Maya the Bee

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The Adventures of Maya the Bee (in German Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer) is a book written by Waldemar Bonsels and first published in 1912.

In this children's storybook, Maya and her friends (Willy the bee and Flip the grasshopper) and many other insects have a colourful life. There was Mrs. Cassandra, Maya's teacher who teaches Maya the virtues of the bee nation. The book depicts Maya's development from an adventurous, thoughtless youngster to a responsible adult of bee society.

Wolfram Junghans, a German photographer, directed a live-action full-length film version of the story in 1924. It is considered to be the first full-length film to star live insects. The film was restored in 2005 by the Finnish Film Archive together with the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiven, and screened in Hamburg and Helsinki.

The story was also adapted by Japanese animation company Nippon Animation into the television series Mitsubachi Maya no Boken (みつばちマーヤの冒険) in 1975, later aired in English on the children's television channel Nickelodeon Saban from 1990 to 1992 as Maya the Bee alongside other anime children's series such as Adventures of the Little Koala, The Littl' Bits, Noozles, and The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

Biene Maja is most popular in German speaking countries. In Germany, it is among the five most recognized characters by children. It has been broadcast continuously since its premiere on German television in 1976.

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ALTERNATIVE TITLES:



みつばちマーヤの冒険 (Japanese)
زينة ونحول (Arabic)
Abeja Maya (Spanish)
Adventures of Maya the Honeybee
Die Biene Maja (German)
L'Apemaia (Italian)
Maija Mehilinen
Maja de Bij (Dutch)
Maya l'abeille (French)
Mitsubachi Maaya no Boken (Japanese)
Pszczłka Maja (Polish)
Maja e Melisa (Greek)

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Japanese staff
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Series director:
Hiroshi Sait
Mitsuo Kaminashi
Seiji End

Script:
Hikaru Sasa
Hitoshi Kanazawa

Screenplay: Fumi Takahashi

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

Episode Director: Hiroshi Sait

Character Design: Susumu Shiraume

Animation director:
Susumu Shiraume
Takao Ogawa

Animation: Hayao Nobe

Original story: Waldemar Bonsels

Sound: Yasuhiro Koyama

Theme Song Arrangement: Yasuhiro Koyama

Theme Song Lyrics: Seizo Ise

Theme Song Music: Seizo Ise

Production: Nippon Animation Zuiyo Eizo

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English staff (cast)
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Pauline Little as Maya

Richard Dumont as Willi

A.J. Henderson as Flip

Anna MacCormack as Grimelda

Jane Woods as Cassandramoreless

The greatest show ever!!!! I would love to see this show again somehow. I watched this every day when I was little. I had taped some episodes, but sadly they are no more. There are so many fond memories I have of this show. I want to see it again!!!!!

One of the great shows along with Samurai Pizza Cats. This is actually hard to remember. I have the themesong on my music. Ah-h wish just somehow this show would come back to life. I'm glad that I'm first guy ever post here. If anyone has any Links to Maya the bee,pease feel free to tell me.