Today, I got another copy of the original book in its original German language that was printed in this year and was published by Reclam. Yes, I have bought so many copies of the original book lately since those are still Maya the Bee related and it's the one that brought Maya into existence and without it, none of the animated adaptations will exist, but of course, most of us got into it through one of the animated adaptations first before we learned about the book's existence though. :) Posted 5 days ago

Today, I got a rare German VHS tape from the 90s which it contains the first episode of the anime series, but because this is a 90s print, it might contains the Flip's song sequence in it stated that the runtime to be 25 minutes though, but who knows if there are earlier VHS tapes that contained the original version without Flip's song sequence that was originally aired in Germany in 1976? Well, I'm fine with getting an older tape from the German dub of the anime series though. :) Posted 11 days ago

Today, I have dreamt about watching some never seen before episode of the second season of the anime series which is about Maya reuniting with the baby bird (Harold/Harald) who she raised in an episode of the first season, but in the original episode, Harald grew into an adult bird while in this episode, he remained a baby bird which it was odd, but the good thing is that he remembered Maya when he met her again... Posted 12 days ago

Unfortunately, I have to delete a video (which it was the 1975 anime on Japanese Cartoon Network promo/commercial) that I have originally posted to this club because it was recently deleted on YouTube, but I'm not much of a video poster myself, but if someone have saved that video before it got deleted it will be great to see it being uploaded and posted here again. Posted 12 days ago

Today, I got a CD copy of the audio play adaptation of the anime series (which is the second volume of it) and a rare copy of the original book in its original German language that also contains another story by the same author called "Heaven Folk" and it's currently the longest Maya the Bee related book that I ever had as it contains two different stories after all. :) Posted 28 days ago

Today, I got a Polish DVD of the anime series which it contains 3 episodes on it. Well, I bought it because I wanted to have more Polish DVDs in my collection and before I bought it, I had only one, so yes, I currently have two Polish Maya the Bee DVDs. :) Posted 1 month ago

Today, I got a rare Polish VHS tape of the 1975 anime series which I found the second volume of it and it contains 2 episodes on it because you know, I wanted it so badly when I found it before I bought it as I wanted to have more Polish Maya the Bee stuff in my collection and that's why. :) Posted 1 month ago

Today, I got an Italian copy of the original book that was published by Mursia and was printed in 1980 which was the same year when the anime series was aired in Italy for the first time. Well, I saw various copies of this book on ebay and I ordered the one that was cheaper, but it ended up being in a very great condition though which I'm very glad about it. :) Posted 2 months ago

Sorry for keep delaying my screentime article again, but for this time, I'm planning to make another article for the 12th episode (You know, the caterpillar episode) which is about the plot of the Saban English version and how different is it from both Japanese and European versions which I will make it after finishing watching this version soon. :) Posted 2 months ago

Good day, dear Maya fans. I have announcement to tell you guys. On 15th February 2024, Studio 100 has just announced that they're going to produce a 60-minute Maya the Bee special, set to premiere in Poland yet to be released this year. According to Studio 100 marketing department, the feature length special is currently in production and it is the biggest development yet of the franchise since the release of The Golden Orb in 2021, in hope in bringing this franchise to new heights. Posted 3 months ago

While watching both English dubs of the 28th episode, I have noticed some change that was made in the Saban English dub was about the false hornet's gender. In both the original Japanese and European versions, the false hornet was a male, but in the Saban version, his gender was changed to a female by having a female voice and was referred as "ma'am", "she" and "her" by the little bees. For the Sonovision English dub, the character was a male as it's more based on the European version though... Posted 3 months ago

Today, I got an issue of the Panini magazine which I have another one that I have got it back in 2022. Both issues of the magazine that I have are based on the anime and have various things including comic and text stories in them. By the way, the seller also gave me two mini bags of Haribo gummies as extra gifts which this have happened before when I got a plush of Willy back in 2023 when I got a mini bag of Haribo gummies from that seller too, so yes, some sellers were very nice to me. :) Posted 3 months ago

