Larva (TV series)

For other uses, see Larva (disambiguation).

Larva
Also known as	Larvae
Genre	Animation Comedy Slapstick
Created by	TUBAn
Directed by	Joo-gong Maeng
Voices of	Bum-ki Hong
Composer	Great Park
Country of origin	South Korea
Original languages	None, English (Larva Island)
No. of seasons	6 (including 4 standalone series)
No. of episodes	332
Production
Executive producers	Sungjai Ahn Eugene Kang
Producers	Ki-tae Kim Ji-na Kim Sang-koo Lee Sean Song Alex Sung Catherine Yoon
Editors	Byuong-wook Ahn Yoon-hee Jong
Running time	2-3 minutes (seasons 1–3; 6) 7 minutes (Larva Island & Larva Family)
Production company	TUBAn
Original release
Network	KBS 1TV (2011) KBS 2TV (2012) JEI TV (2014–2015) Netflix (2018–present) SBS TV (2024–present) [1]
Release	26 March 2011 (2011-3-26) – present

Larva (also known as Larvae) is a South Korean animated series made by TUBAn in Seoul, South Korea. ^[2] 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 one 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. ^[3]

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.
• Mosquito – A Mosquito who likes the taste of blood. He uses his fangs to take all of the blood from other characters. He is often hungry, but also lonely due to his hunger.
• 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. ^[3]
• 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 brown cricket. 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 - An 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.
• 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 who accidentally ate an alien spaceship that 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 and 5.
• 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 - Mauve'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 won in royalties in the first three months of launching related merchandise, including toys and stationery products. ^{[2] [4]} In 2018, Netflix acquired rights to the franchise and announced they would continue the then-cancelled series with Larva Island. ^{[5] [6]} On February 2019, it was announced that Larva Island was renewed for a second and final season. ^{[7] [8]} In 2023, it was announced that TUBAn and Astro-Nomical are set to produce a feature-length Larva film with a script written by Erica Rivinoja. ^[9]

Episode list

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Title	Originally released
				First released	Last released	Network
1	104		Grate	26 March 2011 (2011-3-26)	24 September 2011 (2011-9-24)	KBS 1TV
2	52		House	5 January 2012 (2012-1-5)	3 August 2012 (2012-8-3)	KBS 2TV
3	104		New York	17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)	7 September 2015 (2015-9-7)	JEI TV
4	26		Larva Island	19 October 2018 (2018-10-19)	1 March 2019 (2019-3-1)	Netflix
The Larva Island Movie				23 July 2020 (2020-7-23)
Larva Pendant				25 May 2022 (2022-5-25)
5	26		Larva Family	4 May 2023 (2023-5-4)	4 May 2023 (2023-5-4)
6	78 [10]		Larva in Mars	13 January 2024 (2024-1-13)	TBA	SBS TV [1]

Season 1 – Grate (2011)

