Larva (TV series)

South Korean animated television 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 (2013)
* JEI TV (2014–2015)
* Netflix (2018–present)
* SBS TV (2024–present)[1]

Release| 26 March 2011 (2011-03-26) –
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

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### Main

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* 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

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* 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.
* 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

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* 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

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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

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### Series overview

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Series| Episodes| Title| Originally released

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First released| Last released| Network
1| 104| Grate| 26 March 2011 (2011-03-26)| 24 September 2011 (2011-09-24)| KBS 1TV
2| 52| House| 5 January 2013 (2013-01-05)| 21 September 2013 (2013-09-21)| KBS 2TV
3| 104| New York| 17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)| 7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)| JEI TV
4| 26| Larva Island| 19 October 2018 (2018-10-19)| 1 March 2019 (2019-03-01)| Netflix
The Larva Island Movie| 23 July 2020 (2020-07-23)
Larva Pendant| 25 May 2022 (2022-05-25)
5| 26| Larva Family| 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)| 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
6| 78[10]| Larva in Mars| 13 January 2024 (2024-01-13)| TBA| SBS TV[1]

### Season 1 – Grate (2011)

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No. | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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1  | 26 March 2011 | Ice Cream | Joo-gong, Maeng
2  | Mosquito
3  | Dancing in the Rain
4  | Mushroom | Tea-sik, Shin
5  | 2 April 2011 | Gum 1 | Joo-gong, Maeng
6  | Ice Road
7  | Straw | Byoung-wook, Ahn
8  | Insectivorous Plant
9  | 9 April 2011 | Snail | Joo-gong, Maeng
10  | Snoring | Byoung-wook, Ahn
11  | Popcorn
12  | Aquarium | Byoung-wook, Ahn
Dea-bum, Kim
13  | 23 April 2011 | Ham | Joo-gong, Maeng
14  | Psychic | Byoung-wook, Ahn
15  | Fly
16  | Spaghetti | Dea-bum, Kim
17  | 30 April 2011 | Airform | Byoung-wook, Ahn
18  | Cocoon 1
19  | Cocoon 2
20  | Puding | Dea-bum, Kim
21  | 7 May 2011 | Watermelon
22  | UFO
23  | Fishing
24  | Out of Body
25  | 14 May 2011 | Hot Spring
26  | Hide and Seek | Byoung-wook, Ahn
27  | Earthquake
28  | Hair-growth Solution | Dea-bum, Kim
29  | 21 May 2011 | Flood 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
30  | Swamp | Dea-bum, Kim
31  | Walnut
32  | Soda
33  | 28 May 2011 | 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 2011 | Concert | Byoung-wook, Ahn
Dea-bum, Kim
38  | Snowball Fight | Byoung-wook, Ahn
39  | Flood 2
40  | Ant | Dea-bum, Kim
41  | 11 June 2011 | Stomachache
42  | Mummy | Byoung-wook, Ahn
43  | Bee 1
44  | Balloon
45  | 18 June 2011 | Love | Dea-bum, Kim
46  | Spring | Byoung-wook, Ahn
47  | Christmas | Dea-bum, Kim
48  | Yellow-terminator | Joo-gong, Maeng
49  | 25 June 2011 | 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 2011 | Hailing | Min-seong, Kang
54  | Pit | Byoung-wook, Ahn
55  | Gum2
56  | Raining
57  | 9 July 2011 | Glove
58  | Laughing
59  | Eye Infection | Dea-bum, Kim
60  | Missing
61  | 16 July 2011 | Wig
62  | Vampire
63  | Clock | Min-seong, Kang
64  | Staring Contest | Byoung-wook, Ahn
65  | 23 July 2011 | Perfume | Min-seong, Kang
66  | Super Glue | Dea-bum, Kim
67  | Swing
68  | Growing a Plant
69  | 30 July 2011 | Bee 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
70  | Scary Night
71  | Rope | Dea-bum, Kim
72  | Spider | Min-seong, Kang
73  | 6 August 2011 | Super Liquid | Dea-bum, Kim
74  | Nightmare | Joo-gong, Maeng
75  | Chick 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
76  | Chick 2
77  | 13 August 2011 | 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 2011 | 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 2011 | Chili Show | Dea-bum, Kim
86  | Alien | Min-seong, Kahn
87  | Grape | Dea-bum, Kim
88  | Quick Sand | Min-seong, Kang
89  | 3 September 2011 | Larvatar 2
90  | Toy Car | Dea-bum, Kim
91  | Love Love Love 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
92  | Love Love Love 2
93  | 10 September 2011 | Swan Lake
94  | Electronic Shock | Dea-bum, Kim
95  | Whistle | Min-seong, Kang
96  | Diving | Byoung-wook, Ahn
97  | 17 September 2011 | Fire | Min-seong, Kang
98  | Balance | Dea-bum, Kim
99  | Water Show | Min-seong, Kang
100  | Flying Yellow | Byoung-wook, Ahn
101  | 24 September 2011 | 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 (2013)

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Original air date  | No. In Season | Title | Storyboarded by

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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)

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No. In Season  | No. Overall | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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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)

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#### Season 1 (2018)

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No. in
series | No. in
season  | No. Overall | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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1  | 1  | 261  | 19 October 2018 | 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)

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No. in
series | No. in
season  | No. Overall | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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14  | 1  | 274  | 1 March 2019 | 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 2019 (Both) | Larva Rangers (1&2) | Koh Tae-wook
19  | 6  | 279  | 1 March 2019 | 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)

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No. in
season  | No. Overall | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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1  | 287  | 4 May 2023 | 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)

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No. in
season  | No. Overall | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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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

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#### The Larva Island Movie

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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

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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

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#### Larva the Movie

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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

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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."[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

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1. ^ a b "1st information of Larva in Mars!". Instagram. larvainmars.official. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
2. ^ a b "'Larva' embraces all ages". The Korea Times. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
3. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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

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* Official Website at the Wayback Machine (archived 31 December 2016)
* Larva Island at IMDb

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