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== Reception == |
== Reception == |
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Emily Ashby from the organization [[Common Sense Media]] rated ''Larva'' three stars. She praised the show for showing the perspective of Red and Yellow, stating "because the characters are the size of worms, everything around them is larger than life, and that perspective is always fun to see in action."<ref name=autogenerated4>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/larva|title=Larva - TV Review|date=29 January 2015|website=www.commonsensemedia.org}}</ref> Issac Butler of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' described ''Larva'' as "the most terrifying show on Netflix" and mocked its excessive [[toilet humor]] in a [[tongue-in-cheek]] article.<ref>{{cite web|last=Butler|first=Issac|url=https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/larva-netflix-scary-horror-children-cartoon.html|title=The Most Terrifying Show on Netflix Is a Children's Cartoon Called ''Larva''|date=31 October 2018|website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref> Ivan Lin of [[Destiny|Asia First Media]] recognized the characters' innovative contributions in educational videos.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://asiafirstmedia.destinyme.net/ |title=Destiny |access-date=11 July 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122211728/https://asiafirstmedia.destinyme.net/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
Emily Ashby from the organization [[Common Sense Media]] rated ''Larva'' three stars. She praised the show for showing the perspective of Red and Yellow, stating "because the characters are the size of worms, everything around them is larger than life, and that perspective is always fun to see in action."<ref name=autogenerated4>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/larva|title=Larva - TV Review|date=29 January 2015|website=www.commonsensemedia.org}}</ref> Issac Butler of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' described ''Larva'' as "the most terrifying show on Netflix" and mocked its excessive [[toilet humor]] in a [[tongue-in-cheek]] article.<ref>{{cite web|last=Butler|first=Issac|url=https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/larva-netflix-scary-horror-children-cartoon.html|title=The Most Terrifying Show on Netflix Is a Children's Cartoon Called ''Larva''|date=31 October 2018|website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref> Ivan Lin of [[Destiny|Asia First Media]] recognized the characters' innovative contributions in educational videos.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://asiafirstmedia.destinyme.net/ |title=Destiny |access-date=11 July 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122211728/https://asiafirstmedia.destinyme.net/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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== Meme Culture == |
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The character red has been recognized by the popular Oi Oi Oi meme made in 2024. The meme shows an image of red with the song titled "OI OI OI Bakugou" The meme started from a series of videos that transformed to a meme that was joking about typing oi instead of ok. One of the videos showed red and became viral with many putting in a speech bubble with the lyrics like with the 2022 meme wenomechainsuma. People made other charactei steak singing Ei Ei Ei was made later in 2024 and shares many similarities with the Oi Oi Oi meme with both memes being commonly paired. Memes of Larva have been made before 2024, but those memes are not as popular. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 16:21, 14 September 2024
| Larva | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Larvae |
| Genre | |
| Created by | TUBAn |
| Directed by | Joo-gong Maeng |
| Voices of | Bum-ki Hong |
| Composer | Great Park |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | None |
| No. of seasons | 2 (+ 3 standalone series and 2 films) |
| No. of episodes | 312 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sungjai Ahn Eugene Kang |
| Producers |
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| Editors | Byuong-wook Ahn Yoon-hee Jong |
| Running time | 2-3 minutes |
| Production company | TUBAn |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | 26 March 2011 – present |
Larva (also known as Larvae) is a South Korean animated series made by TUBAn in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Its main characters are two larvae that never speak, although they do make expressive sounds. The cartoon exists in their small world where miniature adventures occur.
Characters
Main
- Yellow - a dimwitted, hungry, good-natured and happy-go-lucky yellow caterpillar with 1 antenna. He has a contentious friendship with Red. Although usually he obeys Red, he loses his mind in front of food. He changes color from yellow to brown and he grows dark green shades around his mouth when feeling extreme emotions.
