Just Bento is also doing a give away. The prize is The Manga Cookbook. Link here.

For those who want to show off their art skills, Holiday Anime Faire is calling for entries in postcard art and coloring contest. Children from Kindergarten to 6th grade can enter in the coloring contest while everyone older will have to enter the postcard contest. Offical rules at their website.

Ever wanted to watch that one episode of Robot Chicken where Voltron gets served or that episode of Boondocks where Granddad gets whipped by a blind man, but didn’t want to pay the full price of the DVDs just for one episode? Well now you can with Adult Swims new marketing pitch.

Starting today, Adult Swim will allow customers to customize and purchase their newly made DVDs. They can select episodes up to 110 minutes from Adult Swims programs, choose the disc art and a cover image, design the DVD menu, and have the thing shipped all for a mere $20. It seems, however, that this is restricted to US customers (sorry international friends). 100 TV episodes will be available, including some not available on DVD. I’m assuming this is content that wouldn’t be in the original DVD.

It’s unknown whether Adult Swim will include their anime lineup with the selection, excluding Boondocks. I wanted to try out the customization, but couldn’t get the page working. Anyone else get the page to work? And if you did, what do you think about the whole thing?

Lots of things to cover today. Let’s get started.

There is a big sale going on at GoComi.com. The week Ultimate Venue Vol. 1-5 are $32.99. For those who need help on the math, it’s like getting two volumes for free. Limited time only. There are more titles and sales going on the site, so check it off for yourself.

Reminder: Jason Thompson, author to the Manga: The Complete Guide, has been giving away manga EVERYDAY since September 16 at Suvudu.com. If you want a chance to get your hands on his manga, go visit the site for the details.

Another Reminder: The Japan National Tourism Organization is holding a contest right now for all you dreamers. All you need is an essay or a picture essay stating why you want to go to Japan. Get the official rules and details at their site.

Jason Thompson, author to the Manga: The Complete Guide, will be giving away manga EVERYDAY starting September 16, 2009 at Suvudu.com. Mark your calendars. See details at About Manga.

Ever wanted to win a trip to Japan? The Japan National Tourism Organization is holding a contest right now for all you dreamers. All you have to do is write an essay…waaaaaaaaiiiit… you can send a photo instead for non-writer types. The topic: WHY DO YOU WANT TO GO TO JAPAN? For the essay, a max of 2010 characters including spaces. That’s about 400 words, give or take. For the photo, a picture and a caption with 201 characters including spaces. That’s around 30 words, give or take. Get the official rules and details at their site.

Good luck to all you participates.

The good people at Manga Worth Reading are giving away a free X-Men: Misfits. More details to the contest at their site.

The Anime Blog is holding a daily contest entry for a chance to win the soon to be released 9 movie book. Just make sure you have a twitter account. Hurry, the contest will end soon. All contest rules are at their site.

Ain’t It Cool is giving away a signed poster of the White On Rice movie by the cast. Details to the giveaway is at their site.

I know this doesn’t have much to do with manga, but more for American comics. Either way, this is big news. Disney owns Marvel.

You can find the article here.

This may be a smart move on Disney, though some fans don’t feel easy knowing their favorite Marvel franchise is in the same boat as Mickey and Donald. Will Disney change Marvel to hold up to their family-friendly standards?

Probably not.

Disney does control the ABC networks, home to Lost and Desperate Housewives, and Pixar, which doesn’t seem to have changed much from when they first started. But who knows what the future holds for newly bought Marvel characters. Luckily for you, this isn’t the only news to come out today.

While one company is gaining something, another one is losing somethings. Tokyopop’s licenses to Kodansha titles will not be renewed. Read the news here.

A few of the titles affected have already been picked up by other publishers, which doesn’t make the news any better for Tokyopop. Any thoughts on the two biggest news of the day?