Larva (TV series)
| Larva | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Larvae |
| Genre |
Comedy Slapstick Toilet humor |
| Created by | TUBA n Co., Ltd |
| Developed by | Joo-gong Maeng |
| Written by | Byeong-wook Anh, Man-joong Lee, Yoon-hyeong Park |
| Directed by | Joo-gong Maeng |
| Creative director(s) | Joo-gong Maeng |
| Presented by | Joo-gong Maeng |
| Theme music composer | Great Park |
| Opening theme | Larva |
| Ending theme | Larva |
| Composer(s) | Great Park |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 260 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Gi-tae Kim |
| Producer(s) | Ji-na Kim, Gi-tae Kim |
| Production company(s) | Neon Creation, Studio Darda, A-vision animation Studio, Once Studio |
| Distributor |
Canal+ Clan TVE Miramax Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | KBS 1TV, RCTI, Mondo Media, KBS 2TV, JEI TV, Disney Channel The Balkans |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080p |
| First shown in | 15 March 2011 |
| Original release | 26 March 2011 – 31 March 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Pucca |
| Followed by | Free Birds |
| Related shows |
Bunn&Bunny Strange Hill High Angry Birds Toons Ocean's Trilogy |
| External links | |
| Production website | |
Larva Also Known As Larvae is a computer-animated comedy television series made by Tuba Entertainment in Seoul, South Korea.[1] This cartoon shows two larvae as its main characters. Larva is also part of Disney Channel Asia and based on the original show broadcast on Disney Channel Middle East.
Characters
Main
- Yellow – is a dimwitted and happy-go-lucky yellow colored larva with an antenna. Yellow is always abused by Red, but that never endangers their friendship. Although usually he obeys Red, he loses his mind in front of food.
- Red – a mostly hot-tempered and greedy red colored larva. His specialty is shouting and kicking like Bruce Lee. He is always showing off and abusing Yellow, but he often ends up hurting himself instead.[2]
Recurring
- Violet – An oversized ghost slug. He is sometimes shown with his lower half buried in the ground. When he is threatened, he exposes his whole body and roars.
- Brown – A cloying dung beetle that gathers poop. To him, poop is either his food or his treasure. He hates it when other insects touch his prized poop. 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 "Hello, Black" he turns out to be a slug wearing beetle armor.
- Rainbow – a snail with a red and green shell. When in his shell, he's slow in his action, but under that he has a muscular human-like body and can function like humans do.
- Pink – a pink larva with two antennae. She is the only recurring female character. She loves Yellow but Red loves her. She hides a great strength behind her cute, beautiful face.
Minor
- Blue – 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 – in "One Wild and Rough World" part 1, this 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 Red and Yellow.
- Green – 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.
- Frog – a frog which often appears in the sewer, is sensitive and tries to monopolise all power by eating the insects and larva. He is several times bigger than other normal frogs. He escaped from sewer and went into the house where Red and Yellow lived in a season 2 episode. In season 3 he lives in the sewers again.
- Bee – a Honey bee which collects honey. He stings when someone touches his honey that he collected or makes him angry.
- Maroon – Dachshund that appears in season 2. He attacks when he watches moving things. He likes to smell and he bares his teeth when he likes. He tends to bury his valuable bones in the ground and is quite temperamental. He's a stereotypical pet dog who wears a blue and yellow sweater. In "Whistle Fart" he's shown if he hears the wrong whistling, he turns into a werewolf.
- Prussian – a blue parrot which always monitors from inside a cage. He appears in season 2. He observes other friends and gives a sardonic laugh before attacking. Other than Prism, he is also a predator to the larvae. In "Nanta" he's shown he used to live in the amazon forest 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 has a very short lifespan.
- Bomb bug a bombing Bug that he bombed Yellow, Red and Brown in episode "Bomb Bug" in Season 2.
- Grey – a rat that appears in season 3. He is an enemy to all larva in this season.
- Ivory – a stick insect that he winding and clumsy and Yellow befriends.
- The Silvers – twin pigeons who wear a banana and watermelon peel to cover their bald patches. They are known as Yah-Silver and Uhh-Silver due to the sounds they make.
