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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: #6439 (of 9750)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.143 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9949, rank: #6966 (of 9894)
Weighted mean: 6.378 (Decent+), rank: #6158 (of 9894) (seen all: 7.33 / seen some: 4.12 / won't finish: 5.46)
Bayesian estimate: 6.908 (Good), rank: #3820 (of 7486)
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)
Seitarô Hara (ep 39)
Shigeru Ōmachi (ep 44)
Shiro 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)
Shiro 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
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)
Hozumi Gōda as ant captain
Kan Tokumaru as Tonbo
Kazue Takahashi as Tekram
Keiko Toda as Mawsil
Kumiko Mizukura as
Puck
Queen Bee
Masako Nozawa as Willey
Reiko Yamada as Cassandra
Ritsuo Sawa as Filip
Runa Akiyama as Maya
Sanae Takagi as Book

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 cast
French staff
(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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