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'''''Super Saiyan 5''''' is a theoretical transformation briefly mentioned in a throwaway line from ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]''. Beyond that, the form is often linked to fanworks titled ''[[Dragon Ball AF]]''.
'''''Super Saiyan 5''''' is a theoretical transformation briefly mentioned in a throwaway line in the ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' television series.
 
Beyond that, the form is often linked to fanworks under the broader banner of "[[Dragon Ball AF]]," and has spawned numerous fan interpretations and even merchandise items.


==In Official Works==
==In Official Works==
[[File:dragon-ball-gt_episode-55_vegeta_super-saiyan-4-or-5-or-whatever.png|left|thumb|200px|[[Vegeta]] mentions Super Saiyan 5 in ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' episode [[Dragon Ball GT Episode 55|55]]<ref>"[[Dragon Ball GT: Realization]]". FUNimation, USA. DVD; FN-04822. 30 March 2004.</ref>]]
In [[Dragon Ball GT Episode 55|episode 55]] of the ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' television series (first broadcast in August 1997), [[Vegeta]] flippantly proclaims "[[Son Goku|Kakarrot]], bring on your [[Super Saiyan 4]], or 5, or whatever you want!"<ref name=gt55>{{Cite episode|Series=GT|Eps=55}}</ref>


In [[Dragon Ball GT Episode 55|episode 55]] of ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'', [[Vegeta]] flippantly proclaims "[[Son Goku|Kakarrot]], bring on your [[Super Saiyan 4]], or 5, or whatever you want!"
As part of a '''2014''' interview with [[Akira Toriyama]] spearheaded by [[Naho Ooishi]] as featured in ''[[Saikyō Jump]]'', Toriyama was asked: "Might we eventually see things such as a Super Saiyan 5...?!" Toriyama did not directly address that part of the question (instead focusing on [[Super Saiyan 2]] and [[Super Saiyan 3|3]]), but both before and after this point in time, Super Saiyan 5 has never appeared in any official ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' work.<ref name=twelboo>{{Cite magazine|Mag=SJ|Year=2014|Month=June|Date=02 May 2014|Title=「12（トゥエルブウ）のナゾ」|Page=p. 10}}<br>{{Cite web|URL=http://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/saikyo-jump-june-2014-issue-twel-buu-mysteries/|Website=Kanzenshuu|Title="Twel-Boo Mysteries"|Date=02 May 2014|AccessDate=02 April 2026}}</ref>
 
In a '''2014''' interview with [[Akira Toriyama]] featured in ''[[Saikyō Jump]]'', Toriyama was asked "Might we eventually see things such as a Super Saiyan 5…?!" Toriyama did not directly address the question, but Super Saiyan 5 has never appeared in any official ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' work.<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=SJ|Year=2014|Month=June|Date=02 May 2014|Title=「12（トゥエルブウ）のナゾ」|Page=p. 10}}<br>{{Cite web|URL=http://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/saikyo-jump-june-2014-issue-twel-buu-mysteries/|Website=Kanzenshuu|Title="Twel-Boo Mysteries"|Date=02 May 2014|AccessDate=02 April 2026}}</ref>


==[[Dragon Ball AF]]==
==[[Dragon Ball AF]]==
 
[[File:hobby-consolas_may-1999_super-saiyan-5-goku.png|right|thumb|250px|[[David Montiel Franco|David Montiel Franco's]] submission to [[Hobby Consolas]] magazine]]
===Origins===
===Origins===


