When "Namennayo" Cats made their big break in 1981,
many people were asking "How are the cats standing?, and made ill-intended
comments such as "Those kittens had to be stuffed cats", "They put a stick
in them to make them stand", "Maybe they wrapped wire around the kittens?",
"They've got to have put plastered clothing on the kittens", or "No, it's
all superimposed". Among many, worse comments were ones like: "They gave
the cats shots to make them unconscious then they took the pictures". People
who said those things were either jealous about the success of the "Namen
Nayo" Cats or it was an act of self-advertisement, or an act to pretend
to be a specialist. With expressions and wording never seen, those irresponsible
lies were spread out. If they had even thought about it with any common
sense then, they would not know that it was impossible to take photos of
the kittens in the ways they had suggested, nor could we ever capture the
lively eyes and expressions of the kittens. Tsuda says that the kittens
were animals he took great care of to nurture as his own children, and "Namen
nayo" Cats was created by a group of cat lovers. It was natural that we
took great care during each photo shoot. We had many media people coming
in to see our photo shoot and to report on everything from dressing the
kittens to the actual photo shoots. Along with the media coverage the rumors
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