Anim8ted Photo Op - Tara Sands - Bulbasaur

Awesome Con - DC

From Friday, April 4 2025 until Sunday, April 6 2025

What's Anim8ted? A small holographic QR code will be added to your photo op. Whenever you scan it, and hover your device over the photo, you'll be treated to a REAL video of Tara Sands delivering a special message from the day you met him at Awesome Con!


Tara Jayne Sands can be heard as over 50 characters in the original English Pokémon tv series including Bulbasaur, Richie, Jasmine, Oddish, Yamper and Tori. Some other roles include Biscuit in HunterXHunter, Mokuba in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kari in Digimon Adventure Tri, Anna in Shaman King, Curious in My Hero Academia, Momo, Utahime and Young Panda in Jujutsu Kaisen, Kirio Hikifume in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Young Ban in Seven Deadly Sins, Kombu Infinity in One Punch Man, Circe in Generator Rex, YoungKabuto in Naruto, Filia in Slayers, Summer in Barbie: Life in The Dreamhouse, Death 13/Mannish Boy in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Namida in Boruto, Sonya in Fire Emblem, Kyu in Bungou Stray Dogs, Ruby in Rainbow High, Kilo and Bay in Goddess of Victory: Nikke and lots more.

For 2 years (over 100 episodes!), Tara was the on-camera host of Cartoon Network’s weekly Friday night lineup, appropriately titled “Fridays.”

On “Fridays” Tara interviewed dozens of celebrities like George Lucas, Robin Williams, Charles Barkley and Daniel Radcliffe, and had more on-camera food fights than she cares to remember. Tara has also narrated over 300 audiobooks!

Currently, Tara is co-hosting a podcast called 4KidsFlashback where she interviews the actors and staff of 4Kids Entertainment, the company who brought tons of anime (like Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece) to English speaking audiences.