Tara Sands Explained

Tara Sands
Other Names:Tara Jayne
Years Active:1998–present

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]

Biography

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, 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

Live action

Anime

Animation

Films

Video games

Podcasts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tara Sands - Watch Reels. TaraSands.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927141738/http://www.tarasands.com/look.html. 2011-09-27.
  2. Web site: Talking with Wendelin Van Draanen. Oct–Nov 2003. audiofile.com. 2011-11-15.
  3. Web site: Lots of exciting stuff happening.... . Tara Sands Blogspot . 2012-07-21 . Tara Sands.
  4. News: Aniplex Of America Previews "Anohana" Dub. Crunchyroll. 2017-06-07. en.
  5. Book: Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed.. 6 November 2008. McFarland. 9780786486410. 1 November 2016. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Fighting Foodons. tvguide.com. 1 November 2016.
  7. Web site: TARA SANDS (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Shaman King) – Epoch Talent. epochtalent.com. 1 November 2016.
  8. Web site: One-Punch Man Is Coming to Toonami!. Viz Media. July 14, 2016.
  9. Web site: The Trials, Trevails, and Bitterness of Voice Acting: Straight Talk with Tara Jayne. Akadot. 2001-04-09. 2011-11-15. - "Pokemon was my first voice acting job"
  10. Web site: Tara Jayne Sands on Twitter. 2018-08-07. twitter.com. 13 August 2018.
  11. An Artful Attack . VIZ Media . Sailor Moon (season 1)#ep28. Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon (TV series) . 28 . BD/DVD . Viz .
  12. The Sky's the Limit . Tiger & Bunny . Tiger & Bunny . List of Tiger & Bunny episodes#ep15 . 15 . Viz Media .
  13. 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!. May 2, 2024. TaraSandsVO. 1786215230906994877.
  14. Ultraman 2019. 1. Closing credits, English Language Cast. Netflix. USA. A Power That Shouldn't Be On This Earth.
  15. Web site: Mokuba Kaiba. yugioh.com. November 17, 2001 . 1 November 2016.
  16. My Kid Could Paint That - Press Kit. 2012-02-28. Sony Classics.
  17. Web site: I'm allowed to announce I'll be playing Masaru in Danganronpa Another Episode! So fun!. Twitter.com. 2015-03-11.
  18. . . . Credits, 4:35 in, US Voice Talents .
  19. . Square Enix . Closing credits, 1:54 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
  20. . . Credits, 3:43 in, Additional Voice Talent . . 2014.
  21. . Square Enix . Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
  22. . Pokémon Channel . . Ending credits, 7:25 in, Cast . 2003.
  23. Web site: Scarlet Nexus (2021 Video Game) . Behind The Voice Actors . 12 July 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 closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
  24. Web site: Behind The Voice Actors – Singularity. Behind The Voice Actors. - role was confirmed using screenshots of closing credits
  25. Web site: Tara Jayne Sands (visual voices guide) . Behind The Voice Actors . 17 December 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 closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
  26. Web site: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022 Video Game) . Behind The Voice Actors . 19 July 2022.
  27. Web site: Nier: Automata (2017 Video Game) . Behind The Voice Actors . 17 May 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
  28. Toylogic Inc. . Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... . . Ending credits, 25:39 . 2021.
  29. . Relayer . Clouded Leopard Entertainment . Ending credits, 14:31 in, EN Other VOICE CAST . 2022.
  30. Web site: Through the Cracks, Godcast, and 3 More Podcasts Worth Trying. 2021-03-26. www.msn.com.