Note: In the same episode, a real hornet made his first appearance, but he only appeared for a few seconds by flying in the sky, but I'm still going to include him in my ranking list because hornets are very important characters to the Maya the Bee universe and were referred to as the bees' worst enemies in both the book and the first episode of the anime and that they have a big role in the last chapters of the book and the last two episodes of the 1st season of the anime, so that's why. :) Posted 3 months ago

Here are some fun facts about the 28th episode which before the little bees met the beetle who was disguised as a "hornet", Maya have met a stick insect who pretends to be a stick and Willy have met an oakleaf butterfly who pretends to be some leaves which they have learned that mimicry in insects exist and were very surprised when they found that out and the same goes to the beetle who was a tiger longicorn beetle, but I will call him "false hornet" in my screentime article for this episode. :) Posted 3 months ago

While rewatching the 27th episode, I have noticed that Flip have gotten a lot of screentime, so that means he will enter the top 3 along with Maya and Willy for once again, but you will find out of his placement soon when I will make the article for that episode. :) Posted 3 months ago

In the 27th episode of the anime, some characters from the original book also appeared who are Fridolin the bark beetle and his children, but in the German dub, he wasn't even mentioned by his name, but in the Latin American Spanish dub, he really was which this confirms that the bark beetle was indeed him which I'm very surprised how the dubbers of the Latin American Spanish version knew the characters from the book very well than the dubbers of the German version did though... Posted 3 months ago

Today, I got an Italian book based on the anime which it tells a story about Maya and Willy discovering a mysterious flower who lured them with the scent of the flower without even realizing that it was a carnivorous plant, but thankfully, Flip was there and saved them from the plant and he explained to them at the end that these type of plants exist and they have learned their lessons after that. So yes, that's how the story ended though. :) Posted 3 months ago

While watching the Saban English dub of the 26th episode, I have noticed some odd change that was shown in the scene when Maya and Willy jumped over the blade of grass to wake up Flip who was surprised when they did that to him in both original Japanese and European versions while in the Saban version, he seemed to enjoy it a bit and wasn't that surprised as he laughed at what the little bees were doing to him to wake him up at the end, but yes, Saban have done a lot of rewrites though. :) Posted 3 months ago

Today, I got a Portuguese DVD of the CGI series which is the third volume and it contains 7 episodes just like most DVDs of that series that I have, so yes, I got a collectible in a language that I didn't have before as I want to collect Maya stuff in every languages that I could find in the future. :) Posted 3 months ago

Today, I got an very old French DVD copy of the anime series that is in very good condition and it contains 4 episodes just like most French DVDs of this series. The menu from this DVD has an option called "collections" that lists all VHS releases from the same distributor and some of them contains trailers and footages from the episodes. Also, the disc has a cool red/silver coloration from the cover artwork which I will post a picture of it if you are interested... Posted 4 months ago

In the next screentime article that I will make for the 26th episode, I will include a lot of important characters who appeared in the episode in the ranking list which it includes Puck the fly and the termites who made their first appearances because one of the termites decided to help Maya, Willy and the female cricket to free the male cricket from the cage that humans had "imprisoned" him in, but I will list some of the termites as separate characters like what I did with the ants though. :) Posted 4 months ago

Today, I got the Spanish book that I have mentioned in a previous wall post which it turned out to contain two adaptations to the anime episodes which are the frog episode and the Max the earthworm episode. Overall, those adaptations stayed true to the original episodes except they didn't contained the full stories unfortunately, but the book was very great because of the great illustrations and that the characters' designs are very close to their anime designs, so yes, I liked it overall. :) Posted 4 months ago

You know what? I have some surprising news to tell you! My older brother have bought me a Maya chocolate lollipop as a present for me which I didn't knew they sell those in my country and I was very happy to learn that my country still sell Maya stuff after so many years. This chocolate lollipop is made by Belfine in Belgium and it tastes so yummy which I'm very thankful for bringing them in my country. :) Posted 4 months ago

