It’s already been a whole year since Disney’s release of the ever-popular “Frozen.” Once again, Disney takes a different approach by using the Japanese-inspired “Big Hero 6” comics from the Marvel Universe.

Compared to the original comics, many of the characters have been changed, and some are even removed. Nevertheless, the movie creates a cast of unique characters with interesting and different personalities.

The story centers around a child genius named Hiro, who prefers to make miniature robots to battle with instead of using his intelligence for science.

Hiro’s world turns upside down once again when the building is suddenly on fire and kills Tadashi. Afterwards, Hiro discovers that a masked man has been secretly mass producing his magnetic pieces and using them to fight.

In order to catch the masked man and stop his evil use of Hiro’s invention, Hiro designs unique battle suits for all of Tadashi’s friends and even for Baymax, Tadashi’s robot invention. Together the gang fight against the masked man and even reveal many secrets along the way.

Being a Disney movie, the animation is phenomenal. All of Hiro’s battle suit designs for all of Tadashi’s friends look futuristic and creative in the way that they incorporates each friend’s research into the suit.

The most creative aspect of the movie is how even though Hiro, Tadashi’s friends, and the masked man all have “superpowers,” all of those superpowers originates from scientific research, as opposed to many other superheroes who miraculously gain their superpowers.

The story is simple enough to follow with spots of humor all along the way, and yet it still manages to be quite emotional at times, especially when showing the effects of Tadashi’s death on on all of Hiro’s decisions throughout the movie.

It is not easy to place humor and sorrow at just the right places in a movie to have those emotions not feel awkward or out of place, but “Big Hero 6” manages those emotions well. Even the cheerful and carefree group of Tadashi’s friends show that they too can have a sad and caring side as well.

All of the characters’ sadness after Tadashi’s death, Hiro’s anger at the man who started the fire, and Hiro’s mistakes made because of his anger, all come to show how human these characters are.

Other than Tadashi’s friends, Baymax becomes a well developed character as well. At first, Baymax is only a huggable and clumsy machine that does whatever he is programmed to do. But as the story progresses, even he starts to become more human, with his motivation to help people and his growing bond with Hiro.

Combining a gang of creative personalities with a story filled with surprises and a lot of emotions, “Big Hero 6” can be a friendly film for both younger and older viewers.