Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kusakabe Renji, a young man working at a game centre, sees an English girl named Lily Baker playing a crane game on Valentine's Day. Seeing her fail repeatedly to win a prize, Renji can't help but take action. The day after Lily finally gets her plushie, Renji receives an unexpected message from her that reads, "Be my valentine!" What started as a misunderstanding leads to cultural exchange!

Series details

• Title: Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2025-07-06
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: AT-X
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 84895
• TVDB ID: 453883

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-07-06; final listed air date 2025-09-28.

Source and licence

Adapted from Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.