Well, today, I have decided about my plans in my future screentime articles is that I will no longer write descriptions to the episodes before ranking characters by their screentime because it tooks so long to write them, but I will still put some information about them though because this will help me to reduce my fatigue and anxiety and that I will publish them faster than before, so you will be able to enjoy them when those articles will be done and published. :) Posted 4 months ago

Today, I got a wooden toy of Maya that can sit, so yes, she is a sitting wooden toy and is in a great quality overall which I'm very glad that I got an unusual toy related to this franchise. :) Posted 4 months ago

Well, the trailer of the Greek dub of the third film is finally uploaded on YouTube and I saw it and my thoughs on it seems a fine dub, but the only thing that surprised me is that Willy's name is pronounced the same as in English rather than the German pronunciation of his name that was used in almost all Greek dubs of the anime, the CGI series and the first film though... Posted 4 months ago

While rewatching the 25th episode of the anime, I have noticed that more tribes of ant soldiers have appeared, but I will only list the ones who played a big role (who are the ones that Maya and Willy have met and were looking for the youngest ant who ran away from them) in my screentime ranking list of this episode though. :) Posted 4 months ago

You know what? In my home country, Greece, they're finally dubbing another Maya the Bee film, but it's actually the third one "The Golden Orb" that they're going to release on this year which means they skipped the second one "The Honey Games" or maybe it will be dubbed later after they releasing the Greek dub of the third film, so that means, they're dubbing the films out of order, but I'm very glad that they're finally showing another Maya the Bee film in my home country though. :) Posted 4 months ago

During the last days, I have managed to buy a Spanish book based on the anime series via bidding because there were not "best offer" or "buy it now", so I have to bid for the first time ever for that book on ebay because I wanted it so badly and thankfully, no one have bid it except for me, and I won it at the end. This is another book that contains adaptations to the anime episodes and I hope this one stays more true to the original episodes than the other ones that I have though. :) Posted 4 months ago

Here is some fun fact about Maya the Bee in Spain. It is known as both "La Abeja Maya" and "Maya la abeja" in there, but the title "Maya la abeja" was mostly used in the older Spanish prints of the book before the anime series was aired in 1978 and was changed to "La Abeja Maya" which I believe is the title that most Spanish speakers are familiar with as it's also a literal translation to the original German title "Die Biene Maja" which later they used it in the newer prints of the book. :) Posted 4 months ago

Today, I got an Italian copy of the Bastei comic book series which is the sixth volume and chapter of the series. In this story, Maya had encountered a pitcher plant without knowing it was a carnivorous plant and she was saved by a caterpillar after she got trapped in the plant. This chapter also taught me that swimming snakes exist when a snake suddenly appeared in the pond to eat Maya and Willy alongside with a frog, but they both failed to eat them in the end... Posted 4 months ago

Today, I got the cassette of the third volume by Karussell because I can't find the Poly release of that tape, but the one that I got didn't match with the picture that was shown when I ordered it which it was a very old copy, but maybe the seller didn't have that copy and gave me the newer copy of it instead which have Max the earthworm along with Maya in the cover, so yes, it's the same volume fortunately... Posted 5 months ago

Because 2023 is ending soon, let's hope in 2024 will get some more Maya the Bee related stuff from Studio 100. Some fans have speculated about either the third season or the fourth film getting announced on that year, but it's unknown when they will announce them, but I would love it to happen as well. :) Posted 5 months ago

Today, I got an old figurine of Maya who can move her hands and turning her head which she ended up being a bit bigger than I thought, but she is in a very good condition just like other figurines/dolls that I have from the 70s and 80s which I think it was made between those two decades, but most likely in the 80s in my view. I'm very glad that I have managed to bought her from a best offer on ebay because I wanted her so badly and I finally won at the end which I'm thankful for that. :) Posted 5 months ago

