The title of the movie is a play on the name of the main character, Hiro Hamada, voiced by Ryan Potter, a 14-year-old boy living in the fictional future city of San Fransokyo, which as the name implies, blends aesthetic themes of San Francisco, California, and Tokyo, Japan. Hiro is a child prodigy in the field of robotics. He has created tiny robots he calls microbots, which become the crux of the film's villainous exploits. Hiro's microbot technology is stolen and mass produced by the evil tech CEO Alistair Krei. The narrative revolves around Hiro, following the sudden death of his brother Tadashi, teaming up with an unlikely companion named Baymax, a friendly robot created by Tadashi. Together they must put a stop to Alistair Krei's work.
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