On the Funimation DVD, there is an Easter egg located as follows: Enter the "Extras" menu. Select "Profiles" and select Karen's profile. Press "Menu" while viewing her profile to return to the "Extras" menu. Press Enter.
What appears is a still frame of Lupin and Zenigata drinking together, with a voiceover of them drunkenly singing the Lupin III theme music.
What appears is a still frame of Lupin and Zenigata drinking together, with a voiceover of them drunkenly singing the Lupin III theme music.
This TV special was something of a gamble. The ratings for the Lupin TV specials were steadily declining so the producers decided to shift the tone from the light hearted romps of the previous films to something akin to the violent action films of the early 90's. The gamble paid off and the success of this film led to several subsequent Lupin TV specials.
The first Lupin TV special to have a post credits scene.
The premise of this TV special was lifted from Kill the Atomic Submarine Ivanov (1985), the series finale of Lupin III: Part III (1984).
Nachi Nozawa (John Klause) had previously voiced Lupin III in the first ever "Lupin III" feature Rupan sansei: Pilot Film (1969).