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• This movie has four distinct English dubs: First a dub made in 1978 for Japan Airlines to use for showings on trans-Pacific flights, a second one done in 1995 by Streamline Pictures, a third one made exclusively for the UK market by Manga Video in 1996, and finally the most recent dub from Pioneer/Geneon in 2003.
  
  
• Among the deleted items for the Pioneer DVD release include a shot of Stuckey, the US government representative, reading a "Lupin" comic book, with an ad that shows Lupin with Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Batman & Robin, DC Comics characters all. The ad itself was a real 1978 "Clark Bar" promotion ad that ran in DC and Marvel comics of the time, but the film's producers pasted Lupin onto it.
  
  
• The masters for this film provided by TMS for Pioneer Entertainment to release on US DVD in 2003 were edited to remove certain product logos, such as real-world cigarette brands. The earlier VHS release by Streamline Pictures in 1995 did not have such alterations.
  
  
• Half of the character's names in the Japan Airline's 1978 Dub were changed. This includes: Dan Dun-Jigen, Samurai-Goemon, Margo-Fujiko, Detective Scott-Inspector Zennigata, & Mr. Gisenger-Stuckey.
  
  
• The Japanese DVD includes at least one scene that was deleted before the film's original 1978 release: It involves one of Mamo's henchmen bursting out of a cabin.
  
  

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