- Kei, the actress heroine of act-age, fits this to a tee, with her long black hair, piercing gaze, and distant demeanor. While her classmates call her "emotionless", she is a nice girl deep down, and actually gets overwhelmed by her emotions when she acts.
- Futaba from Amanchu! is rather withdrawn, but as things look now, she may score cute Hikari as her girlfriend.
- Hizume of Anima Yell! has the darkest hair color of the main five, is taller than the rest by at least an inch, tends to have a flat demeanor (unless when she's cheering), and is generally The Ace.
- Hourai Touko from Aphorism. Tall, beautiful, and Hinata's Aloof Big Sister.
- Akira in ARIA. She has a number of admirers, mostly female, and behaves in a composed lady-like manner, in front of customers, anyway.
- In Chapter 2 of Asteroid in Love, Mira describes Ao of having "cool beauty" vibes, referring to this trope. As to Ao herself, the situation is rather complicated—she does have a composed, aloof demeanour and long blue hair, but she's not tall at the height of 1.58m. On the other hand, while, in her words, she refers to herself as the "shyness mistaken as aloof" kind of subversion relatively commonly seen in anime, she isn't: she does have a problem with social anxiety, but her stoicism isn't faked, either.
- Mikasa Ackerman from Attack on Titan has shorter hair than usual but otherwise fits this trope. There's a lack of female characters younger than her, but if there were, you'd be sure they'd be looking up to her. It's also a kind of a plot point: her black hair comes from her being one of the very few people of Asian ancestry left in her Crapsack World...
- Sakaki from Azumanga Daioh is a subversion. She's greatly admired by the other students and teachers alike, for her beauty and her natural athletic ability. The girls consider her to be cooler than most of the guys at their school, and all of the sports clubs want her to join them. But she isn't into sports and is too shy to make friends, which gives them the impression that she's reticent and a loner. Which makes her seem even cooler in their eyes.
- BanG Dream!:
- Subverted with Tae Hanazono. While she does have the appearance of tall, pale-skinned and dark-haired, and in the early episodes gave her somewhat aloof-looking expressions at first. She turns out to be as much of a airhead as Kasumi.
- Zig-zagged with Ran Mitake. Her social awkwardness is mistaken as being aloof by those who don't know her well, but her friends know her to have a passionate fire deep inside. Her catchphrase, "Same as always." is actually high praise for her band, because it means that they've done their best, as always.
- Nero/Secre from Black Clover. She has black hair in her human form that's given a bluer shade in the anime, is described as a cool beauty by Finral, and generally acts very calm and apathetic.
- Ran, the titular character of Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran, is a textbook example of this trope, particularly in that she attracts trouble like a magnet (or is attracted to it?) and has a Moe Anime Chinese Girl following her around most of the time. However, she dresses and acts in a masculine way, despite looking quite feminine; if she were ever taken for a boy (oddly, no one makes this mistake), she would be bounced right over into Bifauxnen territory. People are often in the dark about her gender until she starts talking, though.
- Kotoko from Chobits is a cute black haired persocom who Cannot Tell a Lie to the point of Brutal Honesty.
- Princess Cornelia from Code Geass. Tall, good-looking, and a competent fighter, leader and strategist, with dark purple hair and eyes to match. She's reserved, arrogant, and proud, but harbors a deep soft spot for her younger sister Euphemia.
- Ai Shinozaki from Corrector Yui is tall, dark-haired, and very aloof. She begins defrosting little by little, thanks to the titular Corrector Yui.
- Erika from Daimos is tall, with waist-length black hair, and has a mysterious past that Kazuya is fascinated by. She's actually the Alien Princess of the Baams, the extraterrestials currently warring with Earth. Once she regains her memories, she feels immense guilt for falling in live with a human and tries to escape the planet. Kazuya eventually finds out she's a Baam, and tells her it doesn't change a thing.
- Dear Brother:
- "Mona Lisa" Komabayashi and "Vampanella" Hoshino, membresses of the infamous Sorority, are both tall and beautiful women with aloof personalities. In fact, Mona Lisa's nickname directly comes from her looks and aloofness.
- Regarding the Three Magnificent Ones, Fukiko Ichinomiya and Rei Asaka are both Aloof Blond-Haired Girls thanks to their good looks and apparently stoic personalities. The other one, Kaoru Orihara, has some traits despite being The Lad-ette most of the time.
- Chikane Himemiya in Destiny of the Shrine Maiden. She is tall, graceful, very popular among the girls of her school, and has very long dark blue hair.
