Fantástico - Maru e danny choo

Answer quickly: What does this guy wearing a sci-fi character costume and this considerably overweight cat have in common? Both live in Japan and both are part of a very special group of celebrities They got famous first on the Internet and then took off in real life Maru in japanese means "round" Lots of envious cats even try to copy his antics and show up on home made videos on the Internet But only Maru managed to charm a virtual crowd of over 6 million people with scenes like these Maru was even hired by an Internet service company as pitchman... better yet: pitchcat Maru is a success surrounded by misteries his owner refuses to show up Doesn't reveal her name and neither where she lives All this secrecy and the cat's talent made Maru famous in Japan First a book with his photos was released and now a DVD, with Maru's best moments As soon as released, it got into Japan's top sellers This brazillian journalist studies in Japan the phenomena of the so called 'viral videos' which passes from one person to another and spreads through the Internet in an uncontrollable way... like a virus If you pick the most watched videos all of them have some points in common I like to stress the laughing point A humor video has high chances of having success Something that is uncommon that breaks the boundaries This is how english Danny Choo reached virtual glory He tells us that one day he decided to get out on Tokyo streets dressed like this and then started dancing His wife recorded it and posted on the Internet Danny has today 2 million and a half faithful followers on his website about characters from animation and comics opened his own Internet company and even became pitchman for one of the largest photographic camera manufacturers in the world Because of stories like this one anonymous people will try a bit of everything