- Red – a hot-tempered, selfish and greedy red caterpillar. Red has tried to steal Yellow's love interest, Pink, but he always ends up alone. He shrieks, shouts and screams when in anger, fear, frustration and in a horrible panic. He is always showing off and abusing Yellow, but he often ends up hurting himself instead.[2]
Recurring
- Violet – An oversized light purple ghost slug. He has an exposed inner body and roar, showing his sharp teeth.
- Brown – A brown and red dung beetle that gathers dung. To him, dung is a treasure, though it makes his breath stink. He hates it when other insects touch his dungball. He has a long strand of hair on his right cheek.
- Black – A horned atlas beetle that has great strength and is usually punching a cocoon (which he uses as punching bag). He's aggressive and will beat up whoever he thinks is messing with him. In the episode "Black's Back" he turns out to be a slug wearing beetle armor.
- Rainbow – A dark tan snail with a red and green shell. When in his shell, he moves slowly, but under that, he has a muscular human-like body and can function as humans do.
- Pink – A pink caterpillar with two antennae. She loves Yellow and Yellow loves her as well, but her presence often causes conflict between him and Red, who has a one-sided crush on her. She hides a great strength behind her cute, beautiful face.
- Ivory - A stick bug with brown skin, Ivory has a very thin body with brown skin color. He has black eyes and darker colored areas by his eyelids. He is often seen flying from a gust of wind due to his light weight. He has 2 antennae and little pink studs on. His girlfriend is Cocoa.
Minor
- Blue – A housefly that has numerous smells. Nobody can get close to him because of his repugnant smell. He often feels gloomy and lonely because nobody can approach him.
- Navy – A deep-sea fish appears when the sewerage is sunk. He appeared as a goldfish. When Red and Yellow threw him into a sardine can full of warm water, he changed into a deep-sea fish which is often seen whenever the sewer floods. He has a good enough appetite to eat up the caterpillars and other insects.
- Venus flytrap – A venus flytrap who eats up anything on the ground. In season 1, he is an enemy to all insects because he tries to swallow the other insects when he encounters them. But he is weaker than Violet. He appears to have a menacing set of teeth.
- Green (also known as Frog) – A green frog which often appears in the sewer, is sensitive, and tries to monopolize all power by eating insects and larvae. He is several times bigger than other normal frogs. He escaped from the sewer and went into the house where Red and Yellow lived in season 2. In season 3, he lives on the streets along with Grey & the Silvers.
- Bee – A honey bee who collects honey. She stings when someone touches the honey that she collected or makes her angry.
- Maroon – A brown and cream dachshund who wears a blue and yellow sweater who only appeared in season 2. He attacks when he sees moving things. He buries his valued bones in the ground and is quite temperamental. In the episode "Whistle", he does certain things when he hears certain whistling.
- Prussian – A hyacinth macaw which only appeared in season 2. He observes other friends and gives a sardonic laugh before attacking. He is also a predator to the caterpillars. The episode "Nanta" revealed that he used to live in the Amazon rainforest as a hatchling.
- Prism – A chameleon which appears intermittently in various areas of season 2, such as the living room, bathroom, rooftop, and even bedroom; he suddenly appears and attacks Red and Yellow without reason.[2]
- Ephemera – A mayfly who appears in the titular episode. Red has a crush on her, but she dies quickly due to the lifespan of an average mayfly.
- Bomber bug – A bombardier beetle which bombed Yellow, Red, and Brown in the episode "Bomb Bug" in Season 2. He has the ability to bomb a place with acid which comes out from his bottom. He usually does that when he's angry, sad, or feeling disgusted.
- Grey – A hideous gray-colored rat that appears in season 3 and 5. He is an enemy to all larvae and other insects.
- Silvers – A pigeon duo using food scraps (a banana peel and a carved-out half watermelon) to protect their super reflective heads from the sun, they are enemies of the larvae. Each pigeon communicates with one word, "Yah" for the pigeon wearing the banana peel, and "Huh" for the pigeon wearing the carved out watermelon. These pigeons only appear in Season 3.
- Cocoa - A bug. She is Ivory's girlfriend.
