Friday, April 19, 2019

The Disney Channel renews its animation series, Big Hero 6, for a third season ahead of the debut of its second season.


The Disney Channel (DStv 303) has renewed its animated series Big Hero 6 for a third season ahead of the debut of its second season.

The guest voice-cast of the second season of Big Hero 6 includes Nestor Carbonell as Chief Cruz, San Fransokyo's new police chief; Isabella Gomez as Hiro's new friend Megan; Ben Feldman as Chris, Liv Amara's assistant; Will Friedle as Ian, Krei's geeky scientist; Jane Lynch and Timothy Simons as Supersonic Sue and Supersonic Stu, a grandmother/grandson super villain duo; Jessica Paré as acrobatic thief Sirque; and Horatio Sanz as El Fuego, a Mexican wrestler.

Big Hero 6 is based on The Walt Disney Animation Studios' Oscar-winning film and continues the adventures and friendship of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro, his compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax and their friends Wasabi, Honey Lemon, Go Go and Fred.

Together they've formed the legendary superhero team Big Hero 6 and embark on high-tech adventures as they protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains.

In his normal day-to-day life, Hiro faces daunting academic challenges and social trials as the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology.

In the second season, Hiro and the Big Hero 6 team have upgraded super suits as they take on a variety of innovative villains, bio-engineered monsters and high-tech robots.

The series' regular voice-cast includes Maya Rudolph as Aunt Cass, Ryan Potter as Hiro, Scott Adsit as Baymax, Jamie Chung as Go Go, Alan Tudyk as Alistair Krei, Khary Payton as Wasabi, Genesis Rodriguez as Honey Lemon, Brooks Wheelan as Fred, David Shaughnessy as Heathcliff and Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee as Fred's dad.

Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley and Nick Filippi are the executive producers with Nick Filippi also serving as supervising director.