イドへ至る森へ至るイド (Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido)

==Background==
"Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido" is a prologue maxi to Sound Horizon's 7th story album, "Märchen". Set in Medieval Europe, the single is about the lives of Marz von Ludowing, Elisabeth von Wettin, and Theresa von Ludowing. Other characters featured in the songs include a doll named Elise, whose singing is provided with Hatsune Miku's vocals, and Märchen von Freidhof played by Revo himself. The single is notable for its usage of the Project if... vocal Junger März_PROTOTYPE β and Hatsune Miku as confirmed by the official website on June 7, 2010 and later on by the official Project If... Twitter account.Archived Official SiteTweet by Project If... twitter account The regular and limited editions of the single hit #2 on the Oricon weekly singles chart for the June 14-20 week and sold 47,000 copies, a record high for Sound Horizon at the time.Oricon NewsOricon NewsMantan Web 
The single's limited edition comes with a DVD that contains the music video for the first track as well as a separate video featuring a still image that plays all tracks, including the bonus tracks from both versions of the album.Aniwota Wiki The bonus fourth track of the album is different depending on the version of the single. On the regular edition, the bonus track is a piano piece meanwhile on the limited edition, it is a violin piece. On this page, the fourth track is the instrumental piece featured on the regular edition while the fifth track is the instrumental piece featured on the limited edition.
==Preceding and Succeeding albums==
Moira.jpg|Moira
March.jpg|Märchen (Fairytales)
==Track listing==
==Other media appearances==
===Album Versions===
* イドへ至る森へ至るイド (Limited Edition) (Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido (Limited Edition) - Limited edition
* イドへ至る森へ至るイド (Re:Master Production) (Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido (Re:Master Production) - Remastered album
==Promotional Goods==
Chain stores such as animate, GAMERS, HMV & Books, Shinseido, Sofmap, TOWER RECORDS, MAG*mani, Melon Books, and TSUTAYA RECORDS each provided a unique postcard when purchasing the limited edition of the single. Other distribution stores that carried the limited edition of the single came with the same postcards. All postcard were illustrated by yokoyan. Other promotional goods include two phone themes and ringtones of the first three tracks. Sound Horizon merchandise were also said to be given through lottery by answering a questionnaire regarding the single.Archived Official Site 
==Gallery==
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|-|Limited Edition Content = 
Limited.jpg|Limited edition album cover
cd and dvd.png|Limited edition CD and DVD
dvd screen better.jpg|DVD screen
elise with revo.jpg|Elise (Hatsune Miku) with Märchen von Freidhof (Revo) from music video 
elise.jpg|Elise closeup from music video
2nd video.jpg|Still image
|-|Promotional Goods =
postcard animate.jpg|animate postcard, portrait of Elise and Märchen von Freidhof
postcard ani.jpg|GAMERS postcard, portrait of Elisabeth von Wettin
postcard hmv.jpg|HMV & Books postcard, portrait of Marz von Ludowing and Elisabeth von Wettin
postcard shin.jpg|Shinseido postcard, portrait of Elise
postcard sof.jpg|Sofmap postcard, portrait of Elisabeth von Wettin
post card tower.jpg|TOWER RECORDS postcard, portrait of Märchen von Freidhof
poscard mag.jpg|MAG*nami postcard, portrait of Theresa von Ludowing
postcard melonbooks.jpg|Melon Books postcard, portrait of Theresa von Ludowing
post card other.jpg|TSUTAYA RECORDS postcard, portrait of Märchen von Freidhof and Marz von Ludowing 
postcard other.jpg|Other distribution stores postcard, different portraits of all characters 
merch 2.jpg|First phone theme
merch.jpg|Second phone theme
</tabber>
==Trivia==
* The bonus tracks in both versions of the single did not have names originally and were called [Secret Track] instead. The names would later be announced however. This is a common practice within Sound Horizon.Aniwota Wiki
* The music video for "Hikari to Yami no Dowa" ends with the whisper "殺してやる…" (Koroshite yaru), a line absent from the original song.Aniwota Wiki 
==References==
==External links==
===Official===
===Unofficial===
Category:Albums
Category:Japanese albums
Category:Albums featuring Hatsune Miku
Category:Albums featuring Human vocals and voices