Kan'ichi Kurita, who narrates the show, has voiced Inspector Zenigata's nemesis Arsene Lupin III since 1995.
This is the third live-action "Lupin III" feature after Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974) and Lupin the 3rd (2014), but the first to be a TV series.
This is the second "Lupin III" series to not star Arsène Lupin III as the protagonist, the first was Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012).
Main character Koichi Zenigata originates from manga series "Lupin Sansei" ("Lupin the Third") by Monkey Punch (published August 10, 1967 to May 22, 1969 in Japanese seinen manga magazine Weekly Manga Action), while the screenplay is an original story.