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{{short description|American voice actress}}
'''Tara Sands''' (also known as '''Tara Jayne''' or '''Tara Jane''') is an American [[voice actor]] and [[actress]]. She is probably best known as the voice of Anna Kyoyama in Shaman King, Mokuba Kaiba in the English adaptation of the second series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime (known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters in Japan, up until episode 183, or the start of Season 5) as well as Chase on Fighting Foodons.
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| years_active = 1998–present
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'''Tara Sands''' is an American voice actress and co-host of [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''Fridays'' from 2005 to 2007.<ref name="watchreels">{{cite web|url=http://www.tarasands.com/look.html|title=Tara Sands&nbsp;— Watch Reels|publisher=TaraSands.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927141738/http://www.tarasands.com/look.html|archive-date=2011-09-27}}</ref> Sands has voiced in anime dubs and cartoons, including [[Bulbasaur]] in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' anime series, Spyler in ''[[I Spy (2002 TV series)|I Spy]]'', Kari Kamiya in ''[[Digimon Adventure tri.]]'', [[Anna Kyoyama]] in ''[[Shaman King]]'', [[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters#Main characters|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.<ref name="sammy">{{cite web|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/features/A1402.html|title=Talking with Wendelin Van Draanen|date=Oct–Nov 2003|publisher=audiofile.com|access-date=2011-11-15}}</ref>


== Biography ==
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, and raised in New Jersey, Sands studied theatre at Hofstra University, and has had a steady stream of voice acting work since high school. Much of her work is in anime dubbing, with multiple roles in such franchises as Slayers and Pokémon. She also voiced Tiara in Shamanic Princess, and Hikaru Shidou in the OVA 'remake' of Magic Knight Rayearth, among others.
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 also narrated numerous audio books, including Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series and Ellen Potter's Olivia Kidney.
Sands has narrated over 300 audio books, including [[Wendelin Van Draanen]]'s [[Sammy Keyes]] series,<ref name="sammy" /> ''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 voiceovers for numerous commercials, Sands has appeared on-camera in a couple of TV spots, including as the 'Office Cheerleader' in a series for Lipton's Cup-a-Soup.
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''.
She was also a host on Cartoon Network's (now defunct) weekly block Fridays.


==Mediagraphy==
== Filmography ==


=== Live action ===
* ''[[Ape Escape 2]]'' - Pipotchi (video game)
* ''[[Agent Aika]]'' - Ria
* ''[[Disjointed]]'' – Sadie, Plants (voice)
* ''Fridays'' ([[Cartoon Network]]) – Co-Host
* ''[[Ah! My Goddess: The Movie]]'' - Chrono
* ''[[Animalia (TV series)|Animalia]]'' - Allegra the Crocodile
* ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'' – Hotel Clerk, Waitress
* ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'' - Sara
* ''[[The Fresh Beat Band]]'' – Interviewer
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' - Seta Sojiro
* ''[[The Sarah Silverman Program]]'' – Campaign Manager
* ''[[The Newsroom (U.S. TV series)|The Newsroom]]'' – Secretary<ref name="july2012blog">{{cite web
* ''[[Fighting Foodons]]'' - Chase
| url = http://tarasands.blogspot.com/
* ''[[Garfield and Friends]]''
| work = Tara Sands Blogspot
* ''[[Pokémon|Charizard Guy]]'' - Charet (Season 4 to Present)
| date = 2012-07-21
* ''[[I Spy (2003 TV series)]]''
| title = Lots of exciting stuff happening....
* ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' - Lololo and Lalala
| author = Tara Sands
* ''[[Legend of Himiko]]'' - Tadami
}}</ref>
* ''[[Maze]]'' - Solude Schfoltzer
* ''[[One Piece]]'' - Kaya, Nojiko (4Kids), young Luffy
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)]]'' [[Bulbasaur]], [[Phanpy]], [[Larvitar]], Tory Lund and Richie (seasons one-eight)
* ''[[P.D. Eastman T.V. Series (2001-2007)/P.D. Eastman Movie (2007)]]
* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' - Hikaru Shindou (OVA)
* ''[[Shaman King]]'' - Anna Kyoyama
* ''[[Shamanic Princess]]'' - Tiara (OVA)
* ''[[Slayers]]'' - Filia Ul Copt
* ''[[Sonic X]]'' - Danny
* ''[[Something Adventures of Chuck E. Cheese's]]
* ''[[F-Zero: GP Legend]]''
* ''[[Descendants of Darkness]]''
* ''[[Mew Mew Power]]''
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)]]''
* ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' - Mokuba Kaiba
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''
* ''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]'' (2007 film DVD) in [[Technicolor]] (Golden Color Living Books)