The Spanish gaming magazine ''[[Hobby Consolas]]'' contains a “teléfono rojo” (lit: ''red phone'') section which features fanart and letters from readers. In its '''May 1999''' issue (No. 92), [[David Montiel Franco]] submitted a drawing of a character in an artstyle similar to that of [[Akira Toriyama]] with the text “Dragon Ball AF” in the bottom-right corner.<ref name="hobbyconsolas92">teléfono rojo. ''Hobby Consolas, May 1999 #92.'' Spain: Grupo Axel Springer, 1999. (p. 134)</ref> This image spread across the fandom without comment or context from Franco until a '''2018''' interview in which he revealed that the design was for an original character of his, Tablos.<ref name="FrancoInterview">{{Cite web|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114022730/https://thedaoofdragonball.com/blog/interviews/dragon-ball-af-creator-exclusive-interview/|Website=The Dao of Dragon Ball|Title="Dragon Ball AF Creator - Exclusive Interview"|Date=20 April 2018|AccessDate=02 April 2026}}</ref>
The Spanish gaming magazine ''[[Hobby Consolas]]'' contains a “teléfono rojo” (lit: ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington_hotline red telephone]'') section which features fanart and letters from readers. The magazine's '''May 1999''' issue (No. 92) features art by [[David Montiel Franco]] of a character in an artstyle similar to that of [[Akira Toriyama]] with the text "Dragon Ball AF" in the bottom-right corner.<ref name="hobbyconsolas92">teléfono rojo. ''Hobby Consolas, May 1999 #92.'' Spain: Grupo Axel Springer, 1999. (p. 134)</ref> Due to its similarities to [[Super Saiyan 4]], this image quickly spread across the fandom as Super Saiyan 5. However in a '''2018''' interview, Franco formally clarified that the design was actually for an original character of his, Tablos.<ref name="FrancoInterview">{{Cite web|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114022730/https://thedaoofdragonball.com/blog/interviews/dragon-ball-af-creator-exclusive-interview/|Website=The Dao of Dragon Ball|Title="Dragon Ball AF Creator - Exclusive Interview"|Date=20 April 2018|AccessDate=02 April 2026}}</ref>


===[[Toyotaro]] and [[Young Jijii]]===
===[[Toyotarō]] and [[Young Jijii]]===


In '''November 2006''', [[Toyotaro]]—then working under the pseudonym ''Toyble''—featured this same design in his own fan-manga titled ''[[Dragon Ball AF (Toyble)|DBAF]]''.{{efn|Though titled "DBAF" on the front cover, the series was indeed referred to as "Dragon Ball AF" within each book's pages, possibly to avoid copyright issues.}} In his series proper, the design is attributed to [[Son Goku]] but never actually referred to as “Super Saiyan 5” within the manga.{{efn|[[Toyotaro]] never properly finished ''[[Dragon Ball AF (Toyble)|DBAF]]'', possibly owing to the fact that he moved on to begin working on ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' in an official capacity with ''[[Dragon Ball Heroes Victory Mission]].}} However on his now defunct blog, Toyotaro did explicitly use "Super Saiyan 5" to refer to the form.<ref name="toybleSS5">{{Cite web|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509111516/http://blog.livedoor.jp/toyble/archives/50795179.html|Website=toyblog|Title="ドラゴンボールAF漫画　ｓｓｊ５悟空・変身シーン"|Date=08 November 2006|AccessDate=02 April 2026}}</ref>
In '''November 2006''', [[Toyotarō]] — then working under the pseudonym "Toyble" — featured Franco's design in his own fan comic titled ''[[Dragon Ball AF (Toyble)|DBAF]]''.{{efn|Though titled "DBAF" on the front cover, the series was indeed referred to as "Dragon Ball AF" within each book's pages, possibly to avoid copyright issues.}} Within his series itself, the design is attributed to [[Son Goku]] but never actually referred to as “Super Saiyan 5."{{efn|[[Toyotarō]] never properly finished ''[[Dragon Ball AF (Toyble)|DBAF]]'', possibly owing to the fact that he moved on to begin working on ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' in an official capacity with the ''[[V-Jump]]'' manga series ''[[Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission]].}} However on his now-defunct blog, Toyotarō did explicitly use "Super Saiyan 5" to refer to the form.<ref name="toybleSS5">{{Cite web|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509111516/http://blog.livedoor.jp/toyble/archives/50795179.html|Website=toyblog|Title="ドラゴンボールAF漫画　ｓｓｊ５悟空・変身シーン"|Date=08 November 2006|AccessDate=02 April 2026}}</ref>