- There are humans who rarely appear and their faces are always off-screen (except a plane passenger in "One Wild and Rough World"). The recurring ones are an old woman and a fat guy who live in the house from season 2.
- Other birds have been shown regularly, including pigeons.
- Cocoa - a hot girl that Ivory has a crush on.
- Baby coco a friend larva a great coconut the according work the 2 episode "Mite" and "Stop Child Abuse is where the accordingly.
- Corn and Carrot
Production and impact
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 1.2 billion won in royalties in the first three months of launching related merchandise, including toys and stationery products.[1][3]
Episode list
Season 1 - Grate
| Episode | Date | Subtitle |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 26 March | Icecream |
| Mosquito | ||
| Dancing in the Rain | ||
| Mushroom | ||
| 2nd | 2 April | Gum (1) |
| Ice Road | ||
| Straw | ||
| Insectivorous Plant | ||
| 3rd | 9 April | Snail |
| Snoring | ||
| Pop-corn | ||
| Aquarium | ||
| 4th | 23 April | Ham |
| Psychic | ||
| Fly | ||
| Spaghetti | ||
| 5th | 30 April | Air Form |
| Cocoon (1 & 2) | ||
| Puding | ||
| 6th | 7 May | Watermelon |
| UFO | ||
| Fishing | ||
| Out of Body | ||
| 7th | 14 May | Hot Springs |
| Hide and Seek | ||
| Earthquake | ||
| Hair-growth Solution (1) | ||
| 8th | 21 May | Flood (1) |
| Swamp | ||
| Walnut | ||
| Soda | ||
| 9th | 28 May | Frog |
| Typhoon (1) | ||
| Cavity | ||
| Cointoss | ||
| 10th | 4 June | Concert |
| Snowball Fight | ||
| Flood (2) | ||
| Ant | ||
| 11th | 11 June | Stomachache |
| Mummy | ||
| Bee (1) | ||
| Balloon | ||
| 12th | 18 June | Love |
| Spring | ||
| Christmas | ||
| Yellow Terminator | ||
| 13th | 25 June | The Cement |
| Larvatar (1) | ||
| Hip Hop | ||
| Snot | ||
| 14th | 2 July | Hailing |
| Pit | ||
| Gum (2) | ||
| Rain | ||
| 15th | 9 June | Glove |
| Laughing | ||
| Eye Infection | ||
| Missing | ||
| 16th | 16 June | Wig |
| Vampire | ||
| Clock | ||
| Staring Contest | ||
| 17th | 23 June | Perfume |
| Glue | ||
| Swing | ||
| Insect-Growing a Plant | ||
| 18th | 30 June | Bee (2) |
| Scary Night | ||
| Rope | ||
| Spider | ||
| 19th | 6 August | Super Liquid |
| Nightmare | ||
| Chick (1 & 2) | ||
| 20th | 13 August | Farting |
| Secret of Snail | ||
| Hand | ||
| Bottle | ||
| 21st | 20 August | Moonlight Waltz |
| Hair-growth Solution (2) | ||
| Wart | ||
| Typhoon (2) | ||
| 22nd | 27 August | Chili Show |
| Alien | ||
| Grape | ||
| Quick Sand | ||
| 23rd | 3 September | Larvatar (2) |
| Toy Car | ||
| Love Love Love (1 & 2) | ||
| 24th | 10 September | Swan Lake |
| Electronic Shock | ||
| Whistle | ||
| Diving | ||
| 25th | 17 September | Fire |
| Balance | ||
| Water Show | ||
| Flying Yellow | ||
| 26th | 24 September | Short Arm Octopus |
| Wild Wild World (1-3) |
Season 2 - House
| Episode | Date | Subtitle |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 January | Welcome Larva! |
| Soap Bubbles | ||
| 2nd | 12 January | Robot |
| Brown's Back | ||
