History Trivia / SeibuKeisatsu

** Yujiro Ishihara was one of Japan's biggest movie stars when the show went into production, second only to Creator/ToshiroMifune. His influence allowed the show to stage [[ActionGenre action movie]]-level action on a weekly basis for the next five years, as well as allowing the show to go across Japan for certain episodes.

** The 35th Anniversary {BluRay} box has model kits of the three RS Machines, a poster of Daimon's Remington M31 shotgun, character cards, a booklet, a replica of Daimon's police badge, and a shotgun box as a carrying case.

** The 35th Anniversary BluRay box has model kits of the three RS Machines, a poster of Daimon's Remington M31 shotgun, character cards, a booklet, a replica of Daimon's police badge, and a shotgun box as a carrying case.
** The 40th Anniversary boxset has a model of the TU-355 Lady Bird from Episodes 1 and 2, character cards and pins, another booklet, and a silver suitcase to replace the shotgun

* SpecialEffectsFailure:
** [[https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_627689-Made-for-Movie-TU-89-LadyBird.html The Lady Bird armored vehicle prop for the first two episodes was molded onto an articulated loader, and it shows.]]
** Most of the bolt-action gun props used in the show can be seen not requiring the action to be worked in order to fire.
** In the first episodes, the crew had to superimpose an explosion effect on a helicopter to portray it being shot down.

* TransatlanticEquivalent:
** Might as well be the Japanese answer to every classic 80s action movie ever made.
** On the TV side of things, it is arguably be an answer to ''Series/SWAT1975'' and ''Series/TheSweeney''.
** Japanese fans have made a point of comparing this series with ''Series/AlarmFuerCobra11''. Indeed, when one considers [[RealityIsUnRealistic how mundane the nature of the police organizations portrayed on both shows actually are]], it's easy to see why.

* GuestStar:
** Shintaro Katsu, of ''Franchise/{{Zatoichi}}'' fame, and Tetsuro "Tiger Tanaka" Tanba of ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and ''Series/GMen75'' appear in ''Part III'''s New Year's Special.
** Yasuaki Kurata of ''Series/GMen75'' cameos as a terrorist in the GrandFinale.
** ''{{Franchise/Godzilla}}'' veteran Akira Takarada, of the [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original 1954 movie]], ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'', ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'', ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'', ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth'', and ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', makes an appearance in the GrandFinale.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Yujiro Ishihara sang the closing themes.

* SpiritualSuccessor:
** The show was this to ''Daitokai'' (''The Big City''), an earlier three-part series produced by Ishihara and starring the Watari-Ishihara tandem with a special emphasis on the stunts and action. [[WhatMightHaveBeen In fact, Seibu was originally developed as Daitokai Part IV during preproduction.]]
** The show would get one in another CopShow produced after Ishihara's death: ''Gorilla Metropolitian Police 8th Squad''.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the New Year's special of ''Part III'', Shintaro Katsu, who made a name for himself as Franchise/{{Zatoichi}}, plays magician Jimmy Togo, a suspect in a gold bullion robbery that the Daimon Force is assigned to investigate. Hatomura is sent to spy on him, but Jimmy holds him at gunpoint. Hatmoura's actor, Hiroshi Tachi, would later play another icon of Japanese media, Franchise/Golgo13, who goes under the cover name ''Duke'' Togo.
* PlayingAgainstType: Tokusatsu fans may he shocked to see [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Shin Hayata]] playing the bad guy in a few episodes.

** On one occasion the crew had to superimpose an explosion effect on a helicopter to portray it being shot down.

** On the TV side of things, it is arguably be an answer to ''Series/SWAT1975'' and ''/Series/TheSweeney''.

** ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' star Susumu Kurobe had several guest spots across the series, each time playing the villain.

** The 35th Anniversary BluRay box has model kits of the three RS Machines, a poster of Daimon's Remington M31 shotgun, character cards, a booklet, a replica of Daimon's police badge, and a shotgun case.
** The 40th Anniversary boxset has a model of the TU-355 Lady Bird from Episodes 1 and 2, character cards and pins, another booklet, and a silver suitcase as a carrying case.

** On the TV side of things, it is arguably be an answer to ''Series/SWAT1975.''

** Nissan was the show's main sponsor and it pratically ensured the crew had [[DestroyTheProductPlacement an unlimited amount of cars to wreck.]]

** The complete series DVD set has model kits of the three RS Machines, a poster of Daimon's Remington M31 shotgun, character cards, a booklet, a replica of Daimon's police badge, and a shotgun case to hold all the goodies with the discs.

** [[https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_627689-Made-for-Movie-TU-89-LadyBird.html The Lady Bird vehicle prop for the first two episodes was molded onto an articulated loader, and it shows.]]
** A mild one, but most of the bolt-action gun props used in the show can be seen not requiring the action to be worked in order to fire.