Super Saiyan 5 is also predominantly featured in another popular ''[[Dragon Ball AF (Young Jijii)|Dragon Ball AF: After the Future]]'' (shortened to just "''After the Future''" beginning with its sixth volume) fan-manga by [[Young Jijii]]. This series, which debuted in '''2009'''<ref name="jijiiblog_29-01-2009">{{Cite web|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405201435/http://blog.livedoor.jp/youngjijii/archives/2009-01.html|Website=youngjijiiのブログ|Title="AFTERTHEFUTUREお試し公開"|Date=29 January 2009|AccessDate=02 April 2026}}</ref> features [[Son Goku]], [[Vegeta]], and [[Son Gohan]] using the form. Though Jijii keeps the white hair and fur, whereas Toyotaro's incarnation of the form lifted '''directly''' from [[David Montiel Franco|Franco's]] Tablos design, Jijii has [[Son Goku]] wear his ''gi'' from ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]''. This incarnation of Super Saiyan 5 requires the user to undergo “emotional control” training to attain,<ref name="jijiiAF_vol6">Young Jijii. ''AFTER THE FUTURE'' Volume 6: Training to Overcome One's Limits. (p. 44)</ref> and one must master balancing the emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure to perfect it.<ref name="jijiiAF_vol15">Young Jijii. ''AFTER THE FUTURE'' Volume 15: New Son Goku!!. (p. 31)</ref>
Super Saiyan 5 is also predominantly featured in ''[[Dragon Ball AF (Young Jijii)|Dragon Ball AF: After the Future]]'' (shortened to just "''After the Future''" beginning with its sixth volume) by [[Young Jijii]]. This series, which debuted in '''2009''',<ref name="jijiiblog_29-01-2009">{{Cite web|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405201435/http://blog.livedoor.jp/youngjijii/archives/2009-01.html|Website=youngjijiiのブログ|Title="AFTERTHEFUTUREお試し公開"|Date=29 January 2009|AccessDate=02 April 2026}}</ref> features Goku, [[Vegeta]], and [[Son Gohan]] using the form. Though Jijii keeps the white hair and fur, whereas Toyotarō's incarnation of the form lifted '''directly''' from [[David Montiel Franco|Franco's]] Tablos design, Jijii has Goku wear his ''dōgi'' from ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]''. This incarnation of Super Saiyan 5 requires the user to undergo "emotional control" training to attain,<ref name="jijiiAF_vol6">Young Jijii. ''AFTER THE FUTURE'' Volume 6: Training to Overcome One's Limits. (p. 44)</ref> and one must master balancing the emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure to perfect it.<ref name="jijiiAF_vol15">Young Jijii. ''AFTER THE FUTURE'' Volume 15: New Son Goku!!. (p. 31)</ref>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
===Video Games===
Beginning with the [[Dimps]]-developed ''[[Dragon Ball Z 3 (Budokai 3)|Dragon Ball Z 3]]'' (and perhaps more notably, the [[Dragon Ball Z: Sparking!|''Sparking!'']] series by [[Spike Chunsoft|Spike]] after it), games featuring [[Son Goku]] and [[Gogeta]] in their [[Super Saiyan 4]] forms often include alternate costumes featuring either their hair (Gogeta) or fur (Goku) in a lighter grey. As early as the ''Dragon Ball Z 3'' inclusion, international fans immediately noted the correlation between the games' color schemes and the "Super Saiyan 5" design.<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=24427#p24427|Website=Kanzenshuu Forum|Title="Budokai 3 Confirmation"|Date=14 November 2004|AccessDate=02 April 2026}}</ref>
<gallery class="center" widths="175px" heights="175px">>
File:Dbz-3-ss4-goku-2p-costume-ss5-comparison.png|thumb|200px|Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku costume from ''Dragon Ball Z 3''<ref name="dbz3ps2">{{Cite videogame|Game=c27}}</ref>
File:Dbz-3-ss4-gogeta-2p-costume-ss5-comparison.png|thumb|200px|Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta costume from ''Dragon Ball Z 3''<ref name="dbz3ps2"></ref>
File:sparking-1-ss4-goku-2p-costume-ss5-comparison.png|Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku costume from ''Dragon Ball Z: Sparking!''<ref name="sparking1">{{Cite videogame|Game=c29}}</ref>
File:sparking-1-ss4-gogeta-2p-costume-ss5-comparison.png|Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta costume from ''Dragon Ball Z: Sparking!''<ref name="sparking1"></ref>
</gallery>


