theme music. Newtype, which released its February issue featuring Haruka drawn by Nishigori as the cover on January 10, 2014, collaborated with six book retailers (Animate, Gamers, Toranoana, Wonder Goo, Tsutaya, and Lawson) for the first time in the magazine's history to offer buyers special posters with different characters from the film that were assigned to each retailers. The magazine issue was sold out in 10 days following its release. A prologue volume of The Idolmaster manga series (listed as "Volume 0") created by Takahashi and The Idolmaster manga illustrator Mana, titled The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! Signs, was given during the second week of the film's release. Its story takes place between the anime series and the film. The special edition of the manga's third volume, which was released on August 4, 2014, is bundled with a booklet titled The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! 0+. It contains Signs as a chapter and a new 44-page chapter titled "The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! Longing", which features the backup dancers' point of view during the training camp. Promotional partners for the film included the T-shirt brand Beams; Lawson, which sold a limited advance ticket bundled with a drama CD titled The Idolmaster Lawson Original Drama Disk through Loppi. It details Haruka, Chihaya, Yukiho, and Takane promoting the arena concert during a radio show hosted by DJ Tetsuya Karukuchi; and Lotteria. Release Theatrical The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! was released in Japan on January 25, 2014. The film was previously scheduled to be released in March 2014. During the stage greeting attended by Nakamura, Hara, Numakura, and Imai at Shinjuku Wald 9 in April 2014, an individual was reported to have seen the film 102 times. Japanese entertainment blog Hachima Kikō speculated the free The Idolmaster goods that came in every ticket purchase, which were being changed weekly throughout the film's theatrical run, were the reason behind the filmgoer's streak. VideoMaster Version The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! ended its theatrical run on May 30, 2014. The upcoming home video release, which was first announced in the middle of that month, was "newly mastered" for the film's rerelease. The new version, subtitled , was released in 40 theaters in Japan from September 19 to October 10, 2014. Home media The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! was released on Blu-ray and DVD in