The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future!

The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future!
Theatrical release poster
KanjiTHE IDOLM@STER MOVIE 輝きの向こう側へ！
Revised HepburnThe Idolmaster Movie: Kagayaki no Mukōgawa e!
Directed byAtsushi Nishigori
Screenplay by
  • Atsushi Nishigori
  • Tatsuya Takahashi
Based onThe Idolmaster
by Namco Bandai Games[1]
Produced by
  • Yozo Sakagami
  • Hironori Toba
  • Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
  • Tomohiro Kashiwaya
Starring
Cinematography
  • Hitoshi Tamura
  • Shinya Katō
Edited byAkinori Mishima
Music byRyuuichi Takada
Production
company
Distributed byAniplex
Release date
  • January 25, 2014 (2014-01-25)
Running time
121 minutes[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$7.48 million[3][4]

The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future!,[a] stylized as THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE: Beyond the Brilliant Future!, is a 2014 Japanese animated film based on The Idolmaster franchise and a sequel to The Idolmaster (2011). Produced by A-1 Pictures and distributed by Aniplex, the film is directed by Atsushi Nishigori from a script he wrote with Tatsuya Takahashi. The film follows Producer working with the idols of 765 Production for their first arena concert and inviting seven idols-in-training as their backup dancers.

Originally an original video animation film planned by Aniplex producer Hironori Toba by June 2012, the project was then changed into a feature film after Toba began working with Nishigori for the project by October. The production of the film was confirmed in February 2013, with the staff and cast of the anime series set to be returning. Additional cast were revealed in November 2013.

The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! premiered in Japan on January 25, 2014. The film grossed over $7 million worldwide, and it received nominations at Newtype Anime Awards and Tokyo Anime Award Festival. A remastered version of the film's Blu-ray and DVD, subtitled VideoMaster Version, was released in Japan on September 19, 2014.

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