Think Pacific Rim, Power Rangers and Godzilla and you’re there. Eiji Tsuburaya’s 114th Birthday – 7 July 2015Įiji Tsuburaya was a director famous for his iconic Tokusatsu style movies which were essentially giant monsters and a wagonload of practical effects. My favourite cycle is his low-key headbanging. Turns out Bartolomeo Cristofori is the inventor of the piano! What better way to celebrate a man who had such a massive impact on music than a cartoon animation of his creation in action. You’ll be forgiven for not recognising this fella, I didn’t know who he was either. It even has bosses! Bartolomeo Cristofori’s 360th Birthday – It’s a surprisingly addictive, gesture-based 2D game where you have to fight against ghosts by drawing a series of matching shapes to rescue The Magic Cat Academy. It’s up to you to piece together his most iconic compositions in the right order in this clever little musical puzzle game.

He’s stepped in it here though, losing his sheet music in a number of unfortunate flubs whilst on his way to the symphony hall, plonker.

Celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven’s 245th Year – 17 December 2015Īh yes, we love a bit of Ludwig van. When you’re in the middle of a big project and need to jump on Google to search for a reference you hate to see one of these absolute productivity killers, but you’re already reading this article so you’re not getting work done any time soon anyway, so let’s crack on. A few months ago I delved deep into my favourite animated Google Doodles partly for my own nostalgia and partly for your entertainment, I suppose… Well I’m back with even more animated search engine awesomeness this week, but this time all of the Doodles are interactive in some way!

The pony express google doodle