First episode to be animated by Studio Telecom.
Also known as "You're Sapphired!"
This was the first episode and the first project animated by Telecom however since the results were so poor, Yasuo Otuska had to reanimate most of the episode
In the Italian dub, Lupin and Jigen chant "Ambarabà cicì cocò ", an Italian nursery rhyme, as they push the pieces of the truck apart.
The English dub has one of many times Lupin has insisted he's not a killer, even though throughout Parts 1 and 2, while he doesn't kill indiscriminately, he's had a high body count; for example, he strangled three guards with wire while pulling off a heist in Part 1 Episode 4.