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===Development=== {{quote box|quote="Believe it or not, we had no plans for a sequel and naively hoped that the end of ''Godzilla'' was going to coincide with the end of nuclear testing."| source=— Ishirō Honda on Toho's initial intentions.{{sfn|Kalat|2010|p=34}}|align=right|width=30em}} A few weeks after ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' was released in November 1954, a welcome home party was held for executive producer Iwao Mori. During the party, Mori instructed producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] to produce a sequel, due to Mori being pleased with the box office results for the first film.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=61}} [[Ishirō Honda]], director of the first ''Godzilla'' film, was unavailable to return to direct the sequel due to directing ''[[Lovetide]]'' at the time.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=62}} Japanese publications indicated that Tanaka attached Motoyoshi Oda to direct the film, rather than waiting for Honda, due to Mori fearing to lose the momentum of the first ''Godzilla'' film's success.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=62}} Film historians Steve Ryfle and David Kalat deduced that Oda was chosen to direct due to his experience with effects-driven films such as ''[[Eagle of the Pacific]]'', and his then-latest film ''[[The Invisible Avenger]]''.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=62}}{{sfn|Kalat|2010|p=35}} Kalat added that Oda was a director content with accepting B–picture level assignments, stating, "putting such a man in charge of the Godzilla sequel then was a clear signal of intent: This was to be a quickie profit center, not an artistic indulgence."{{sfn|Kalat|2010|p=35}} Screenwriter Takeo Murata originally wanted to show a scene of chaos and looting in the middle of the monster battle, but time and budget limitations forced him to drop this idea.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=64}} ''The Dinosaur Book'' by [[Edwin H. Colbert]] was used during the film's conference scene.{{sfn|Ryfle|2007|loc=00:11:59}}
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