Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Rapping Reaper, the collector of souls, Mori Calliope, is HERE! on The Anime Effect! She’s sharing her hololive journey, the anime she’d kill to write a song for, and she even reveals whose team she’s on: Kendrick or Drake!

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0:00 Welcome!
0:45 Mori Calliope Joins!
1:20 Mori Calliope's Gateway Anime
2:17 Mori Calliope Wants Our Souls?!
4:27 How Mori Calliope STUNS at Her Live Shows
6:43 How Mori Honors the MAGIC of VTubing
9:50 Mori Calliope is the Rapping Reaper
13:18 Mori Calliope REVEALS: Team Kendrick or Team Drake
14:53 How Japanese Music Inspires Mori Calliope's Music
18:28 Mori Calliope x Suicide Squad ISEKAI
21:20 The Anime Mori Calliope Would KILL to Make Music For
23:39 Mori Calliope's Favorite Anime!
27:48 Mori Calliope's Favorite Games!
32:17 Bye!

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