Is the skinny body of the SSJ God a Toei misinterpretation?

[Saiga]

I really believe this whole "skinny" thing is for the exact same reasons as the Gohan Buu saga dislike. It's just not "masculine" and "powerful" enough.

The reason I dislike it is because I think it's trying way to hard to make the same point the Graded Forms and Super Saiyan 2 already did.

[elyas11]

uh I do think that Toriyama is involved, people would talk to each other? I mean, it's not like he just gave away a drawing and that's it. It's not a misinterpretation.
Come on, guys. People aren't that dumb to actually not KNOW that his recent artstyle is all bodies are skinny.
I think they deliberately chose to make him skinny like Toriyama's recent style.

[Kuwabara]

The SSJ God form being thinner is just a response to the recent (boring) trend of main protagonists having thin character designs. Sora, Ichigo, Tsuna, Ultimo etc.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

The SSJ God form being thinner is just a response to the recent (boring) trend of main protagonists having thin character designs. Sora, Ichigo, Tsuna, Ultimo etc.

I doubt it. Toriyama was doing the "smaller/thinner characters are more powerful than the buffer guys" long before they were around.

[Brodes]

The SSJ God form being thinner is just a response to the recent (boring) trend of main protagonists having thin character designs. Sora, Ichigo, Tsuna, Ultimo etc.

So you believe all protagonists should be ultra buff and muscular?

[dbzfan7]

I know getting skinnier is unique because usually buffing up makes you stronger, but it's still looks silly to shrink down a size or two. It would be nice if we get an explanation for the getting skinnier idea.

[Bussani]

I know getting skinnier is unique because usually buffing up makes you stronger, but it's still looks silly to shrink down a size or two.

You mean like Freeza and Cell did?

[Metalwario64]

I was unaware that SSGod Goku was super skinny...

I only saw two images of his head, so I was unaware. Looking at that concept art image, he looks like he belongs in Looney Toons or something with those really thin and tall proportions and goofy huge feet. I can't stand it.

[Brodes]

I know getting skinnier is unique because usually buffing up makes you stronger, but it's still looks silly to shrink down a size or two.

You mean like Freeza and Cell did?

And Buu.

[RandomGuy96]

Freeza, Cell, and Buu all got stronger by bulking up. In Buu's case, bulking down made him several times weaker.

[Bussani]

Freeza and Cell also became stronger when they became smaller (e.g. third form to final form for Freeza, semi-perfect to perfect for Cell).

[dbzfan7]

I know getting skinnier is unique because usually buffing up makes you stronger, but it's still looks silly to shrink down a size or two.

You mean like Freeza and Cell did?

Freeza shrinks in size, his physique is about the same. Cell's physique seems to increase a little as his size went down. For Goku it's like his body aged while his face stayed the same.

[Brodes]

I know getting skinnier is unique because usually buffing up makes you stronger, but it's still looks silly to shrink down a size or two.

You mean like Freeza and Cell did?

Freeza shrinks in size, his physique is about the same. Cell's physique seems to increase a little as his size went down. For Goku it's like his body aged while his face stayed the same.

Not really. When they shrink in size, they go from say, wrestlers (third form Furiza, Semi-perfect Cell fro example), to Bruce Lee. Compact, toned, well muscled but still slim.

[dbzfan7]

Not really. When they shrink in size, they go from say, wrestlers (third form Furiza, Semi-perfect Cell fro example), to Bruce Lee. Compact, toned, well muscled but still slim.

3rd form doesn't drop much. It also drops into a final form supressed state. Cell's physique from semi to perfect is practically the same.

[NitroEX]

Maybe it's a fashion thing. Back in the 80's and early 90s huge muscular heroes were all the rage but in recent years people seem to prefer slim men.

I'll have to wait till I see the film to decide if I like it or not.

[Kuwabara]

I doubt it. Toriyama was doing the "smaller/thinner characters are more powerful than the buffer guys" long before they were around.

They weren't the main character though.

So you believe all protagonists should be ultra buff and muscular?

I think it should vary.

[Ketchup_Revenge]

Toriyama's recent style is skinny bodies for characters. It's with all his characters, not only his DBZ ones.

[Saiyan Prince Vegeta]

Well it was definitely intentional.

I handled the roughs for Super Saiyan God. It was “a being that surpasses everything” so I drew a character more built than Super Saiyan, with a cape, but then illustrations with a completely different feel came back from Toriyama-sensei…. It was too different from my own internal image, so I tried suggesting the more sturdily-drawn character one more time, and then Sensei told me that it really was all wrong. (laughs)
— Tadayoshi Yamamuro, OKStars Intervew