Kadokawa released a new promotional video for the Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl anime, confirming it will premiere on July 6 on AT-X at 11:30 p.m. JST. A new key visual was revealed alongside four new cast members and theme song artists.
The cast of Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl includes:
- Sally Amaki as Lily Baker
- Shōya Chiba as Renji Kusakabe
- Reo Osanai as Aoi Kusakabe
- Kaori Ishihara as Hotaru Katsuragi
- Asaki Yuikawa as Karin Kaga
- Ai Kayano as Momoko Mochizuki
Amaki and Osani will perform the opening theme song “Futari no Start Button,” while Amaki performs the ending theme song “Amusing Flavor.”
Toshihiro Kikuchi directs the anime at studio Nomad. Yasunori Yamada is in charge of series scripts, and Rikiya Okano is the character designer.
Other staff members include:
- Art Director: Isamu Nishiyama
- Art Setting: Kenta Masuda
- Color Design: Yukiko Shigemitsu (sola)
- Editor: Mutsumi Takemiya
- Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
- Sound Effects: Kiyotaka Kawada
- Recording Adjustment: Shunpei Takeuchi
- Sound Production: zuvo.
- Casting: Wataru Matsuoka
- Music Composer: Takurō Iga
Hirokazu Yasuhara launched the manga on X (formerly Twitter) in 2019 before being serialized in Kadokawa’s Dra Dra Sharp# website in 2020. Kadokawa published the manga’s ninth volume on December 9, 2024.
The story of Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl follows Renji Kusakabe, a part-time worker at a game arcade center. One day, he met a British girl named Lily, who was focused on a crane game by herself on Valentine’s Day. She’s tearful in her pursuit of a crane game prize, so Renji helps her win a stuffed anime. Later, she gives him a message card with the message, “Be My Valentine! (Be My Boyfriend!).”
