Several videos of a “dog” quickly went viral days ago. We see the animal giving the paw, rolling on the ground, trying to play ping-pong or introducing himself, with short texts. “I became a Collie because I wanted to be an animal,” read one. These sequences show a Japanese man with his Border Collie costume
Controversies sparkled up on social media recently, where people made several comments. Some unreliable sources circulated that this Japanese man went through surgery before getting what he wanted. However, that was a lie.
He considered going through a survey to make his dream come true, but his money was not sufficient to settle for surgery. He then used a plan B.
Read below to find out.
A Japanese man spent around 2million yen (£12,480) on a realistic border collie costume because he wanted to look like his favourite breed of dog.
The man, identified only as Toko, hired a Japanese company called Zeppet, known for creating sculptures and models for films and commercials, to create the costume.
Zeppet reportedly took 40 days to make the costume, as Toko went through several rounds of trials and revisions to get it right.
“I made it a collie because it looks real when I put it on,” Toko said in an interview with a Japanese outlet.
“My favourite is the quadruped animals, especially the cuter ones. Of them, I thought a large animal close to me would be fine, considering it would be a realistic model, so I decided to make a dog out of it.
“I encountered such a condition and made Collie, my favourite breed of dog.”
Below is an image of how the Collie breed of Dogs looks like.
A Zeppet employee also shared how his team managed to figure out how a dog’s silhouette could match that of a human.
“The fact is that the skeleton of a dog can be reproduced on the skeleton of a human. Since the structure of the skeleton is very different, we spent a lot of time studying how to make it look like a dog,” the employee told the outlet.
“In addition, we collect photographs taken from different angles so that the collie’s beautiful coat can be reproduced and designed in a way that the coat flows naturally.”
Toko posted a video of himself in his costume last month, where he can be seen waving his paw and rolling on the ground.
The YouTuber also posted a few snaps of himself on Twitter, where he poses as a collie.
We do not know if this Japanese now really has a dog’s life, but he has in any case managed to create a huge buzz.
