1984年3月10日に、古惑『幻魔大戦』に続く角川映画製作のアニメ第二作として公開される。原作者の山川自身がオープニングとラストシーンの実写映像に出演した。監督にはこれまでに角川映画で3作品を監督して来た実写畑の大林宣彦が起用され、古惑大林は商業用アニメ映画でありながら、さまざまな実験的・前衛的な手法が取り入れた。さらに大林は「アマチュアの感性も取り入れたい」とも発案し、アニメーターが一般公募され、これにまだ高校生だったうるし原智志や細田守らが合格。細田は不参加だったものの、実際にうるし原がアニメーターとして作画に参加している。キャストワタル - 高柳良一ケイト - 原田知世ゼガ - 大塚周夫シュタイン博士 - 八奈見乗児村上大介 - 井上真樹夫村上葉子 - 増山江威子フォン・ゲルヒン - 永井一郎ワカギ（マサイ族） - 塩沢兼人グレ（ポラ族） - 内海賢二アゲラ（トカゲ族） - 柴田秀勝スタッフ製作：角川春樹、今田智憲監督：大林宣彦共同監督：今沢哲男脚本：桂千穂、内藤誠、剣持亘作画監督：我妻宏音楽：宇崎竜童主題歌：渡辺典子「少年ケニヤ」アニメーション制作：東映動画
回复 :罗娜是某舞厅的舞女，弗兰克是个在电车上的惯偷，一次弗兰克在电车上偷了罗娜笔记本，他按照上面的地址找到了罗娜，从此两人结下了不解之缘。
回复 :六十岁的沃特·肖尔是一位强拆公司的搬运工人，也是老板罗兰·格罗恩的拆迁公司里最勤恳、最忠诚的员工。格罗恩谋划了一次涉及家族洗钱活动的拆迁，为此，市中心公寓楼的住户都将被驱逐出去，然后将楼盘以巨额利润重新出售。然而，一名最后剩下的住户拒绝离开他的家。沃特惊讶地发现这个顽固的年轻人是几十年前被他抛弃的儿子。沃特并没有表明自己是他失散已久的父亲，但他试图接近已经成年的儿子扬和扬的家人。当他意识到格罗恩和这单生意的危险性时，他已深陷其中。他想帮助扬远离危险，却以失败告终。为了帮助儿子和自己走出困境，他不仅要面对邪恶的老板，还要面对自己的过去。
回复 :Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals."King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts; it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.
