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.
Note: season one only
Before the revival series was made, Belgian production company Studio 100 launched its Paris-based French animation production divsion Studio 100 Animation to produce revival version from the catalouge of its parent with Maya the Bee became its first production from the new French unit.
Two years later in April 2011, following the launch of Studio 100's French animation division Studio 100 Animation, the new French animation studio had ordered a revival of the German book franchise Maya the Bee with French TV network TF1 and German broadcaster ZDF had been onboard as co-broadcasters while Austrian broadcaster ORF had brought free-TV & German language-rights to the series for that country.
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 it was "a very bad joke from one of the 150 artists working on the production".