RHB Pin-up Collections
Introduction
Ranma Hentai Books has released (and continues to do so) several Pin-up collections or "books" on a page-by-page basis through their Defenders System. Each collection features a particular character, group of characters, or theme. Most are considered open-ended; that is to say, when it is appropriate to return to releasing pin-ups for a particular character, they will do so and the length of that character's "book" is extended.
(Example: The current narrative book running opposite the pinups, being released on alternating days in Defenders, heavily features Ranma-chan, therefore it would be better variety if the pin-ups were of Shampoo or another female character instead, at least until that particular narrative book completes.)
Pin-up collections will be done by various artists on retainer or limited commission with the RHB Group and so listing all the artists who contributed to a pin-up collection is not practical (and might be entirely different during the next "run" when the book is extended).
They often also include “Alternates” with a different background and/or lighting, or any other minor changes the artists desired to offer. These will be reflected in the page counts as follows:
Page Count: 27 (31)
(Where 27 is the number of unique pin-ups, and 31 the total number of image files, including alternate versions, in the collection)
Purple
Featured Character:
Shampoo
Release Schedule:
First Run: Start: 05-2009, Finish: 08-2009
Second Run: (Pending)
Page Count: 27 (31)
Commentary:
Purple was the first RHB Pin-up book, release on alternating days parallel to the narrative book Better Angels. Since that book already had lots of Ranma-chan and Akane, with a little Nabiki and Kasumi for extra flavour, it made sense to offer a different Ranma ½ starlet for the pin-ups. Purple contains a very diverse mix of artful softcore glamour pics, and juicy sticky hardcore snapshots.
External Links & Availability:
Purple is both available for direct sale through Deep Star Books and archived for viewing and download by all Defenders subscribers.
Brown
Featured Character:
Ukyou
Release Schedule:
First Run: Start: 08-2009, Finish: 09-2009
Second Run: (Pending)
Page Count: 10 (13)
Commentary:
Brown was the second RHB Pin-up book. Responding to some comments that Purple had run overly long, Brown was intentionally given a much shorter run. Given that it would have less pages to impress fans with, it had a much higher ratio of very hardcore pictures compared to Purple.
External Links & Availability:
Purple is both available for direct sale through Deep Star Books and archived for viewing and download by all Defenders subscribers.
