Maya the Bee (1975)

Season 1

The adventures of a young and happy bee who is sent by her queen to search for pollen, and in doing so she finds a new world that surrounds her, making friends with various forest creatures.

Released April 1, 1975 Episode 25 min 2+

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Comedy

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Watch Providers: FilmBox Live Amazon Channel

Production Companies: Nippon Animation, Wako Productions, Apollo Film, Zuiyo

Network: tv asahi

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb

6.7

/4934/

Trakt

/123/

TMDb

/87/

Letterboxd

3.5

/299/

MAL

6.5

/6262/

Mitsuo Kaminashi
Director

Michiko Nomura
Maya (voice)

Ichiro Nagai
Phillip (voice)

Masako Nozawa
Willy (voice)

Mina Tominaga
Mary (voice)

Miyoko Asou
Cassandra (voice)

Terue Nunami
Techra (voice)

6.0

S1E1 - Maya Is Born

A great excitement reigns in the hive, Cassandra, arrives home just in time to experience the birth of the new bees. A bee slips through one of the honeycombs: Maya.

April 1, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E2 - Maya Learns To Fly

Maya and Willy still have a lot to learn about the weather, wasps, spiders, flowers... When the first flying lesson comes, Maya is enthusiastic but unaware of the dangers that await her...

May 8, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E3 - Maya and The Dragonfly Shnuck

Miss Cassandra will be missing for a few weeks from the beehive, so Maya indulges in an unscheduled trip into nature. Getting into a fine mess in a pond, she is rescued by a kind dragonfly who has taken a liking to her. Soon after, it is Maya’s turn to rescue her from the clutches of a dragonfly-hunting boy.

May 15, 1975, midnight

8.0

S1E4 - Maya and The Ants

For one day, Maya wants to be the captain of an ant army. After all, she has helped ants come ashore on her floating leaf. This wish can be granted, and Maya holds her own as captain. She does guide the ants through the water and has trouble climbing up a tree trunk, but in the end it is she who helps the ants escape the dreaded ant lion.

May 22, 1975, midnight

5.0

S1E5 - Maya and The Housefly Puck

Maya meets Puck, a fly with a very bad temper. Puck can report all kinds of situations, food and, above all, people. Maya wants to meet humans and convinces Puck to show her a house.

May 29, 1975, midnight

7.0

S1E6 - Maya and The Spider Thekla

Maya marvels at the world: the dandelions, the sun, the water. On her journey she meets the pink beetle, who invites her to eat. Unfortunately, they can't stay to eat, they have to keep flying. During a trip with a Willy, he gets caught in the web of the spider Thekla.

June 5, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E7 - The Forest Fire

Danger in the garden. It burns! The insects are at a loss. Only the violin spider finds the fire good. She loves everything that distracts the insects. Maybe someone will get into her web. The excitement increases. The fire spreads more and more. Already the first floor of the plant house is burned. The insects need help.

June 12, 1975, midnight

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S1E8 - Willy With The Ants

The fly knows a wonderful vacation spot - in the middle of a horse's back. She just forgot to warn Willy and Maya about the horse's tail. One powerful swipe of the tail, and Willy falls unconscious to the ground. Of course, the ants clear him away: everything lying around is cleared away. With the ants, Willy comes to again, at the last moment - and from now on thinks he is an ant.

June 19, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E9 - Maya and The Earthworm Max

Max, the earthworm is slightly depressed. The culprit is the eternal rain. Maya and Willy try to cheer him up.

June 26, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E10 - Maya and The Frog

Maya and Willy meet a cute little green frog, however this frog has only one thing on his mind: he wants Maya and Willy for breakfast.

July 3, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E11 - Maya and Iffi In The Rain

It has been raining all day. At first it is quite funny, the insects press themselves under a safe mushroom and tell each other what they have experienced - until Iffi appears. Iffi, the bark beetle in love. He confuses everything with his crush, and when his beloved turns up, the good mood is soon over. Just at this moment, the water rises. The small group is in danger.

July 10, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E12 - Maya and The Firefly Jimmy

Maya and Willy learn for the first time in their lives about the luminosity of fireflies, and immediately, of course, Maya has an idea. She has always wanted to see the mysterious underground passages of the earth beetles. Everything under the ground is strangely alien, and Willy feels anything but comfortable in his skin. Where is the exit?

July 17, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E13 - Maya and The Locust

One day, Maya and Willy discover a strange old locust in the garden. She has lost connection with the large group of locusts and is now sitting quite discouraged and unhappy with herself in the garden. Maya and Willy build her a stretcher and help her... although the old locust soon turns out to be very vigorous...

July 24, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E14 - The Jumping Competition

A big jumping competition is scheduled for today. Flip is showing off tremendously. He thinks he's the best, the fastest, the farthest and, above all, the most elegant jumper. But he has to learn that sometimes there are even better ones.

July 31, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E15 - Maya and The Larva

Maya and Willy have found a small caterpillar that they think is homeless. They take the caterpillar to themselves and raise it. They nurture it and begin to like the caterpillar. But one day they experience that their little caterpillar first becomes a monster and then a beautiful butterfly.

Aug. 7, 1975, midnight

7.0

S1E16 - The Beetles

Maya has promised a pair of beetles to look after their brood. Poor Willy! If he had known how difficult it is to herd a wild bunch of little beetles. He certainly wouldn't have gotten up that morning at all.

Aug. 14, 1975, midnight

7.0

S1E17 - Maya and The Centipede Jerome

Maya meets a sick centipede. But the centipede doesn't know what exactly is wrong with him. One of his many legs is no longer working properly.

Aug. 21, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E18 - Flip Is Trapped

Flip is in trouble. While training for the Grasshopper Wide Hopping Championship, he has fallen into the clutches of a carnivorous plant.

Aug. 28, 1975, midnight

6.0

S1E19 - Maya and Kurt’s Rescue

The evil spider Thekla has caught Maya and wants to eat her. But Kurt, the dung beetle, frees her. Thekla vows revenge and gets her chance when Kurt is knocked down on his back and can't get up. Maya won't let the evil spider do it and comes to Kurt’s rescue with her friend Willy.

Sept. 4, 1975, midnight