September 2025 Production Status Update

Hey gang! Many, MANY projects in production concurrently, which is causing some delays, but we have great stuff on the way! Let's preview it below.

Reminder: Ranmabooks cannot share NSFW stuff in public posts. However, we are sharing permitted game production art for all.

Ranma Generations Comic Art (Ranma Anime Crossover Event):

• Titled "Hustlers": Old money meets New money when Nabiki cuts a deal with herself! This project is on track for release in late October.

• Dirty Pair: The reception for the two Akanes comic posted earlier this year hasn't been as compelling as we'd like. We're placing this on hold. Depending on how the community reacts to the Nabiki comic, we might revisit and finish this sooner. We believe the Nabiki story is the better of the two, and so it's getting bumped ahead.

• We're being cautious not to put too many of these into production in case the new anime's reception remains frosty. If folks are loving it though, we'll do more. Probably going to be a poll for this at some point in October. It's been a bumpy beginning. Yet we want to love the new anime, and hope others are still willing to give it a chance when season 2 launches.

Fan Request Art:

• Art status: The next Fan Request, "Cat Catchers", featuring Akane, Shampoo and Ranma-chan is in the late coloring stage. Additional time has been invested in this art set to create variants which will include Full Costume & Nude editions. Another pinup titled "Sneaky Bedmates" has a production issue that is being reworked. This art will appear later in October.

• Estimated Completion: "Cat Catchers" should be released by October 2nd, give or take a day. "Sneaky Bedmates" should be completed by the middle of October, though our hopes are for an early second week release.

• Impressions: After these two Fan Request pinup sets are posted, production will fully shift to Halloween content for the rest of the month. Fan Request production shall resume once more in November.

Exclusive Art:

• Art status: A pinup set was planned for the end of September starring Kasumi titled "Shop Til You Pop". However, the team believes this art will be better served with a comic presentation. For that reason, it has been moved to November so that we can solve certain production challenges, one of which includes a supermarket location. Yes, we are making an effort to get out of the Tendo House and into some places yet to be seen in RHB comics. Thanks for the community's patience while we give this cook the time it needs to be its tastiest!

Hard Training:

• The "Paper Doll" game models (which are used for general dialog) of the following characters have now been completed: Nodoka, Ranma-chan, Kumicho, & Ryoga.

• Adding Ryoga to the game library has been especially important as we can now put a visual with the Lost Boy's reactions while the events of the game unfold. The "faceless" main character is a design decision often used to help give the player a sense of immersion, particularly in a choice-driven game, but as we feel the players know Ryoga there's far more benefit gained from displaying his facial reactions than relying on the player to imagine these.

• As Ryoga's facial art is safe to share, we have posted a parody montage of a few choice expressions dubbed: The Ryoga Bunch! 😊

• With our core game models now complete, we are shifting the focus back to Event image production (the non-Paper Doll art). We have roughly 1/3 of the Event art for the chapter completed, though additional images could still be created on top of the planned ones.

• As the team plays through and refines the chapter, we'll be identifying opportunities for player choices and character reactions to those choices. This is an area that was lacking in previous chapters and our main goal is to significantly develop this aspect of the game (while avoiding unreasonable game path branching).

• October's production will focus on Halloween and Request art. Expect the team's focus to shift back to the Hard Training game in November, with a big push to get the next chapter out this coming winter. An estimated release date will be announced during the winter holiday season.

Halloween Art:

• Plans: Comic Lords and Champions (on a wait list) submitted some suitably spooky and sexy Halloween concepts this season! The best have been selected and shall be released in October.

• The first of those planned releases is "Snake Charmer" starring Nabiki as a gal with a stone cold heart and siren's burning ambition!

• For those wondering if the RHB has any of its own concepts lurking, keep in mind that we are committed to releasing comic art based on the Netflix Ranma animation in celebration of Season 2. That is why we invited our Comic Lords to help out, but the team is working with them to ensure these will be a blast!

• Art status: "Snake Charmer" will have an early October release, after the pending Fan Requests are posted. The remaining Halloween art concepts will be shared once the proper October Menu Release Schedule appear during the first week of the month.

Rowdy Rematch Comic:

• This larger project starring Ranma-chan is about 2/3 planned. The ending has been trimmed to focus on the core cast. As Halloween season has arrived, and we have the Ranma Generations comic due out in October in celebration of the new Ranma anime release, we're slotting this project for a late December release.

• A preview might appear in late November or early December to hype up the comic.

• If we are put in the difficult spot of choosing between finishing Hard Training and this comic, we'll delay Rowdy Rematch in favor of Hard Training, as that project has priority over all others.

Thanks for reading and to all who have maintained their pledge throughout production. You are ones who make these projects possible! 🧡

-Deep Star, SHADE & The Ranmabooks Team

Reminder: Project Status Updates (PSU) inform our patrons what work has been completed, what's currently being worked on, and what has to wait for a time in the queue. It's our way of assuring the community that, come what may, we're never idle and plowing forward on our never-ending mission to keep Ranma going.