===Video Games===
Beginning with [[Dragon Ball Z3]], games featuring [[Son Goku]] and [[Gogeta]] in their [[Super Saiyan 4]] forms often include alternate costumes featuring either their hair (Gogeta) or fur (Goku) in a lighter grey.
===Merchandise===
===Merchandise===
Super Saiyan 5 is a popular subject for many unofficial pieces of Dragon Ball merchandise, with even more recent “Third Party” studios such as [[Kong Studio]] and [[Black Hole Toys]] producing detailed, highly-articulated figures for the form in the style of the official [[S.H.Figuarts]] line.
[[File:black-hole_super-saiyan-5-goku.png|thumb|200px|"Ultimate Warrior" by [[Black Hole]]]]
Super Saiyan 5 is a popular subject for many unofficial pieces of ''Dragon Ball'' merchandise, with even more recent “Third Party” studios such as [[Kong Studio]] and [[Black Hole]] producing detailed, highly-articulated figures for the form in the style of the official [[S.H.Figuarts]] line.
 
==Notes==
==Notes==
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Super Saiyan 5
Son Goku in Super Saiyan 5 as drawn by Toyotarō in his Dragon Ball AF fan comic
超サイヤ人５
Sūpā Saiya-jin Faibu[a]
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Super Saiyan 5 is a theoretical transformation briefly mentioned in a throwaway line in the Dragon Ball GT television series.

Beyond that, the form is often linked to fanworks under the broader banner of "Dragon Ball AF," and has spawned numerous fan interpretations and even merchandise items.

In Official Works

Vegeta mentions Super Saiyan 5 in Dragon Ball GT episode 55[3]

In episode 55 of the Dragon Ball GT television series (first broadcast in August 1997), Vegeta flippantly proclaims "Kakarrot, bring on your Super Saiyan 4, or 5, or whatever you want!"[1]

As part of a 2014 interview with Akira Toriyama spearheaded by Naho Ooishi as featured in Saikyō Jump, Toriyama was asked: "Might we eventually see things such as a Super Saiyan 5...?!" Toriyama did not directly address that part of the question (instead focusing on Super Saiyan 2 and 3), but both before and after this point in time, Super Saiyan 5 has never appeared in any official Dragon Ball work.[2]

Dragon Ball AF

David Montiel Franco's submission to Hobby Consolas magazine

Origins

The Spanish gaming magazine Hobby Consolas contains a “teléfono rojo” (lit: red telephone) section which features fanart and letters from readers. The magazine's May 1999 issue (No. 92) features art by David Montiel Franco of a character in an artstyle similar to that of Akira Toriyama with the text "Dragon Ball AF" in the bottom-right corner.[4] Due to its similarities to Super Saiyan 4, this image quickly spread across the fandom as Super Saiyan 5. However in a 2018 interview, Franco formally clarified that the design was actually for an original character of his, Tablos.[5]

Toyotarō and Young Jijii

In November 2006, Toyotarō — then working under the pseudonym "Toyble" — featured Franco's design in his own fan comic titled DBAF.[b] Within his series itself, the design is attributed to Son Goku but never actually referred to as “Super Saiyan 5."[c] However on his now-defunct blog, Toyotarō did explicitly use "Super Saiyan 5" to refer to the form.[6]

