Those who Have a Type in Anime and Manga.
- Word of God stated as an answer of a fan-question that Levi from Attack on Titan likes people that are taller than him. A smart move since everyone Levi gets shipped with by fans are in fact taller than him.
- Blue Flag:
- Ichinose describes Mita's perfect girl as dark haired, sporty, big boobs, slim, with a mature vibe and capable of speaking things clearly, which is the complete opposite of Kuze. Itachi realizes that it's a lie, and that Mita is actually gay and in love with Ichinose.
- Masumi's two love interests in the story, Kuze and, later, her husband, were both shy, awkward and light haired individuals.
- Captain Tsubasa: Yayoi Aoba clearly has a thing for soccer prodigies, as shown by her relationships with Tsubasa Ohzora and later Jun Misugi. This may have to do with the fact that her older brother Hideto is a player himself, so she enjoys the sport.
- A Certain Magical Index: Early on, Touma casually mentions that his type is reliable older girls (Sometimes referenced as Dorm Manager Onee-sans). This might be one reason he ignores the harem of girls competing for his attention; none of them really fit that type (Kanzaki comes closest, but is a bit too shy regarding romance to qualify).
- Code Geass: Lelouch seems to prefer red heads, as the women he is closest to outside his sister are orange haired Shirley, pink-haired Euphemia, and Fiery Red Head Kallen, with C.C. falling into the Token Minority due to having green hair. Ironically, he becomes an Official Couple with C.C. in the movie continuity after being brought Back from the Dead.
- A Cruel God Reigns: While he isn't exclusive, Greg Roland has an appreciation for dark hair. His wife, Sandra, (herself a blonde) suspects him of sleeping with his secretary, Debbie, a woman with black hair the same shade as Jeremy's. Jeremy also notes that Debbie has "black hair, like me" when reading Sandra's diary and privy to her jealous misgivings.
- The Dangers in My Heart: Whenever the subject comes up, Anna Yamada will answer "someone funny". Whether he's trying to or not (And he usually isn't), she finds Ichikawa hilarious. Starting with him "mixing up the gas and the brakes" when he threw his bike into a riverbank (To stop a pushy senpai from pressuring her into giving him her contact info.)
- Furthermore, the male lead of a romance manga Yamada reads, "Kimi Iro Octave", is described by Ichikawa as blunt, aloof, yet also surprisingly kind, cute and clumsy. Ichikawa wonders if this is her ideal man before concluding that this kind of person doesn't exist in real life. (Except it does and this all applies to him.)
- According to Vegeta in Dragon Ball Super, it is common for Saiyan men to fall for strong and feisty women, a trait that he claims encompassed all Saiyan women. While Chi-Chi is very strong in her own right by human standards and even terrifies friends and family who are magnitudes stronger than her (including Goku), Bulma apparently won over Vegeta through strength of personality alone. Half-Saiyan Gohan also showed attraction to Videl when he saw her Action Girl status. Piccolo's mental response is "This explains...... everything!'"
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero reveals that Beerus does too, as exasperatedly admitted by Whis. It's not clear what it is about Cheelai that he likes, but he conducts himself much more properly while she's around.
- Food Wars!: Erina Nakiri describes her ideal man as "passionate about cooking and capable of making dishes that surpass her expectations", in short, someone who'd remind her of her idol Joichiro Saiba. Coincidentally, Joichiro's son Soma fits that description perfectly.
- In Gintama, it's noted that the Joui leader Katsura Kotaro has a preference for widowed women, which can also double as Likes Older Women.
- Played for laughs in High School D×D.
- You would think that Issei would go for anyone, being a Lovable Sex Maniac and all. However, the girls discover to their horror that Yuuto's female form is exactly his type. The gender-changing device is then summarily sealed. More generally Issei, who does generally find a wide range of body-types attractive, has a notably preference for older big-sister types like Rias or Akeno.
- Played straight with Tomoe, a member of the student council/Sona Sitri's peerage, who's most attracted to younger boys.
- Queen Iono from Iono the Fanatics has a well-known preference for women with long, flowing black hair, just like her late mother.
- I Think Our Son Is Gay: Hiroki accidentally blurts out what his type is when talking with his mother, though, being in the closet, he tries to backpedal and say that it's what the girls in his class find attractive — to wit: manly, rugged, muscular guys.
- Jujutsu Kaisen: Before a fight, Aoi Todo asks his opponent what their type is, judging their worth as an opponent by their preferences, and he proudly declares that his type is tall women with big asses. When Itadori answers that his type is also tall women with big asses, Todo convinces himself through an extended Fantasy Sequence that he and Itadori have been best friends since middle school.
- Komi Can't Communicate:
- Going by his preference towards Komi and Kawai, Tadano has a thing for peerless beauties with sharp eyes.
- The men of the Komi family seems to gravitate towards loud, energetic women. Or in Shousuke's case, have that type of women gravitate towards him.
- Lady!!: For most of the manga, Mary Waverly had a crush on Arthur Brighton. Arthur never reciprocated her feelings, was disgusted by her bullying of Lynn and married Sarah instead. Years later, Yōko Hanabusa released a sequel manga, where it's shown that Mary's eventual love interest is Percy Blakenly....who, like Arthur, is a blonde man with a gentle personality, that also comes from a noble family, and has an affinity for horse-riding.
- Kimihito from Monster Musume is revealed in a bonus comic to have an affinity for legs, the joke being that none of the girls living with him at the time (a centaur, a harpy, and a lamia) have normal legs. It turns into a Brick Joke when a spider girl is introduced. It turns out that he never said anything about the legs having to be human.
- One Omake of Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun included character profiles on the main cast, including their types. Some, such as Mikoshiba liking "reserved, pure girls" or Seo liking "fun guys", are pretty straightforward. Others, like Wakamatsu (the boyfriend of the aforementioned Seo, who is also his senpai) wanting a "younger girl with a cute personality", are included purely for irony. Probably the least surprising of them all is Sakura's type, which is just listed as "Nozaki".
- Ore Suki: Joro has a clear preference for busty girls with long, dark hair. This mostly applies to Pansy obviously, but when Sasanqua decides to change her previously dyed hair to her natural black, he's immediately enticed.
- The Quintessential Quintuplets: Played for laughs. During a study session, Miku asks Fuutarou what type of girls he likes. Fuutarou, largely uninterested, says that he'll tell them if they finish their homework. He tells them that the top three qualities he likes in a girl are "always cheerful", "good at cooking" and "cares about her big brother". Nino angrily protests that he was describing his younger sister Raiha, while Miku is left depressed because she's the complete opposite in two of those three accounts.
- Rebuild World:
- Katsuya shows a marked preference when it comes to what women he likes: It’s for those who get along with Akira better than with him.
- Early in the series, it looks like Akira likes older, teasing, busty women, what with how he acts with Shizuka, Elena, and Sara while being cold to Sheryl, his own age. But this turns out to be Averted. Carol on paper fits with the first three, but Akira distrusts her at first for being a Femme Fatale. It’s more a matter of who Akira trusts enough to be open with. When Sheryl directly asks him if he Likes Older Women after she earns that trust, he tells her it’s just a coincidence that he has multiple friends like that because Child Soldiers like himself are uncommon.
- Sailor Moon: Venus, in her manga incarnations, has a definite preference for pale-haired warriors.
- Saint Seiya: At least in the anime, every girl/woman Cygnus Hyoga takes an interest in is blonde and blue-eyed, like his late mother to whom he is very attached.
- In Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, Nene is easily attracted to handsome, prince-charming type guys.