- Isuzu 'Rin' Sohma from Fruits Basket fits this trope to a T. She's tall, has waist-length black hair, and severe trust issues courtesy of her emotionally Abusive Parents. Bonus points for being, according to Word of God, "the character in charge of sexiness."
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Lust is a tall and gorgeous Dark Action Girl with a cold attitude, a very cynical and pragmatic view of the world as a whole, and the capacity of being as deadly as she is beautiful. She fits more in the original manga and the Brotherhood series, however; her first anime self turns out to have quite the issues.
- Fasalina from GUN×SWORD is one. She's beautiful, seductive, and quite tall (especially compared to her love interest, Michael), has black hair, is very cool-headed and composed almost the entire show, as well as respected by the people she's working with under The Claw to bring his plans to fruition.
- Reki from Haibane Renmei was this in the past but without the normal idolization. Reki has the signature long, black hair, height, and coolness. She was initially ostrasized after being born due to her charcoal-colored wings distinguishing her as "sin-bound". This caused her to grow into a sad, aloof teenager. Eventually, she decided to reinvent herself as a nicer Team Mom though. This was originally for selfish reasons however she later grew naturally into the role.
- Konoe Tsurugi in Hanaukyō Maid Team is the tall and stern head of the Security department for the main character's Maid Corps. She has long black hair and in the reboot her Adjutant, Yashima has a crush on her.
- The other Ai Shinozaki, from Hell Teacher Nube, has the looks and the admirers... and seems to have the attitude, but deep down she is more socially awkward than aloof. And desperately wants to have more friends, but since the other kids see her as a peerless beauty who shouldn't be approached lest she'll be tainted, she cannot fulfill this wish.
- Kikyo from Inuyasha. A woman who's very tall, very quiet (out of No Social Skills when alive, and out of deeply hurt feelings when she Came Back Wrong), referred to as incredibly beautiful, and a Broken Bird who after a brief yandere stint, keeps her constantly muddled emotions under control.
- Mari from Inside Mari is the aloof, dark-haired School Idol who is a Dude Magnet but has turned down every boy. Isao somehow ends up in her body. It's eventually revealed that Mari is not as perfect as she seems. She is implied to have mental issues, including a Split Personality which reveals that there wasn't even a bodyswap. Mari is also gay and that's why she rejects every boy.
- Lisa Lisa from Jojos Bizarre Adventure. She's elegant and beautiful, but can be a cold bastard of a teacher at times. Also, she's even older than she seems, being that she's actually Joseph Joestar's mother.
- In Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, the eponymous character's black hair and elegant posture emphasize her aristocratic heritage, especially compared to the more sociable, lighter-haired people she hangs out with.
- Mina Ashiro of Kaiju No. 8. She has long black hair, and she tends to act cold and aloof even toward her childhood friend Kafka Hibino. This is mostly from a need to display professional discipline as a JAKDF Commander, as she tends to act warmer and even a bit sillier when professionalism isn't needed.
- Satsuki Kiryuin from Kill la Kill ticks all the boxes. She has long black hair and pale skin and towers over all the other students, both in height as in presence. She is the Student Council President and she doesn't care about what other people think of her (or her body), but leaves her students in awe because of her beauty and massive charisma. She has a Sugar-and-Ice Personality, acting cool, distant and arrogant in public, staying in control of her emotions at all times (due to her Freudian Excuse). But allows herself to smile and relax a bit more among the select few she genuinely trusts and respects.
- Sawako from Kimi ni Todoke is both a subversion of this and of an Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette. She has the looks and the aloof seeming personality; however, she comes off as creepy to her peers instead of cool. Sawako also only seems "aloof" because she is actually quite shy and socially awkward.
- This is how Shouko Komi of Komi Can't Communicate looks to the general populace. Of course, she's not aloof, just very nervous, timid, and gets easily frightened in social situations. The contrast is noted multiple times, to the point where she's drawn with alternating Tsurime and Tareme Eyes depending on the perspectiveexplanation .
- Mio Akiyama from K-On!, complete with an all-girl fan club and also being the tallest of the main characters. However, she's actually a subversion who's quite similar to Sakaki in that she appears to be cool and aloof on the surface, but she's actually painfully shy. She also has a lot of phobias, and despite trying to be calm and stoic most of the time she can easily become a cowering, nervous mess.
