The Island of Giant Insects

The Island of Giant Insects
is a Japanese manga series written by Yasutaka Fujimi and illustrated by REDICE and later by Shu Hirose. It was published online on Akita Shoten's Champion Cross web platform from October 2014 to May 2018, and on Manga Cross from December 2018 to March 2019. A sequel, titled Die! The Island of Giant Insects, began on Manga Cross in April 2019. A prologue original animation DVD (OAD) adaptation produced by Passione was released in June 2019 and a film adaptation premiered in January 2020.
Plot
A group of high school students are on a school trip, but their plane crashes on an uncharted island, leaving them stranded. As they search for a way to escape, they soon realize that they are not alone on the island—it is swarming with monstrously mutated insects that are significantly larger than their normal counterparts.
The students must quickly band together and use their wits and survival skills if they want to survive. However, there is other danger lurking on the island: a group of enemy survivors that were also on the plane. They are greedy and manipulative, willing to do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival, even if it means betraying their former classmates.
With giant insects attacking them from every angle, and their former classmates turning on them, the students must make critical decisions to stay alive. They must overcome their fears and insecurities, shedding their former high school cliques to work as a team and escape the island before it is too late.
As they approach the end of their journey, the students face one final, harrowing challenge: a colossal Queen insect with overwhelming strength and intellect that threatens their survival. The students confront the massive insect in a battle where they must rely on each other and everything they have learned from their experiences on the island, to emerge victorious.
In the end, the remaining students escape the island, changed forever by their harrowing experiences. They return to their lives with newfound strength and determination, never forgetting the lessons they learned on the Island of Giant Insects.
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Manga
The Island of Giant Insects is written by Yasutaka Fujimi, and first illustrated by the duo REDICE and later by Shu Hirose. It was serialized on Akita Shoten's Champion Cross web platform from October 21, 2014 to May 1, 2018. It was published on Manga Cross from December 27, 2018 to March 14, 2019, with an extra chapter published on March 28 of the same year. Akita Shoten collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from March 6, 2015 to June 20, 2019. A sequel, titled , began on Manga Cross on April 25, 2019. Akita Shoten released the first tankōbon volume on December 20, 2019. As of February 19, 2021, four volumes have been released.
Anime
An original animation DVD (OAD) adaptation produced by Passione was bundled with the manga's sixth volume, released on June 20, 2019. It was directed by Takeo Takahashi and Naoyuki Tatsuwa, written by Shigeru Morita, and features character designs by Takayuki Noguchi. It serves as a prologue to the film. The OAD aired in Japan on AT-X on December 1, 2019. An anime film adaptation by the same staff from the OAD premiered on January 10, 2020. A live-action film promotional video was launched for the film. It was co-produced by Crunchyroll. A Kickstarter campaign was launched for an English dub of the film.
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Akita Shoten manga
Crunchyroll anime
Horror anime and manga
Insects in popular culture
Japanese animated horror films
Japanese webcomics
OVAs based on manga
Passione (company)
Seinen manga
Survival anime and manga
Webcomics in print