Kitty GYM, the temporary unit featuring Tomohisa Yamashita and Thai idols Golf and Mike, made their debut on Monday at the NHK Hall in Shibuya. During a taping for the September 3 broadcast of "The Shonen Club," Kitty GYM introduced their debut song, "Fever and Future" (on sale August 30).

8-year old actress Ei Morisako has been selected to voice the lead role in the Japanese dub version of the animated film "Heidi" released last year in the U.K. Morisako recently played the lead role in the live-action version of Chibi Maruko-chan.

AnimeNation reports that Warner/Elektra/Atlantic has issued a recall notice to retailers for several Central Park Media titles. Retailers must return all DVDs to WEA by January 12, 2007. The list of titles includes: Cyber City Oedo 808, Domain of Murder, Grappler Baki, The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Judge, Mask of Zeguy, Nightwalker (Vol. 1 & 2), Patlabor: New Files (Vol. 1), Patlabor (Vol. 1-10), Slayers boxset, Slayers Next boxset, Slayers Try boxset, Tales of Seduction, Tokyo Babylon, Revolutionary Girl Utena (Vol. 1), and Vixens.

Last week, Mainichi WaiWai reported that actress Akiko Yada's career may be in trouble because of pictures of her on a weekend trip in Hawaii with boyfriend Manabu Oshio. Although the photos seem innocent enough - for example, Yada pouring suntan lotion on Oshio's back - they're a far cry from her image of being a proper lady, especially given Oshio's bad boy reputation.

It seems the scandal has already cost her one job. Yada has appeared in commercials for the insurance company Aflac since 2002, but her contract won't be renewed after it expires at the end of the month. Some predict that Yada's career is over unless she breaks up with Oshio.