- Mite - A baby light-green mite who Yellow initially adopts, but turns out to parasitically prey on Yellow and the others. Then Yellow leaves it in a zoo.
- Mudskippers - A pair of fish. They live underground under the sands and can slap each other with their fins.
- Booby - A Blue-footed booby bird. He met the larvae when they landed on his island.
- Mango - A orange-yellow caterpillar Red has fallen in love with. When she first meets Red, she couples with him. When Red and Yellow escaped the island, she knew she had to leave her home to find her boyfriend, Her name is a fruit called a mango.
- Chuck (voiced by Eddy Lee) - A human. He is the first character who can speak properly, although previously other characters occasionally spoke on occasion if it fits the scene.
- Clara - A seal that Red and Yellow befriended. She is playful and charming and has the same name as Chuck's girlfriend.
- Whale - A whale who appears in season 4.
- Crabsformer - A crab that accidentally ate an alien spaceship turned him into a robotic crab. He has a crush on a lady crab, however, she and the other crabs are scared of his powers. This character appears in season 4.
- Malt - A dark grey tabby cat & the assistant of the bald bug capturing scientist who plans to use the captured bugs for his invention that uses bugs to create a hair-growth solution to restore his hair. He first debuts in Larva Pendant.
- Magenta - A young magenta caterpillar who was born in season 5 from Yellow who accidentally ate a pink egg, She would find care with Yellow and Red, who grew to care for the newborn. Eventually, she would metamorphose into a wasp.
- Big Brown - A easygoing pig-nosed turtle who is often seen meditating. He appears in season 5. He rarely gets upset and is a very good sensei, but he will stand up for his friends, should the need arise.
- Grizzly - A moth, that is as sneaky as he is greedy, can be invisible, and blind others with his smoke should his cover be blown. Despite this greed, he can protect others should push come to shove, and he has fallen in love with one of the bees that work in the hive. He appears in season 5.
- Mauve - An owl who is very protective of her little one, Tan. She may be fierce should anyone hurt her little one, but she means well, and while they got off on a rocky start she starts to think of Yellow, Red, and Magenta as friends. She would appear in season 5.
- Tan - Muave's hatchling who became friends with Magenta, and like her, he would grow as well he would appear in season 5.
Production
Larva was launched by TUBA Entertainment in 2011, with adult viewers in mind. The producers aimed to create a cartoon that could appeal to an audience of a wide age scale. It debuted on the national channel, KBS and on cable television with short, 90-second episodes. The series quickly became popular, and as of September 2015 was sold to more than 40 countries, including Canal Plus in France, as well as merchandising contracts taking place in Taiwan, Germany, Turkey and Chile, among others. The creators earned 1 million dollars in royalties in the first three months of launching related merchandise, including toys and stationery products.[1][3]
Episode list
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Segments | Title | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||||
| 1 | 104 | 104 | Grate | 26 March 2011 | 24 September 2011 | KBS 1TV | |
| 2 | 52 | 52 | House | 5 January 2012 | 3 August 2012 | KBS 2TV | |
| Shorts | 4 | — | — | 7 June 2013 | 8 August 2013 | ||
| 3 | 104 | 104 | New York | 17 October 2014 | 7 September 2015 | JEI TV | |
