and his robot balloon man, Baymax (Scott Adsit). The adventure begins when the two learn of a criminal plot unfolding in their city of San Fransokyo (a combination of San Francisco and Tokyo). Along with the likes of a newly formed team of heroes: GoGo Tomago (Jamie Chung), Wasabi (Damon Wayans Jr.), Honey Lemon (Genesis Rodriguez) and Fred (T.J. Miller), they must stop the evil Yokai from fulfilling his dark and mysterious plan.

English Trailer

Much like the first Frozen trailer, the first official English trailer for Big Hero 6 focuses a lot around humour. It mostly centres around the pair of Hiro and the adorable Baymax. The two are at the police department and are trying to report a crime regarding a microbot controlling man in a kabuki mask. Unfortunately for Hiro, the officer doesn't seem to be giving him the time of day which leads to Baymax being suited up for battle. 

If you didn't love Baymax in the first teaser, you will for sure fall in love with him in this trailer! He gets the best gags and the funniest lines that fans have constantly been raving about! Disney has made a refreshing change as humour doesn't rely on the usual slapstick comedy but more of those... incredibly... awkward... moments. I have no idea why, but I thought him taping up himself was hilarious! And who could forget "big hairy babyyyyyyy." If you now call your cats that, I think you're awesome. We also get a small glimpse of the other Big Hero 6 team members but only hear the voices of GoGo Tomago and Fred. For any How to Train Your Dragon fans, T.J. Miller who voices Fred, also voice Tuffnut! It would have been nice to have a bit more of the team but no doubt they will be more prominent figures in future trailers. I'd also love to see them in crime-fighting mode!

The kabuki mask villain is no other than the terrifying Yokai. His design is simple with his tall and dark figure but all of your attention goes to his mask. Iconic characters like Ghostface from Scream or V from V for Vendetta also follow this route. Don't even get me started on how frustrated I was that Evey never told us who V was! Interestingly, no voice actor has been announced for this character. He could be one of those creepy silent villain types or...  I smell a plot twist!

Evidently, Disney is holding back and not playing all their cards just yet. Let's remember that infamous Elsa trailer that was much more emotional that the initial trailer that Disney released for Frozen. Luckily for us, the Japanese trailer has a teensy bit more to show. Also, who doesn't love a good Disney Easter egg? I love how they threw in references to their past films. A big thumbs up to you if you found them without looking them up!

Japanese Trailer

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Note: Translations were made by Dore (naturalborncoward on Tumblr) who is a good friend of ours! Thanks Dore!

The boy lost his beloved older brother

His name is Hiro.
Hiro has by his side his brother Tadashi’s memento.

Baymax: Hello.
Hiro: Who are you?
Baymax: My name is Baymax. I will protect your body and soul.
Hiro: Oh, Baymax…
Baymax: Tadashi created me. On a scale from 1 to 10, which level is your heartbreak at?
Hiro: Can you not…

From the makers of Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph

Baymax: I will protect you no matter what, that is Tadashi’s wish.
Tadashi (video): You and Baymax together will save everyone.

However, Hiro still doesn’t know(?) the real orders Baymax is entrusted with…

Baymax: I do not think this is necessary for a care robot…
Hiro: Test it out.
Hiro: That’s good, Baymax!

Baymax (hugging Hiro): There there…

Can the world be saved with kindness?

Unlike the first official English trailer, the Japanese trailer takes the emotional route by already ripping a character away from us! It opens with the funeral of Tadashi, Hiro's older brother and you can already tell that this is going to be much more serious. It's a classic Disney move to always have some sort of family member die and cause everyone to start their movie experience off with a little bit of emotional trauma. Thanks guys.  Hiro is clearly upset from the loss of his brother indicating that the two were probably very close. We get a glimpse of Tadashi through a video he leaves for Hiro. Enter Baymax, who we understand to be the creation of Tadashi. Baymax's purpose is to protect Hiro and ultimately become his best friend. But Baymax's orders from Tadashi aren't as clear cut as we think.

Interestingly, we don't even see the other team members here. In comparison to the English trailer, despite the same footage from the teaser, we get to see more of Baymax's personality and purpose rather than him being purely comic relief. One thing I did think was cool was the end quote "can the world be saved with kindness?" Obviously this theme will be a large theme in the movie and I'm excited to see how it will play a part in such an action-packed story. It's also interesting to note that the film will be called Baymax when it is realeased in Japan. So, my guess is that Baymax is going to play a much larger role in the film than I had originally anticipated. And who doesn't want more Baymax?