Dragon Ball Daima confirms it’s a love letter to Akira Toriyama and GT with a subtle homage

The brand new entry of the world’s most iconic anime, Dragon Ball Daimais airing during the franchise’s 40th anniversary. Fortunately, despite the similarities with Dragon Ball GT scaring some fans at first who feared it lacked originality, Daima has proven to refine the elements that make up the original series and GT great, making it a celebration of the franchise, but mainly, a love letter to Toriyama’s legacy through a captivating tribute.

Dragon Ball Daima recovered what the franchise lacked after the first part of GTbringing back Goku’s sense of adventure exploring a different world that is then set aside to focus on faster-paced actions and battles. In this way, Toei Animation Studio is preparing to produce an anime that will inspire nostalgia in fans, while at the same time rejoicing in its influence on GT and expressing gratitude to master Akira Toriyama in his final project with a moving tribute in the opening and closing sequences of Dragon Ball Daima.

Dragon Ball DaimaThe opening and closing of honors its creator with an emotional goodbye

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The opening and closing sequences of Dragon Ball Daima pay tribute to the series’ author, as this project was Akira Toriyama’s last contribution to the franchise before he passed away at the beginning of the year.It’s year. In DaimaIn the opening, Jaka Jaan, there is a tribute that is only appreciated in the original languagewhere the song’s lyrics highlight the words Tori, Yama and Akira (Yume wa TORI dori naYAMAnai AKIRAmenai), an intelligent, yet subtle tribute to the master creator.

Also, in the last sequence of DaimaIn Goku’s ending, Goku sees countless feathers that combine to form the figure of a bird. This figure represents the author due to the play on words with his surname, Toriyama, as tori means “bird” in Japanese, and is the same name he chose when he founded his own production company, Bird Studio. Furthermore, the mangaka created a fictional character who was a blue bird to represent himself in his previous works. Dr.

Furthermore, This sequence is reminiscent of the Dragon Ball Z ending We were angelswhere Gohan sees a feather, and later Goku is shown with wings waving goodbye while he is in the afterlife. In DaimaAt the end Goku also says goodbye to the bird, which can be interpreted as the franchise’s farewell to Akira Toriyama. Just like in the series, where death was not the last goodbye, the author is still alive in Dragon Balluniverse.

Dragon Ball Daima To hug GTThe influence of on its final sequence

DaimaThe final look of Dragon Ball GT Closing Sequence

In addition to Toriyama’s tribute, the production team at Toei Animation included several cuts in Dragon Ball Daimaendings that are very similar to the first ending of Dragon Ball GT. While the visuals aren’t exactly the same, both endings share the same sense of exploring a new land, showing Goku and his companions in their spaceship, sleeping, watching from the edge of a cliff, and flying. Additionally, there is a cut of Goku bathing in the river, similar to a visual in GT’is opening.

Furthermore, a sequence of Daimathe opening of the film could be inspired by GTThe second ending of Don’t You See, where the entire cast of the series appears walking behind each other. Another callback is the final words of DaimaThe album’s closing song, “Hitori Janai,” which translates as “you are not alone,” but is also the title of the album’s first ending theme. GT.

It is often debated among fans whether Dragon Ball GT belongs to the series canon since it was created by Toei Animation, but Daima is inspired by GT proven by their similar introduction and plot, and the studio identifies these shared elements and their love for their original project with these similar visuals. However, it is thanks to this passion of the production team that Dragon Ball Daima was well received by fans and so far is living up to the franchise’s legacy and its author, Akira Toriyama.