| 4 | 26 | 26 | Larva Island | 19 October 2018 | 1 March 2019 | Netflix | |
| Larva Pendant | 17 September 2019 | ||||||
| 5 | 26 | 26 | Larva Family | 4 May 2023 | TBA | ||
Season 1 – Grate (2011)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 26 March | Ice Cream | Joo-gong, Maeng |
| 2 | Mosquito | Joo-gong, Maeng | ||
| 3 | Dancing in the Rain | Joo-gong, Maeng | ||
| 4 | Mushroom | Tea-sik, Shin | ||
| 5 | 2 | 2 April | Gum 1 | Joo-gong, Maeng |
| 6 | Ice Road | Joo-gong, Maeng | ||
| 7 | Straw | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 8 | Insectivorous Plant | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 9 | 3 | 9 April | Snail | Joo-gong, Maeng |
| 10 | Snoring | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 11 | Popcorn | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 12 | Aquarium | Byoung-wook, Ahn Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 13 | 4 | 23 April | Ham | Joo-gong, Maeng |
| 14 | Psychic | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 15 | Fly | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 16 | Spaghetti | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 17 | 5 | 30 April | Airform | Byoung-wook, Ahn |
| 18 | Cocoon 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 19 | Cocoon 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 20 | Puding | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 21 | 6 | 7 May | Watermelon | Dea-bum, Kim |
| 22 | UFO | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 23 | Fishing | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 24 | Out of Body | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 25 | 7 | 14 May | Hot Spring | Dea-bum, Kim |
| 26 | Hide and Seek | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 27 | Earthquake | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 28 | Hair-growth Solution | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 29 | 8 | 21 May | Flood 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn |
| 30 | Swamp | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 31 | Walnut | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 32 | Soda | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 33 | 9 | 28 May | Frog | Dea-bum, Kim Byoung-wook, Ahn |
| 34 | Typhoon 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 35 | Cavity | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 36 | Cointoss | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 37 | 10 | 4 June | Concert | Byoung-wook, Ahn Dea-bum, Kim |
| 38 | Snowball Fight | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 39 | Flood 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 40 | Ant | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 41 | 11 | 11 June | Stomachache | Dea-bum, Kim |
| 42 | Mummy | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 43 | Bee 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 44 | Balloon | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 45 | 12 | 18 June | Love | Dea-bum, Kim |
| 46 | Spring | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 47 | Christmas | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 48 | Yellow-terminator | Joo-gong, Maeng | ||
| 49 | 13 | 25 June | The Cement | Dea-bum, Kim |
| 50 | Larvatar 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 51 | Hip Hop | Dea-bum, Kim Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 52 | Snot | Joo-gong, Maeng | ||
| 53 | 14 | 2 July | Hailing | Min-seong, Kang |
| 54 | Pit | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 55 | Gum2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 56 | Raining | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 57 | 15 | 9 July | Glove | Byoung-wook, Ahn |
