{"id":"maru-the-cat","name":"Maru the Cat","summary":"Maru is a male Scottish Fold from Japan whose owner filmed him diving headfirst into cardboard boxes and sliding across wooden floors, videos that made him an international YouTube cat celebrity starting in 2008. Guinness World Records eventually named him the most-watched animal on the platform, and his mugumogu channel piled up hundreds of millions of views. Maru's death on September 6, 2025 at age 18 set off a wave of tributes across X, Reddit and Guinness itself.","tags":["maru the cat","maru cat","mugumogu","i am maru","scottish fold japan","box cat","youtube cat","maru death 2025","guinness world records cat"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":4,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/maru-the-cat/maru-the-cat-maru-head-through-box.webp","caption":"Maru peers out from inside a cardboard box, one of his most iconic poses that helped define his internet fame.","width":800,"height":450,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/maru-the-cat/maru-the-cat-i-am-maru-book-cover.webp","caption":"Cover of 'I Am Maru,' the book by owner mugumogu that helped bring Maru's fame to a wider international audience.","width":600,"height":511,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/maru-the-cat/maru-the-cat-maru-hana-and-kitten.webp","caption":"Maru poses with his feline companions Hana and a young kitten in mugumogu's home.","width":1280,"height":720,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/maru-the-cat/maru-the-cat-maru-soon-meme.webp","caption":"Maru appears in a classic 'Soon' meme format, sitting in a translucent plastic bin.","width":960,"height":540,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/maru-the-cat/history.md","related":["cat-on-roomba","cats-vs-printers","cats-vs-cucumbers","hero-cat","capybara","longcat","grumpy-cat","nyan-cat","keyboard-cat","caturday","smudge-the-cat","polite-cat"],"popularityRank":2440,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}