(Text in between pages) The begining of the battle portrayed by song.
Songs composed by Yuki Kajiura tie up the begining and the end of Fate/Zero. The artists who sing these songs appear now on Newtype.
Kalafina:
Composer Yuki Kajiura embraces all feelings contained in Fate/Zero in a beautiful song. The singing voices of Kalafina paint the colors of the begining.
NT: What impression do you you three have about Fate/Zero?
Hikaru:I've been able to watch both Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night, and I've been enjoying myself as I discover the connections between them. I like Saber. While carrying her own beliefs, she suffers and continues to search for her answer. I could sympathize with her suffering.
Wakana: Fate series isn''t about the struggle for the holy Grail only, but also about the human drama. In Fate/Zero, I like Kiritusgu. I like his looks and also Koyama (Rikiya's) voice.
Keiko: Fate/Zero was......scary. There are grotesque scenes and scary Heroic Spirits. But I like when male characters are active. Isn't this anime full of singular men? (laughs) It gets funnier as I watch it. I like to see the power of men's ambition.
Wakana: But in Fate/Zero, there are noble and lesser men, right? (laughs)
Keiko: Among the characters, I like Rider and Rin-chan. I'm bad at dealing with complex personalities.
NT: What are your impressions about the opening theme "to the begining"?
Keiko: This is a song that Kajiura-san wrote specially for Fate/Zero. Few days ago, when singing it live, I could remember the characters. The lyrics describe the inner hearts of people who yearn for something.
Hikaru: The lyrics are very appealing, and the words have weight. At the recording, Kajiura-san said to me "sing according to the meaning of the words". As the lyryics say about the "stained sky", she instructed me to "stain" my voice as well.
NT: Amazing!
Hikaru: I believe that, this time, I was the one who sang the most piercing and painful parts.
Wakana: There is a big sprinting feel in the melody, so, by adding the singing, various images are added. It starts with Keiko, then I come in with a mellow singing, and Hikaru adds a piercing voice. I think that, by making the best use of our voices, this time Kajiura-san created a song full of things she wanted to do.
NT: A last question for the three persons that are participating in Fate/Zero's Holy Grail war for the first itme. What wishes would you fulfill through the Holy Grail?
Wakana: My wish is to keep singing forever.
Hikaru: I think it would be good if everyone in the world could be happy.
Keiko: Let me see...I'd like to convey many songs to everyone along with Kalafina.
Haruna Runa:
Various Heroic Spirits are fading away. Luna Haruna's fresh voice ties up Fate/Zero's second season. What is contained in this sad melody?
NT: Runa-san, have you heard of Fate/Zero before?
Runa: I just saw the first episode of Fate/stay night. When the mansion came into play, I was wondering whether it would turn on something peaceful. After that I saw Fate/Zero, and I really got into it. I ended up wanting to buy goods, and I got some ring notebooks...
NT: That's definitely getting into it! Which Servants do you like?
Runa: I like Servant Rider and Servant Caster! Recently I've gotten to like Caster. He's cute, isn't he! Ryuunosuke-kun and Caster are both charming. They're like little kids, and they get their faces all flushed. So cute! Anyway, Waver is the work's heroine (clearly)! (Note: she did called him "heroine")
NT: What were your thoughts when you were chosen to sing the ending theme?
Runa: I was very frightened. I wondered if I could sing it well enough so I wouldn't break down it's worldview. Even so, when I thought that I could actually be able to get my song into this work, I became very happy.
NT: What impression did you have of "Sora wa Takaku Kaze wa Utau"?
Runa: It really conveys Kajiura-san's worldview, and I think it can condense, in one song, everything about this story - the painfulness and the sublimeness that it has. Afterward (after being chosen to sing the song), I was able to meet one-on-one with Kajiura-san about the composition, but I was very comfortable with her. I was told that it would be better if I sticked to the natural characteristics of my voice to sing. My voice is pretty low, but she taught me to sing high more easily by raising the corners of my mouth as I sang.
NT: What sort of things are you trying out from now on?
Runa: I always dreamed of singing anime songs, so now I'm having a lot of fun. If I possible, I want to sing while cosplaying! And if I can enter that worldview, I think I'll be able to express various things more.
NT: A last question for you that is participating in Fate/Zero's Holy Grail war for the first itme. What wishes would you fulfill through the Holy Grail?
Runa: For me, I'd like to connect 2D and 3D (note: she seems to mean "the anime world" and "the real world" here). Sometimes I want to get into 2D, and bring along a 2D character into 3D. If the Grail granted my wish, I'd want to have that ability!