No.	Original air date	Title	Storyboarded by
1	26 March	Ice Cream	Joo-gong, Maeng
2		Mosquito
3		Dancing in the Rain
4		Mushroom	Tea-sik, Shin
5	2 April	Gum 1	Joo-gong, Maeng
6		Ice Road
7		Straw	Byoung-wook, Ahn
8		Insectivorous Plant
9	9 April	Snail	Joo-gong, Maeng
10		Snoring	Byoung-wook, Ahn
11		Popcorn
12		Aquarium	Byoung-wook, Ahn Dea-bum, Kim
13	23 April	Ham	Joo-gong, Maeng
14		Psychic	Byoung-wook, Ahn
15		Fly
16		Spaghetti	Dea-bum, Kim
17	30 April	Airform	Byoung-wook, Ahn
18		Cocoon 1
19		Cocoon 2
20		Puding	Dea-bum, Kim
21	7 May	Watermelon
22		UFO
23		Fishing
24		Out of Body
25	14 May	Hot Spring
26		Hide and Seek	Byoung-wook, Ahn
27		Earthquake
28		Hair-growth Solution	Dea-bum, Kim
29	21 May	Flood 1	Byoung-wook, Ahn
30		Swamp	Dea-bum, Kim
31		Walnut
32		Soda
33	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	4 June	Concert	Byoung-wook, Ahn Dea-bum, Kim
38		Snowball Fight	Byoung-wook, Ahn
39		Flood 2
40		Ant	Dea-bum, Kim
41	11 June	Stomachache
42		Mummy	Byoung-wook, Ahn
43		Bee 1
44		Balloon
45	18 June	Love	Dea-bum, Kim
46		Spring	Byoung-wook, Ahn
47		Christmas	Dea-bum, Kim
48		Yellow-terminator	Joo-gong, Maeng
49	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	2 July	Hailing	Min-seong, Kang
54		Pit	Byoung-wook, Ahn
55		Gum2
56		Raining
57	9 July	Glove
58		Laughing
59		Eye Infection	Dea-bum, Kim
60		Missing
61	16 July	Wig
62		Vampire
63		Clock	Min-seong, Kang
64		Staring Contest	Byoung-wook, Ahn
65	23 July	Perfume	Min-seong, Kang
66		Super Glue	Dea-bum, Kim
67		Swing
68		Growing a Plant
69	30 July	Bee 2	Byoung-wook, Ahn
70		Scary Night
71		Rope	Dea-bum, Kim
72		Spider	Min-seong, Kang
73	6 August	Super Liquid	Dea-bum, Kim
74		Nightmare	Joo-gong, Maeng
75		Chick 1	Byoung-wook, Ahn
76		Chick 2
77	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	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	27 August	Chili Show	Dea-bum, Kim
86		Alien	Min-seong, Kahn
87		Grape	Dea-bum, Kim
88		Quick Sand	Min-seong, Kang
89	3 September	Larvatar 2
90		Toy Car	Dea-bum, Kim
91		Love Love Love 1	Byoung-wook, Ahn
92		Love Love Love 2
93	10 September	Swan Lake
94		Electronic Shock	Dea-bum, Kim
95		Whistle	Min-seong, Kang
96		Diving	Byoung-wook, Ahn
97	17 September	Fire	Min-seong, Kang
98		Balance	Dea-bum, Kim
99		Water Show	Min-seong, Kang
100		Flying Yellow	Byoung-wook, Ahn
101	24 September	Short Arm Octopus	Dea-bum, Kim
102		Wild Wild World 1	Joo-gong, Maeng
103		Wild Wild World 2
104		Wild Wild World 3

Season 2 – House (2012)

Original air date	No. In Season	Title	Storyboarded by
5 January 2013	1	Welcome Larva!	Min-Seong Kang
	2	Soap Bubbles
12 January 2013	3	Robot	Hun-Min Jang
	4	Brown’s Back!	Seung-Ik Ahn
19 January 2013	5	Stop, Freeze!	Woo Seong-Jung
	6	Upstanding	Byoung-Wook Ahn
26 January 2013	7	Ski Jump	Min-Seong Kang
	8	Black's back
2 February 2013	9	Man Date
	10	Tomato	Byoung-Wook Ahn
9 February 2013	11	Make-up	Seung-Ik Ahn
	12	Gum	Byoung-Wook Ahn
16 February 2013	13	Sneeze	Min-U Kim and Byoung-Wook Ahn
15 June 2013	14	Magic Jar	Min-Seong Kang
23 February 2013	15	Roulette	Byoung-Wook Ahn
	16	Ping-Pong
9 March 2013	17	Spider-Larva	Min-Seong Kang
	18	Bug Bomb
16 March 2013	19	Hello Pink!	Byoung-Wook Ahn
	20	Spinner
23 March 2013	21	Speaker Dance
	22	Limbs
30 March 2013	23	Bath
	24	Genius Yellow	Min-Seong Kang
6 April 2013	25	Hi Violet!	Hun-Min Jang
	26	Diet	Byoung-Wook Ahn
11 May 2013	27	Fan	Hun-Min Jang
20 April 2013	28	Sweat	Min-Seong Kang
18 May 2013	29	Nightmare	Ji-Yeon Kim
1 June 2013	30	Toilet	Hun-Min Jang and Byoung-Wook Ahn
25 May 2013	31	Yellow Chicken	Joo-Jae Beom
8 June 2013	32	Fortune Cookie	Seung-ik Ahn
22 June 2013	33-34	Mayfly 1-2	Min-Seong Kang
20 July 2013	35	Ice	Kang-Heon Ahn
29 June 2013	36	Lar-vengers	Hun-Min Jang
27 July 2013	37	Once Upon a Time	Min-Seong Kang
13 July 2013	38	Opera	Byoung-Wook Ahn
6 July 2013	39	Hide & Seek	Joo-Gong Meang
10 August 2013	40	Larva Car	Byoung-Wook Ahn
14 September 2013	41	Wild Red	Min-Seong Kang, and Ji-Yeon Kim
31 August 2013	42	Beanstalks	Min-Seong Kang, and Byoung-Wook Ahn
20 April 2013	43	Whistle	Min-U Kim
17 August 2013	44	Golden Brown	Min-Seong Kang
07 September 2013	45	Frog	Byoung-Wook Ahn
24 August 2013	46	Flower Farts
20 July 2013	47	Cocoon	Min-seong Kang and Byoung-wook Ahn
11 May 2013	48	Nanta	Joo-Gong Meang
16 February 2013	49	Strange Berries	Byoung-Wook Ahn
14 September 2013	50	Wild Wild Wild World 1	Joo-Gong Meang
21 September 2013	51	Wild Wild Wild World 2
	52	Wild Wild Wild World 3

