A questionnaire conducted after the release of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II indicated that Baby Godzilla was the most requested character to appear in the next film. As such, it was decided to bring the character back for Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla the following year. However, special effects director Koichi Kawakita decided to heavily redesign the character for the film. He noted that Godzilla vs. Mothra was very successful because it attracted an unusually large female audience, and so felt Baby Godzilla should be redesigned to be cuter and more appealing to female audiences. He also wanted to depict Baby Godzilla growing from a dinosaur into a monster like his adoptive father. Thus, the monster was redesigned following the unused "child of Godzilla" design direction considered for the previous film. The monster, renamed "Little Godzilla" for this appearance, was redesigned to stand upright like Godzilla himself and was colored green with a light yellow underbelly, rather than the blue and gray coloration of Baby Godzilla. Little Godzilla bore a much closer resemblance to Minilla than Baby Godzilla did.