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:
Reviews and commentary for Purple in the RHB Forums.
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:
Reviews and commentary for Brown in the RHB Forums.
Purple is both available for direct sale through Deep Star Books and archived for viewing and download by all Defenders subscribers.
