Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects

2006
Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Like a cannon ball Apr 02, 2011

EP2 The Wing Case Apr 04, 2011

Saved by the providential fall of a tiny egg, a mother ladybug adopts it. When it hatches, she realises it contains a little caterpillar.

EP3 Webrizon Apr 05, 2011

EP4 Pea supper Apr 06, 2011

A small spider tries out different techniques to open a can of peas.

EP5 Homeless Jun 08, 2011

EP6 Bzzapping Jun 09, 2011

A fly and a spider are watching sports on television. They disagree as to which channel they want to watch. It's duel time for the remote control. Who is going to let go: the spider, the fly... or the TV?

EP7 The stubborn spider Jun 10, 2011

EP8 An acorn season Jun 13, 2011

EP9 Sausage predator Jun 14, 2011

EP10 Microzilla Jun 15, 2011

A careless fly escapes from a hungry spider by shutting herself inside a microwave oven. The radiations turn her into a powerful monster fly the size of an orange.

EP11 Honey fly Jun 16, 2011

EP12 Mission BBQ Jun 17, 2011

EP13 The Vegetable Garden Jun 20, 2011

EP14 Thievish as a magpie Jun 21, 2011

EP15 A pathetic she'nut'igan Jun 22, 2011

EP16 The grasshopper who didn't know how to leap Jun 23, 2011

A grasshopper who's just had babies hurries to teach them the most important lesson of all: how to leap properly. But one of the babies is unable to hop and ends up an outcast.

EP17 Chewing-gum rodeo Jun 24, 2011

EP18 Valentine's day Jun 25, 2011

EP19 Acrobatics Jun 26, 2011

EP20 The hat of the medusa Jun 27, 2011

EP21 Night of the gastropods Jun 28, 2011

EP22 A pea in the hand is worth... Jul 04, 2011

EP23 Glue Jul 05, 2011

EP24 The wicked web Jul 06, 2011

EP25 Mad fly Jul 07, 2011

EP26 The cruel cow in the meadow Jul 08, 2011

EP27 The chocolate chase! Sep 17, 2011

EP28 If only lonely Sep 19, 2011

EP29 Catch Me If You Can Sep 20, 2011

A reckless male butterfly is interested in a female butterfly that is sitting on a crossroad sign over the other side of the road. Can he make it over to her in one piece?

EP30 The housing plant project Sep 21, 2011

EP31 At full speed Sep 22, 2011

EP32 The annoying neighbor Sep 23, 2011

EP33 Thirsty Sep 26, 2011

EP34 Need for speed Sep 29, 2011

EP35 Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind Oct 01, 2011

EP36 The butterfly effect Oct 05, 2011

EP37 Fly hunting Oct 06, 2011

EP38 A butterfly's nightmare Oct 12, 2011

EP39 Patatas fritas Oct 29, 2011

EP40 He who laughs last, laughs longest Nov 02, 2011

EP41 Fly swatter Nov 07, 2011

EP42 Spider from the Depths Nov 12, 2011

Two spiders are hunting the same prey: a fat fly, lying unconscious on the surface of a pool. The booty will go to the spider that can reach the fly before it wakes up, and without getting wet of course.

EP43 High voltage Nov 19, 2011

EP44 A Christmas Apple Nov 22, 2011

EP45 Gather more to pollinate more Nov 26, 2011

EP46 The iron monster Dec 03, 2011

EP47 The long road Dec 10, 2011

EP48 The yule log Dec 17, 2011

EP49 Rascals! Dec 21, 2011

A group of black ants get their food - a nice nut - stolen by a band of red ants. But the leader of the black ants isn't prepared to give up the fight.

EP50 The Grocery store incident Dec 23, 2011

A mischievous ladybird lures a bunch of flies into a crazy chase inside a supermarket.

EP51 Spider driver Dec 24, 2011

A spider is trying out a miniature red toy car when a bus full of flies hits it. The flies are clearly looking for trouble. A ladybug comes to save the day, happy to give a lesson to these troublemakers.

EP52 Snow carrot Dec 26, 2011

EP53 Down the chimney Dec 27, 2011

EP54 Trapped Dec 29, 2011

EP55 The monster of the haunted swamp Dec 31, 2011

In a gloomy swamp, the insects are terrified by a frightening shape which produces strange sounds.