| 3rd | 19 January | Stop, Freeze! |
| Upstanding | ||
| 4th | 26 January | Ski Jump |
| Black's Back | ||
| 5th | 2 February | Man Date |
| Tomato | ||
| 6th | 9 February | Make-up |
| Gum | ||
| 7th | 16 February | Sneeze |
| Foolish Mushroom (*) | ||
| 8th | 23 February | Roulette |
| Ping-Pong | ||
| 9th | 9 March | Spider-Larva |
| Bug Bomb | ||
| 10th | 16 March | Hi Pink! |
| Spinner | ||
| 11th | 23 March | Speaker Dance |
| Limbs | ||
| 12th | 30 March | Bath |
| Genius Yellow | ||
| 13th | 6 April | Hi Violet! |
| Diet | ||
| 14th | 20 April | Whistle |
| Sweat | ||
| 15th | 11 May | Fan |
| Nanta | ||
| 16th | 18 May | Nightmare |
| Bug Bomb (RE) | ||
| 17th | 25 May | Yellow Chicken |
| Pirate Roulette (RE) | ||
| 18th | 1 June | Toilet |
| Ping-Pong (RE) | ||
| 19th | 8 June | Fortune Cookie |
| Brown's Back (RE) | ||
| 20th | 15 June | Magic Jar |
| Soap Bubbles (RE) | ||
| 21st | 22 June | Mayfly (1 and 2) |
| 22nd | 29 June | Lar-vengers |
| Make-up (RE) | ||
| 23rd | 6 July | Hide & Seek |
| Limbs (RE) | ||
| 24th | 13 July | Opera |
| Spider Larva (RE) | ||
| 25th | 20 July | Ice |
| Upstanding (RE) | ||
| 26th | 27 July | Once Upon A Time |
| Tomato (RE) | ||
| 27th | 3 August | Cocoon |
| Nanta (RE) | ||
| 28th | 10 August | Larva Car |
| Diet (RE) | ||
| 29th | 17 August | Golden Brown |
| Black's Back (RE) | ||
| 30th | 24 August | Flower Farts |
| Gum (RE) | ||
| 31st | 31 August | Beanstalks |
| Sweat (RE) | ||
| 32nd | 7 September | Frog |
| Magic Jar (RE) | ||
| 33rd | 14 September | Wild Red |
| One Wild wild wild World (1) | ||
| 34th | 21 September | Wild wild wild World (2 and 3) |
Season 3 - New York
|1|Donut| | | |2|Flame| | | |3|Box| | | |4|Hurricane| | | |5|Fireplug| | | |6|Lemon| | | |7|Gum Fart| | | |8|Shade| | | |9|Ice| | | |10|Stream| | | |11|Basketball| | | |12|Tickle| | | |13|Hiccups| | | |14|Rat| | | |15|Garlic 1| | | |16|Garlic 2| | | |17|Wheel| | | |18|Magnet| | | |19|Stick Insect| | | |20|Oil| | | |21-22|Double eyelids 1-2| | | |23|Thunder Red| | | |24|Cement| | | |25|The Chaser| | | |26|Wrap| | | |27|Silver | | |28|Ark| | | |29|Mite| | | |30|Can - Can| | | |31|Pink's secret| | | |32|Massage| | | |33|Loyalty| | | |34|Kung Fu| | | |35|Pipe| | | |36|Tag| | | |37|Cup Noodle| | | |38|Untidy Sleeper| | | |39|Sushi| | | |40|Breath| | | |41|Tower Stack| | | |42|Tough Guy| | | |43|Showdown| | | |44|Dance battle| | | |45|Booger| | | |46-47|Detective 1-2| | | |48|Yellow's Secret| | | |49|Straw| | | |50|Confetti Firecracker| | | |51|Rain| | | |52|A day in the life of Larva|
References
- 1 2 "'Larva' embraces all ages". The Korea Times. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- 1 2 Demonstration of characters in main homepage
- ↑ "'Pororo,' 'Larva' change game in Korean animation". The Korea Herald. 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
External links
- Tuba Entertainment Homepage
- KBS Character Cinema Homepage
- Larva Homepage
- Larva on Twitter
- Larva on Facebook
- Larva Tistory Blog
- Larva on YouTube
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