==External links==
=== Anime ===
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* [http://www.tarasands.com/ Tara Sands]
* ''[[Agent Aika]]'' – Ria
*{{imdb name|id=1147026|name=Tara Sands}}
* ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'' – Sara Mudo
* ''[[Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day]]'' – Jinta "Jintan" Yodomi (Child)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/04/16-1/aniplex-of-america-previews-anohana-dub|title=Aniplex Of America Previews "Anohana" Dub|work=Crunchyroll|access-date=2017-06-07|language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Beyblade Burst Turbo]]'' – Tobisuke
* ''[[Descendants of Darkness]]'' – Princess Tsubaki
* ''[[Digimon Adventure:]]'' – Biyomon
* ''Domain of Murder'' – Keita Toyama
* ''[[Durarara!!]]'' – Masaomi Kida (Young), Additional Voices
* ''[[Fencer of Minerva]]'' – Diana
* ''[[Fighting Foodons]]'' – Chase<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA341|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed.|first=Vincent|last=Terrace|date=6 November 2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786486410|access-date=1 November 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/fighting-foodons/cast/201347/|title=Fighting Foodons|work=TV Guide|access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="talent">{{cite web|url=http://epochtalent.com/portfolio-item/tara-sands-pokemon-yu-gi-oh-shaman-king/|title=TARA SANDS (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Shaman King)&nbsp;– Epoch Talent|work=epochtalent.com|access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[Geobreeders]]'' – Eiko Rando
* ''[[Ghost Talker's Daydream]]'' – Anzai
* ''[[Girls Bravo]]'' – Nanase Koh Haruka, Reporter (Ep. 21)
* ''[[The God of High School]]'' – Sai, Sumi Yoo
* ''[[High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World]]'' – Winona
* ''[[Hunter × Hunter]]'' – Biscuit Krueger
* ''[[Isekai Cheat Magician]]'' – Lemia, Aerial
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' – Death 13, Old Hag (Bastet arc)
* ''[[Jujutsu Kaisen]]'' – Utahime Iori, Momo Nishimiya
* ''[[Jungle Emperor Leo]]'' – Lune/Rune
* ''[[Knights of Ramune]]'' – PQ
* ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' – Fololo, Falala (4Kids Version)
* ''[[Legend of Himiko]]'' – Tadami
* ''[[Little Witch Academia]]'' – Woodward, Lotte's Mother, Party Guest
* ''[[Maze (novel)|Maze]]'' – Solude Schfoltzer
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt]]'' – Karla Mitchum
* ''[[My Hero Academia]]'' – Curious
* ''[[Naruto Shippuden]]'' – Yota, Tamao, [[List of Naruto characters#Kabuto Yakushi|Young Kabuto]] (Ep. 335 and 336)
* ''[[No Guns Life]]'' – Anne
* ''[[One Piece]]'' – Miss Kaya (4Kids dub)
* ''[[One Punch Man]]'' – Kombu Infinity<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/blog/posts/one-punch-man-is-coming-to-toonami|title=One-Punch Man Is Coming to Toonami!|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=July 14, 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[Patlabor]]: The Mobile Police'' – Takeo Kumagami
* ''[[Photon (anime)|Photon]]'' – [[Photon (anime)#Aun Freya|Aun Freya]]<ref name="akadot">{{cite web|url=http://luisarturoreyes.com/akadot/fun/qanda/qanda-jayne1.html|title=The Trials, Trevails, and Bitterness of Voice Acting: Straight Talk with Tara Jayne|publisher=[[Akadot]]|date=2001-04-09|access-date=2011-11-15}} – "Pokemon was my first voice acting job"</ref>
* ''[[Pokémon (TV series)|Pokémon]]'' – multiple characters including [[Bulbasaur]],<ref name="akadot"/> [[Phanpy]], [[Larvitar]], [[Clefairy]], [[Yamper]], Bugsy, Jasmine, Cissy, Ritchie
* ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal]]'' – [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Kotono Sarashina|Kotono Sarashina]] (Eps. 15 and 18)
* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth|Rayearth]]'' – Hikaru Shidou
* ''[[Rent-A-Girlfriend]]'' – Imai<ref name="btva"/>
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' – Tokiko Chida
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' – [[Seta Sōjirō]], Osamu Masukami (as Tara Jayne)
*''[[Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas]]'' – Yuzuriha<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TaraSandsLA/status/1027013806705111042|title=Tara Jayne Sands on Twitter|date=2018-08-07|via=Twitter|access-date=13 August 2018}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2024}}
* ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'' – Santera
* ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (manga)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]'' – Luigi
* ''[[Shaman King]]'' – [[Anna Kyoyama]], Opacho
* ''[[Shamanic Princess]]'' – Tiara<ref name="akadot"/>
* ''[[Shrine of the Morning Mist]]'' – Tadahiro Amatsu (Child), Tama Hieda
* ''[[Shura no Mon|Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos]]'' – Kesshomaru/Shiori
* ''[[Sailor Moon (TV series)|Sailor Moon]]'' – Yumemi Yumeno (Ep. 28, Viz Media dub)<ref>{{cite episode | title= An Artful Attack | work=VIZ Media | episode-link=Sailor Moon (season 1)#ep28| series=Sailor Moon| series-link=Sailor Moon (TV series) | number=28 | medium=BD/DVD | publisher=Viz }}</ref><!-- this is on the BD/DVD version since the online one does not show English credits -->
* ''[[Slayers|Slayers Try]]'' - [[Filia Ul Copt]] (as Tara Jayne)
* ''[[Spirit Warrior]]'' - Asura
* ''[[Stitch!]]'' - Audrey
* ''[[Tiger & Bunny]]'' - Ms. Violet<ref>{{cite episode| url = http://www.hulu.com/watch/648999#i0,p12,d0 | title = The Sky's the Limit | series= Tiger & Bunny | series-link = Tiger & Bunny | episode-link = List of Tiger & Bunny episodes#ep15 | number = 15 | work = Viz Media }}</ref><!-- Viz Media English credits only list the voice actors not their roles&nbsp;— need source for anything beyond that -->
* ''[[Time Bokan]]'' - Ohana, Yatterman (1&2)
* ''[[To Heart]]'' - [[Multi (To Heart)|Multi]]
* ''[[Time Patrol Bon|T・P Bon]]'' - Yumiko Yasukawa, Mrs. Namihira<ref>{{cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/TaraSandsVO/status/1786215230906994877|title=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!|date=May 2, 2024|user=TaraSandsVO|number=1786215230906994877}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2024}}
* ''[[Ultraman (manga)|Ultraman]]'' – Rena Sayama<ref name=":022">{{cite episode|series=Ultraman 2019|number=1|time=Closing credits, English Language Cast|publisher=Netflix|location=USA|title=A Power That Shouldn't Be On This Earth}}</ref>
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters]]'' – [[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters#Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba Kaiba]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yugioh.com/characters/mokuba-kaiba|title=Mokuba Kaiba|work=yugioh.com|date=November 17, 2001 |access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon]]'' – Raita
{{div col end}}

