Larva (also known as Larvae) is a computer-animatedtelevision series made by TUBA Entertainment in Seoul, South Korea.[1] This cartoon shows two larvae as its main characters. There’s no dialogue in the show: characters either do not speak, except Chuck, Grace and other human characters.
Yellow - is a dense, dirty and happy-go-lucky yellow-colored caterpillar with an antenna. Yellow is often abused by Red, but that never endangers their friendship. Although usually he obeys Red, he loses his mind in front of food. Yellow is bad with Red because he takes all things that are for Red and Red always fights him. He changes color from yellow to brown and he grows dark green shades around his mouth when feeling extreme emotions.
Red – is a mostly hot-tempered and greedy red-colored caterpillar. He is often seen hurting Yellow, Red usually ends up hurting himself instead. Red has also tried to steal Pink, which is Yellow's love interest many times, but he always ends up alone. He usually shrieks, shouts and screams when in anger, fear, frustration and in a horrible panic.[2]
Recurring
Violet – An oversized ghost slug. He has an exposed inner body and roar, showing his sharp teeth.
Brown – An anthropomorphic 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 "Black’s Back" he turns out to be a slug wearing beetle armor.
Rainbow – A lazy 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-colored 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 has 2 antennae and little pink studs on. His girlfriend is Cocoa.
Minor
Blue – A housefly that has numerous smells. Nobody can get close 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 carnivorous plant which 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 – A 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 which collects honey. She stings when someone touches the honey that she collected or makes her angry.
Maroon – A dachshund who wears a blue and yellow sweater, appearing in season 2. He attacks when he sees moving things. He buries his valued bones in the ground and is quite temperamental. In "Whistle", he does certain things when he hears certain whistling.
Prussian – A blue parrot which appears in season 2. He observes other friends and gives a sardonic laugh before attacking. He is also a predator to the caterpillars. "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 rat that appears in season 3. He is an enemy to all caterpillars in this season.
Silvers – A bird 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 bird communicates with one word, "Yah" for the bird wearing the banana peel, and "Huh" for the bird wearing the carved out watermelon. These birds only appear in Season 3.
Mite - A baby mite who Yellow initially adopts, but turns out to parasitically prey on Yellow and the others. Then Yellow leaves it in a zoo.
Mud - A mudskipper. 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 caterpillar Red has fallen in love with. When she first meets Red, she couples with him.
Chuck - 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.
Crabsformer - A crab that accidentally ate an unknown object 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.
Malt - A dark grey tabby & 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.
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
Originally aired
First aired
Last aired
Network
1
104
26 March 2011 (2011-03-26)
24 September 2011 (2011-09-24)
Netflix
2
52
5 January 2012 (2012-01-05)
3 August 2012 (2012-08-03)
Tuba Entertainment Co.
3
104
17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)
27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)
4
26
19 October 2018 (2018-10-19)
1 March 2019 (2019-03-01)
Larva-Coaster
17 September 2019 (2019-09-17)
5
26
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
TBA
Shorts
4
7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)
8 August 2013 (2013-08-08)
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. 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 in Jul 24, 2020.
Larva Pendant
Larva Pendant is 2022 animated short film that is set between the final 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 previous film without an initial explanation after the events of "Drift". The short film was released May 25, 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
^ ab"'Larva' embraces all ages". www.americatimes.co.kr. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ ab. 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.
^. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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For other uses see Larva disambiguation Larva also known as Larvae is a computer animated television series made by TUBA Entertainment in Seoul South Korea 1 This cartoon shows two larvae as its main characters There s no dialogue in the show characters either do not speak except Chuck Grace and other human characters LarvaAlso known asLarvaeGenreComedySlapstickCreated byTUBAn Co LtdDirected byJoo gong MaengVoices ofBum ki HongComposerGreat ParkCountry of originSouth KoreaOriginal languagesKoreanEnglishNo of seasons4No of episodes286 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersSungjai AhnEugene KangProducersKi tae KimJi na KimSang koo LeeSean SongAlex SungCatherine YoonEditorsByuong wook AhnYoon hee JongRunning time2 3 minutesProduction companiesTUBA EntertainmentTUBAn Season 3 ReleaseOriginal networkKBS 1TV 2011 KBS 2TV 2012 JEI TV 2014 2015 Netflix 2018 2019 Picture formatHDTV 1080iOriginal release26 March 2011 2011 03 26 1 March 2019 2019 03 01 Contents 1 Characters 1 1 Main 1 2 Recurring 1 3 Minor 2 Production 3 Episode list 3 1 Series overview 3 2 Netflix films 3 2 1 The Larva Island Movie 3 2 2 Larva Pendant 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksCharacters EditMain Edit Yellow is a dense dirty and happy go lucky yellow colored caterpillar with an antenna Yellow is often abused by Red but that never endangers their friendship Although usually he obeys Red he loses his mind in front of food Yellow is bad with Red because he takes all things that are for Red and Red always fights him He changes color from yellow to brown and he grows dark green shades around his mouth when feeling extreme emotions Red is a mostly hot tempered and greedy red colored caterpillar He is often seen hurting Yellow Red usually ends up hurting himself instead Red has also tried to steal Pink which is Yellow s love interest many times but he always ends up alone He usually shrieks shouts and screams when in anger fear frustration and in a horrible panic 2 Recurring Edit Violet An oversized ghost slug He has an exposed inner body and roar showing his sharp teeth Brown An anthropomorphic 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 Black s Back he turns out to be a slug wearing beetle armor Rainbow A lazy 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 colored 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 has 2 antennae and little pink studs on His girlfriend is Cocoa Minor Edit Blue A housefly that has numerous smells Nobody can get close 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 carnivorous plant which 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 A 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 amp the Silvers Bee A honey bee which collects honey She stings when someone touches the honey that she collected or makes her angry Maroon A dachshund who wears a blue and yellow sweater appearing in season 2 He attacks when he sees moving things He buries his valued bones in the ground and is quite temperamental In Whistle he does certain things when he hears certain whistling Prussian A blue parrot which appears in season 2 He observes other friends and gives a sardonic laugh before attacking He is also a predator to the caterpillars 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 rat that appears in season 3 He is an enemy to all caterpillars in this season Silvers A bird 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 bird communicates with one word Yah for the bird wearing the banana peel and Huh for the bird wearing the carved out watermelon These birds only appear in Season 3 Cocoa A house cricket that Ivory s girlfriend Mite A baby mite who Yellow initially adopts but turns out to parasitically prey on Yellow and the others Then Yellow leaves it in a zoo Mud A mudskipper 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 caterpillar Red has fallen in love with When she first meets Red she couples with him Chuck 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 unknown object 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 Malt A dark grey tabby amp 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 Production EditLarva 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 EditSeries overview Edit SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast airedNetwork110426 March 2011 2011 03 26 24 September 2011 2011 09 24 Netflix2525 January 2012 2012 01 05 3 August 2012 2012 08 03 Tuba Entertainment Co 310417 October 2014 2014 10 17 27 September 2015 2015 09 27 42619 October 2018 2018 10 19 1 March 2019 2019 03 01 Larva Coaster17 September 2019 2019 09 17 5264 May 2023 2023 05 04 TBAShorts47 June 2013 2013 06 07 8 August 2013 2013 08 08 Netflix films Edit The Larva Island Movie Edit The Larva Island Movie is an animated Netflix film that serves as the canonical finale to the Larva franchise 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 in Jul 24 2020 Larva Pendant Edit Larva Pendant is 2022 animated short film that is set between the final 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 previous film without an initial explanation after the events of Drift The short film was released May 25 2022 Reception EditEmily 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 Edit a b Larva embraces all ages www americatimes co kr 7 March 2013 Retrieved 3 October 2016 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 EditOfficial Website at the Wayback Machine archived 31 December 2016 Larva Island at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Larva TV series amp oldid 1151034007, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
