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The New Adventures of Maya the Honeybee (TV)

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Alternative title:
De nieuwe avonturen van Maja de Bij (Dutch)
L'ape Maia (Italian)
Maya the Bee Season 2
Shin Mitsubachi Maaya no Bōken (Japanese)
新 みつばちマーヤの冒険 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: "The Adventures of Maya the Honeybee" follows Maya, a female bee that is seen as sort of a rogue bee because she has left her hive to seek out adventure. Each episode follows Maya and her various insect friends through plot lines that almost always contain some sort of lesson for young children.
User Ratings: 14 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 1 vote (others:1
1 Polish dubbed
)
 Very good: 2 votes (sub:1, ?:1)
 Good: 5 votes (dub:2, sub:1, others:2
1 German edited dub
1 Polish dubbed
)
 Decent: 3 votes (?:1, dub:1, sub:1)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (raw:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 55 users, rank: #6571 (of 9998)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.143 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9949, rank: #7152 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 6.378 (Decent+), rank: #6318 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.32 / seen some: 4.12 / won't finish: 5.46)
Bayesian estimate: 6.906 (Good), rank: #3907 (of 7635)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 52
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage:
1979-09-01 to 1980-09-13 (Germany - ZDF)
1981-11-26 to 1981-06-10 (Italy - Rai 2)
1982-10-12 to 1983-09-27
Opening Theme:
"The Adventures of Maya the Honeybee" by Ayako Nishina and the Crown Girl's Choir
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Mitsuo Kaminashi
Script:
Akira Nakahara (21 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 15, 20, 24, 26-27, 34-36, 39-41, 43, 45-47, 50-51
)

Naoko Miyake (15 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23, 32-33, 37-38, 42, 49, 52
)

Tomomi Tsutsui (ep 2)
Yuji Amemiya (14 episodes
eps 3, 11, 13, 17-18, 21-22, 25, 28-31, 44, 48
)

Storyboard:
Hiromichi Yanagi (eps 18, 35)
Hiroshi Jinsenji (eps 10, 24)
Hiroshi Yoshida (22 episodes
eps 2, 4-6, 12-15, 21, 23, 25-27, 33-34, 37-38, 42, 45-46, 48, 50
)

Kunihiko Okazaki (ep 11)
Mitsuo Kaminashi (eps 40, 52)
Motosuke Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 17, 20, 30-31, 41, 49
)

Nobuaki Takagi (eps 3, 7-8)
Seitarō Hara (ep 39)
Shigeru Ōmachi (ep 44)
Shirō Murata (eps 1, 16, 32)
Shūichi Hirokawa (ep 47)
Toru Sakata (ep 19)
Yūji Nunokawa (eps 22, 36, 51)
Episode Director:
Hiroshi Jinsenji (9 episodes
eps 2-3, 7-8, 10-11, 15, 24, 43
)

Kimi Saitō (9 episodes
eps 27-31, 36-39
)

Kunihiko Okazaki (5 episodes
eps 21, 23, 34, 45, 50
)

Mitsuo Kaminashi (16 episodes
eps 13-14, 17-18, 20, 26, 33, 35, 40-42, 46, 48-49, 51-52
)

Shigeru Ōmachi (ep 44)
Shirō Murata (5 episodes
eps 1, 12, 16, 25, 32
)

Shūichi Hirokawa (eps 6, 47)
Toru Sakata (ep 19)
Yūji Nunokawa (ep 22)
Music: Takashi Ogaki
Original creator: Waldemar Bonsels
Art Director: Torao Arai
Animation Director: Kimi Saitō
Director of Photography: Masayuki Hirono
Executive producer: Kōichi Motohashi
Animation: Kiki Saito 
Production manager: Mitsuru Takakuwa
Recording Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Theme Song Arrangement: Hiroya Watanabe
Theme Song Composition: Seizo Ise
Theme Song Lyrics: Seizo Ise
Theme Song Performance: Keiko Nishina
Hideki Fukushi as Kurt
Noriko Uemura as Tekram
Reiko Suzuki as Effie
Show Hayami as Max

