It was hard to get, but last month we were finally able to see ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ in theaters, and also recovering the voice actors of the anime series. The film has been a return to the classic elements of ‘Dragonball’ but the novelties have not been lacking either, and for the first time in a long time Piccolo has had his moments to shine.
Specifically, he has finally received a very powerful transformation that gives him a new look and has also multiplied his powers.
Orange is the new Green
Along with Gohan, Piccolo is the absolute protagonist of ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’and in order to defeat the new Red Ribbon Army he has to get his act together and ends up executing a new transformation.
Piccolo is able to unlock his new form, first because of his origins on Namek, and also because he manages to gather the dragon balls and make a wish. This consists of being able to unleash his hidden power to enhance his abilities, and thus his new Orange Piccolo appearance emerges.which turns him orange with red eyes and also gives him incredible strength.
In ‘Dragon Ball’ we have seen all kinds of transformations, but according to Akira Toriyama Piccolo’s ended up being that way precisely because the character doesn’t have hair and there weren’t too many elements of his design to play with.
“Since he doesn’t have hair, it can’t be modified with the transformation, so I made him much more robust and gave him the orange color to better distinguish him from his original form,” explained the mangaka in an interview. “Despite this, it is sometimes difficult to tell him apart from his normal form.”
In addition to explaining a little better how Piccolo’s transformation came about, Toriyama also confirmed that Piccolo had finally caught up with Goku and Vegeta.
“Maybe I should have exaggerated it more, but I personally love that he gained a power that can rival Goku and the others. Orange Piccolo’s name is typical of him, because he doesn’t have very good taste in naming.”
‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ has marked the first time we see Orange Piccolo, and the manga still has some events ahead of it to fully catch up with the movie. So for now we will have to be patient until we can see Piccolo again exploiting his new transformation to the fullest.