Season 3 – New York (2014–15)

No. In Season	No. Overall	Original air date	Title	Storyboarded by
1	157	17 October 2014	Donut	Jee-hyun Kim
2	158		Flare	Byoung-wook Ahn
3	159	24 October 2014	Box
4	160		Typhoon	Tae-wook Koh
5	161	31 October 2014	Fireplug	Byoung-wook Ahn
6	162		Lemon	Jee-hyun Kim
7	163	7 November 2014	Gum Fart	Min-seong Kang
8	164		Shade	Ji-yeon Kim
9	165	14 November 2014	Ice	Jee-hyun Kim
10	166		Stream	Mi-seon An and Min-seong Kang
11	167	21 November 2014	Basketball	Tae-wook Koh
12	168		Tickle	Ji-yeon Kim
13	169	28 November 2014	Hiccup	Byoung-wook Ahn and Min-seong Kang
14	170		Mouse
15	171	5 December 2014	Garlic 1	Mi-seon An
16	172		Garlic 2
17	173	12 December 2014	Wheel
18	174		Magnet	Seung-hun Kim
19	175	19 December 2014	Stick Insect
20	176		Oil
21	177	26 December 2014	Double Eyelids 1	Tae-wook Koh
22	178		Double Eyelids 2	Tae-wook Koh
23	179	2 January 2015	Thunder Red	Ji-yeon Kim
24	180		Cement	Jee-hyun Kim
25	181	9 January 2015	The Chaser	Ji-yeon Kim
26	182		Wrap	Ye-ri Kim
27	183	16 January 2015	The Silver	Mi-seon An
28	184		Ark	Ji-yeon Kim and Jee-hyun Kim
29	185	23 January 2015	Mite	Tae-wook Koh
30	186		Cancan
31	187	29 January 2015	Pink's Secret	Min-seong Kang
32	188		Massage	Jee-hyun Kim
33	189	5 February 2015	Loyalty	Tae-wook Koh
34	190		Kung Fu
35	191	12 February 2015	Pipe
36	192		Tag	Ji-yeon Kim
37	193	19 February 2015	Cup Noodle	Min-seong Kang
38	194		Untidy Sleeper	Seung-hun Kim
39	195	26 February 2015	Sushi	Jee-hyun Kim
40	196		Breath
41	197	5 March 2015	Tower Stack	Ji-yeon Kim
42	198		Tough Guy	Jee-hyun Kim
43	199	12 March 2015	Showdown	Tae-wook Koh
44	200		Dance Battle
45	201	19 March 2015	Booger	Jee-hyun Kim
46	202		Detective 1	Tae-wook Koh
47	203	26 March 2015	Detective 2	Tae-wook Koh
48	204		Yellow's Secret	Ye-ri Kim and Jee-hyun Kim
49	205	2 April 2015	Straw	Seung-hun Kim
50	206		Confetti Poppers	Tae-wook Koh
51	207	9 April 2015	Rain	Jee-hyun Kim
52	208		A Day in the Life of Larva	Mi-seon An
53	209	16 April 2015	Wiper	Bo-ri Lee and Min-seong Kang
54	210		Street Larva	Tae-wook Koh
55	211	23 April 2015	Yellow's Revenge 1	Seung-hun Kim
56	212	23 April 2015	Yellow's Revenge 2	Seung-hun Kim
57	213	30 April 2015	Snowball Fight	Byoung-wook Ahn and Tae-wook Koh
58	214		Life of a Rat	Min-seong Kang
59	215	7 May 2015	Fighter in the Wind	Seung-hun Kim
60	216		Larva of the Rings	Jee-hyun Kim
61	217	14 May 2015	Flash Light
62	218		Glue	Mi-seon An
63-69	219-225	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	226	11 June 2015	Feelers	Seung-hun Kim
71	227	18 June 2015	Fashion Show	Mi-seon An and Jee-hyun Kim
72	228		Red, a Budding Comedian	Mi-seon An
73–75	229-231	25 June 2015 (1-2), 2 July 2015 (3)	Insect Killer (1–3)	Ji-yeon Kim; Seung-hun Kim (Part 3 only)
76	232	2 July 2015	Glove	Mi-seon An
77	233	9 July 2015	Troublemaker	Tae-wook Koh
78	234		Sea Battle	Jee-hyun Kim
79	235	16 July 2015	Rubber Ball	Ye-ri Kim and Jee-hyun Kim
80	236		Dizziness	Mi-seon An and Jee-hyun Kim
81	237	23 July 2015	Pitapat 1	Jee-hyun Kim
82	238		Pitapat 2
83	239	30 July 2015	Marathon	Ji-yeon Kim
84	240		Tea	Tae-wook Koh
85	241	6 August 2015	Flood	Min-seong Kang
86–89	242-245	6 August 2015 (1), 13 August 2015 (2-3), 20 August 2015 (4)	New Friend (1–4)	Jee-hyun Kim
90	246	20 August 2015	Umbrella	Beop-seo Koo and Seung-hun Kim
91	247	27 August 2015	Cheese	Min-seong Kang
92	248		Distress 1	Jee-hyun Kim
93	249	3 August 2015	Distress 2
94	250		An Out-of-Body Experience	Seung-Hun Kim
95	251	10 August 2015	Minicar	Hyo-bin Kang and Jee-hyun Kim
96	252		One-sided Love 1	Taek-woo Koh
97	253	17 August 2015	One-sided Love 2
98	254		Roll a Dung!	Mi-seon An
99	255	24 August 2015	Larvarta	Seung-hun Kim
100	256		Bobsleigh	Jee-hyun Kim, Seung-hun Kim, and Tae-wook Koh
101	257	31 August 2015	Christmas	Joo-gong Maeng and Min-seong Kang
102	258		As Time Goes By	Seung-hun Kim
103	259	7 September 2015	Goodbye New York 1	Byoung-wook Ahn
104	260		Goodbye New York 2

