User blog:LoveWaffle/Big Hero 6 voice cast, character designs revealed

A little over a month ago, I shared with you all a leaked image that supposedly revealed the character designs for the main characters of the upcoming Big Hero 6 movie, most of which significantly deviated from those characters' designs from the comics. Only a few hours ago, Disney and USA Today officially unveiled the character designs for those characters confirming the leaked image to be accurate, as well as revealing the film's official voice cast and some brief character descriptions.

And yes, they're a Sentai group.

Hiro Hamada will be voiced by Ryan Potter, who, like Hamada, is a teenager of mixed Japanese and Caucasian descent. Given his age, Potter doesn't have too many credits to his name, his biggest role being the lead on the Nickelodeon show Supah Ninjas. Hiro wears a "flight suit" that magnetically connects to Baymax. Director Don Hall calls his relationship to Baymax "symbiotic."

Scott Adsit lends his voice to Hiro's robot Baymax, who is described as a "nurse robot" Hiro built himself that transforms into a figure ready for a fight. Fans of 30 Rock may recognize Adsit as Pete Hornberger, although he has quite an accomplished voice acting career. Hall says that Baymax's importance to the film's crew had them cast the widest net to find the right voice for the character. Adsit is mostly known for taking more mature-oriented projects, but should fit the role nicely.

We already knew comedian T. J. Miller would be portraying Fred, the first role to be confirmed for the movie. What's new here comes from his design. In addition to the character's look being a radical departure from the comics, Fred will not transform into that three-eyed, fire-breathing, blue creature you see. Instead, "Fredzilla" is merely large mech suit Fred pilots from the creature's middle eye. Additionally, Fred is described as a "big sci-fi and comic book geek."

The other voice casting we were already aware of is Jamie Chung as Go Go Tomago. Hall describes her as a tough, "Clint Eastwood-type" and an industrial engineering student. No real surprises there. She's also built a bike that levitates with magnetic technology. Hiro designed her supersuit around that maglev technology, giving her numerous discs that she can roll around on and throw at enemies. Also, I guess Hiro built all their supersuits.

Honey Lemon is voiced by Génesis Rodríguez. Unsurprisingly, Honey Lemon is the "girliest" member of the group. She's also described as goofy, geeky, sweet, and ill-tempered, but there isn't all that much information about her abilities or backstory. Also, Génesis Rodríguez is not bad looking. Although I don't see how that matters because this is, you know, animated and all...What was I talking about?

Finally, Damon Wayans, Jr. rounds out the team as Wasabi, who, if you couldn't already tell, is portrayed as an African-American and not a Japanese samurai. Cue the internet hate machine and all that entails. Anyway, Wasabi fights with two plasma blades that come out of his supersuit's arms, which are capable of cutting through anything. He is described as a bit conservative and the most cautious of the group, being more concerned with precision and following the rules than anything else. So rest assured he'll be letting his hair down before the end of the movie.

Rounding out the main cast are Maya Rudolph as Aunt Cass, James Cromwell (Spider-Man 3s Capt. Stacy) as Professor Callaghan, Alan Tudyk as Alistair Krei, and Daniel Henney (X-Men Origin: Wolverines Agent Zero) as Tadashi Hamada. Neither Disney nor USA Today released any information about these characters; however, if the previous leak is to be completely believed, Tadashi is most likely Hiro's missing older brother. Also, Tudyk's "Alistair Krei" sounds like the name of a villain, and James Cromwell typically plays them. So there's that.

For those of you disappointed in the film's many departures from the source, keep this in mind: This movie is not made for you. All of the advertising for this movie so far has made little to no mention that it's based on a Marvel Comics property, and drawn attention to the fact that it's from the same studio who made Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen. This movie is for the same family audience those movies attracted, not the small number of people who really want to see a movie about an obscure superhero team.

Besides that, what does everyone think about the film's voice cast, the character designs, and the snippets of information we know about them? Is Big Hero 6 a movie you might be interested in seeing?

Big Hero 6 will be out November 7, 2014 in the United States, and in February 2015 in the UK.