<P> Big Hero 6 premiered at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 23, 2014, and at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival on October 31; it was theatrically released in the Disney Digital 3 - D and RealD 3D formats in the United States on November 7, 2014 . The film was met with both critical and commercial success, grossing over $657.8 million worldwide and becoming the highest - grossing animated film of 2014 . It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie . It also received nominations for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film . Big Hero 6 was released on DVD and Blu - ray Disc on February 24, 2015 . </P> <P> A television series, which will continue the story of the film, will debut in 2017 on Disney XD . </P> <P> Hiro Hamada is a 14 - year - old robotics genius living in the futuristic city of San Fransokyo . After graduating from high school, he spends much of his free time participating in illegal robot fights . To redirect Hiro, his elder brother Tadashi takes him to the research lab at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, where Hiro meets Tadashi's friends, GoGo, Wasabi, Honey Lemon, and Fred . Hiro also meets Professor Robert Callaghan, the head of the university's robotics program . Amazed, Hiro decides to apply to the university . To enroll, he signs up for the school's science fair and presents his project: microbots, swarms of tiny robots that can link together in any arrangement imaginable using a neuro - cranial transmitter . Hiro declines an offer from Alistair Krei, CEO of Krei Tech, to market the microbots, and Callaghan accepts him into the school . When a fire breaks out among the exhibits, Tadashi rushes in to save Callaghan, but the building explodes moments later, apparently killing both Tadashi and Callaghan . </P> <P> Weeks later, a depressed Hiro inadvertently activates Baymax, the inflatable healthcare robot that Tadashi created, who follows Hiro's only remaining microbot to an abandoned warehouse . There, the two discover that someone has been mass - producing the microbots and are attacked by a man wearing a Kabuki mask who is controlling them . After they escape, Hiro equips Baymax with armor and a battle chip containing various karate moves and they track the masked man to the docks . GoGo, Wasabi, Honey Lemon, and Fred arrive, responding to a call from Baymax, and the masked man chases the group . The six escape to Fred's mansion where they decide to form a high - tech superhero team to combat the villain . </P>

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