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Maya the Bee (TV)

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© NIPPON ANIMATION CO., LTD. 1975


Related anime:
    Shin Mitsubachi Maaya no Boken (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Abeja Maya (Spanish)
Abelha Maia (Portuguese)
Adventures of Maya the Honeybee
Die Biene Maja (German)
L'abella Maia
L'Apemaia (Italian)
Las Aventuras de la Abeja Maya (Spanish)
Maija Mehiläinen
Maja de Bij (Dutch)
Maya l'abeille (French)
Maya the Honey Bee
Mitsubachi Maaya no Boken (Japanese)
Pszczółka Maja (Polish)
Včelka Mája
Приключения пчёлки Майи
زينة ونحول (Arabic)
みつばちマーヤの冒険 (Japanese)
小蜜蜂美雅 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy
Age rating: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
User Ratings: 98 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Excellent: 5 votes (Ger.dub:2, Ara.dub:1, dub:1, sub:1)
 Very good: 13 votes (dub:4, Ara.dub:2, ?:2, Por.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, sub:1, edit.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Good: 33 votes (dub:9, sub:9, ?:3, Pol.dub:2, edit.dub:2, Spa.dub:2, Ger.dub:2, Ita.dub:2, Ara.edit.dub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Decent: 21 votes (sub:7, dub:5, ?:4, Spa.dub:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, Ita.dub:1)
 So-so: 9 votes (dub:3, sub:2, Ara.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (dub:2, Ger.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:2, Ita.dub:2, raw:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 329 users, rank: #1384
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.265 (Decent+.26), std. dev.: 1.8381, rank: #2781
Weighted mean: 6.340 (Decent+.34), rank: #2604 (seen all: 7.00 / seen some: 5.78 / won't finish: 4.58)
Bayesian estimate: 6.448 (Decent+.44), rank: #2196
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 55
Episode titles: We have 55
Vintage:
1975-04-01 to 1976-04-20
1980 (México - TV Azteca)
1987 (TV Azteca, 2nd Time)
Opening Theme:
"Maja de bij" by Peter Blanker
"The Adventures of Maya the Honeybee" by Cheetah and the Honeybee Choir
Ending Theme:
"Good night, Maya" by Cheetah and the Honeybee Choir
Official website:
Links: We have 16
Trivia: We have 2
In the news 2 times:
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director:
Hiroshi Saitô
Mitsuo Kaminashi
Seiji Endô

Script:
Hikaru Sasa
Hitoshi Kanazawa

Screenplay: Fumi Takahashi

Storyboard:
Fumio Ikeno
Hikaru Sasa
Hitoshi Kikuchi
Mitsuo Kobayashi
Osamu Murayama
Shisuke Takahashi
Shûji Yamazaki

Episode Director: Hiroshi Saitô

Original story: Waldemar Bonsels

Character Design: Susumu Shiraume

Animation director:
Susumu Shiraume
Takao Ogawa

Animation: Hayao Nobe

Sound: Yasuhiro Koyama

Theme Song Arrangement: Yasuhiro Koyama

Theme Song Composition: Seizo Ise

Theme Song Lyrics: Seizo Ise

 

Michiko Nomura as Maaya

Masako Nozawa as Willy

Ichirô Nagai as Phillip

Miyoko Asou as Cassandra-sensei

Terue Nunami as Techra

Akiko Tsuboi

Chiyoko Kawashima

Eken Mine

Hiroko Kikuchi

Hiroshi Masuoka

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Kaoru Ozawa

Kazuko Sugiyama

Kazuya Tatekabe

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Keaton Yamada

Keiko Mari

Kenichi Ogata

Kiyoshi Tomiyama

Kouji Yada

Matsugoro Mita

Mie Azuma

Osamu Kato

Ritsuo Sawa

Sachiko Chijimatsu

Shun Yashiro

Takeshi Watabe

Tetsuo Mizutori

Tomoko Deguchi

Toshiko Sawada

Yuuko Maruyama

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: Asahi Broadcasting (ABC)

Development: Tokyo Laboratory

Paint: Studio Killy

Photography: Trans Arts Co.

Production: Nippon Animation

Production ِAssistance: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Scott Page-Pagter

Script: Tim Reid

Music: Shuki Levy

Executive producer:
Haim Saban
Jerald E. Bergh

Art Card: Kevin Murphy

Artistic Direction: Andrea Wagner

Assistants To The Producers:
Amber Santilli
Jennifer Canady
Sherry Jeffreys

Associate producer:
Eric S. Rollman

Editing Supervisor:
Stacy Gale
Tony Rastatter

Executive In Charge Of Music: Ron Kenan

Music Coordinator: Lesa M. Scharnett

Music Editing: Chris Chilly

Music Engineer: Barron Abaamovitch

Music Supervisor: Andrew Dimitroff

Original screenplay: Marty Murphy

Post Production Director: Claudine Carpentier

Post-Production Coordinator: Julie Pelletier

Production Supervision: Paul Campbell

Re-recording: Andre Perreault

Sound Editor: Rene Berudry

Sound Effects:
Mario Roorigue
Steve Weiner

Studio Supervisor: Barbara Parker

Supervising Producer: Winston Richard

Title Design: Sam Johnson

Voice Direction: Kathleen Fee

Voice Recording:
Luc Hebert

 

