Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl

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Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Lily Baker
ゲーセン少女と異文化交流
(Gēsen Shōjo to Ibunka Kōryū)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byHirokazu Yasuhara
Published byFujimi Shobo
ImprintDragon Comics Age
MagazineNiconico Seiga (DraDra Sharp)
Original runMay 15, 2020 – present
Volumes11
Anime television series
Directed byToshihiro Kikuchi
Written byYasunori Yamada
Music byTakurō Iga
StudioNomad
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, BS Asahi
Original run July 6, 2025 – September 28, 2025
Episodes12
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Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl[2] (Japanese: ゲーセン少女と異文化交流, Hepburn: Gēsen Shōjo to Ibunka Kōryū) 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 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nomad aired from July to September 2025.

Characters

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Lily Baker (リリー・ベイカー, Rirī Beikā)
Voiced by: Nao Tōyama (voice comic, PV),[3] Sally Amaki (anime)[4] (Japanese); Bryn Apprill[5] (English)
A 13-year-old British girl who moves to Japan. As she has only recently arrived in Japan, she is still improving her Japanese. She enjoys playing at the arcade, although she is not good at video games. She likes koala goods.
Renji Kusakabe (草壁 蓮司, Kusakabe Renji)
Voiced by: Shōya Chiba (anime)[4] (Japanese); Conner Allison[5] (English)
An 18-year-old university student who is working part-time at a game arcade center. He is skilled at playing video games.
Aoi Kusakabe (草壁 葵衣, Kusakabe Aoi)
Voiced by: Reo Osanai[6] (Japanese); Kayla Parker (English)
Renji's younger sister and Lily's classmate. Although she was not originally interested in video games, she gains an interest in them after befriending Lily.
Karin Kaga (加賀 花梨, Kaga Karin)
Voiced by: Asaki Yuikawa[6] (Japanese); Lexi Nieto (English)
A tomboyish gamer girl around Lily's age who has a rivalry with Renji in terms of fighting games. She later mentors Lily into getting better and gifts her an arcade stick on her birthday.
Hotaru Katsuragi (桂木 蛍, Katsuragi Hotaru)
Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara[6] (Japanese); Jill Harris (English)
A straight-A school president within Lily's school who slowly ingratiates herself into Lily's friend circle by using her authority as a school president, before becoming a regular.
Momoko Mochizuki (望月 桃子, Mochizuki Momoko)
Voiced by: Ai Kayano[6] (Japanese); Morgan Lauré Garrett (English)
Sheryl Baker (シェリル・ベイカー, Sheriru Beikā)
Voiced by: Manami Tanaka (Japanese); Grainne Noel[5] (English)
Lily's mother.
Oliver Baker (オリバー・ベイカー, Oribā Beikā)
Voiced by: Kentaro Tone
Lily's father. He is overly protective of Lily and is initially suspicious about their relationship, but then becomes fond of him after realizing how much he meant to her.

Media

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Manga

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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.[7][8] 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.[9] The series' chapters have been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes as of December 2025.[10]

No. Release date ISBN
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Anime

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An anime adaptation was announced on August 29, 2024.[21][22] 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" (ふたりのスタートボタン, Futari no Sutāto Botan), performed by Sally Amaki and Reo Osanai as their characters, while the ending theme song is "Amusing Flavor" performed by Amaki.[4] was aired from July 6 to September 28, 2025 on AT-X and other networks.[6] Crunchyroll will stream the series.[23]

Episodes

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No.Title [24]Directed by [24]Written by [24]Storyboarded by [24]Original release date [25]
1"Boy Meets the Game Centre Girl"
Toshihiro KikuchiYasunori YamadaToshihiro KikuchiJuly 6, 2025 (2025-07-06)
2"If Pushing Doesn't Work, Try Pulling"
Yudai HanaokaYasunori YamadaYudai HanaokaJuly 13, 2025 (2025-07-13)
3"Where Is Your Brother?"
Lim Chae GilAkamaki TartMasami WatanabeJuly 20, 2025 (2025-07-20)
4"Can I Get a Minute?"
Wang YiUsaki UsagiToshihiro KikuchiJuly 27, 2025 (2025-07-27)
5"This Is My Dad!"
Sumio WatanabeYasunori YamadaToshihiro KikuchiAugust 3, 2025 (2025-08-03)
6"I Didn't Notice That At All!"
Yudai Hanaoka, Toshihiro KikuchiUsaki UsagiToshihiro KikuchiAugust 10, 2025 (2025-08-10)
7"All Work and No Play Makes Hotaru a Dull Girl"
Kosuke WagasukiAkamaki TartRyousuke ShibuyaAugust 24, 2025 (2025-08-24)
8"Happy Birthday to You"
Lim Chae GilAkamaki TartSatoru YamashitaAugust 31, 2025 (2025-08-31)
9"Summer Holidays!"
Ken KiyotaYasunori YamadaYamamakuraSeptember 7, 2025 (2025-09-07)
10"OKF Tournament"
Ken Kiyota, Kenji SakuradaUsagi UsakiYuto HigashiyamaSeptember 14, 2025 (2025-09-14)
11"Homecoming"
Kiyoshi MurayamaYasunori YamadaToshihiro KikuchiSeptember 21, 2025 (2025-09-21)
12"My Feelings Haven't Changed"
Toshihiro Kikuchi, Yudai HanaokaYasunori YamadaToshihiro KikuchiSeptember 28, 2025 (2025-09-28)

Other

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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.[3]

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