| 58 | Laughing | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 59 | Eye Infection | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 60 | Missing | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 61 | 16 | 16 July | Wig | Dea-bum, Kim |
| 62 | Vampire | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 63 | Clock | Min-seong, Kang | ||
| 64 | Staring Contest | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 65 | 17 | 23 July | Perfume | Min-seong, Kang |
| 66 | Super Glue | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 67 | Swing | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 68 | Growing a Plant | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 69 | 18 | 30 July | Bee 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn |
| 70 | Scary Night | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 71 | Rope | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 72 | Spider | Min-seong, Kang | ||
| 73 | 19 | 6 August | Super Liquid | Dea-bum, Kim |
| 74 | Nightmare | Joo-gong, Maeng | ||
| 75 | Chick 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 76 | Chick 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 77 | 20 | 13 August | Farting | Min-seong, Kang |
| 78 | Secret of Snail | Byoung-wook, Ahn Dea-bum, Kim Min-seong, Kang | ||
| 79 | Hand | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 80 | Bottle | Dea-bum, Kim Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 81 | 21 | 20 August | Moonlight Waltz | Byoung-wook, Ahn |
| 82 | Hair-growth Solution 2 | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 83 | Mantis | Min-seong, Kang | ||
| 84 | Typhoon 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 85 | 22 | 27 August | Chili Show | Dea-bum, Kim |
| 86 | Alien | Min-seong, Kahn | ||
| 87 | Grape | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 88 | Quick Sand | Min-seong, Kang | ||
| 89 | 23 | 3 September | Larvatar 2 | Min-seong, Kang |
| 90 | Toy Car | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 91 | Love Love Love 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 92 | Love Love Love 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 93 | 24 | 10 September | Swan Lake | Byoung-wook, Ahn |
| 94 | Electronic Shock | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 95 | Whistle | Min-seong, Kang | ||
| 96 | Diving | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 97 | 25 | 17 September | Fire | Min-seong, Kang |
| 98 | Balance | Dea-bum, Kim | ||
| 99 | Water Show | Min-seong, Kang | ||
| 100 | Flying Yellow | Byoung-wook, Ahn | ||
| 101 | 26 | 24 September | Short Arm Octopus | Dea-bum, Kim |
| 102 | Wild Wild World 1 | Joo-gong, Maeng | ||
| 103 | Wild Wild World 2 | Joo-gong, Maeng | ||
| 104 | Wild Wild World 3 | Joo-gong, Maeng |
Season 2 – House (2012)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 January | Welcome Larva! | Min-seong Kang |
| 2 | Soap Bubbles | |||
| 3 | 2 | 12 January | Robot | Hun-min Jang |
| 4 | Brown's Back! | Seung-ik Ahn | ||
| 5 | 3 | 19 January | Stop, Freeze! | Woo-seong Jung |
| 6 | Upstanding | Byoung-wook Ahn | ||
| 7 | 4 | 26 January | Ski Jump | Min-seong Kang |
| 8 | Black's Back | |||
| 9 | 5 | 2 February | Man Date | |
| 10 | Tomato | Byoung-wook Ahn | ||
| 11 | 6 | 9 February | Make-up | Seung-ik Ahn |
| 12 | Gum | Byoung-wook Ahn | ||
| 13 | 7 | 16 February | Sneeze | Min-u Kim and Byoung-wook Ahn |
| 14 | Foolish Mushroon | |||
| 15 | 8 | 23 February | Magic Jar | Min-seong Kang |
| 16 | Roulette | Byoung-wook Ahn | ||
| 17 | 9 | 9 March | Ping-Pong | |
