In the Japanese language, Saiya-jin (サイヤ 人 じん) is pronounced "Sigh-ya-jeen" while in the English dubs, "Saiyan" is pronounced "Sey-uhn".Īll full-blooded Saiyans (such as Raditz, Kakarot, Vegeta, Nappa, Paragus, Broly, or Bardock) have names that are a pun on various vegetables.įrom one of Akira Toriyama's memos, shows a bit of Planet Plant and the rocky homing areas used by the Saiyans "Saiyan" is the English transliteration of the roman letter term Saiya-jin. The name is a pun on y ajin (野人) which means "wildman", and an anagram of yasai (野菜) which means "vegetable".
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The alternate colors for Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta in the Dragon Ball Z Budokai video game series would resemble the coloration of a Super Saiyan 5, though certainly not be labeled as such in-game - with no stated connection to DBAF cited at all - while the franchise went in a different direction for its combat transformations with the launch of Dragon Ball Super.
Manga artist Toyotaro, who created a DBAF-inspired unofficial manga title, went on to become the actual artist on the Dragon Ball Super manga series, working alongside Toriyama himself. However, fan art and mock trailers and clips continued to fuel rumors that Dragon Ball AF truly existed for years afterward.ĭespite DBAF being a fan-driven hoax, the rumors led to some interesting developments for originally licensed Dragon Ball content as the franchise gradually reinvigorated itself years later. The fan site Daizenshuu EX then systematically debunked the Super Saiyan 5 myth, including the lack of promotion in Japan and through Toei Animation and Bird Studio. would go on to apologize for its previous claims, noting they had been tricked by the rumors. The purported Super Saiyan 5 artwork was revealed to be an unofficial fan illustration by David Montiel Franco. Just as quickly as this rumor started and began to spread online, instilling hope among the fanbase that a new Dragon Ball series was coming, the truth quickly began to surface. RELATED: Vegeta's Costume in the Dragon Ball Super Hero Trailer May Quietly Reveal Plot Details Spreading online, the fan site shared the image in October 2000 while claiming that the existence of Dragon Ball AF and Super Saiyan 5 was indeed real, but simply had not yet been announced outside of Japan.
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Taking a page from DBGT's Super Saiyan 4, Super Saiyan 5 continued Goku's primal transformation, with his hair and body fur becoming stark white, his hair growing to the approximate length of Super Saiyan 3, exposed skin turning bright red, and his muscle mass and stature significantly increasing. In May 1999, two years after the conclusion of the anime series Dragon Ball GT and the presumed end to the franchise that Toriyama created in 1984, an illustration purporting to be Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan 5 surfaced in the pages of the Spanish magazine Hobby Consolas. However, while the Dragon Ball franchise is thriving with new content now, there was a lengthy period of relative inactivity that led to the fan theory of a secret series known as Dragon Ball AF, including rumors that the series featured a new combat transformation for Goku known as Super Saiyan 5. Now is the perfect time to be a fan of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise, with the Dragon Ball Super manga series still telling original, canonical stories in the universe, an upcoming anime film with Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, and plenty of video game projects to keep audiences invested in the adventures of Goku and the Z Fighters.