8.025 minSeason 2 • Episode 52
LatestThe 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.
Production
Japanese-German-Austrian collab produced 104 episodes because bees work hard apparently.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a 1912 German novel by Waldemar Bonsels, which was *wildly* popular with Nazi youth programs—though the anime stripped all that weirdness clean.
The Japanese voice cast recorded entire episodes in one take because 70s anime budgets were crimes against workers. Michiko Nomura was allegedly paid in exposure and regret.
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