Maya the Bee (anime)

Maya the Bee is an anime television series produced first by Zuiyo Enterprise and then by Nippon Animation) and ABC of Osaka. The series consisted of 52 episodes and was originally telecast from April 1975 to April 1976 on the NET (now TV Asahi) network, with which ABC (not to be confused with the Tokyo-based TV Asahi) is affiliated. Based on the classic children's book The Adventures of Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels, the anime series has become extremely popular in Europe and has been rebroadcast in countries and languages all around the world since its premiere. A film edited from the first few episodes was released on December 15, 1977.

Plot
The New Adventures of Maya the Honey Bee centers on the adventures of Maya, a young, restless, adventurous and wondering bee, as well as the way she has to work in an environment full of insects and other critters. Maya is sent by the queen bee to get pollen for her hive. In that task Maya, with his inseparable friend Willi the drone, discovers a new world around him and befriends numerous creatures of the forest like the grasshopper Flip, the spider Tecla, the fly Puck, the beetle Kurt or the mouse Alexander.

Why it Rocks
Great animation.

Cool stories.

Amazing plot.

Awesome characters especially Maya herself.

In the original dub of the series, Maya was voiced by a 11-year-old little girl named Scarlet Lubowski.