Yes, that is true. I wouldn't be surprised if he found that funny or just liked the design overall.
Kaizen
2025-05-28 12:17:34 +0000 UTC
Goku ssj1 transformation vs 17:58
SaygZero
2025-05-24 21:03:00 +0000 UTC
19:25 Yeah weirdly enough the clothing resemblance doesn’t mean anything. I mean it wouldn’t be the first time Toriyama reused one of his previous designs to create a new one (King Chappa vs Mr Satan, etc). He probably just liked Jiren’s design and wanted to reuse elements of it, or he thought it would be funny to make a gag villain like Gomah callback to a more stoic villain like Jiren