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San Fransokyo is a location from the 2014 Disney animated feature film, Big Hero 6 and home city of the Big Hero 6.
Layout[]
The layout of the city is a futuristic hybrid of artistic and technological architecture, and a blend of both San Francisco and Tokyo architectural styles. Built on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, the city is designed to withstand the risk of earthquakes. The city is also a center for vast cultures besides the dominant Eastern and Western themes. However, behind the bright aesthetic is the underworld of illegal bot fighting, often located in the dark, grungy alleys of the city. Many of the buildings in the city were constructed by Alistair Krei and his company, Krei Tech
Locations[]
- Lucky Cat Café: Located on the corner of a hill street, it is the home of Cass and Hiro Hamada, and formerly Tadashi Hamada. An attached garage serves as primary base for the Big Hero 6 team.
- San Fransokyo Institute of Technology: An educational institution where Hiro and the team have studied.
- Frederickson Manor: Luxurious home of Fred and secondary base for the Big Hero 6 team.
- Akuma Island: Formerly a base for Project Silent Sparrow, now an abandoned island off the coast of San Fransokyo.
- Krei Tech: Alistar Krei's building for innovations and technological inventions.
- Trading Post: An area near the bay of San Fransokyo. A few feet away lies the abandoned Warehouse that served as the lair of Yokai for a period of time.
- San Fransokyo Tribune Building
Architecture []
- San Fransokyo Bridge: Based of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, The San Fransokyo Bridge is a hybrid-design of the original bridge along with a design of some of Japan's spirit bridges. ( You can get a closer look at concept art of the bridge in the Gallery section of this page)
- Hybrid Painted Ladies: Animators added an extra spin to the Painted Lady (Victorian built houses that are very popular in San Francisco) houses of San Fransokyo by adding Japanese touches to them, such as the Japanese like roof tops, koinoibori flags, Japanese lanterns, signature cats etc.
Cameos[]
- Main article: List of cameos in Disney films
Trivia[]
- The name and layout of the city is a mix between real-life cities San Francisco and Tokyo.
- According to Scott Watanabe, San Fransokyo is set in an alternate future where after the 1906 earthquake, San Francisco was rebuilt by Japanese immigrants using techniques that allowed movement and flexibility in a seismic event. After the city was finished being rebuilt, it was renamed San Fransokyo due to it being a city with Japanese and American architecture combined.