Boy meets girl in an arcade on Valentine’s Day in the new Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl anime. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl, including the anime’s weekly schedule and release dates for all episodes.
The story of Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl follows Renji Kusakabe, a part-time worker at a game arcade center. On Valentine’s Day, he meets a British girl named Lily, who was focused on a crane game by herself. She’s tearful in her pursuit of a crane game prize, so Renji helps her win a stuffed anime. Afterward, she gives him a message card with the message, “Be My Valentine! (Be My Boyfriend!).”
Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl episodes will release on Sundays at 7:45 a.m. PT / 10:45 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs first, followed by same-day English dubs at 3:00 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. ET. Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl is expected to have 12 episodes this season.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – July 6 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – July 13 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – July 20 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – July 27 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – August 3 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – August 10 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – August 17 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – August 24 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – September 7 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – September 14 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – September 21 – OUT NOW
- Episode 12 – September 28 – OUT NOW
New Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl episodes will be released at the following times (subject to change):
- English Sub
- Pacific Daylight Time: 2:00 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 3:00 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 4:00 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 5:00 a.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 9:00 a.m. GMT
- English Dub
- Pacific Daylight Time: 2:00 p.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 3:00 p.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 4:00 p.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 5:00 p.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 9:00 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Sally Amaki and Reo Osanai perform the opening theme song “Futari no Start Button,” while Amaki performs the ending theme song “Amusing Flavor.”
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
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
Where Can I Watch Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl?
Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl is streaming on Crunchyroll worldwide, excluding Japan and China. In Japan, the anime is airing on the AT-X channel.
What is Cultural Exchange With a Game Centre Girl About?
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 10th volume on July 9, 2026.
Lastly, here’s an overview, via Crunchyroll:
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!
