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.

  • Uruanna@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Japan has a variety of superhero adjacent series, starting with tokusatsu that have been going on for decades like Kamen Rider, Ultraman and Super Sentai, then you have manga from the entire genre of magical girls to unique series like One Punch Man or My Hero Academia. Most of those have a very clear targeting aimed at children, but many can still be enjoyed if you can look past the goofy designs. Most of it is purely entertainment with some good themes, so you might realize that US comic books are far more politically engaged against the oppression of minorities (X-Men, Black Panther…)

    CIA/FBI that

    I can’t think of which mainstream comic book from Marvel pushes FBI / CIA, they mostly come up with their own fictional equivalents (SHIELD, recently Damage Control which is going full ICE in the latest Spider-Man movie), DC might have a bit of it because they’re more “grounded” but I still can’t think of what series actually uses them.