In Popular Culture
The movie King Kong provides a fictional (and exaggerated) example of Island gigantism. The animals, bugs and plants found on Skull Island all present monstrous sizes.
In an early episode of the Pokémon anime (Season 1, Episode 17: "Island of the Giant Pokémon"), a theme park of giant (although robotic) Pokémon references the concept of island gigantism.
The anime and manga series One Piece features an arc in which the characters travel to an island called "Little Garden", where several over-sized animals and plants can be found.
In the 5th episode of the second season of Lost Tapes, two entomologists got stuck on a mysterious island inhabited by 3-foot (0.91 m) long centipedes.
In Naruto Shippuden, an arc involves a giant tortoise that acts as an island, and due to lack of humans the animals have grown to giant proportions.
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