Today, I got another German DVD of the anime series and a French book based on a story of the Bastei comic book series which it also came up with a bookmark, but the funny thing is the bookmark is too small for the book itself so I decided to use it on smaller books that I have instead, so yes, I do receive some additions sometimes. :) Posted 5 months ago

You know what? While re-reading the original book, I have discovered something is that in both original German version and the 30s Greek translation, Maya is described to have blonde hair which it made me wonder if the creators of the anime have read the book before they decided to make her having blonde hair as the book described it? If that so, then Maya has always been blonde haired since 1912 despite in some versions have her with a different hair color in the illustrations though. Posted 5 months ago

Today, I got a Maya the Bee book that is in my native language (Greek) and it's a translation to the original book by Waldemar Bonsels. I also have another Greek one based on the same version that I got in 2021, but it was printed in 1980. This book that I recently got was printed in 1931 and it's currently the oldest copy of the book that I ever have as of now, so that means that I have many books from the pre-anime era and that's cool in my opinion and view. :) Posted 5 months ago

Note: I'm currently working on my screentime article for the twenty-fourth episode of the anime series on this month and this article will have some surprises and some spoiler about a certain scene that was cut and censored in the European version of the episode itself, but as for my results, you will find that out soon when I'm done with the article. :) Posted 5 months ago

Today, I got an Italian DVD copy of the anime series which it didn't match the picture that was shown, but it matched with the title on the page listing when I ordered it. The picture that was shown on the page was from the first volume, but it listed as the ninth volume and it came up with that volume instead, which thankfully it's not the same one that I have ordered on the previous year and as of currently, I have the seventh and the ninth volumes in Italian. Posted 6 months ago

Sorry for keep delaying my articles, but I have some great news that the upcoming screentime article for the 23rd episode will be published today. :) Posted 6 months ago

Today, I got another French book based on the anime and it's the adaptation to the episode where Maya learns to fly which is the second episode of the European version, but the third episode of the Japanese version which I will inform that version soon after I read it and it came up with a random French bookmark which I consider it as a cool addition to the book that I have ordered as the first book based on the first episode didn't have it all... Posted 6 months ago

Well, I have ordered a Japanese copy of the original book by Waldemar Bonsels which it will arrive soon on this month which I consider it very cool to see a Japanese copy of the original book being sold on ebay which is why I bought it as I have other Japanese Maya the Bee books that are all related to the anime series, so yes, I have other Japanese Maya the Bee books too. :) Posted 6 months ago

Note: Before I'm going to write my upcoming article, I did a lot of research on the insects that participated in the jumping competition to identify each of them. The insects who participated in the jumping competition were Flip, a treehopper (a species related to cicadas), a long-headed grasshopper, a field cricket, a spring beetle and a flea. Yes, those are the ones who participated in the jumping competition and you will learn more about it in the article that I will make soon. :) Posted 6 months ago

I have caught a cold during the last days of October and I don't feel very well, so I can't update the Maya the Bee club until I'm fully recovered. :( Posted 6 months ago

Today, I got a French DVD copy of the anime series which I have so many of them as French is one of my favorite languages, but still the most Maya the Bee stuff that I got from were from Germany, but it seems like that France is my second one as I have bought so many French stuff lately. :) Posted 7 months ago

Today, I got the rare French cassette that I have mentioned in a previous wall post which I'm very glad that I finally got it 'cause I love collecting rare stuff from this franchise. Like most other cassettes I have, it contains the theme song and various audio play adaptations of the episodes of the anime series which are the first episode, the Max episode and the Hieronimus episode, so yes, three episodes on this cassette. :) Posted 7 months ago

Today, I got a French book that is based on the anime and it contains the full story from the first episode. For the most parts, this book adaptation is very faithful to the original episode itself, but has some things that were not presented in the episode like the mention of the new queen (which she appears in the second episode of the Japanese version), Maya meeting the guards and some more interactions between Maya and Willy which I found it sweet and it's a great adaptation overall. :) Posted 7 months ago

