Klonoa trademark renewed earlier this month

The Klonoa anime film was cancelled recently, and it left fans of the character reeling. Following that, a Bandai Namco rep said that while he couldn't confirm any projects in the works, the company hears the fan requests for the character to return. Today we have the tiniest of tidbits to pin our hopes on.

Research has shown that Bandai Namco filed to renew the Klonoa trademark earlier this month. It's been quite some time since we've seen any activity with Klonoa trademarks, the last time being a renewal for Klonoa: Door to Phantomile's trademark all the way back in 2016. That was tied to the anime project as far as we know.

Now we get to speculate as to whether this trademark renewal for Klonoa in general is related to something new in the works, or just a standard protection.