You'd think that when it comes to lifelike animal creations in Japan, it would be hard to go toe to toe with a service that creates realistic and wearable replicas of your pet's head, but Toco (Twitter, YouTube) may have found a furry contender!

Toco recently wowed thousands on Twitter with a now viral video of a special kigurumi they had made and ordered. Kigurumi means "costumed character" in Japanese, but is often used to refer to oversized animal costumes. Toco's collie kigurumi is so impressive that they shared a video demonstrating it with the caption "I ordered a kigurumi! Thanks to it I was able to fulfill my dream of becoming an animal!"

Watching both the quality of the kigurumi and Toco's movements, you'll have a hard time believing this isn't a real dog!

The collie suit is made with top notch quality, and in the video you can see Toco bring it to life with lifelike movements and posing on all fours.

Toco ordered the incredibly realistic collie kigurumi from creative studio Blast, Inc. and their specialized modeling and art studio Zeppet Workshop. They specialize in life-sized realistic modeling, whether it be creature, robots, and animal animatronics for film, or lifelike wearable animal suits and models for personal use like these.

The collie suit, handmade from synthetic fur and crafted down to the finest detail, takes 40 days to make and is priced from over 2,000,000 yen.

You may remember us previously introducing them, when they made an amazing polar bear mother and cub set that recreates the two both in look and texture, whether it be the fur, claws, paw pads, or teeth!

If you're interested in taking a look at more of Zeppet Workshop's awesome lifelike animal creations, or perhaps want one of your own, you can take a look at their official website.

You can also check out more videos of Toco's awesome collie suit on their YouTube channel, where they've shared more videos of them having fun as a dog!

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By - grape Japan editorial staff.