Princess Nami's character model was used earlier as Celice in Song of Celice (1983) and as Mira in Ordeal in the Darklands (1983).
The underwater cavern backgrounds were previously seen in Search for the VHO (1983) and can be spotted again during the moral segment in The Shadow of Skeletor (1984).
The two giggling ladies seen at the palace grounds will be seen again in Pawns of the Game Master (1983).
Script was approved May 19, 1983. The story is loosely based on a Filmation script premises titled "Alkaya, City in Glass", in which the evil Masters of the Universe overthrew an undersea kingdom.