Japan on October 8, 2014. Their limited editions are bundled with a drama CD titled Perfect Idol: The Movie, which features the encore part of the arena concert that is not seen in the film, and a mook titled The Idolmaster Movie Fan Book: Memorial Master & Ogi Star Memoris 2. The "Shiny Festa Anime Blu-ray Bundle Edition" is included with the three animated episodes in The Idolmaster Shiny Festa video game, the drama CD, and the mook. The film was aired on Wowow on March 7 and April 6, 2015. The Idolmaster official YouTube channel streamed the film from August 19 to September 1, 2020. Reception Box office The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! grossed million in Japan and in South Korea, for a worldwide total of million. The film earned in its opening weekend in Japan, ranking fifth at the box office. It grossed by the end of its theatrical run. VideoMaster Version added to the overall box office. Critical response Toshi Nakamura of Kotaku felt The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! was "quite enjoyable, if a little long. The main story expands on the anime storyline and utilizes the characters well without betraying anything that came before, but with little to no character development for the main 12 girls, the movie ends up feeling a little on the fan service side – more a side story than a sequel or evolution." Nakamura praised how the existing characters "evolved (relatively) since their humble beginnings and the movie does a good job of showing that they've changed and matured, while at their core they remain the same people" and how the characters from Million Live! were introduced without "shov[ing] that fact in your face and no previous experience with [the game] is necessary to enjoy [the film]." However, he had "mixed" feelings toward the visual quality, the film's second act, which he felt that it "drags on a little long and it feels like the movie is stamping its feet and wallowing in its own angst", and the huge cast, which he could only remember a handful of them that had made a real impression. Accolades |- ! scope="row" rowspan="12" | 2014 | rowspan="12" | Newtype Anime Awards | Best Picture (Film) | The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! | | rowspan="12" | |- | Best Male Character | Producer | |- | rowspan="4" | Best