======Maria======

**Maria** is a character who reoccurred in a few versions of the series, but debuted in the original manga.

=====Appearances===== 

====Original manga==== 

Maria first appeared in the [[darkhorse:volume_19|Blue Knight]] story. She is the sister of [[characters:blue_knight|Blue Knight]] and [[characters:tonto|Tonto]], created by Dr. Los.

Count Burg proposes to marry Maria because she is so beautiful, excepting her from his hatred of robots. However, Maria's objections to Count Burg's cruelty to other robots soon lead to her being abused by him as well, eventually resulting in her getting smashed to pieces.

====1960s series==== 

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====2003 series==== 

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====Short film==== 

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Maria appears in the 1999 [[:atomaokishi|short film]], although briefly. She is mentioned and shown during a flashback when Blue Bon is describing events from the past including his family and the cruelty humans have displayed towards robots.

The character was voiced by Miho Yamada in the film.((http://tezukaosamu.net/jp/anime/26.html))

=====Trivia=====

  * [[characters:Livian]] had a similar role to Maria in the [[episodes:1980|1980s TV series]].

=====References=====