EP56 Turbo speed Jan 04, 2012

EP57 Snow fly Jan 07, 2012

EP58 A candlelight christmas Jan 16, 2012

EP59 Ants on the train Jan 18, 2012

EP60 zzz in the metro Jan 21, 2012

EP61 Go blue go! Jan 28, 2012

EP62 Chocolate fly Feb 01, 2012

EP63 The sled and the ant Feb 14, 2012

EP64 Refrigerated Feb 15, 2012

EP65 zzzZZZzzz Feb 18, 2012

EP66 Plant pot trickery Feb 25, 2012

EP67 Broom's sweep Feb 28, 2012

EP68 The magic fly Feb 29, 2012

EP69 Telecanetic Mar 01, 2012

EP70 Brushing Mar 03, 2012

EP71 The artist Mar 07, 2012

EP72 Twelve angry snails Mar 08, 2012

EP73 A dream of speed Mar 14, 2012

EP74 Blunder Mar 29, 2012

EP75 Mosquito net Apr 19, 2012

EP76 The doughnut Apr 23, 2012

EP77 Sunburn Apr 24, 2012

EP78 Away all boarders! Apr 26, 2012

Inside a cosy countryside cottage in midwinter, two rival groups of ants fight over a handful of olives.

EP79 To the port now! Apr 27, 2012

EP80 Love apple Apr 30, 2012

EP81 Ant on the rocks May 05, 2012

EP82 Sand castle May 12, 2012

EP83 The grocery store racketeer May 19, 2012

EP84 Metamorphosis Oct 13, 2012

EP85 Pollution Oct 17, 2012

EP86 Ladybugland Oct 20, 2012

EP87 Umbrella and coconut trees Oct 20, 2012

EP88 The mosquito of the caribbean Feb 26, 2013

EP89 beehive on a troll May 30, 2013

EP90 It's a tie! Jun 21, 2013

EP91 Top tabasco Jul 15, 2013

EP92 Labyrinth Jul 15, 2013

EP93 Sleep walker Sep 30, 2013

EP94 White as snow Dec 23, 2013

EP95 Black slope for gastropod skiers Jan 02, 2014

EP96 Summer hat May 20, 2015

8.3| 0h30m| en| More Info
Released: 25 October 2006 Ended
Producted By: Futurikon
Country: France
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://minuscule.tv/
Synopsis

Short video animations giving a bird's eye view of insects' day to day existence, distorted through a burlesque, yet poetic lens.

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Reno Rangan One of a best television series (short) ever for all ages. OMG I don't know what to say, it was so awesome, enjoyed every millisecond of it. The sound design was excellently done, pleasant to hear the sounds of insect world and also the beautiful country nature. The mocking sound made by house fly was the hit among the kids including my niece & nephew. I don't know who to love and who to not, all the insects are heroes and villain in each episode. Each episode was 5 minutes short which tells about fun and adventurous life of the insects such as ants, ladybugs, houseflies, butterflies, dragonflies, spiders, snails, bees, beetle, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, caterpillars, centipede, wasps, cicadas etc.The characters and animations were very natural except the theirs behaviours. Those who love television cartoon shows should not miss it. Eagerly waiting for 'Valley of the Lost Ants' and will never miss it on the opening show. Highly recommended!
jeannettefrey Minuscule is the pleasure of plunging into the world at once real and marvelous of the lives of tiny animals inhabiting our meadows, through small 5 minutes stories. No translation needed, no text, no humans, the lives of these tiny animals doesn't collide often with the destiny of mankind. More so with our houses (warm even in winter),gardens (full of delicious food), remnants of our pick-nicks, and of course our transportation (depending on the views: dangerous monsters, crashing engines, real transportation or competitor in the race for the fastest). Observation of the real, poetry and dreams are everywhere. It is such a pleasure to see them! My favorite? The "dream of a snail." Unbelievable that this series is not more known.
placebotonic First of all, 10 is the highest grade here, and it is impossible to grade this piece higher, but also impossible to rate it lower. Why? It has a certain something, it tells you what it's got without words, you understand everything because at some point of your life you were in a similar situation and probably only know in retrospect what evil little things you could have done to get the satisfaction you never did. Watching this will filter out all the 'real world' out of you and essentially you become a child. You understand, but more emotionally than rationally, twists - sometimes incredibly simple - surprise you, but never leave you hunger for something more, like after watching some high profile Oscar-material drama.Those cartoons give you inner peace and happiness that very very few other movies can, it's for all ages and you can look at it from different perspectives.
Paul B This series of 60 5 minute CGI shorts is sweet and funny. The characterisations of the various bugs are brilliantly done, and I'm amazed at how sparingly some of the charming stories are told. My kids, 4 and 10, adore these. So do I.It's available in French only at the moment I think, but that's irrelevant, it matters only for the titles, the animations themselves have no speech.If I've learned anything from Miniscule, it's don't f*ck with a Ladybird.Incidentally they seem to be a tribute of sorts to "Microcosmos", a deservedly famous French wildlife documentary documenting one day in a French meadow.Magnifique!