Lupin Designs Tier List

Pronouns
he/him
I haven't watched every single one of these in motion so do keep that in mind but here you have my tier list on a decent chunk of the lupin art styles from over the years, seems I'm more of a modern fan when it comes to these.

this might get updated in the future but anyway here is a link to try it out yourself, I had to add a few of my favorites.

(wonder how many people will send pitchforks at me for putting part 6 design this high?)

 

Attachments

  • my-image (1).png
    my-image (1).png
    874.5 KB · Views: 12

WateredWillow

some animator lady
Pronouns
She/Her
I feel like my design opinions on the boi are pretty abnormal
And when it comes to Monkey Punch's art, I find his art and designs actually in the panels looks better than his pinups and fuller illustrations, he pushes them more zanily
Didn't feel like adding any pics to the tierlist though I was lazy lol
 

Attachments

  • Lupin-design-tierlist.png
    Lupin-design-tierlist.png
    670.2 KB · Views: 9
Last edited:
Pronouns
he/him
I feel like my design opinions on the boi are pretty abnormal
And when it comes to Monkey Punch's art, I find his art and designs actually in the panels looks better than his pinups and fuller illustrations, he pushes them more zanily
Didn't feel like adding any pics to the tierlist though I was lazy lol
I can definitely see the appeal in all those part 3 designs.
out of curiosity, where would you put young lupin from ZERO?
 

YuStarDino

Anime Protagonist of Norn Iron
Pronouns
He/Him
index.php

Alot of it just blends in for me after awhile but people are gonna wonder why Cagliostro is bottom tier, its not because of hatred. I don't exactly think theres a bad lupin design.
I think he's too baby faced but also cuddly. (but I'd cuddle every Lupin in someway)
 

WateredWillow

some animator lady
Pronouns
She/Her
Alot of it just blends in for me after awhile but people are gonna wonder why Cagliostro is bottom tier, its not because of hatred. I don't exactly think theres a bad lupin design.
I think he's too baby faced but also cuddly. (but I'd cuddle every Lupin in someway)
I really feel that, like character design wise Cagliostro is fine, it just doesn't look very Lupin. That's why I rated it low too
 
Pronouns
she/her
index.php

Alot of it just blends in for me after awhile but people are gonna wonder why Cagliostro is bottom tier, its not because of hatred. I don't exactly think theres a bad lupin design.
I think he's too baby faced but also cuddly. (but I'd cuddle every Lupin in someway)
I agree, I tried making a tier list, but I just couldn't cause I find that a lot of times it's just blending in and I don't know which Lupin media most of these are from. Mostly, I think part of it is also that these being still images, some of the designs don't get justice in random still images, cause a lot of a animated characters appeal is seeing them in motion. Or character will be drawn differently from scene to scene. For example....

I will agree with a lot of other people and say that Lupin III part 2 Season 4 is S tier for me
 

YuStarDino

Anime Protagonist of Norn Iron
Pronouns
He/Him
I agree, I tried making a tier list, but I just couldn't cause I find that a lot of times it's just blending in and I don't know which Lupin media most of these are from. Mostly, I think part of it is also that these being still images, some of the designs don't get justice in random still images, cause a lot of a animated characters appeal is seeing them in motion. Or character will be drawn differently from scene to scene. For example....

I will agree with a lot of other people and say that Lupin III part 2 Season 4 is S tier for me
alot can be removed from the tier list too.
Why include every single jacket color in Part 5, when its only a palette swap than a redesign. it's still the same Lupin reference sheet the animators were using during production (and because its cheaper to use the same design than make them part accurate)
 
Pronouns
he/him
I agree, I tried making a tier list, but I just couldn't cause I find that a lot of times it's just blending in and I don't know which Lupin media most of these are from. Mostly, I think part of it is also that these being still images, some of the designs don't get justice in random still images, cause a lot of a animated characters appeal is seeing them in motion. Or character will be drawn differently from scene to scene. For example....

I will agree with a lot of other people and say that Lupin III part 2 Season 4 is S tier for me
I agree with that cause I just watched "Dead or alive" and while I didn't like it in still images, it looks pretty decent in motion and I would put him higher in B now.
 
Top