[Guyver Spawn]

^I think stuff like Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Star Trek are so mainstream where no one looks at them as "Only for kids" and geeky anymore. Geek/Nerd culture is mostly stuff that people like that are niche and unusual that most people are not into.

I can see why people would be shy to talk about talking about Toku superhero shows to other people because they are not very well know and people will look at them as childish because they have lower budgets compare to superhero shows on the CW & Netflix and these shows are made to promote toys. While the MCU movies are also made to sell merchandise to kids too, they are nowhere as toy driven as the current Rider and Sentai shows. So people will take a movie like The Avengers more seriously than something like Drive.