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it was an anime??!!

PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:54 pm
by Tenshi no Ai
I always see posts on people saying "I never knew it was an anime until later!"
Here's on I NEVER would have thought was an anime... until I randomly browsed Anime New Network.

Maya the Bee:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1415

Back in my YTV days I would watch this almost every mornind and I can still remember the theme song :/ "Maaaaaaaya! Maya the bee!" with the tune and everything... never would've thought it was anime :/

Anyone else have this look familiar to you? It was similar to Bugs Life cause it was about bees and grasshoppers... *sigh* grasshoppers seem to be the enemy in all those movies.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:58 pm
by Artist4Jesus89
well i saw the anime version of swan lake but never though twice about it being anime i saw it b4 i ever knew about anime

PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:11 pm
by Yamato145
Oro?
Ive never even heard of this show ... but i relate to the feeling.
Who remembers Super Book!?
anime

PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:47 pm
by TheMelodyMaker
I could easily say that about Astroboy, Hello Kitty and The Little Prince. ^_^;

PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:04 pm
by inkhana
Wow, I remember Maya the Bee...I watched it a few times as a kid. Don't remember what it was like though...oh well ^^;;

PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:58 pm
by K. Ayato
I remember Super Book! I practically grew up watching it! I didn't realize it was an anime until about 3 years ago. Man, was I slow!

PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:04 pm
by KhakiBlueSocks
MAYA THE BEE WAS AN ANIME?!

I would have never guessed! I loved that show on Nick Jr (When Nick JR actually had good programming!)

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:17 pm
by Token Asian
I remember Superbook. Didn't it have some mutant Banpei-kun and a flying house?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:25 pm
by Maledicte
Superbook and even Speed Racer. gosh....

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:27 pm
by Shao Feng-Li
The Flying House and Dragon Ball.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:14 pm
by mitsuki lover
The great thing about the ANN is that if you aren't certain if something is anime
or not they have a section in their enclyopedia called:Related But Not Anime.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:34 pm
by Tenshi no Ai
mitsuki lover wrote:The great thing about the ANN is that if you aren't certain if something is anime
or not they have a section in their enclyopedia called:Related But Not Anime.


Yeah I checked that out and never noticed they had NEARLY that many live-action movies based off anime! Several Lupin III movies? Never knew...

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:40 pm
by Arnobius
Tenshi no Ai wrote:Yeah I checked that out and never noticed they had NEARLY that many live-action movies based off anime! Several Lupin III movies? Never knew...

Yeah, and there were many live action movies and tv series that became anime or manga too... though many never made it here.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:43 pm
by That Dude
It took me forever to find out that Superbook and The Flyinghouse were anime. And a movie called Scamper the Penguin...That movie shaped my life!

PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:14 pm
by mitsuki lover
Personally the one live action movie based on an anime that I'd like to see is
Boogiepop And Friends since it's supposed to be the prequel to Boogeipop Phantom.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:34 pm
by Petite Soeur
Tenshi no Ai wrote:I always see posts on people saying "I never knew it was an anime until later!"
Here's on I NEVER would have thought was an anime... until I randomly browsed Anime New Network.

Maya the Bee:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1415

Back in my YTV days I would watch this almost every mornind and I can still remember the theme song :/ "Maaaaaaaya! Maya the bee!" with the tune and everything... never would've thought it was anime :/

Anyone else have this look familiar to you? It was similar to Bugs Life cause it was about bees and grasshoppers... *sigh* grasshoppers seem to be the enemy in all those movies.


I watched that, Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics, Superbook, Flying House, Lil' Bits, and the Noozles when I was a child. I had no idea any of them were anime until a couple of years ago.