Dragon Ball Daimahas been politely chugging away with unexampled episodes that hark back to the goofy , playfulness - loving dangerous undertaking of the OG series . The series has also been juggling paying regard to fans who crave power - descale debates and possibility craft where the series is placed in the canyon . Before today ’s sequence , many a fan have to on the side knight the show as thelate Akira Toriyama‘s posthumous version of Toei Animations ’ contentiousDragon Ball GTseries , thanks in significant part to the series also research what the serial would search like if Goku and crew were turned into kids again . Now , the serial publication fully embraces the comparability with a gimmick that brings back one of Saiyan ’s well - look transformations .
Despite the Z - fighter ’s best efforts in their impressive team - up handicap conflict that saw Goku , Vegeta , Piccolo , and newDaimacharacters face off against the sup - up Gomah , none of their flurry of combination beam attacks ( no seriously , watch episode 17 ! ) they were no lucifer for Gomah ’s mightiness . The flood tide of the episode saw his allies rally from the sidelines as Goku , in vintage fashion , powered up to Super Saiyan Three to initiate a rematch between the two , as Gomah watched on smugly with his arms crossed . The aforementioned twist from episode 18 , however , sees Goku go even further beyond his Buu - earned run average transformation and pat intoGT‘s Super Saiyan 4 . The transformation rock the intact anime side of the internet because the ability - up on the face of it canonized the ofttimes - ostracized subsequence series into the series canon ( or , at least this element of it ) .
In contrast to the instalment - long build - up inDragon Ball GT , which see Goku have his tail forcibly yoinked out of his body , transform into a great ape , and undergo a grueling battle with Super Baby ( do n’t ask ) before achieving the form , Goku bolt down out and sour into SSJ4 as he would any other transmutation ( thanks to a powerfulness - up from Demon World Namekian , Neva ) . Another added and exceedingly notable difference is thatDaima‘s iteration of SSJ4 ditches Goku ’s jet - black hair face , as the human body had inGT , to give his crown instead the same hue of garden pink that his furry piffling jacked organic structure has . Once Goku achieved the only worthwhile part ofGTduring his struggle with Gomah , the lunar time period shift back in his favor for a short while before Gomah nopes Goku ’s SSJ4 back into the quintessence with the index ofTertian Oculus .
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At face value , Toei Animation ’s fetch back SSJ4 is substantial , because it revamped an old - forgotten mannequin of Goku ’s . It ’s also trending online because it has fan in a bit of a tizzy about whether its appearance retroactively makes share ofGTcanon . Since the serial has played fast and loose with what is and is n’t canyon , rooter should n’t hurt themselves thinking too hard about it and savor the ride . That ’s been the serial modus operandi despiteDaimapulling aOne Pieceby expanding and calling back to tidbits of lore that existed plainly as flavor text .
Toriyama was reportedly heavily tangled with the serial ’ product before histragic passing last year , including its story and character pattern ; it stands to grounds that Goku ’s fresh SSJ4 look quantifies what Toriyama would ’ve image the physical body to look like given another wisecrack at it . Now , fans can send SSJ4 Goku right next to SSJ3 Vegeta on the totem terminal of natural state twistsDaimapulled off . However , we ’ll have to give extra gunpoint to SSJ4 Goku for making his pink scamp return on Valentine ’s twenty-four hour period . He understood the assignment , even though we favour theGTlook ever so slightly !
DBダイマ18話、少し参加させていただきました。小牧様、村上様、野中様、池田様、山室様、斉藤様、中鶴様、スタッフの皆様本当にありがとうございました。I did the key animation for the first part of SS3 Goku vs. Goma and Goku ’s transformation , thank you.pic.twitter.com/yxeD5KvmFP
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— アレックス ( @uroncha11anim)February 14 , 2025
AsDaimais slated to have 20 episode , the gum anime break off out SSJ4 from the proverbialDragon Ballvault will score the series ’ grand finale when its last episode drop on February 28 . you could safely wager its version of the transformation will make it to games likeDragon Ball : actuate Zero!and the like as future DLC , growing their already talkative character roster withyet another Goku .
you could watchDragon Ball Daimaon Crunchyroll , Netflix , and Hulu .
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