| 18 | Spider-Larva | Min-seong Kang | ||
| 19 | 10 | 16 March | Bug Bomb | |
| 20 | Hi Pink! | Byoung-wook Ahn | ||
| 21 | 11 | 23 March | Spinner | |
| 22 | Speaker Dance | |||
| 23 | 12 | 30 March | Limbs | |
| 24 | Bath | |||
| 25 | 13 | 6 April | Genius Yellow | Min-seong Kang |
| 26 | Hi Violet! | Hun-min Jang | ||
| 27 | 14 | 20 April | Diet | Byoung-wook Ahn |
| 28 | Fan | Hun-min Jang | ||
| 29 | 15 | 11 May | Sweat | Min-seong Kang |
| 30 | Whistle (1) | |||
| 31 | 16 | 18 May | Nightmare | Ji-yeon Kim |
| 32 | Toilet | Hun-min Jang and Byoung-wook Ahn | ||
| 33 | 17 | 25 May | Yellow Chicken | Joo-jae Beom |
| 34 | Fortune Cookie | Seung-ik Ahn | ||
| 35–36 | 18 | June 1 | Mayfly (1&2) | Min-seong Kang |
| 37 | 19 | 8 June | Ice | Kang-heon Ahn |
| 38 | Lar-vengers | Hun-min Jang | ||
| 39 | 20 | 15 June | Once Upon a Time | Min-seong Kang |
| 40 | Opera | Byoung-wook Ahn | ||
| 41 | 21 | 22 June | Hide & Seek | Joo-gong Maeng |
| 42 | Larva Car | Byoung-wook Ahn | ||
| 43 | 22 | 29 June | Wild Red | Min-seong Kang and Ji-yeon Kim |
| 44 | Beanstalks | Min-seong Kang and Byoung-wook Ahn | ||
| 45 | 23 | 6 July | Whistle (2) | Min-u Kim |
| 46 | Golden Brown | Min-seong Kang | ||
| 47 | 24 | 13 July | Frog | Byoung-wook Ahn |
| 48 | Flower Farts | |||
| 49 | 25 | 20 July | Cocoon | Min-seong Kang and Byoung-wook Ahn |
| 50 | Nanta | Joo-gong Maeng | ||
| 51 | 26 | 27 July | Wild Wild Wild World 1 | Byoung-wook Ahn |
| 52 | Wild Wild Wild World 2 | Joo-gong Maeng |
Season 3 – New York (2014–15)
| No. | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 October 2014 | Donut | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 2 | 17 October 2014 | Flare | Byoung-wook Ahn |
| 3 | 24 October 2014 | Box | |
| 4 | 24 October 2014 | Typhoon | Tae-wook Koh |
| 5 | 31 October 2014 | Fireplug | Byoung-wook Ahn |
| 6 | 31 October 2014 | Lemon | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 7 | 7 November 2014 | Gum Fart | Min-seong Kang |
| 8 | 7 November 2014 | Shade | Ji-yeon Kim |
| 9 | 14 November 2014 | Ice | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 10 | 14 November 2014 | Stream | Mi-seon An and Min-seong Kang |
| 11 | 21 November 2014 | Basketball | Tae-wook Koh |
| 12 | 21 November 2014 | Tickle | Ji-yeon Kim |
| 13 | 28 November 2014 | Hiccup | Byoung-wook Ahn and Min-seong Kang |
| 14 | 28 November 2014 | Mouse | |
| 15 | 5 December 2014 | Garlic 1 | Mi-seon An |
| 16 | 5 December 2014 | Garlic 2 | |
| 17 | 12 December 2014 | Wheel | |
| 18 | 12 December 2014 | Magnet | Seung-hun Kim |
| 19 | 19 December 2014 | Stick Insect | |
| 20 | 19 December 2014 | Oil | |
| 21 | 26 December 2014 | Double Eyelids 1 | Tae-wook Koh |
| 22 | 26 December 2014 | Double Eyelids 2 | Tae-wook Koh |
| 23 | 2 January 2015 | Thunder Red | Ji-yeon Kim |
| 24 | 2 January 2015 | Cement | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 25 | 9 January 2015 | The Chaser | Ji-yeon Kim |
| 26 | 9 January 2015 | Wrap | Ye-ri Kim |
| 27 | 16 January 2015 | The Silver | Mi-seon An |
| 28 | 16 January 2015 | Ark | Ji-yeon Kim and Jee-hyun Kim |
| 29 | 23 January 2015 | Mite | Tae-wook Koh |
| 30 | 23 January 2015 | Cancan | |
| 31 | 29 January 2015 | Pink's Secret | Min-seong Kang |
| 32 | 29 January 2015 | Massage | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 33 | 5 February 2015 | Loyalty | Tae-wook Koh |
| 34 | 5 February 2015 | Kung Fu | |
| 35 | 12 February 2015 | Pipe | |
| 36 | 12 February 2015 | Tag | Ji-yeon Kim |
| 37 | 19 February 2015 | Cup Noodle | Min-seong Kang |
| 38 | 19 February 2015 | Untidy Sleeper | Seung-hun Kim |
