oh, nagahama.

[ambientlight]

the worried figures (mushishi director nagahama hiroshi and mushishi chief animation director umakoshi yoshihiko) are yelling "no smoking, no smoking!"
...i love ginko's slightly insane, slightly smug expression. "heheh that's me on those posterz lol"

 

from earlier in the production manga thingy, on why it's hard doing ginko's character designs:

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[wao.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, those expressions are hilarious! I think it is harder to draw Ginko since he's really not your usual anime character... but I think they got him across perfectly. :D

[ambientlight.livejournal.com]

indeed. ginko is like the complete opposite of insaneface!light from death note. :D;; but it's precisely the rather understated style that i like about mushishi's art.