Player Unknown's BattleGround Mobile Announces Collaboration Event With JuJutsu Kaisen

The popular battle royale game PUBG Mobile has announced that its next collaboration will be with the anime JuJutsu Kaisen.

While common for mobile games to collaborate with an anime series, it's not too common for a first-person shooter that has been touted as a realistic take on the genre to collaborate with an anime.

NEWS: Jujutsu Kaisen is Coming to PUBG Mobile 📲

Read on: https://t.co/lvEIljNd9F pic.twitter.com/R1BOWlSBxg

— Funimation (@Funimation) August 31, 2021

PUBG Mobile x Jujutsu Kaisen Collaboration Announced.

The collaboration’s release date or the content is yet to be revealed.https://t.co/4HnidNy7xE pic.twitter.com/XKjiB9zRop

— Ducky (@IDuckyx) August 30, 2021

PUBG Mobile x Jujutsu Kaisen collab

The recent show garnered explosive popularity, pushing its manga sales to monumental heights.

It’s become one of the best-selling series of all time-- a horror fantasy story about spirits and sorcerers.

A prequel film comes later this year. pic.twitter.com/lDLLlU7l82

— PlayerIGN (@PlayerIGN) August 30, 2021

Something that many fans noted was that the official social media page for PUBG Mobile made note that the collaboration event will not be available in Japan — despite being advertised as "global."

This struck everyone as odd, as the show itself is not only created in Japan but has many sites and folklore that take direct inspiration from Japan. While there were many reasons why this could be, a prevailing theory among fans is that it has to do with PUBG being created by Tencent, a Chinese company, and the game not being very popular within Japan itself.

PUBG MOBILE x JUJUTSU KAISEN is coming! 💥 We're proud to announce we're partnering with the groundbreaking and visually stunning animation series JUJUTSU KAISEN. The collaboration will not be available to Japan or Chinese Mainland. Get ready for it! 🖤🙌 pic.twitter.com/AmKaS9JABc

— PUBG MOBILE (@PUBGMOBILE) August 30, 2021

tencent made pubg and thats a chinese company
really weird why the collab isnt available for the country of origin for the game and for the anime

— Spectral (@sSpectralls) August 31, 2021

(Excluding Japan) 😂 pic.twitter.com/V6n6NWXYzs

— V Anil Sarma (@VAnilSarma1) August 31, 2021

Fans of the series were quick to talk about their favorite characters and how they would love to see representation in the game, as well as what type of gameplay could be seen by the characters themselves appearing.

PUBG mobile and jujutsu kaisen have an official collaboration on the way (wtf)

Imagine a skin collection where it's just megumi handsigns summoning a vandal

— C9 MoonChopper (@RealMoonChopper) August 31, 2021

PUBG is having a collab with jujutsu kaisen, get ready for gojo players to be like: pic.twitter.com/Vc2UrDmrRq

— Phantom No Summoning till Thoma in 2.2 | bIM✊🏽 (PhantomAquarius) August 31, 2021