The Journey Home

Midge, the chironomid, awakens to find himself no longer on Earth, but a space station. Along with his new friends Doc, the cricket, and Marbo, the spider, Midge learns that they were brought out into space for experiments by the humans. Midge encourages his new friends to escape their room to find the farm that is supposed to be on the station so they can find other bugs and fresh food. Source: crunchyroll

Having found the farm completely rotted, Midge convinces Doc and Marbo that their only option left is to get off the space station and go back to Earth. The trio begin to make their way to the space dock to find a way home, but are surprised to learn they're not the only things still alive on the space station. Now the bugs have to find a way home and somehow avoid being eaten by Geroppa the frog general and his two lackeys. Source: crunchyroll

After successfully managing to escape from the frogs, Midge and the others continue to try to make it to the top deck where a supply ship remains, but they continue to be confronted by challenges. With a few more narrow escapes, they finally reach the dock to find the last remaining supply ship, but just as escape is in their reach Marbo is hesitant to leave. Will the trio be able to make it off the station together? Source: crunchyroll

Safely on the supply ship, Stork, Midge, Doc, and Marbo are finally able to relax a little in the aftermath of the space station's demise and are on their way back to Earth. Suddenly, a package of space food takoyaki is spotted floating nearby and unable to let it pass them by, the bugs devise a plan to retrieve their delicious target. After much struggle to retrieve the takoyaki the trio of insects settles down to enjoy the long-awaited good meal, but trouble soon rears it's head when Marbo eats his portion too fast. Source: crunchyroll

After crash landing on a nearby planet, Midge, Doc, and Marbo find themselves surrounded by nothing but sand. With the Stork inoperable, the trio venture out to explore the planet in the operation-bots but encounter a series of struggles that blow them far from their ship, stranding them. They manage to survive the extreme conditions overnight but just when things seem to be looking up for them, the bugs are confronted by a girl pointing an arrow at them. Source: crunchyroll

Midge and the others manage to take down the bug busters with the help of their new friend, the honeybee Ellen. Ellen apologizes for mistaking the trio for being invaders and shows them back to her home for a safe place to talk away from further robotic encounters. In the safety of Ellen's treehouse, she tells them about her past and the tragic fate of the planet. Meanwhile, Geroppa and his henchmen find a door buried in the sand and when they go to investigate they discover something big lurking in the shadows. Source: crunchyroll

Midge and the others take Ellen back to the Stork after she loses her home, and she is finally convinced to join them in their journey to Earth after listening to Midge tell her more about the planet. However, as long as the Stork is not moving the bugs are stuck, so Midge comes up with a plan with Ellen's help to fix the ship. Barely escaping from the frogs once again, Midge and Ellen retrieve the badly needed part and hurry back to the Stork, but after being thwarted the frogs switch their focus and go after Marbo and Doc. Source: crunchyroll

With the Stork back up and running, Midge and the others finally make it off the sand planet and set a course once more for Earth. But their relief is cut short when the Stork is suddenly sucked into yet another mysterious force. The gang wake up in a dreamlike world and meet Wang, the water bear, and he explains that they were sucked into a black hole that is part of an elaborate garbage disposal system. Ready to escape from his imaginary world, Wang asks the group to take him with them back to Earth. Source: crunchyroll

Midge and the others are trying to leave the garbage field, but the Stork can't move. Doc discovers that a critical wire has been chewed through, and a remaining electricity eating bug has managed to get on board the ship. Once the electricity eating bug is taken care of, Ellen and Wang get their first taste of takoyaki to celebrate, but celebrations are cut short when yet another mysterious robot makes its way on board. Source: crunchyroll

Midge, Marbo, and Doc are trapped in a metal cage while trying to rescue Ellen and Wang and they try to use the operation bots to escape, but to no avail. Meanwhile, the frog trio who were looking for Midge and the others ended up sucked into the same black hole and transported to the garbage field! Unfortunately for them, the frogs are found by the resource recovery robot and are taken away, along with Humpty, to be recycled. The resource recovery robot seems to take a special interest in Humpty and sets about remodeling the frogs' support bot. Source: crunchyroll

After finally escaping from the garbage field, Midge and the others once more set a course for Earth. While on their journey, they come across another space station just drifting through space. They decide to board it to see what kind of food or other bugs might be onboard, but are chased by the frogs who are hot on their trail. Just when things are looking bleak, the gang is saved by a house mouse who lives on the station. The mice are experimental creatures, much like Midge and his friends, and have met the same predicament where they were suddenly abandoned by the humans. Everything seems pleasant on the surface, but the mice are hiding a dark secret. Source: crunchyroll

Despite the disappearance of the humans, the mice have continued their experiments believing strongly that it is their fate as experimental creatures, and they intend to use Midge and the others as part of their experiments. The mice plan to feed Midge and the others to the carnivorous plants in their space farm to see if they can produce an alternative source of energy. Midge does his best to fight off the mice before they can feed him to one of the plants, but ends up being cast out into space. Meanwhile, through a chance of luck, the frogs are unfrozen from their ice prison and start causing trouble too. Will the bugs ever make it off this terrifying space station? Source: crunchyroll