The opening narration of this episode and those after are spoken in the style of the narrations used in Mobile Suit Gundam with background music reminiscent of Gundam on Earth.
By the time of this episode, only three voice actors of Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), has retained their roles. They are Shûichi Ikeda as Char Aznable, Banjô Ginga as Gihren Zabi and starting from this episode, Tôru Furuya as Amuro Ray.
Sayla Mass worked as a medical volunteer in Spain; in Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), she was depicted as a medical student.
Casval/Édouard's horse riding scene is intended to be a homage to him riding his horse in Mobile Suit Gundam: Char Contra-Ataca! (1988).
This adapts chapters 39 to 42 of the manga.