Tara Sands is an American voice actress and co-host of Cartoon Network's Fridays from 2005 to 2007.[1] Sands has voiced in anime dubs and cartoons, including Bulbasaur in the Pokémon anime series, Spyler in I Spy, Kari Kamiya in Digimon Adventure tri., Anna Kyoyama in Shaman King, Mokuba Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, as well as Chase on Fighting Foodons and Filia Ul Copt in Slayers. She also provides narration on audio books.[2]

Tara Sands
Sands in 2016
Other namesTara Jayne
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • television host
Years active1998–present
Websitewww.tarasands.com

Biography

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Much of Sands' work is in anime dubbing, with multiple roles in franchises such as Pokémon, Slayers, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Digimon Adventure Tri, and Hunter x Hunter. She has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, Bang Zoom!, Funimation, TAJ Productions, NYAV Post, Studiopolis, Central Park Media, and VSI Los Angeles.

Sands has narrated over 300 audio books, including Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series,[2] After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and two books in the Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine: Welcome to Dead House and One Day at HorrorLand.

In addition to providing voice-overs for commercials, Sands was co-host of Cartoon Network Fridays for over 100 episodes.

As of 2021, Sands provides the voice for "sidekick" Joan of Arc in the Forever Dog podcast Godcast.

Filmography

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Live action

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Anime

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Animation

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Films

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Video games

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Podcasts

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References

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  1. ^ "Tara Sands — Watch Reels". TaraSands.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Talking with Wendelin Van Draanen". audiofile.com. October–November 2003. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  3. ^ Tara Sands (July 21, 2012). "Lots of exciting stuff happening..." Tara Sands Blogspot.
  4. ^ "Aniplex Of America Previews "Anohana" Dub". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  5. ^ Terrace, Vincent (November 6, 2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486410. Retrieved November 1, 2016 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Fighting Foodons". TV Guide. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "TARA SANDS (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Shaman King) – Epoch Talent". epochtalent.com. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  8. ^ "One-Punch Man Is Coming to Toonami!". Viz Media. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c "The Trials, Trevails, and Bitterness of Voice Acting: Straight Talk with Tara Jayne". Akadot. April 9, 2001. Retrieved November 15, 2011. – "Pokemon was my first voice acting job"
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Tara Jayne Sands (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 17, 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  11. ^ "Tara Jayne Sands on Twitter". August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "An Artful Attack". Sailor Moon (BD/DVD). Episode 28. Viz.
  13. ^ "The Sky's the Limit". Tiger & Bunny. Episode 15.
  14. ^ @TaraSandsVO (May 2, 2024). "It was so much fun voicing Yumiko & Mrs. Namihira in #TPBon for @netflix ! It's a new project by Fujio F. Fujiko & you can hear great performances by @TheGriffinBurns @ericalindbeck @BenjaminDiskin @MichaelMychak @ErrigoVoice @Swindletopher @ToddHaberkorn @Julie_Nathanson & more!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "A Power That Shouldn't Be On This Earth". Ultraman 2019. Episode 1. USA: Netflix. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Cast.
  16. ^ "Mokuba Kaiba". yugioh.com. November 17, 2001. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  17. ^ "My Kid Could Paint That — Press Kit" (PDF) (Press release). Sony Classics. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  18. ^ "I'm allowed to announce I'll be playing Masaru in Danganronpa Another Episode! So fun!". Retrieved March 11, 2015 – via Twitter.
  19. ^ Techland. Dead Island. Deep Silver. Scene: Credits, 4:35 in, US Voice Talents.
  20. ^ Square Enix. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD. Scene: Closing credits, 1:54 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
  21. ^ Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous: Second Son. Sony Computer Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 3:43 in, Additional Voice Talent.
  22. ^ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
  23. ^ Ambrella. Pokémon Channel. Nintendo. Scene: Ending credits, 7:25 in, Cast.
  24. ^ "Scarlet Nexus (2021 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 12, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  25. ^ "Behind The Voice Actors – Singularity". Behind The Voice Actors. – role was confirmed using screenshots of closing credits
  26. ^ "Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  27. ^ "Nier: Automata (2017 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 17, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  28. ^ Toylogic Inc. Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Square Enix. Scene: Ending credits, 25:39.
  29. ^ Kadokawa Games. Relayer. Clouded Leopard Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 14:31 in, EN Other VOICE CAST.
  30. ^ "Through the Cracks, Godcast, and 3 More Podcasts Worth Trying". MSN. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
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