If you enjoyed my Maya the Bee cassette collection, I have ordered another cassette which is a rare French one that was very expensive, but I bought it since I want to have it so badly as I love collecting rare Maya the Bee stuff to expand my whole collection. I'm very glad that I have some of rare stuff from this franchise. :) Posted 7 months ago

Sorry for keep delaying my articles, but I do have plans to write the screentime article for the 22nd episode on this month which it will be done soon. Posted 7 months ago

Today, I'm going to tell you some Maya the Bee dream that was bittersweet, but has a happy ending where I watched some footage of a "lost episode" of the anime about Maya getting beat up by some bad insects and her friends were worried about her and she was nearly died that they mourned over her which made me worrying if she really died... Posted 8 months ago

Today, I got a Spanish audio cassette from the anime series that contains songs from the European Spanish dub that even includes the intro/theme song and Flip's song from the first episode, but also contains songs of other characters such as Willy, Miss Cassandra, Max and Kurt which all of those were created specifically for the Spanish dub of the series itself and some of them were used as an outro theme in some episodes of the series though. Posted 8 months ago

While watching the Saban dub of the 22th episode, I have learned and discovered that the ants were singing a famous American nursery rhyme/children's song called "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" while they were steering their boat (made of a leaf) with a pole as an oar at the beginning of the episode, while in both original Japanese and European versions, the song that they sung was their own song instead, but I like how a famous song was referred in a dub of the anime series though. :) Posted 8 months ago

Some of you may have noticed how I mentioned the Saban English dub in some of my screentime articles as another comparison between the other known versions (Japanese and European) because I want to let people know that the Saban version have also some differences when it comes to name localizations, editing and censorship which is why I separated it from both other versions though. Posted 8 months ago

Today, I got a German book and a German DVD of the anime series which is the 5th volume of it and I bought it because I wanted to watch the German dub of the flower elf episode to hear the elf's voice 'cause in both Japanese and French dubs, the elf has a female voice while in both English dubs, the elf has a male voice instead. Also, in the original book, the elf is a male, so it would be weird if he has a female voice to me, but I will inform that later after watching the German dub of it. Posted 8 months ago

Well, some of you may have noticed in the articles that I made where I referred Maya and Willy as "little bees" because I don't need to refer their names so many times on the same articles and that's why. By the way, I'm still working on my screentime article for the 21st episode which it will be done soon. :) Posted 8 months ago

Today, I got a French vinyl book as my "late birthday" present. This book is an adaptation of the episode where poor Flip got trapped in the venus flytrap and it has some differences comparing to the original episode version, but the biggest difference is the one who saved Flip wasn't a stonefly, but a caterpillar. Yes, a caterpillar! I'm surprised that even a caterpillar can be heroic sometimes as it was shown in this adaptation though. Posted 8 months ago

Today, I got another issue of the Bastei comic book series in Italian which is also in pocket size like the ones that I have bought in the last months as I love collecting those. I also have another Italian copy that I have bought on the previous year which is in a bigger size and have a lot of stories like in the pocket sized books which is why I love collecting issues that contains more stories than 1 in the main issues of the magazine though. Posted 8 months ago

You know what? I'm very surprised that a famous Youtuber have referred Maya the Bee in one of his videos and that Youtuber was Eddache who mentioned about the phallic symbol controversy in the 76th episode "Once Upon A Slime" of the 2012 CGI TV Show which the phallic symbol was put on a log as a "very bad joke" from one of the artists as it was stated by one of the producers of the TV Show and later the phallic symbol on the log was removed in the late airings though. Posted 8 months ago

While reading a story from an issue of the Bastei comic book series which I got today, it taught us why alcohol is bad which the story starts where a bee worker accidentally threw a honey jar down on the ground and the honey was fermented into mead. Later, Maya and Willy discovered it and tasted it before they get drunk which due to this, the queen has punished them and imprisoned them for a while and she told them to not do that again and they have learned their lessons at the end though. Posted 8 months ago

