This was Lupin III creator Monkey Punch's favorite film in the series. Following his passing, Nippon Television aired the film on Friday, April 19 2019 at 9:00 p.m., which concluded with a dedication to his memory.
According to anime historian Frederick Patten, who worked as a story editor on the second English-dubbed version of the film, Mamo is written as "Mameaux", but fans were more familiar with using the term "Mamo". The name is written as "Mamaux" in the international English-language version of the film's trailer.
Key action sequences in this film were inspired by popular action films of the 1960's and 1970's. The helicopter equipped with duel machine guns was lifted from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), the truck chasing Lupin and company was a nod to Duel (1971), and the red Mini Cooper Lupin drove was a homage to those utilized in The Italian Job (1969).
The Japanese theatrical program produced for this film includes the following data about its production:
- A total of 62,000 cels were used.
- 2800 cuts were made in the film.
- The storyboard ran 575 pages.
- 196 character design sheets were produced.
- 218 colors were used.
- The production employed a staff of 1315 people.
- 18,000 photos were used as reference for background and mechanical items.
There were 1,315 people in the staff.