The doodle is an insane interactive game that takes you to 10 stages of fighting planes and breaking buildings to make your very own short monster movie.
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The Google Doodle honors the Godzilla creator with a game that requires players to make a movie.
To this day, he is still regarded as the “Godfather” of Japanese special effects – an area of the film industry in which Japan led the way for decades. By the end of his career, he had worked on approximately 250 movies.
Born on 7 July 1919, Tsuburaya made his name in cinematography history by pioneering visual effects techniques for Japanese cinema. He’s also credited with the creation of Godzilla and Ultraman, and Google is celebrating his birthday with a special interactive doodle on its home page.
As someone who made an impact on kids and adults across the world, he’s certainly deserving of his own Google Doodle.
He continued working right up until his death, working as special effects supervisor on monster sci-fi flick Latitude Zero in 1969, shortly before his death, aged 68, in 1970.
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Doodler Jennifer Hom describes that Tsuburaya’s style is still seen in movies like Pacific Rim, Evangelion, and the Power Rangers. After many years in the ‘monster business, ‘ he set up his own practical effects studio, Tsuburaya Productions, which we were lucky enough to visit for this project! Fans should feel some pride that Tsuburaya’s influence was not overlooked.