Pauline Little as Maya

Richard Dumont as Willi

A.J. Henderson as Flip

Anna MacCormack as Grimelda

Jane Woods as Cassandra

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Nickelodeon
YTV (Canada)

French cast 
French staff 

Theme Song Performance:
Brigitte Winstel
Nadine Delanoë

Didier Rousset as Willi

Nadine Delanoë as Maya

Catherine Lafond as
Cassandre
La Fourmi

Claude Rollet as Colonel des Fourmis

Elisabeth Chouvalidzé as Willy (Quebec)

Elisabeth Margoni as La Coccinelle

Erik Colin as
Jean le Taon
Jérôme le mille-pattes

Jacques Lavallée as Flip (Quebec)

Jean-Pierre Rambal as Max le ver de terre

Luc Durand as Alexandre (Quebec)

Marcelle Lajeunesse as
L'Ephémère
Rick

Marie-Françoise Sillière as Melle Papillon

Maurice Baquet as Flip

Pierre Plessis as Le Bourdon

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Canal Famille
France 5 (2001)
Piwi
TF1 (1978)


Spanish staff 

ADR Director: Ruben Arvizu

Dubbing Director: Fernando Mateo (Spain dub)

Producer: Ruben Arvizu

Spanish cast 

Elvia Gaitan as Maya

Mari Pe Castro as Willi (Spain dub)

Matilde Vilariño as Maya (Spain dub)

Ruben Arvizu as Willy

Alberto Vidaurri as Paul

Alfonso Cornejo as Paul

Ana Díaz Plana as Araña Tekla (Spain dub)

Bertha Shutte as Tekla

Eduardo Calvo as Escarabajo Kurt

Fernando Mateo as Flip (Spain dub)

Ignacio Campero as Capitán Hormiga

Jose Luis Gil as Raton Alejandro (Spain dub)

Mercedes Barranco as Sra. Abejorro (Spain dub)

Roberto Achinelli as Max

Ruben Arvizu as Flip

Teófilo Martínez as Mosca Puck (Spain dub)

Willy Brand as Puck

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Boomerang (Spain)
Canal Caracol
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Telecinco (Spain)
TV Azteca
TVE (Spain)

Distributor: Planeta Junior (Spain)

Dubbing Studio:
Intersound Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)
Magna (Madrid, Spain)

DVD Distribution: Planeta Junior (Spain)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Rino Mencuccini

Theme Song Performance: Katia Svizzero

 

Antonella Baldini as Maia

Fabio Boccanera as Willi

Gino Pagnani as Flip

Sandro Pellegrini as Alessandro

Anna Teresa Eugeni as Libellula

Diego Michelotti as Capo delle formiche guerriere

Francesca Palopoli as
Ape Nutrice
Tecla

Franco Latini as Guardia Alta Dell'Alveare

Massimo Dapporto as Guardia Bassa Dell'Alveare

Italian companies 

Broadcaster:
Italia1 (since March 2004)
RaiDue (since February 1980)
RaiUno

Dubbing: EDI Film

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Eberhard Storeck as Willi

Scarlet Cavadenti as Maja

Alice Franz as Schneckenmutter

Berno von Cramm as Ameisenoberst

Bruno W. Pantel as Puck

Christa Häussler as
Kleinste Ameise
Nick

Fee von Reichlin as Schnuck

Gusti Kreissel as Hummel

Harald Baerow as Wächter

Helga Anders as Harald

Horst Sommer as Ameisenoberst

Inge Schulz as Rüsselkäferfrau

Lorley Katz as Kassandra

Manfred Lichtenfeld as Flip

Michael Rüth as Max

Mogens von Gadow as Johann

Tilly Breidenbach as Thekla (also cred. as Tilly Lauenstein)

Willi Friedrichs as Alter Mann

German companies 

Broadcaster:
ARD
Kinderkanal
ORF 1
ZDF

Production: ORF 1

Arabic staff 
Arabic cast 
(none)
 

Elvira Younis as Zena

Alfera Yonis as Zaina

Jezail Naser as Nahool

Waheed Jalal as Furfoor

Arabic companies 
(none)
Dutch staff 
Dutch companies 

Theme Song Performance: Peter Blanker

 

Broadcaster:
Fox Kids Netherlands
KRO
VT4

Distributor:
Junior
Moefieklub
The Sales Company

Dutch cast 

Etha Coster as Maja de bij

Hans Hoekman as Willy de bij

Henk Uterwijk as Flip de sprinkhaan

Liesbeth Struppert as Juffrouw Cassandra

Polish staff 
Polish cast 

Theme Song Performance: Zbigniew Wodecki

 

Andrzej Gawroński as Filip

Ewa Złotowska as Maja

Henryk Talar as Aleksander

Jan Kociniak as Gucio

Teresa Lipowska as Klementyna

Polish companies 

Broadcaster: TVP 1

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Dubbing Director:
Cláudia Cadima (Portugal)
Rui De Sá (Portugal)

 (none)
Portuguese companies 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

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Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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