| 39 | 26 February 2015 | Sushi | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 40 | 26 February 2015 | Breath | |
| 41 | 5 March 2015 | Tower Stack | Ji-yeon Kim |
| 42 | 5 March 2015 | Tough Guy | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 43 | 12 March 2015 | Showdown | Tae-wook Koh |
| 44 | 12 March 2015 | Dance Battle | |
| 45 | 19 March 2015 | Booger | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 46 | 19 March 2015 | Detective 1 | Tae-wook Koh |
| 47 | 26 March 2015 | Detective 2 | Tae-wook Koh |
| 48 | 26 March 2015 | Yellow's Secret | Ye-ri Kim and Jee-hyun Kim |
| 49 | 2 April 2015 | Straw | Seung-hun Kim |
| 50 | 2 April 2015 | Confetti Poppers | Tae-wook Koh |
| 51 | 9 April 2015 | Rain | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 52 | 9 April 2015 | A Day in the Life of Larva | Mi-seon An |
| 53 | 16 April 2015 | Wiper | Bo-ri Lee and Min-seong Kang |
| 54 | 16 April 2015 | Street Larva | Tae-wook Koh |
| 55 | 23 April 2015 | Yellow's Revenge 1 | Seung-hun Kim |
| 56 | 23 April 2015 | Yellow's Revenge 2 | Seung-hun Kim |
| 57 | 30 April 2015 | Snowball Fight | Byoung-wook Ahn and Tae-wook Koh |
| 58 | 30 April 2015 | Life of a Rat | Min-seong Kang |
| 59 | 7 May 2015 | Fighter in the Wind | Seung-hun Kim |
| 60 | 7 May 2015 | Larva of the Rings | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 61 | 14 May 2015 | Flash Light | |
| 62 | 14 May 2015 | Glue | Mi-seon An |
| 63–69 | 21 May 2015 (1-2), 28 May 2015 (3-4), 4 June 2015 (5-6), 11 June 2015 (7) | Larva Rangers (1–7) | Byoung-wook Ahn, Tae-wook Koh, and Seung-hun Kim |
| 70 | 11 June 2015 | Feelers | Seung-hun Kim |
| 71 | 18 June 2015 | Fashion Show | Mi-seon An and Jee-hyun Kim |
| 72 | 18 June 2015 | Red, a Budding Comedian | Mi-seon An |
| 73–75 | 25 June 2015 (1-2), 2 July 2015 (3) | Insect Killer (1–3) | Ji-yeon Kim; Seung-hun Kim (Part 3 only) |
| 76 | 2 July 2015 | Glove | Mi-seon An |
| 77 | 9 July 2015 | Troublemaker | Tae-wook Koh |
| 78 | 9 July 2015 | Sea Battle | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 79 | 16 July 2015 | Rubber Ball | Ye-ri Kim and Jee-hyun Kim |
| 80 | 16 July 2015 | Dizziness | Mi-seon An and Jee-hyun Kim |
| 81 | 23 July 2015 | Pitapat 1 | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 82 | 23 July 2015 | Pitapat 2 | |
| 83 | 30 July 2015 | Marathon | Ji-yeon Kim |
| 84 | 30 July 2015 | Tea | Tae-wook Koh |
| 85 | 6 August 2015 | Flood | Min-seong Kang |
| 86–89 | 6 August 2015 (1), 13 August 2015 (2-3), 20 August 2015 (4) | New Friend (1–4) | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 90 | 20 August 2015 | Umbrella | Beop-seo Koo and Seung-hun Kim |
| 91 | 27 August 2015 | Cheese | Min-seong Kang |
| 92 | 27 August 2015 | Distress 1 | Jee-hyun Kim |
| 93 | 3 August 2015 | Distress 2 | |
| 94 | 3 August 2015 | An Out-of-Body Experience | Seung-Hun Kim |
| 95 | 10 August 2015 | Minicar | Hyo-bin Kang and Jee-hyun Kim |
| 96 | 10 August 2015 | One-sided Love 1 | Taek-woo Koh |
| 97 | 17 August 2015 | Onse-sided Love 2 | |
| 98 | 17 August 2015 | Roll a Dung! | Mi-seon An |
| 99 | 24 August 2015 | Larvarta | Seung-hun Kim |
| 100 | 24 August 2015 | Bobsleigh | Jee-hyun Kim, Seung-hun Kim, and Tae-wook Koh |
| 101 | 31 August 2015 | Christmas | Joo-gong Maeng and Min-seong Kang |
| 102 | 31 August 2015 | As Time Goes By | Seung-hun Kim |
| 103 | 7 September 2015 | Goodbye New York 1 | Byoung-wook Ahn |
| 104 | 7 September 2015 | Goodbye New York 2 |
Season 4 – Larva Island (2018–19)
Season 1 (2018)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 19 October | Mango | Kim Jee-hyun |
| 2 | 2 | 19 October | Mango 2 | Kim Jee-hyun |