If you have enjoyed the pictures that I have taken from my copies of the books, I will upload more of them from another book which I got it today. Posted 9 months ago

Some of you may not know this, but some Maya the Bee DVDs contain quizzes as a game feature in the menu which many of them are related to characters or episodes of the series. I have two DVDs which contains this feature which is my Spanish DVD copy of the 1977 movie and a French DVD copy of the 1975 anime which I got it today. Posted 9 months ago

Today, I got a rubber figure of Maya which she ended up being a bit bigger than I thought her to be and she makes cute squeak sounds. If you're interested, I will upload a picture of her later when I have time. :) Posted 9 months ago

Because not all episodes of the anime series are available in my native language (Greek) on the internet, I will focus mostly on the English dubbed versions when I will write the plots for episodes in my screen time articles since it's a language that I understood about 95% in total and also I have finished testing the characters' screen time in the 20th episode, but I'm ready to watch both English dubs of that episode before I will make the article of it. Posted 9 months ago

Well, I have something to say about the original Japanese version of the anime is that it started to grow on me as I keep watching more of it which I like it as much as the famous European version (which was the version that I have watched from my childhood), but I know that most people are more familiar with the European version since it's the one that was aired in most countries around the world though. Posted 9 months ago

Oh my goodness! I can't believe that I finally earned a new medal to this club! I finally earned it! I'm so happy! I'm so happy that I finally got a new medal after so many years. Thank you, Fanpop! ^_^ Posted 9 months ago

Sorry for keep delaying my Maya the Bee articles, but I'm currently planning to make the 19th screentime article today and I was busy with another site that I have joined on this August. Posted 9 months ago

I have noticed recently that the Korean dub of the third movie was announced, but I'm still waiting for the Japanese dub of it to come soon since the previous two movies were dubbed in Japanese and I also hope that Masako Nozawa still reprising her role as Willy as she did in the previous two movies. She first voiced him in both seasons of the 1975 anime and I like her 'cause she did a great job in voicing him as he sounds so adorable and the fact is that she is one of my favorite seiyuus. Posted 9 months ago

Today, I got a French picture book and the German DVD copy of the first movie which now I have all of the three different versions of the movie and I will post a picture of all of them soon. Posted 10 months ago

Today, I got another Spanish book based on the original book, another French issue of the Bastei comic book series and the German book and audio play CD adaptations of the first Maya the Bee movie which I'm glad that I got many of them, but I'm still waiting for two other items that I have ordered to come soon. Posted 10 months ago

I have noticed recently that this club used to have 450 viewers and now it has 1,150 viewers, but how did this happen? It seems like so many people have visited this club lately which it explains why so many images that I have uploaded in there have produced gold based on how many people have viewed those images I suppose, but I'm very glad about it though. :) Posted 10 months ago

Well, I have ordered three versions of Maya the Bee Movie in German which are a DVD copy of the movie, a CD that is an audio play adaptation and a book adaptation of the movie. When I will get all of them, I will post a picture of them as a comparison of those three versions. :) Posted 10 months ago

Today, I got another German picture book that was printed in the 2000s and I'm going to upload some pictures of some pages of that book 'cause I enjoyed the illustrations of it. :) Posted 11 months ago

Today, I got another Spanish DVD copy of the anime series which is the second volume as I have gotten the first one before and another French issue of the Bastei comic book series as I keep collecting them to learn more about this comic book universe. :) Posted 11 months ago

Today, I got something very rare which is a German plush of Willy from the 70s in excellent condition which is why I decided to buy him as I always wanted to have old/vintage stuff in very good conditions and that I have many stuff that are vintages in my Maya the Bee collection. :) Posted 11 months ago

I'm very surprised to see that many of the pictures that I have originally posted to this club keep producing gold which I'm very glad how many people have viewed them when visiting this club. Posted 12 months ago

