Toppo

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Toppo
トッポ (Toppo)
Anime Manga
English Name(s)	Top (Funimation) Toppo (Toei/Viz)
Name Pun	Pot
Manga Debut	Dragon Ball Super Chapter 28
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Super Episode 78
Created by	Akira Toriyama
Japanese VA	Kenji Nomura
Funimation VA	Ray Hurd
Personal Data
Occupation	Pride Troopers (Leader) God of Destruction Candidate
Title	Warrior of Freedom

Toppo is a fictional character in the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super and its companion manga series written by Toyotarō. Toppo makes his debut in Dragon Ball Super Episode 78, broadcast on 12 February 2017 on Fuji TV as a mysterious cloaked companion to the gods of Universe Eleven.

Biography

Toppo is the leader of the hero team "Pride Troopers", the guardians of peace in Universe Eleven. A hot-blooded and gigantic warrior of Justice, he is so strong that he has even been scouted as a candidate for the next God of Destruction of his universe.

Zen Exhibition Match

Toppo is the only mortal present at the Zen Exhibition Match aside from those from Universe Seven and Universe Nine, the competing universes. Toppo remains hooded until the matches are complete, but he is identified by name during the match between Basil of Universe Nine and Majin Boo of Universe Seven. Cae, the Kaiōshin of Universe Eleven, asks Toppo to deal with one of Basil's energy attacks that Boo has deflected toward their podium. Toppo nullifies the energy and complains about the fighters' lack of respect for the gods. This feat impresses Champa, the God of Destruction of Universe Six, and his Angel Vados surmises that Toppo must be a warrior from Universe Eleven.

Before his fight with Son Goku, Bergamo of Universe Nine attempts to convince the gods that Goku is evil. Cae asks Toppo for his thoughts, and Vermoud, the God of Destruction of Universe Eleven, muses that Toppo must find Goku unforgivable, but Toppo says that he will observe Goku when he is taking things seriously before he makes a judgement. After Goku has defeated Bergamo, and the Great Priest has explained the rules of the upcoming tournament, Toppo descends to the fighting stage to challenge Goku. He apologizes to the gods for being disrespectful and removes his cloak, introducing himself to Goku, with characteristic fighting poses, as the leader of the Pride Troopers and the "Warrior of Freedom". He challenges Goku to a duel, promising that if Goku has evil intent, Toppo will defeat him. Goku happily accepts the challenge, as his fight with Bergamo was not enough to sate him. Toppo says his only desire is to slay evil, and Goku seems to be amused by the notion that he is evil.

Toppo's anime character design for the Tournament of Power

Beerus, the God of Destruction of Universe Seven, asks who Toppo is, and his Angel Whis says that he appears to be a self-appointed hero of justice. Vermoud is impressed with Toppo's sense of justice, but his Angel Markarita wonders whether it is correct to call Goku evil. Cae tells Vermoud that they should view this fight as an opportunity to demonstrate the strength of their universe and show that they will be the ones to survive the Tournament of Power. Cae asks the Omni-Kings to forgive their rudeness. He explains that he gained an admiration for Goku through his performance in the match with Bergamo, and asks the Omni-Kings to allow Toppo, who has accompanied him as his bodyguard, to fight Goku. The Great Priest asks the Omni-Kings whether they will allow the fight, and they are happy to oblige.

Goku begins the fight by transforming into a Super Saiyan...

Name

Toppo (トッポ) is an anagram of the katakana transliteration of "pot" (ポット/potto). This name pun follows the theme of the Pride Troopers being named after items found in a kitchen.

Production

An interview with Dragon Ball Super producer Sakoru Takami and director Ryōta Nakamura published near the end of the anime's broadcast run clarified some long-lingering questions about Toppo's development during the production process:

Were Universe 11‘s Pride Troopers part of Toriyama-sensei‘s designs?

Nakamura: They weren’t in his designs, but since Jiren and co. all wore the same red and black suits, he allowed us to flesh it out like that.

Takami: In sensei‘s initial rough draft, there was no information indicating Jiren’s personality. Since the tough opponents in Dragon Ball Super up until then had been nihilistic, cool characters like Hit or Zamasu, we thought it might be best to make Jiren very talkative, so we came up with the background of him being a hero of justice. Jiren was central to this squadron of heroes.

Nakamura: When we suggested that to Toriyama-sensei, he replied that “Jiren is a character who doesn’t speak.” It was then that Toriyama-sensei sent us the backstory that his parents and martial arts master had been killed. He said that Jiren was this type of character, in contrast to Hit or Zamasu.

Takami: And so the characterization of Jiren that we originally came up with was passed on to Toppo.

It was interesting how Toppo became a God of Destruction despite talking about justice all the time.

Nakamura: Toriyama-sensei‘s background for Toppo included that he was a candidate for God of Destruction, so we fleshed that out a bit. We wondered what to do with Dyspo, but then once Bin Shimada was cast, he naturally took shape as a cocky character. With the concept for those three settled, we came up with the other members to match up with them.

Universe Survival Arc Extended Trailer vs Dragon Ball Super Episode 78

Early events of the Universe Survival arc had already suggested to fans that there was some late indecision regarding the roles of Toppo and Jiren during the Zen Exhibition Match. The arc's first animated trailer premiered following the broadcast of Dragon Ball Super Episode 75, and an extended version was posted on Toei Animation's official YouTube account a week later. In these promotional trailers, the hooded figure standing with the gods of Universe Eleven is much thinner than Toppo, and Jiren's distinctive nose seems to be visible in the hood opening.

This leaked Animage summary for Episode 82 served to complete a partial reveal of Jiren's name seen in a Super Dragon Ball Heroes livecast stream capture, but the reference to Jiren in the advertisement was an error:

As Goku and Jiren battle, the Great Priest stops their fight and tells them to settle things at the "Tournament of Power". The "Tournament of Power" will be set up as a battle royale where 80 warriors from 8 universes all battle at once, and lose if they fall from the stage. Losing means having your universe destroyed, and the tournament begins in just 40 hours.

Episode 81 had already aired, so it was quickly deduced that the summary should have instead named Toppo, who had been present at the Zen Exhibition Match since Episode 78.

Toriyama's instructions regarding Toppo's candidacy as a God of Destruction were reflected in the character's first online biography, but this detail was removed when Toei ported the character profiles to their new website, even though it had already been confirmed in Toyotarō's manga. Toppo was introduced in the anime merely as Cae's bodyguard and the leader of the Pride Troopers, and it was not revealed that he was a candidate for God of Destruction until he began to use those powers near the end of the tournament.

Performance

Toppo is voiced by Kenji Nomura in his first role for the Dragon Ball franchise. In the FUNimation dub, Toppo is voiced by Ray Hurd who previously voiced several minor roles in Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon Ball Super.