| 3 | 3 | 19 October | Larva Island | Ahn Byoung-wook / Kim Seung-hun Lee Sang-seon |
| 4 | 4 | 19 October | Chuck | Kang Min-seong / Lee Sang-seon |
| 5 | 5 | 19 October | Clara | Kim Seung-hun |
| 6 | 6 | 19 October | Crabsformer | Kim Seung-hun / Kim Jee-hyun |
| 7 | 7 | 19 October | Fishing | Kim Jee-hyun / Kim Seung-hun |
| 8 | 8 | 19 October | Pendant | Kim Jee-hyun |
| 9 | 9 | 19 October | Lala Island | Kim Jee-hyun |
| 10 | 10 | 19 October | Master Chef | Koh Tae-wook |
| 11 | 11 | 19 October | Farming | Kim Seung-hun |
| 12 | 12 | 19 October | Pirate | Kim Seung-hun / Jeong Mi-rin Kim Jee-hyun |
| 13 | 13 | 19 October | Change | Jeong Mi-rin / Koh Tae-wook |
Season 2 (2019)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | 1 March | Maze | Kim Seung-hun |
| 15 | 2 | 1 March | Fire | Kim Seung-hun / Jeong Mi-rin Koh Tae-wook / Lee Sang-seon |
| 16 | 3 | 1 March | Beach Volleyball | Kim Pil-sung |
| 17 | 4 | 1 March | Larva Rangers 1 | Koh Tae-wook |
| 18 | 5 | 1 March | Larva Rangers 2 | Koh Tae-wook, Kim Seung-hun |
| 19 | 6 | 1 March | A Lucky Day | Kim Pil-sung, Koh Tae-wook |
| 20 | 7 | 1 March | Crabsformer 2 | Koh Tae-wook, Jeong Mi-rin |
| 21 | 8 | 1 March | Booby's Love | Kim Pil-sung |
| 22 | 9 | 1 March | Mango's Parents | Koh Tae-wook |
| 23 | 10 | 1 March | Iceberg | Jerong Mi-rin / Koh Tae-wook Kim Seung-hun |
| 24 | 11 | 1 March | Storm | Kim Pil-sung |
| 25 | 12 | 1 March | Escape | Kim Seung-hun |
| 26 | 13 | 1 March | Drift | Jeong Mi-rin |
Season 5 – Family (2023)
Netflix films
The Larva Island Movie
The Larva Island Movie is an animated Netflix film that serves as the canonical finale to the Larva franchise (until Larva Family). The film focuses on Chuck, who has returned to civilization long after the events of "Drift", telling the events of the final season to a reporter named Grace. The film was released on 23 July 2020.
Larva Pendant
Larva Pendant is 2022 animated 33-minute special that is set between the fourth season and The Larva Island Movie. Larva Pendant explains how Red and Yellow returned to the sewer, as they were seen coming out of their can in the final scene of the previous film without an initial explanation after the events of "Drift". The short film was released on 25 May 2022.
Reception
Emily Ashby from the organization Common Sense Media rated Larva three stars. She praised the show for showing the perspective of Red and Yellow, stating "because the characters are the size of worms, everything around them is larger than life, and that perspective is always fun to see in action."[4] Issac Butler of Slate described Larva as "the most terrifying show on Netflix" and mocked its excessive toilet humor in a tongue-in-cheek article.[5] Ivan Lin of Asia First Media recognized the characters' innovative contributions in educational videos.[6]
References
- ^ a b "'Larva' embraces all ages". www.americatimes.co.kr. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Demonstration of characters in main homepage". Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ^ "'Pororo,' 'Larva' change game in Korean animation". The Korea Herald. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Larva - TV Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. 29 January 2015.
- ^ Butler, Issac (31 October 2018). "The Most Terrifying Show on Netflix Is a Children's Cartoon Called Larva". Slate. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Destiny". Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
External links
- Official Website at the Wayback Machine (archived 31 December 2016)
- Larva Island at IMDb
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