Akio Nojima as Aphid Leader (ep 35)
Atsuko Mine as Snail Mother (ep 9)
Eiko Yamada as Borley's Wife (ep 39)
Hideki Fukushi as
Ant Squad B (ep 20)
Teacher (ep 43)
Hideyuki Hori as Jean (ep 51)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Aphids (ep 33)
Hiromi Tsuru as
ant child (ep 37)
arimaki child A (ep 35)
bagworm (ep 48)
beatorisu princess (ep 34)
bee A (ep 33)
cricket beauty (ep 46)
ladybug child A (7 episodes
eps 29, 32, 36, 38, 40-41, 44
)

madame butterfly
madame silkworm (ep 26)
Hiroshi Masuoka as
Borley (ep 39)
Centipede (ep 9)
Hiroya Ishimaru as Benny (ep 31)
Hozumi Gōda as
ant captain
Captain Kibachi (ep 41)
Crickets (ep 18)
Diving Beetle (ep 39)
Firefly B (ep 3)
Firefly C (ep 13)
Honeybee A (ep 43)
Insect (ep 22)
The Aphid Judge (ep 35)
Isamu Tanonaka as Flap (ep 47)
Junichi Sugawara as
Frog (ep 33)
Heppiri Bug (ep 14)
Kan Tokumaru as Tonbo (ep 1)
Kaneto Shiozawa as Curl (ep 13)
Kaoru Fujima as Relative's Child C (ep 20)
Kaoru Hayasaka as Fruit fly Mother (ep 38)
Kazue Takahashi as
Patty (ep 47)
Tekram (ep 3)
Kazuya Tatekabe as
Centipede (ep 11)
Kaiser (ep 40)
Treehopper (ep 4)
Kei Tomiyama as Melvin (ep 22)
Keiko Toda as Mawsil
Kenichi Ogata as Scarab Beetle (ep 32)
Kōzō Shioya as
Ant Squad B (eps 32, 44)
Beetles (6 episodes
eps 9, 11, 16, 26, 31, 35
)

Brown Rat (ep 14)
Captain of the Cowfly Captain (ep 19)
Carlos (ep 42)
Cat (ep 36)
Caterpillar (ep 22)
Centipede (5 episodes
eps 15, 17-18, 48, 50
)

Cockroach (ep 24)
Crickets (eps 25, 28, 30)
Giant Water Bug (6 episodes
eps 37, 39, 45-46, 51-52
)

Giant Water Bug Parent (eps 41, 49)
Guard (ep 34)
Honeybee B (ep 43)
Mole (ep 23)
Mole Priest (ep 47)
Mosquito Friend B (ep 40)
Shield Bug (ep 29)
Stick Insect (ep 21)
Kumiko Mizukura as
Baby Water Bug (ep 49)
Bee B (ep 33)
Bee Queen (ep 12)
Cricket A (ep 46)
Firefly B (ep 13)
Jean's Younger Brother A (ep 51)
Ladybug Baby A (ep 8)
Ladybug Baby B (ep 20)
Ladybug Child B (7 episodes
eps 29, 36, 38, 40-42, 44
)