- Motoko Aoyama in Love Hina is tall, dark-haired, serious, and aloof, and Keitaro is rather impressed the first time he sees her. But she turns out to be a subversion, since she attempts to keep herself serious and aloof; she's actually got quite a Hair-Trigger Temper, as well as several deep insecurities that she struggles with.
- Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow: Clara Popple has dark brown hair and is closed off to her little sisters Lucy-May and Kate. She's so attractive she captures John's heart, and he moves from England to Australia just to be with her.
- Micaiah Chevelle of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid has long, black hair and is one of the tallest females of the cast. As befitting her traditional Japanese Samurai motif, she is always calm, reserved, mature, and highly respected by other characters who often go to her for advice. Eventually, gets a Lampshade Hanging by Nove, who expresses surprise that Micaiah knows how to cry.Nove: Micaiah-chan cries too? I just can't imagine that.
Micaiah: How rude! I may look like this, but I'm still a girl, you know? I cry when it's time to cry! - Maki Izumi from Martian Successor Nadesico is something of a subversion of this. Physically speaking, she's quite attractive; however, she's always cracking bad puns, has a habit of playing the ukulele (terribly), and nobody seems sexually interested in her while she never shows any sexual interest in anyone else. At least, not until the episode where everyone's repressed personalities come to the forefront and her sexual side tries to convince both Akito and Akatsuki to have sex with her. Of course, this is also the episode where it's explained that she's repressed said sexual side because both of her fiancees died young and she's convinced if she opens up to anyone, they'll inevitably die as well and she'll just be alone and heartbroken again.
- Invoked in Chapter 87 of Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun when Hori helps to give Kashima a "feminine makeover" fitting her. The makeover ends up being her with a long blue wig and an overall mature and aloof look, something that winds up attracting both her male and female classmates. It's also implied that this is Hori's type as well.
- My Girlfriend Gives Me Goosebumps!: Kisaki has dark hair and is noted to be hard to approach. A classmate from middle school calls her “the smart, solitary beauty”.
- My-HiME: Natsuki Kuga starts out this way before a fair amount of Character Development and thawing out. Natski starts out with only one friend, and was just as likely to take shots at someone with her Element as she was to speak to them. Her sole concern is learning why her Mother was killed, and she's standoffish, cold, and distrusting of others at first. After she and Mai become Fire-Forged Friends, she ends up on a First-Name Basis with her by episode 9.
- The titular Nadia in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. At the beginning of the series, she won't even give Jean the time of day. She changes her mind when he rescues her from Grandis.
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi:
- Mana Tatsumiya is a very tall, attractive girl with long black hair, plus a rather aloof attitude compared to the other girls in Negi's class. Said aloofness comes from her being a Child Soldier and half-demon, plus the death of her first Pactio Partner.
- Setsuna Sakurazaki tries to fit this trope, and manages it for a few chapters, but after a volume or two the facade cracks and she turns out to be Not So Above It All, plus quite more sensitive than she appears. That on top of the fact that she's born an albino, dyeing her hair for the purpose of fitting in.
- One Piece:
- Nico Robin is the third tallest member of the crew, has long flowing dark locks, is widely considered to be the most attractive member of the crew, and has an austere and sophisticated personality.
- Boa Hancock, who is even taller, has long black hair, is extremely aloof to anyone who isn't Luffy, and is considered the World's Most Beautiful Woman by both men and women.
- Suzuka in Outlaw Star is tall (almost six feet), has long black hair, the most attractive female in the main cast, and even after joining Gene's crew, she prefers to be left alone.
- Lt. Kanuka Clancy from Patlabor has long raven-black hair and acts cool and collected at all times. She's very much The Stoic (unless she's drunk).
- Platinum (Dawn) in Pokémon Adventures. Mostly due to her privileged life, she's a little snob, always acts elegant and is noted to be beautiful.
- Pokémon: The Series
- As in the games, Saffron City Gym Leader Sabrina in Pokémon: The Original Series is a beautiful yet ominous-looking dark-haired girl who is The Dreaded. Unlike the games, though, she is much more menacing and takes pleasure turning people into dolls. Having to make her laugh is even integral in defeating her.
- Pike Queen Lucy in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire . She's quite tall, especially for the series standards, has long ebony hair, and doesn't speak much, though she seems a lot nicer than most examples. This is in stark contrast to her videogame counterpart, where she's rather loud, and a bit of a Sore Loser.
- Chloe Cerise in Pokémon Journeys: The Series. She has dark brown/purple-ish hair and is shown to be quite cold or distant to everyone except her mother. She gradually warms up as the series goes on.