Super Saiyan 5 is also predominantly featured in Dragon Ball AF: After the Future (shortened to just "After the Future" beginning with its sixth volume) by Young Jijii. This series, which debuted in 2009,[7] features Goku, Vegeta, and Son Gohan using the form. Though Jijii keeps the white hair and fur, whereas Toyotarō's incarnation of the form lifted directly from Franco's Tablos design, Jijii has Goku wear his dōgi from Dragon Ball GT. This incarnation of Super Saiyan 5 requires the user to undergo "emotional control" training to attain,[8] and one must master balancing the emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure to perfect it.[9]

Legacy

Video Games

Beginning with the Dimps-developed Dragon Ball Z 3 (and perhaps more notably, the Sparking! series by Spike after it), games featuring Son Goku and Gogeta in their Super Saiyan 4 forms often include alternate costumes featuring either their hair (Gogeta) or fur (Goku) in a lighter grey. As early as the Dragon Ball Z 3 inclusion, international fans immediately noted the correlation between the games' color schemes and the "Super Saiyan 5" design.[10]

  • Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku costume from Dragon Ball Z 3[11]
    Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku costume from Dragon Ball Z 3[11]
  • Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta costume from Dragon Ball Z 3[11]
    Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta costume from Dragon Ball Z 3[11]
  • Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku costume from Dragon Ball Z: Sparking![12]
    Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku costume from Dragon Ball Z: Sparking![12]
  • Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta costume from Dragon Ball Z: Sparking![12]
    Alternate Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta costume from Dragon Ball Z: Sparking![12]

Merchandise

"Ultimate Warrior" by Black Hole

Super Saiyan 5 is a popular subject for many unofficial pieces of Dragon Ball merchandise, with even more recent “Third Party” studios such as Kong Studio and Black Hole producing detailed, highly-articulated figures for the form in the style of the official S.H.Figuarts line.

Notes

  1. ↑ Following in the footsteps of official Super Saiyan forms, Super Saiyan 5 uses the English pronunciation of the number 5. Though most fanworks like Dragon Ball AF do not use furigana, official mentions such as Dragon Ball GT episode 55[1] (in which Vegeta names the form level in a hypothetical capacity) and the "Twel-Boo Mysteries" interview confirm that the English pronunciation should be used for this form as well.[2]
  2. ↑ Though titled "DBAF" on the front cover, the series was indeed referred to as "Dragon Ball AF" within each book's pages, possibly to avoid copyright issues.
  3. ↑ Toyotarō never properly finished DBAF, possibly owing to the fact that he moved on to begin working on Dragon Ball in an official capacity with the V-Jump manga series Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bulma Makes Her Move! The Plan to Remodel Vegeta". Dragon Ball GT. Episode 55. Japan: Fuji TV, 13 August 1997.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 「12（トゥエルブウ）のナゾ」. Saikyō Jump, June 2014. Japan: Shueisha, 02 May 2014. (p. 10)
    "Twel-Boo Mysteries" (02 May 2014). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 02 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Dragon Ball GT: Realization". FUNimation, USA. DVD; FN-04822. 30 March 2004.
  4. ↑ teléfono rojo. Hobby Consolas, May 1999 #92. Spain: Grupo Axel Springer, 1999. (p. 134)
  5. ↑ "Dragon Ball AF Creator - Exclusive Interview" (20 April 2018). The Dao of Dragon Ball. Retrieved: 02 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "ドラゴンボールAF漫画　ｓｓｊ５悟空・変身シーン" (08 November 2006). toyblog. Retrieved: 02 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "AFTERTHEFUTUREお試し公開" (29 January 2009). youngjijiiのブログ. Retrieved: 02 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Young Jijii. AFTER THE FUTURE Volume 6: Training to Overcome One's Limits. (p. 44)
  9. ↑ Young Jijii. AFTER THE FUTURE Volume 15: New Son Goku!!. (p. 31)
  10. ↑ "Budokai 3 Confirmation" (14 November 2004). Kanzenshuu Forum. Retrieved: 02 April 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Dragon Ball Z 3. Japan: Bandai. Sony PlayStation 2. 10 February 2005.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Dragon Ball Z: Sparking!. Japan: Bandai, Spike. Sony PlayStation 2. 06 October 2005.


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