Puck
Queen Bee
Termite (ep 39)
Wasp (ep 10)
Kyōko Tongū as Fruit Fly Boy (ep 38)
Makiko Kondō as
Baby Water Bug (ep 41)
Cricket B (ep 46)
Thomas (ep 52)
Makoto Kōsaka as Maggie (ep 50)
Makoto Terada as Bart (ep 25)
Mari Tono as
Aunt Hilda (ep 10)
Calf (ep 15)
Cassandra (ep 3)
Caterpillar Man (ep 17)
Fleas (ep 4)
Ladybug A (ep 5)
Ladybug Baby (ep 7)
Ladybug baby B (eps 2, 8)
Ladybug Child (ep 16)
Madame Butterfly
Praying Mantis (ep 6)
Masaharu Satō as Tarantula (ep 41)
Masahiro Takashima as Whitey (eps 50, 52)
Masako Miura as
Termites (ep 7)
Thomas (eps 11, 16, 31)
White (ep 24)
Masako Nozawa as Willey
Masamichi Kusunoki as
King Wood Wasp (ep 41)
Wood Wasp (ep 27)
Masashi Hirose as Large Beetle (ep 18)
Mie Suzuki as Little Mosquito (ep 40)
Minoru Inaba as
Horse flies (ep 13)
Horse Fly (ep 34)
Kurt
Miyuki Muroi as
Fruit Fly Girl (ep 38)
Jean's Younger Brother B (ep 51)
Relative's Child B (ep 20)
Motomu Kiyokawa as Judge of the Aphids (ep 35)
Naoki Tatsuta as Borris (ep 31)
Naoko Watanabe as Baby Aphid B (ep 35)
Naomi Jinbo as Cerny (ep 42)
Natsumi Sakuma as
Bed Bug Mother (ep 1)
Hergar the Third (ep 42)
Noriko Uemura as
Bed Bug Kid (ep 1)
Earthworm (ep 3)
Ladybug Baby A (ep 2)
Ladybug Child C (eps 29, 36)
Reiko Yamada as Cassandra (5 episodes
eps 12, 26, 34, 42, 52
)
Ritsuo Sawa as Filip
Rumiko Ukai as Queen of the Bee Castle (ep 43)
Runa Akiyama as Maya
Ryūji Saikachi as Beetle Old Man (ep 21)
Sanae Takagi as Book (ep 1)
Seiko Nakano as
Ladybug Mother (ep 5)
Mrs. Aphid (ep 35)
Small Ant
Shigeko Ishii as Cow Abunomaaya (ep 19)
Shigeru Chiba as Snails (ep 8)
Shigeru Nakahara as
Bug C (ep 4)
Dragonfly Postman (ep 52)
Locust Brother (ep 26)
Mosquito (ep 14)
Shigeto Iguchi as Hines (ep 6)
Shin Aomori as Earth Spider (ep 42)
Show Hayami as
Ant Squad
Ant Squad A (eps 32, 44)
Bee (ep 42)
Dragonfly (ep 31)
Earthworm Weiner (ep 46)
Firefly
Grasshopper (eps 30, 47)
Guard (ep 34)
Long-legged Spider (ep 43)
Mosquito Friend A (ep 40)
Shakutori Bug (ep 29)
Snail (ep 35)
Water Smash (ep 41)
Water Strider (ep 45)
Shōzō Iizuka as
Kman Bee Boss (ep 37)
Red Ant Captain (ep 23)
Shūichi Ikeda as Marvin the Mole (ep 36)
Shunji Yamada as
Fruit Fly Father (ep 38)
Hans (ep 6)
Stab Ant Boss (ep 18)
Takashi Tanaka as Herman (ep 2)
Tesshō Genda as Boss Wasp (ep 12)
Tetsuo Mizutori as Cowfly King (ep 19)
Tomie Kataoka as Jean's Mother (ep 51)
Toshirō Ishii as Old Man Diving Beetle (ep 17)
Tsutomu Fujii as
Garbage Bug (ep 8)
Locust Brother (ep 26)
Praying Mantis (ep 9)
Yasebachi (ep 12)
Yasushi Ōhama as
Ant Squad A (ep 20)
Bug B (ep 4)
Cowfly Mercenary (ep 19)
Dave Bachi (ep 12)
Dragonfly (ep 11)
Firefly A (eps 3, 13)
Longhorn Beetle (ep 1)
Mousey's Ancestor (ep 10)
Pine Beetle (ep 18)
Praying Mantis (ep 22)
Yōko Asagami as Katrina (eps 3, 27, 52)
Yōko Kawanami as Helga (ep 13)
Yōko Ogai as Relative's Child A (ep 20)
Yoshiko Matsuo as Princess of Cowfly Princess (ep 19)
Yoshino Ohtori as Ladybug Mother (ep 2)
Yūichi Meguro as
Centipede (ep 20)
Long-Legged Spider (ep 14)
Yūji Fujishiro as Uncle Franz (ep 17)
Yūji Mikimoto as Willard (ep 26)
Yūji Mitsuya as Bernie (ep 28)
Yuki Yukino as
Bug D (ep 4)
Ladybug baby C (ep 2)
Ladybug C (ep 6)
Madame Butterfly (eps 3, 5)
Small Ant (ep 1)
Yūko Mita as
Freda
Puk (ep 24)

Japanese companies
Production Cooperation:
Apollo Film
Wako Productions
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video (dubbed)
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
(none)
Didier Rousset as Willie
Nadine Delanoë as Maya

Catherine Lafond as Melle Cassandre
Dominique Paturel as Alexandre le Grand la Souris
Maurice Baquet as Flip
French companies
Broadcaster: TF1 (from 1982)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Rino Mencuccini

Theme Song Performance: Katia Svizzero

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
Distributor: DeAgostini (DVD)
Dubbing: EDI Film
Internet Streaming: YouTube (Serie TV per Bambini)
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
(none)
Etha Coster as Maja de Bij
Hans Hoekman as Willy de Bij
Henk Uterwijk as Flip de Sprinkhaan
Liesbeth Struppert as Juffrouw Cassandra
Dutch companies
Broadcaster: Fox Kids Netherlands

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