Today, I got a Hungarian DVD copy of the anime series which is probably another rare piece of my Maya the Bee DVD collection as it's in another language that is probably very hard to find, but I'm very glad to get more DVDs from various foreign countries. Posted 12 months ago

Today, I'm going to tell you another dream, but this time is actually Maya the Bee related. This dream is both weird and interesting and it's an alternate version of the sixth episode of the 1975 anime series. It's the part where Maya met Hans Christoph the blue bottle fly and the scene started the same until Hans Christoph was aware of the danger that he ran and flew away at the end and survived instead of getting caught and get eaten by Schnuck the dragonfly like in the actual episode... Posted 12 months ago

Today, I got my first French VHS tape of the 1975 anime series, but like with the other Maya the Bee VHS tapes that I have, I will watch them when I will get my VCR/DVD combo player in the future. Posted over a year ago

Sorry for not updating this club a while because I was so anxious these days, but I will probably update it tomorrow after finish reading all the new four volumes of the Bastei comic book series that I got today. Posted over a year ago

Today, I got four volumes of the Bastei comic book series in French. Yes, I'm still continue collecting those comics as I want to get more knowledge about this universe besides the original book, the anime and the CGI cartoon universes and also want to have the biggest collection to this franchise. Posted over a year ago

After researching more about the upcoming Heidi movie "Rescue of the Lynx", Studio 100 is doing a great job at making movies relating to their iconic and popular franchises, so it's very likely that their future Maya the Bee animated project will turns out to be as great as the Heidi movie in my opinion and view. Posted over a year ago

Today, I got two new Maya the Bee books which one is German and the other one is Italian and both of them are based on the 1975 anime series. If you're interested, I'm going to upload pictures of those books after finishing reading them. Posted over a year ago

I know this might be unrelated, but you know what? I recently dreamt about me and my parents went to see a horror theater story titled "Scream!", but it turned out it was a kids theater in "disguise". The story starts when a boy, a girl and a few animals used to live together in harmony until a demon-looking guy showed up and causing chaos by torturing them and screaming before he disappeared and everything was back to normal and thankfully no one died at the end... Posted over a year ago

Today, I got another German audio cassette and a French CD. Yes, I have gotten a cassette and a CD on the same day which I'm very glad about that. 💖 Posted over a year ago

I am overall very glad to see that my Maya the Bee articles became very popular, but I have some plans to make various miscellaneous articles relating to the franchise like more book reviews, comparisons between two different versions of the same book adaptations and other stuff for fun. I'm still working on the screen time articles of the anime series, but if you're interested in my other article ideas, then I will be very glad about it. :) Posted over a year ago

Here is some interesting fact that I got from a book based on the anime series (which I got it today) is that Flip is considered as another best friend of Maya and not just Willy because he taught Maya many things about nature and dangers and he rescued her a few times, so I think it makes sense about their strong relationship that they have in the series and that the book is right about it. Posted over a year ago

I'm not sure how many Maya the Bee fans are aware of this, but there are two different English translations of the original book. One is American and the other one is British and I have ordered a copy of the British version which will arrive to my house soon to compare the American one that I have read online and maybe I will make an article about the differences between the two English versions of the book someday. :) Posted over a year ago

You're probably heard about ChatGPT, the computer AI that everyone is talking about. In the past few weeks, I'm been testing the AI by typing commands and asking questions about all kinds of topics like coding, math, etc. During the test, I happen to asking ChatGPT about famous TV-Shows and Movies, when I suddenly remembered about Maya the Bee. So, give a try and ask ChatGPT about Maya the Bee franchise. The AI responds and give almost every detail of the franchise, which is kinda cool though. Posted over a year ago

I have some great news to tell you is that I discovered on Archive.org that someone have uploaded some more episodes of the 1975 anime series that were ripped from 3 DVDs that he or she have which are the volumes 5, 6 and 16 and are in my language (Greek). I'm very excited to see the episodes again in the dub that I have watched back then, but sadly I don't have many DVDs of that dub, but I only currently have 3 of them which are all DVDs that I have kept and saved from my childhood. :) Posted over a year ago

