Only Hiro retains his Japanese ancestry and even then he's half-white. The Disney adaptation changes the setting to the more multiethnic San Francisco, California (or "San Fransokyo" as it's called due to the series' Alternate History). Adaptational Diversity: In the original comic all of Big Hero 6 was Japanese.Honey Lemon is introduced listening to "Boca, Dulce Boca", a song by Jose Luis Rodriguez (father of Honey's VA, Genesis Rodriguez).The school mascot suit he wears in his introduction also resembles the head of a Hideous Zippleback. Miller, playing monster suit wearing kaiju fanboy Fred, has been "inside" of a monster before. Acid-Trip Dimension: The world between the portals is a nebulous space filled with beautiful, technicolor cloud-like structures based on fractal geometry.At first, he callously dismisses this as Tadashi's own mistake, but in the end, Callaghan comes to regret it. Accidental Murder: Professor Callaghan stays in the burning building to fake his death Tadashi Hamada runs in and tries to save him, so his death in the fire becomes Callaghan's indirect responsibility.While there are Metropolis/ Blade Runner-style skyscrapers, giant turbines floating in the sky, and robots are common enough that nobody looks twice at the sight of Baymax, the neighborhoods look like old brownstones and the cars are mostly boxy subcompacts from the late '80s to early '90s, including the one that Wasabi drives. 20 Minutes into the Future: A banner marking the 95th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge on one of the streetcars puts the film as being set around 2032.When a threat to the city arises caused by the mysterious criminal Yokai, Hiro upgrades Baymax into a fighting flying machine and recruits Tadashi's four best friends to form the ultimate superhero team to stop him. Tadashi invents a huggable learning robot named Baymax for assisting in healthcare and hopes it can be used in hospitals in the future, but a sad fate halts that dream. Tadashi attends the prestigious university San Fransokyo Tech and wants his brother, who spends his time hustling illegal bot-fighting, to do the same. In fictional San Fransokyo (a portmanteau of San Francisco and Tokyo in form as well as name), robotics prodigy brothers Hiro and Tadashi Hamada live with their aunt over a coffee and bakery shop. Yes, after years of dabbling in fantasy, mythology, and even video games, a superhero film has finally entered the animated canon. Marvel's higher ups served as creative consultants for the film's production, but had no involvement for any BH6 projects following.
note However, for all intents and purposes, Big Hero 6 is considered to be a Disney rather than Marvel property. Big Hero 6 is the 54th Disney Animated Canon film, inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name created by Man of Action, making it the first Disney animated film featuring Marvel characters following the company buying the comics publisher in 2009.