Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl
Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirokazu Yasuhara. It originally began serialization online via Twitter and Pixiv in December 2019. It has been then serialized by Fujimi Shobo via the Niconico Seiga website under their DraDra Sharp brand since May 2020 and has been collected in eleven volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nomad aired from July to September 2025.
Plot
Renji Kusakabe, a high school student working part-time at an arcade, encounters Lily Baker, a young girl who is trying to get a koala plush from a claw machine. After he assists her in getting the plush, Lily becomes attached to him, becoming a regular at the arcade. Lily, a half-British girl who just recently moved to Japan, is still not very fluent in Japanese, but with Renji's help, she becomes less shy and opens up to others, finding her place in Japan.
Characters
;Lily Baker
;Renji Kusakabe
;Aoi Kusakabe
;Karin Kaga
;Hotaru Katsuragi
;Momoko Mochizuki
;Sheryl Baker
;Oliver Baker
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Hirokazu Yasuhara, Cultural Exchange with Game Center Girl began serialization online via the author's Twitter and Pixiv accounts on December 22, 2019. It was later acquired by Fujimi Shobo who began publishing it on the Niconico Seiga website under their DraDra Sharp brand on May 15, 2020. The series' chapters have been collected into eleven volumes as of December 2025.
Anime
An anime adaptation was announced on August 29, 2024. It was later confirmed to be a television series produced by Nomad and directed by Toshihiro Kikuchi, with series composition handled by Yasunori Yamada, characters designed by Rikiya Okano, and music composed by Takurō Iga. The opening theme song is "Their Start Button", performed by Sally Amaki and Reo Osanai as their characters, while the ending theme song is "Amusing Flavor" performed by Amaki. was aired from July 6 to September 28, 2025, on AT-X and other networks. Crunchyroll will stream the series.
Other
In commemoration of the release of the series' second volume, a promotional video was released on Kadokawa Corporation's YouTube channel on July 8, 2021. The promotional video featured the performance of Nao Tōyama as Lily.