=== Animation ===

* ''[[Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse]]'' – Summer
* ''[[Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures]]'' – Dreamhouse Door
* ''[[Danger Rangers]]'' – Additional Voices
* ''[[Electric City (web series)|Electric City]]'' – Roger Moore
* ''[[Enchantimals|Enchantimals: Tales of Everwilde]]'' – Danessa Deer, Larissa Lemer
* ''[[Generator Rex]]'' – Circe
* ''[[I Spy (2002 TV series)|I Spy (HBO animated series)]]'' – [[I Spy (2002 TV series)#Spyler|Spyler]] (as Tara Jayne)
* ''[[Pinkfong Wonderstar]]'' – Jeni and Rachel
* ''Shadow of the Elves'' – Nayade, Rowan
* ''[[Supernormal]]'' – Buzz Girl, Eric's Mom
* ''Rainbow High (YouTube animated series)'' – Ruby Anderson, Ms. Pamela Morton
* ''[[Team Umizoomi]]'' – Horse
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)]]'' – Angel (Season 1–4), Tyler
* ''[[Valt the Wonder Deer]]'' – Trika
* ''[[Welcome to Eltingville]]'' – Jane

=== Films ===
* ''[[Ah! My Goddess: The Movie]]'' – Chrono
* ''[[Digimon Adventure tri.]]'' – Kari Kamiya (Hikari Yagami), Homeostasis
* ''[[Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna]]'' – Kari Kamiya (Hikari Yagami), Ayaka, Newswoman
* ''[[Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning]]'' – Kari Kamiya (Hikari Yagami)
* ''[[Ice Age: Continental Drift]]'' – Additional Voices
* ''[[My Kid Could Paint That]]'' – Voice Over Talent<ref name="paint">{{cite press release|url=http://www.sonyclassics.com/mykidcouldpaintthat/presskit/mykidcouldpaintthat_presskit.pdf|title=My Kid Could Paint That&nbsp;— Press Kit|access-date=2012-02-28|publisher=[[Sony Classics]]}}</ref>
* ''[[Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys]]'' – Tory Lund
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright]]'' – Nancy
* ''[[Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie]]'' – Queen Badiane ([[Viz Media]]/[[Studiopolis]] Dub)
* ''[[The Orbital Children]]'' – Mina Misasa
* ''[[Time of Eve]]'' – Naoko Sakisaka
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions]]'' – Mokuba Kaiba