Today, I got a German audio cassette and a Spanish DVD copy of the 1977 movie. Speaking of audio cassettes, I ordered 3 more German audio cassettes which were arrived back on the previous month. My thoughts on them is that they are so good to listen to them which is it like watching episodes without any footages, but the only thing that bugs me is how abridged they're comparing to the actual episodes which were based on, but overall, I'm fine with that. Posted over a year ago

I have some great news to tell you is that I'm working on a project about the characters' screen times in the first episode of the 1975 anime series which I include clips from both original Japanese and European versions to test about each character who have appeared in the episode to find out who have gotten the most screen time, but maybe it will be either Maya or Miss Cassandra, I dunno since I haven't finished it yet, but when I will finish it, I will post the results in an article. Posted over a year ago

After I have watched all of the 6 Spanish DVDs from the CGI series that I have received on the previous month (January), I have realized that I have gotten the entire first season on DVDs, just like how I have gotten the entire first season of the anime series from my Japanese DVD set, so yes, I have all episodes of the first season of both series. :) Posted over a year ago

There is something that will surprise you is that on this January, I have received a lot of Maya the Bee stuff that I have ordered between December 2022 and January 2023 and that I got a third French copy of the original book from another publisher that was printed in 2008. I have also ordered a Czech DVD, but the seller gave me 2 DVDs instead of just 1 which thankfully they are two different volumes and not duplicates which I'm glad about it because getting 2 DVDs is better for me anyway. :) Posted over a year ago

You know what's funny? I have noticed something that makes me both shocked and surprised about it is that in the European/Castilian Spanish dub of the episode "Ring-a Ring-a Caterpillar", Willy said "sayonara" when he was trying to help the caterpillars (oak processionary moths) to go to the right direction which I can't believe that in my eyes that he actually said a Japanese word, lol! I wonder if Japanese is very popular in Spain or something? Probably yes, because of anime... Posted over a year ago

I have some great news to tell you. Vicky the Viking is finally coming back in Greece after so many years where the anime used to air back in the 2000s by dubbing the CGI movie first, but does that mean that they will dub the CGI TV Series too? I hope so because it's another property of Studio 100 just like both Maya the Bee and Heidi. I know that this is not a Maya the Bee related news, but this might be possible a hint of The Honey Games and The Golden Orb finally getting dubbed in Greek. Posted over a year ago

Sorry for not updating a while because I was a bit sick, but now that I'm feeling better, I might post more Maya the Bee content whenever I can. Posted over a year ago

Today, I got an Italian copy of a Maya the Bee book which is also based on the original story by Waldemar Bonsels which it has illustrations from the Bastei comic book series which were originally illustrated by André Roche on this month and it's also like my first "Christmas" gift as I have received a random Christmas card by the seller. I'm currently reading it, but when I will finish it, I might post more Maya the Bee related content sooner. Posted over a year ago

Sorry for keep delaying the gondolino book review, but I still have plans to studying more about it along with the comparison between it and the original version of the book which it will be done a few days, as I have some other things to do and also because I posted another article about my opinion and thoughts on the Bastei comic book series which was one of the reasons for the delay, but don't worry because it will come very soon. Posted over a year ago

Today, I got another French copy of the original book that was printed on this year by Ynnis and two issues of the Bastei comic book series which are from a volume-based series which were printed in the 90s and contains more stories than the original magazine series which only contained one story per issue. Well, I will do a comparison of the two French copies of the original book in another article later when I will finish the review of the gondolino version which I promised to be posted soon. Posted over a year ago

I finally have watched the original German version of the 1977 movie from my DVD copy, and what I'm going to say about it is that the quality of it is surprisingly very good and it feels like an actual movie despite being a compilation of four episodes that were used as footages from the movie, but the only thing that disappoints me is that the end credits were omitted from this DVD release, but I will check the VHS copy later when I will get my VCR/DVD combo player in the future. Posted over a year ago