Maya the Bee is an animated television series produced by Studio 100 Animation in association with ZDF for Germany and TF1 for France. It is based on the character Maya the Bee introduced in 1912. This is the second animated adaptation focused on the character, after the anime Maya the Honey Bee that aired in the 1970s.
Voice cast Note: season one only Andrea Libman as Maya Rebecca Shoichet as Willy, Princess Natalie and Zoot Philip Hayes as Flip Kira Tozer as Miss Cassandra, Barry and Max Ellen Kennedy as Miss Bosby, The Queen, Thekla and Hannah Brian Drummond as Judge Beeswax, Kurt, Deez, Zip "Zig" and Edgar Samuel Vincent as Zap, Shelby, Paul, Stinger and Doz Diana Kaarina as Lara and Beatrice Tabitha St. Germain as Ben, Zoe and Lisby
Series overview Season Segments Episodes Premiere date Finale date 1 78 39 2 52 26
Episodes Season 1 (2012)
Season 2 (2017)
Development Before the revival series was made, Belgian production company Studio 100 launched its Paris-based French animation production division Studio 100 Animation to produce revival version from the catalogue of its parent with Maya the Bee becoming its first production from the new French unit.
Two years later in April 2011, Studio 100 Animation developed a revival of the German book franchise Maya the Bee with French TV network TF1 and German broadcaster ZDF was onboard as co-broadcaster while Austrian broadcaster ORF brought free-TV and German language-rights to the series for that country.
Controversy In September 2017, parents spotted a drawing of a penis in the series' 35th episode. After the clip went viral on Facebook, Netflix temporarily removed the episode from the website. The episode subsequently returned with the offensive drawing edited out. The production company apologized to many fans and stated that it was "a very bad joke from one of the 150 artists working on the production".
References
External links
Spanish website Maya the Bee Movie on Studio 100 Maya the Bee at IMDb