MVM Entertainment have today announced, through social media, that they have acquired the UK distribution license for Lycoris Recoil, Spy Classroom (Season 1 & 2), Tokyo Mew Mew Mew (Season 1 & 2), Vermeil in Gold and Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess with all five titles being released on Blu-Ray during 2026. In addition, MVM Entertainment also have plans to release GUNGRAVE on Blu-Ray and as a Collector’s Edition.
Specific details about these titles, such as release timings, editions or language options, have yet to be confirmed, but it was mentioned that these titles will start to be released in the UK during 2026. With the exception of Lycoris Recoil (which was released by Aniplex) and GUNGRAVE (which was released by FUNimation) all of the aforementioned titles have previously been released in the US by Sentai Filmworks. It is expected that MVM Entertainment will use the same disc masters as those used in North America for these UK releases. A breakdown of each title, and expected disc contents (based on the US release) can be found below:
Lycoris Recoil – The Complete Season:
English & Japanese with English subtitles | 13 Episodes
Bonus Features: Promotional Videos, Textless opening & closing songs
Synopsis: For these peaceful days――there’s a secret behind it all. A secret organization that prevents crimes: “DA – Direct Attack”. And their group of all-girl agents: “Lycoris”. This peaceful everyday life is all thanks to these young girls. The elite Chisato Nishikigi is the strongest Lycoris agent of all time. Alongside is Takina Inoue, the talented but mysterious Lycoris. They work together at one of its branches–Café LycoReco. Here, the orders this café takes range from coffee and sweets to childcare, shopping, teaching Japanese to foreign students, etc. It’s mostly tasks unbefitting of Lycoris. The free-spirited and optimistic pacifist, Chisato. And the cool-headed and efficient Takina. The chaotic everyday lives of this mismatched duo begin!
Spy Classroom – Season 1 & 2 Collection:
Japanese with English subtitles | 24 Episodes
Bonus Features: Character Promos, Textless opening & closing songs
Synopsis: Even though the world’s spy schools comb the planet for the top prospective new talent, every so often they pick some girls who don’t quite make the grade. Can self-proclaimed “World’s Greatest Spy” Klaus drill enough Spy Q into team leader Lily and her fellow failing spy-girl classmates for them to survive the impossible mission that’s their last chance of passing? Or will they end up passing on in an unfortunately fatal final exam? Get ready for superspies, stupor-ed spies, and spy-jinks galore as espionage and education collide violently head-on in the first two explosive series of SPY CLASSROOM!
Tokyo Mew Mew Mew:
Japanese with English subtitles | 12 Episodes [Season 1] & 12 Episodes [Season 2]
Bonus Features: Textless opening & closing songs
Synopsis: Ichigo was hoping for a great first date. What she got was a literal disaster and an origin story! First, she’s hit with a ray that supplements her DNA with that of an Iriomote Cat (an endangered subspecies of leopard), and then they’re attacked by a giant rat monster! With her date down, Ichigo finds herself using her new feline abilities to defeat the monster. Holy catgirl, she’s a super heroine! But who gave her these powers and why? With her cat out of the bag, Ichigo must track down the mysterious Mew Project and help locate the other Mew Mew girls who’ve been given similar powers in order to fight off invading aliens! Geez, when is she going to have time to do her homework? Find out when the good girls go magically wild in TOKYO MEW MEW NEW!
Vermeil in Gold – The Complete Collection:
English & Japanese with English subtitles | 12 Episodes
Bonus Features: Textless opening & closing songs, Japanese Promos and Episode Previews
Synopsis: Magic student Alto Goldfield isn’t having much luck at summoning, but it’s required to advance to the next grade. Then he chances upon an old grimoire and summons a lot more than he anticipated – a very beautiful and naked demon girl named Vermeil! The good news: she’s willing to become his familiar! Unfortunately, she also wants to “bond” in another way, live off his mana, and isn’t crazy about wearing clothes. This is probably going to get awkward, but in a school where the bullies have dragons, could it hurt to have a familiar who can kick a dragon’s tail? Welcome to Demon keeping 101, where, with any luck, Alto will hopefully survive summoning VERMEIL IN GOLD!
Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess – The Complete Collection:
English & Japanese with English subtitles | 12 Episodes
Bonus Features: Textless opening & closing songs
Synopsis: Komari Gandesblood is NOT your typical vampire. She’s weak, can’t use magic, dislikes blood, and prefers to hide in her room and pretend that the rest of the world isn’t there. Unfortunately, as a Vampire of Important Parentage and her father’s daughter, she’s been assigned to the job she’s least suited for: leading one of her nation’s armies! Can Komari and her obsessive new maid Villhaze convince her new battalion of bloodthirsty brutes into believing that she’s their fearless leader and totally in command? Probably not, but maybe blood will tell in The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess!
GUNGRAVE – The Complete Series
English & Japanese with English subtitles | 24 Episodes
Bonus Features: Promotional Videos, Textless opening & closing songs
Synopsis: Death doesn’t matter to Brandon Heat. Armed with his twin handguns and a coffin full of heavy weapons, he’s back from the grave and bent on crippling Millennion, a massive mafia organization with legions of undead monster enforcers. Driven by vengeance, Heat won’t stop until Millennion’s leader – and Brandon’s former best friend – “Bloody Harry” MacDowel is destroyed.
We can expect MVM Entertainment to share more details about the release of these titles in the near future, but in the meantime Spy Classroom, Tokyo Mew Mew, Vermeil in Gold and Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess can be streamed on HIDIVE while Lycoris Recoil can be streamed on Crunchyroll. Sadly GUNGRAVE isn’t available on a streaming service in the UK, but the DVD was previously released by MVM Entertainment in the UK.