Season 4 – Larva Island (2018–19)

Season 1 (2018)

No. in series	No. in season	No. Overall	Original air date	Title	Storyboarded by
1	1	261	19 October	Mango	Kim Jee-hyun
2	2	262		Mango 2	Kim Jee-hyun
3	3	263		Larva Island	Ahn Byoung-wook / Kim Seung-hun Lee Sang-seon
4	4	264		Chuck	Kang Min-seong / Lee Sang-seon
5	5	265		Clara	Kim Seung-hun
6	6	266		Crabsformer	Kim Seung-hun / Kim Jee-hyun
7	7	267		Fishing	Kim Jee-hyun / Kim Seung-hun
8	8	268		Pendant	Kim Jee-hyun
9	9	269		Lala Island	Kim Jee-hyun
10	10	270		Master Chef	Koh Tae-wook
11	11	271		Farming	Kim Seung-hun
12	12	272		Pirate	Kim Seung-hun / Jeong Mi-rin Kim Jee-hyun
13	13	273		Change	Jeong Mi-rin / Koh Tae-wook

Season 2 (2019)

No. in series	No. in season	No. Overall	Original air date	Title	Storyboarded by
14	1	274	1 March	Maze	Kim Seung-hun
15	2	275		Fire	Kim Seung-hun / Jeong Mi-rin Koh Tae-wook / Lee Sang-seon
16	3	276		Beach Volleyball	Kim Pil-sung
17-18	4-5	277-278	1 March (Both)	Larva Rangers (1&2)	Koh Tae-wook
19	6	279	1 March	A Lucky Day	Kim Pil-sung, Koh Tae-wook
20	7	280		Crabsformer 2	Koh Tae-wook, Jeong Mi-rin
21	8	281		Booby's Love	Kim Pil-sung
22	9	282		Mango's Parents	Koh Tae-wook
23	10	283		Iceberg	Jerong Mi-rin / Koh Tae-wook Kim Seung-hun
24	11	284		Storm	Kim Pil-sung
25	12	285		Escape	Kim Seung-hun
26	13	286		Drift	Jeong Mi-rin

Season 5 – Family (2023)

