cross-posted from: https://retrofed.com/c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca/p/2071814/other-non-american-superhero-movie-franchises-besides-marvel-and-dc

I have watched all the Marvel movies and a lot of the DC ones too. Me and my siblings would like to watch something fresh, and I would love to explore some movies that aren’t super U.S.-centric (American military this, CIA/FBI that, it gets kind of old)

Are there any superhero franchises that are not American, or at least ones that aren’t borderline propaganda for the U.S. military complex?

I would prefer English language options, but anything with good subtitles will work (it works for anime!)

edit: Amended the post, propaganda for the military is a bit of an exaggeration, given that the movies do sometimes criticise the U.S. army.

  • biofaust@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Not a franchise yet, but in Italy we had a good try at a superhero movie in “Lo Chiamavano Jeeg Robot” (They called him Jeeg Robot, Jeeg Robot being a 1970s japanese anime referenced in the movie).

    But don’t expect anything positive or even only subtly fascist like Batman.

    As AllNewTypeFace explained, in Europe we scoff at the Superhero concept and probably because the last guy we had in Europe that was into it threw us into WWII.