american and japanese super-heroines

[gunblade007]

what's the different between american and japanese super-heroines beside that japanese super-heroines wear helmets and a scarf instead of masks and capes and most japanese super-heroines are magical girls

[Jet_Jaguar]

I'm not sure how to answer your question since it seems to me that there's really not a whole lot of overlap between the American and Japanese concepts of a "super heroine." My quick answer would probably be that American super-heroine stories place more emphasis on individuals while Japanese ones place more emphasis on "teams."

I don't know a whole lot about the "magical girl" thing, but I think that, to some extent, it can be traced back to an anime/manga series from the 1960s called Sally the Witch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally,_the_Witch

If you haven't seen it, you might be interested in the anime film Project A-ko since the main character is somewhat like an American "super-heroine" (Don't bother with any of the sequels). Unfortunately, copies of this movie might be somewhat hard to find now since the company that released it in the U.S., Central Park Media, recently went out of business.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T2sp3_S_ZY