No. in season	No. Overall	Original air date	Title	Storyboarded by
1	287	4 May	The Baby	Lee Ji-Yeon
2	288		Fart	Jo In-taek, Oh Yeong-jun
3	289		Magneta	Sung yu-jin, Oh Yeong-jun
4	290		Buddy	Sung yu-jin
5	291		Wild Life	Yeo Sang-eun, Sung Yu-jin
6	292		Royal Jelly	Hong Gi-suk
7	293		Firefly	Jung Yun-ji / Lee Ji-Yeon Sung Yu-jin / Oh Yeong-jun
8	294		Training	Jung Yun-ji / Hong Gi-suk Kim Hack-geon
9	295		Union	Jo In-taek
10	296		Smartphone	Hong Gi-suk / Sung yu-jin Jo in-taek
11	297		Trial	Lee Ji-Yeon
12	298		Magic Clock	Oh Yeong-jun
13	299		Crazy Love	Kim Hack-geon
14	300		Island	Sung Yu-jin, Oh Yeong-jun
15	301		Ping-Pong	Lee Ji-Yeon
16	302		Larva Ranger 1	Ko Dong-Woo, Jung Yun-Ji
17	303		Larva Ranger 2	Ko Dong-Woo, Kim Hack-geon
18	304		Pupa 1	Jung Yun-Ji
19	305		Pupa 2	Jung Yun-Ji
20	306		Air Racing	Ko Dong-Woo
21	307		Date	Oh young-jun, Lee Gyu-ri
22	308		Puberty	Kim Hack-geon / Lee Gyu-ri Sung yu-jin / Hong Gi-suk
23	309		Christmas	Lee Gyu-ri, Lee Hyan-hee
24	310		Guest	Kim Ji-yeon / Jung Yun-ji Sung Yu-jin / Lee Gyu-ri
25	311		Attack	Hong Gi-suk, Oh young-jun
26	312		The Family	Oh young-jun

Season 6 – Larva in Mars (2024)

No. in season	No. Overall	Original air date	Title	Storyboarded by
1	313	13 January 2024	Larva in Mars	TBA
2	314		Gravity	TBA
3	315		Nice to Meet You	TBA
4	316	20 January 2024	Who Are You?	TBA
5	317		Secret Space	TBA
6	318		Paparazzi	TBA
7	319	27 January 2024	Audition	TBA
8	320		Fart Baby 1	TBA
9	321		Customer	TBA
10	322		Magic Carpet	TBA
11	323		Hairstyle 1	TBA
12	324		Hairstyle 2	TBA
13	325	3 February 2024	Live	TBA
14	326		Music Therapy	TBA
15	327		Spice	TBA
16	328		Escape	TBA
17	329	10 February 2024	Slurp Slurp	TBA
18	330		Free Seed 1	TBA
19	331		Free Seed 2	TBA
20	332		Blind Date	TBA

Netflix films

The Larva Island Movie

The Larva Island Movie is an animated Netflix film that serves as the canonical finale to Larva Island. 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 after the events of Larva Island and The Larva Island Movie. The film is about Red and Yellow discovering a city but must stop an evil man who is using bugs to help him grow hair. The short film was released on 25 May 2022.

Feature film

Larva the Movie

Larva the Movie is an upcoming film that takes place either between the events of Larva Family and Larva in Mars or after Larva in Mars. ^[9]

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." ^[11] 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. ^[12] Ivan Lin of Asia First Media recognized the characters' innovative contributions in educational videos. ^[13]

References

1. "1st information of Larva in Mars!". Instagram . larvainmars.official. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
2. "'Larva' embraces all ages". The Korea Times. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
3. "Demonstration of characters in main homepage". Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
4. "'Pororo,' 'Larva' change game in Korean animation". The Korea Herald . 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
5. "Netflix Announces Larva Island". Netflix . Retrieved 20 August 2018.
6. Hobson, Jane. "Netflix and TUBAn partner on Larva Island". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
7. Milligan, Mercedes. "Netflix Debuts Korean Toons 'Larva Island' S2 & 'YooHoo to the Rescue' in March". Animation Magazine . Retrieved 28 February 2019.
8. Moore, Kasey. "'Larva Island' Season 2 Coming to Netflix on March 1st, 2019". What’s on Netflix. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
9. Milligan, Mercedes. "Astro-Nomical Ties Up with TubaN for 'Larva the Movie'". Animation Magazine . Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
10. Jin-gu, Jang. "투바앤, 화성으로 떠난 라바의 흥미진진 탈출기 <라바 인 마스>" [Tuban and Larva’s exciting escape to Mars <Larva in Mars>]. I Love Character (in Korean). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
11. "Larva - TV Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
12. Butler, Issac (31 October 2018). "The Most Terrifying Show on Netflix Is a Children's Cartoon Called Larva". Slate . Retrieved 12 August 2020.
13. "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