The best of Iwa ni Hana
In light of the upcoming Anime Blog Awards, I think this would be a good opportunity to round up past posts on Iwa ni Hana that I rather like. (I would also like to point out that Iwa ni Hana is not just one blog, but one main blog with several series-specific sub-blogs.) Anyway, here it goes:
Cultural Theory & General Observation
Anime that they do not want foreigners to see, and anime that they do want foreigners to see
Some observations of the behavioural patterns of Japanese and English-speaking anime fans
The fantasy of growing up fast in older anime/manga
The aesthetics of the 'deliberate blank' in anime
Just what English-speaking anime/manga fans mean by 'angst'?
The strategy of 'being loved by everyone, one person at a time' in HaruToki (and economic reality)
The Problem with Depictions of Parent-Child Relationships in Anime
How do you define a 'cult classic' in anime?
Markerting strategies of English anime ads and Japanese anime ads
Analysis of Individual Titles
'Toki wo kakeru shoujo (時をかける少女)' directed by Hosoda Mamoru (細田守): An Analysis
Honey and Clover (Seasons I and II)
'Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ)' by Kon Satoshi (今敏)
'Le portrait de petit Cossette コゼットの肖像' by Shinbo Akiyuki (新房昭之)
'Millennium Actress (千年女優)' by Kon Satoshi (今敏)
'The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱)' by Tanigawa Nagaru (谷川流)/ Ishihara Tatsuya (石原立也)
'Bakeneko 化猫' from the series '怪 ～ayakashi～ JAPANESE CLASSIC HORROR'
Rewatching Kon Satoshi's 'Millennium Actress': An Analysis
'Jin-roh' and the problem of depicting history and politics in anime/manga
'The Adolescence of Utena' by Ikuhara Kunihito (幾原邦彦)
'Toward the Terra': The intoxication that is 'the future'
Misc
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