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magical girl could be said superhero show as well but like you said it's not an usual concept for western show
There are also franchises like metal heroes(jiban, gaban, metalder, janperson) and super sentai (aka power ranger in the west).
Problem imo for unfamiliar mature audiences(even for anime-associated with shonen), lot of it was catered toward young audiences so probably there some unusual tropes or clumsy thing like extensive use of "toy" , low rendered cgi eventho' its still maintain the practical effect trademark.
I'll say kamen rider heisei era first from Kuuga-Agito-Ryuki-Faiz-Blade was pretty bit dark psychologically for kids show and was good starting point. Kabuto was mixed on that and hibiki I have no idea. Unfortunately Post kamen rider Den O onward I feel its more light and more kid friendly in comparison .
There exception like special reboot kamen rider amazons, that turn to be more violence and gritty by it root, only the story and execution was always stay true on b-movie level grade
You know PMMM is technically a superhero show? (and perhaps the best thing the genre ever produced) Pretty much all magical girl shows in the influence of Sailor Moon are superhero shows. The reason is the Sailor Moon is essentially power rangers for girls. Well, Mob Psycho 100 and One Punch Man fit better the American understanding of superhero being about (mostly) males with supernatural powers. The two are some of the most entertaining stuff I ever watched.
There are some good live action Japanese super hero shows as well like Kamen Raider and Ultraman (the last one is very popular among middle aged Brazilians).This is a list of 14 favorite Kamen Rider series of some guy on the internet:
http://kamensentai.blogspot.com/2012...rider.html?m=1
http://kamensentai.blogspot.com/2012...rider.html?m=1
Problem imo for unfamiliar mature audiences(even for anime-associated with shonen), lot of it was catered toward young audiences so probably there some unusual tropes or clumsy thing like extensive use of "toy" , low rendered cgi eventho' its still maintain the practical effect trademark.
I'll say kamen rider heisei era first from Kuuga-Agito-Ryuki-Faiz-Blade was pretty bit dark psychologically for kids show and was good starting point. Kabuto was mixed on that and hibiki I have no idea. Unfortunately Post kamen rider Den O onward I feel its more light and more kid friendly in comparison .
There exception like special reboot kamen rider amazons, that turn to be more violence and gritty by it root, only the story and execution was always stay true on b-movie level grade