Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Vegeta Transformations

Today we are looking at Vegeta and all of his transformations in the Dragon Ball universe.  It seems Goku always gets more forms than Vegeta, but Vegeta gets some very unique forms of his own.



Base Form




Oozaru
(The power of moonlight allows this transformation to occur.)


Super Saiyan//GT Super Saiyan//Super Saiyan Full Power
(Super Saiyan Full Power is a mastered state of regular Super Saiyan where little energy is being used when transformed.  You will also notice that in Dragon Ball GT there is little distinction between Super Saiyan levels 1 and 2.  In "Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game" his GT transformation is labeled as "GT Super Saiyan."  In the video games when Vegeta turns Super Saiyan his tail remains the color brown.)


Super Vegeta//Super Saiyan Grade 3
(This transformation is also known as "Super Saiyan Grade 2" or "Ascended Super Saiyan."  It is implied by Trunks that Vegeta also has the ability to transform to a "Super Saiyan Grade 3," but choose not to use it because of the lack of mobility.)



Super Saiyan 2//Majin Vegeta
(Babidi's magic keeps Vegeta powered up in his Super Saiyan 2 state, however, it makes his power level even higher than regular Super Saiyan 2.  Vegeta's strong will allows him to overcome the orders of Babidi's mind control.)


Quake of Fury
(This state of enragement is seen in Dragon Ball Super when Beerus hits Bulma--- pushing Vegeta past his limits.  This form is even more powerful than Super Saiyan 3.)


Baby Vegeta
(Baby-infected Vegeta's base form is the equivalent to Vegeta's Super Saiyan form, just with silver hair instead of gold.)


Baby Vegeta 2
(This transformation is equivalent to Vegeta's Super Saiyan 2 form.)


Baby Vegeta 3
(This transformation is equivalent to Vegeta's Super Saiyan 3 transformation--- notice how his forehead had began to slope and his eye-brows have disappeared.)


Super Saiyan 3
(This transformation has only appeared in the official video games, not in the anime, however, by this point in the series it is obvious that Vegeta is well-capable of using this form if he desired to.)


Golden Oozaru
(Golden Oozaru is like the Super Saiyan form of regular Oozaru--- this form when controlled allows the user to use this power in the form of Super Saiyan 4)


Super Saiyan 4
(This transformation can only be obtained by Vegeta when using Blutz Waves since he does not have a tail of his own--- it was cut off by Yajirobe.  Vegeta picking an intelligent wife, Bulma, who can make Blutz Wave machines is a huge benefit to him which makes his wife more useful to his achievement in the series.  It is theorized by fans that the darker the color of fur is of a Super Saiyan 4, the stronger the saiyan is--- explaining why Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta has brown fur instead of red.  This is just a theory however.)


Super Saiyan Red
(In the Dragon Ball Super Manga Vegeta obtains the Super Saiyan Red transformation, however, you do not see it in the Dragon Ball Super anime.)


Super Saiyan Blue
(Surpassing Super Saiyan Red, Super Saiyan Blue is the tranquil form of Super Saiyan.  Regular golden Super Saiyan is full of rage, while blue is more controlled and tranquil.)


Limit Breaker
(Instead of going Ultra Instinct like Goku, Vegeta breaks his shell and has his own limit breaker form that looks very similar to Super Saiyan Blue.)

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Is Dragon Ball GT Canon?





The basic timeline of the Dragon Ball series is well known: (1) Dragon Ball, (2) Dragon Ball Z, then (3) Dragon Ball GT.  However, there are groups of fans who claim that Dragon Ball GT is not canon because it was not part of Akira Toriyama’s manga series, partly making this claim because they did not enjoy Dragon Ball GT as much as the original series.  They make their claim even though Akira Toriyama never claimed that Dragon Ball GT is non-canon, in fact, he has shown himself to have positive feelings towards this series.  He oversaw the anime series production of Dragon Ball GT in the very same way that he oversaw the anime adaptions of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z and is credited as the author in the ending credits of GT.

Akira Toriyama came up with the very name of the series, designed some of the characters and objects such as Giru and the spaceship traveled in, and sketched the GT logo concept.  Akira Toriyama arranged the series main cast and drew multiple pictures of GT Goku, Pan, and Trunks adventuring on various planets.  He also drew a promotional picture of Super-Saiyan 4 Goku as his seal of approval on the series and referred to the GT staff as “excellent!” and stated that watching Dragon Ball GT makes him: “happy” and he “enjoys it.”  He said that the series animator, “animator Nakatsuru-kun is amazingly skilled, and mastered the peculiarities of my drawings.”  The characters and events of Dragon Ball GT have also been including in various official video game releases.

Some dissatisfied fans point to the inconsistencies in Dragon Ball GT to claim that it is not canon, however, the inconsistencies and contradictions in the other various Dragon Ball series’ are much higher than GT's, especially in Dragon Ball Super which probably contradicts Dragon Ball Z more than any other variation of Dragon Ball including the movies.  Especially after the release of Dragon Ball Super, trying to discredit Dragon Ball GT by inconsistencies is laughable.

Akira Toriyama himself refers to Dragon Ball GT as “a grand side-story of the original Dragon Ball.”

The closest thing we have to discrediting Dragon Ball GT is a statement made by the Dragon Ball Z voice actor Christopher Sabat whose opinion was that Dragon Ball GT is “not even canon anymore,” after the release of the “Dragon Ball: Battle of the gods” movie.  Although he does not really have the authority to make an official statement about a part of the series no longer being canon, his opinion is valuable and the way I take it is, some things in the new series: "Dragon Ball Super" are going to override some of the canon in GT because of the contradictions and inconsistencies between the two series, however, there are theories of how the contradictions can be fixed or can fit together by a string of events between the two series.  Only time, or a new official statement by Toriyama, will tell.  As far as we know, GT remains canon rather fans like it or not.