These changes turned Piccolo's blood green. A fact that points towards this color change being a blunder is that Piccolo's blood is recolored to purple in the first episode of Dragon Ball Kai, during the recap of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai. This screenshot is from Piccolo's reaction when Goku headbutts him.
Due to various censorship edits throughout Dragon Ball Z 's American broadcasts, Piccolo's blood was sometimes depicted as a color besides purple and red. In some versions of the series, his blood was shown to be green, an edit made to ensure DBZ could be targeted towards children in America. Piccolo's blood is even stranger because it keeps changing color.
In the original Dragon Ball anime, Piccolo had red blood, which he shed a lot of during his battle against Goku. When Piccolo fights on Namek in Dragon Ball Z, his blood turns purple. In Dragon Ball Super, his blood has changed color again as it is now green.
Piccolo's blood color? by DevilsAlwaysCry Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:23 pm I am a bit confused on why Piccolo's blood color changed from red to purple. At the end of DB and at the beginning of DBZ, Piccolo's blood color is red in the anime. Then from the fight with Nappa onwards in DBZ, it became purple (from what I remember).
Theory: Namekian blood turns red when they eat meat. Maybe I'm just trying to retcon the red blood seen from Piccolo in Dragon Ball to make sense with the purple blood seen in DBZ. But there's my theory.
When a Namekian eats meat, since all their natural biology requires is water, their blood turns to red from purple for a time. What color is Namekian blood? Their blood color is red or purple (King Piccolo and Piccolo's blood was portrayed as red early in the anime and Drum was the first Namekian ever to be portrayed with purple blood. In Dragonball (Before Z) and in the fight with Raditz (Goku's brother), Piccolo is seen with red blood as featured in the picture above, but later in the series, he bleeds purple blood when wounded or killed, little DB Fail.
Why is Piccolo first shown with red blood the normal color of blood for humans but then shown with purple blood? Is this because as children (even though appear as teens or adults around ages 3-5)it takes time for their blood to turn from its first color (red) to purple? Piccolo it is apparently shown with blood in 3 different colors in the anime, red, purple and green. Which was the original color of Piccolo's blood in the manga? Piccolo's blood is red at first,but then it's purple. Frieza's blood is purple at first,but then it's red.