In Disney’s latest blockbuster film “Big Hero 6” A wide variety of different races were portrayed within the movie, something Disney has never realty done before.

It is one of the very few animated movies to portray such a wide variety of races. Unlike The Incredibles and Up, Big Hero 6 displays a wide variety of protagonist that make up the rescue team itself that are noticeably different from one another.

‘”Big Hero 6″ is arguably the most ethnically diverse Disney animated movie in the history not only of Disney animated movies, but animated movies period,” Drew Taylor stated in his article “Big Hero 6: 10 Things You Should Know About the Animated Epic”.

In this creative world that Disney has come up with he added a new location that perfectly blends the East with the West. San Fransokyo is a combination of San Francisco and Tokyo, bringing together two different cultures to play as the perfect setting for our diverse hero’s. The hero’s themselves are racially diverse, as the city they fight for should be culturally diverse as well.

“The film is set in a fictional city called San Fransokyo which – in the not-too-distant future – is a perfect mish-mash between Tokyo and San Francisco. It’s East meets West, literally, with the artists combining the kawaii ideologies of Tokyo with the architecture and essence of San Francisco.” Stated by Maria Lewis in her article “Three Reasons Why ‘Big Hero 6′ Is The Most Important Disney Film Of The Past Decade”.

Going more into detail with the noticeably diverse characters you will soon learn some shocking informations such as Hiro Hamada being at least half Asian, not full. This is easily proven by the fact that his biological aunt is American, but his last name is not. Also another member of the team, Honey Lemon, is Hispanic, not white.  At a first glance she looks Caucasian, but when you really listen to her voice actor, you can hear a faint accent.

“..Honey Lemon doesn’t adhere to your stereotypes of what Latino/Hispanics look like doesn’t make her whitewashed, whether it be in the movie or official art.” From the article “About Honey Lemons Ethnicity…”

From the characters to the city itself, Big Hero 6 excellently displays something animated films seem to lack: diversity. It is refreshing to see more skin tones and ethnicities on the big screen than the same Caucasian protagonist over and over again. Big Hero 6 was a nice change to Disney’s usual movies, and a great example of how well different cultures and people can come together to save the day.