=== Video games ===
* ''[[Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls]]'' – Masaru Daimon<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TaraSandsLA/status/575745762895638529|title=I'm allowed to announce I'll be playing Masaru in Danganronpa Another Episode! So fun!|via=Twitter|access-date=2015-03-11}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2024}}
* ''[[Dead Island]]'' – Jin, Various Characters<ref>{{cite video game | developer =[[Techland]] | publisher = [[Deep Silver]] | title = [[Dead Island]] | scene=Credits, 4:35 in, US Voice Talents }}</ref>
* ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0]]'' – Additional Voices<ref>{{cite video game | title = [[Final Fantasy Type-0|Final Fantasy Type-0 HD]] | developer = Square Enix | scene=Closing credits, 1:54 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices}}</ref>
* ''[[Infamous Second Son]]'' – Activist<ref>{{cite video game | developer=[[Sucker Punch Productions]] | publisher=[[Sony Computer Entertainment]] | scene=Credits, 3:43 in, Additional Voice Talent | title=[[Infamous: Second Son]] | year=2014}}</ref>
* ''[[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII]]'' – Additional Voices<ref>{{cite video game | title = [[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII]] | developer = Square Enix | scene=Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices}}</ref>
* ''[[Pokémon Channel]]'' – [[List of generation II Pokémon#List of Pokémon|Smoochum, Teddiursa]]<ref name="pccredits">{{cite video game | developer=[[Ambrella]] | title=Pokémon Channel | publisher=[[Nintendo]] | scene=Ending credits, 7:25 in, Cast | year=2003}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1LuXLYWLTc -->
* ''[[Scarlet Nexus]]'' - Additional voices<ref>{{cite web |title=Scarlet Nexus (2021 Video Game) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Scarlet-Nexus/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=12 July 2021|postscript=. 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.}}</ref>
* ''[[Singularity (video game)|Singularity]]'' – Additional English Voice Talent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Singularity/|title=Behind The Voice Actors&nbsp;– Singularity|work=Behind The Voice Actors}} – role was confirmed using screenshots of closing credits</ref>
*''[[Valkyria Chronicles 4]]'' – Teresa Leach, Rebecca Longhurst, Rosie<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Tara Jayne Sands (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Tara-Jayne-Sands/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=17 December 2020|postscript=. 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.}}</ref>
*''[[Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' – Sonya<ref name="btva"/>
*''[[Fire Emblem Heroes]]'' – Sonya, Olwen (Righteous Knight)<ref name="btva"/>
*''[[Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes]]'' – Additional voices<ref>{{cite web |title=Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022 Video Game) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Fire-Emblem-Warriors-Three-Hopes/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref>
*''[[Nier: Automata]]'' – Additional voices<ref name="NA">{{cite web |title=Nier: Automata (2017 Video Game) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Nier-Automata/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=17 May 2021|postscript=. 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.}}</ref>
*''[[Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139...]]'' – Red-Bag Woman, additional voices<ref name="NRv1credits">{{cite video game | developer=Toylogic Inc. | title=Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... | publisher=[[Square Enix]] | scene=Ending credits, 25:39 | year=2021}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiN3MD4VxoE -->
*''[[One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows]]'' - Child Emperor<ref name="btva"/>
*''[[Relayer (video game)|Relayer]]'' - Additional voices<ref>{{cite video game | developer=[[Kadokawa Games]] | title=Relayer | publisher=Clouded Leopard Entertainment | scene=Ending credits, 14:31 in, EN Other VOICE CAST | year=2022}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gGWR4wGgQk -->
*''[[Resident Evil: Resistance]]'' - Becca Woolett<ref name="btva"/>

=== Podcasts ===
* [https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/godcast/ ''Godcast''] - [[Joan of Arc]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Through the Cracks, Godcast, and 3 More Podcasts Worth Trying|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/recaps/through-the-cracks-godcast-and-3-more-podcasts-worth-trying/ar-BB1dM2ii|access-date=2021-03-26|publisher=MSN}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*{{anime News Network|people|3877|Tara Jayne}}
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Latest revision as of 12:27, 25 October 2024

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

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

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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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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.
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  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)
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  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.
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