- Mari from Prison School has long black hair, is the Student Council President of her school, has admirers, and is usually calm and reserved (usually).
- Private Actress:
- Shiho Kobayakawa is a tall beauty with long dark hair and a polite yet aloof attitude at school. She does show a warmer side, but it's not easy to see since she's an actress and many of her works have her playing one or another role in people's lives.
- Subverted by Mariko Soriarno, who has the looks and seems to have the attitude at first, but as soon as she befriends Shiho she's revealed to be a Naïve Newcomer instead.
- The black-haired Rikako Oryo from Psycho-Pass is the aloof, beautiful daughter of a celebrated painter. Her female classmates admire her beauty, elegance, and talent in painting, but she happens to be a sociopathic Serial Killer implied to be VERY angry at the world after how the Sybil System ruined her father's life.
- Homura Akemi from Puella Magi Madoka Magica has long dark hair and acts so aloof and cold that she appears as an Emotionless Girl. Subverted in that we see how she was in the past... as a dorky Shrinking Violet who became an ADHG out of sheer trauma. Further subverted in Rebellion,where Homura undergoes a Face–Heel Turn that ends with her as a hammy, smirking Satanic Archetype.
- Sailor Moon:
- Rei "Sailor Mars" Hino is black-haired with pale skin, but her characterization seriously depends on what SM media features her. Whereas in the first anime, she is a loud, fiery tsundere who's generally very sociable, in the manga she's aloof, calculating, and serious plus deeply hurt by her father's abandonment. Sailor Moon Crystal gives her a much closer characterization to her original manga incarnation, but she still has some Not So Stoic moments.
- Setsuna "Sailor Pluto" Meiou has long, black hair with shades of dark green, and is one of the most imposing warriors as she's older than the rest. Personality-wise, she tends to be mysterious and detached—traits necessary as she's isolated guarding the gate of time. Still, when she does allow herself to show a kinder side, she's very sweet.
- The Secret Garden: Camila has dark, black hair, and is isolated from the rest of the villagers because they accuse her of being a "witch".
- Lady!!: Sonoko Ichijuuin is a glamorous ojou with long, dark black hair. She doesn't have much friends and is admired from afar because of her beauty and horse-riding skills. The only one she's not aloof to is Mary, and that's in part because they have an agenda together.
- The purple-haired Zakuro in Tokyo Mew Mew is tall, a famous model and actress, and has many admirers (particularly Minto). She's also a loner who's the last member of the team to be introduced.
- Superman Vs. Meshi: Subverted and inverted with Lois. She has dark black hair in this incarnation (and looks like a proper Yamato Nadeshiko), but Clark delibaretely puts her at a distance because of his own worries. However, she secretly wants to spend more time with him, and is hurt by him rejecting her.
- Tomo-chan Is a Girl!: Misuzu Gundou has long, dark hair and almost as many male admirers at school as Carol does, but she's also very aloof, haughty and sarcastic. Unlike most examples, however, she's not particularly tall or mature-looking, being the shortest of the three main girls and also rather flat-chested (much to her displeasure).
- Urusei Yatsura: Sakura is a gorgeous, tall, black-haired, and mature Miko, in addition to being the School Nurse who is so hot that all male students go to the infirmary just to drool over her.
- Kyouko from Wagnaria!! is noticeably tall, dark-haired, aloof, and pretty.
- Whenever Sunako Nakahara from The Wallflower gains enough confidence to break out of her Super-Deformed mode, she looks like a beautiful and tall dark-haired girl and is able to act very aloof and graceful.
- Saori from Wandering Son was this from the start but it became more noticeable as she aged. Saori is also a deconstruction of the trope. She had a Friendless Background due to disliking the other kids but decided to befriend Nitori when she fell in Love at First Sight with her in elementary school. She has long black hair that she usually wears down, except for in middle school where she wore Girlish Pigtails during school. Saori is a huge Dude Magnet to the point where she attracted the entire class's attention when she walked in during the first day of high school, though she has a Single-Target Sexuality for Nitori and eventually dates Fumiya. Saori is very aloof to a fault and only interacts well with her closest friends. She has a bad reputation due to her poor social skills.
- Kagari Ayaka from Witch Craft Works (pictured) has long black hair and is at least a head taller than the protagonist and most of the other students at her school. Despite having an aloof and reserved personality she's the most popular person in her school and even has her own fan club.
