[1] It was produced by DIC Animation City, Bohbot Entertainment, and Italian studio Reteitalia, S.p.A., in association with Spanish network Telecinco.
The villains are the mysterious Shadow Boss (Jimmy's initial alter-ego), and his henchmen Abobo and Willy (who were based on enemy characters from the game).
All of the characters introduced from the second episode onward are original creations made for the show, although most of the villains are also used in the Tradewest-produced Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls, a 1-on-1 fighting game released for home consoles.
The Lee brothers are martial-arts instructors and police consultants, who assume superheroic identities at moments of escalated violence.
Jimmy Lee is the former evil high-ranking Shadow Warrior turned sarcastic Double Master with spiky blonde hair.
These mutants are created by "high levels of EMF generated by (Metro City's) ancient underground power grid".
In 1994, the tie-in video game Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls, has been developed by Leland Interactive Media and published by Tradewest.
Invincible Pictures released Double Dragon: The Animated Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time in the country on August 13, 2019.