King Şakir () is a Turkish animated television series created by Varol Yaşaroğlu, Berk Tokay and Haluk Can Dizdaroğlu and produced by Grafi2000 for Cartoon Network Turkey,and Boomerang Turkey. The series' sneak peek premiered on April 23, 2016. It premiered officially on May 16, 2016 as Cartoon Network Turkey's first local series. In 2024, the animated series began airing in Russia on the Солнце channel.
A spinoff series, Kral Şakir Mini was released on New Year's Eve in 2024. The series targets music videos towards preschoolers.
Premise The series tells the adventures of an anthropomorphic lion named Şakir who lives with his little sister, a cat named Canan, mother named Kadriye, whose also a cat, and his lion dad Remzi, his adopted 120-year-old tortoise father, Peyami, and their best friend, Necati, a purple elephant. There is also Mirket, a brown meerkat scientist who has a laboratory, and Tanju, a brown homeless dog who lives on the streets and is unemployed. The three main villains of the show are Kürşat, Ercan, and Necmi, who are a vulture, a gorilla, and a fox respectively. Starting in episode 235, Nejati's cousin, a pink elephant named Filsu is introduced, she is the first character on the show to be disabled, and uses a wheelchair to get around. The show is set in an animated version of İstanbul, but includes magic, spaceships and parallel realms.
Adaptations The show has been adapted into several feature films, including a stage show called Kral Şakir, Uzdaya Şamata which is about the characters going into space. The first film, Kral Şakir: Oyun Zamanı ("Let the Game Begin"), was released in theaters on 11 May 2018. The second film, Kral Şakir: Korsanlar Diyarı ("Land of Pirates"), was released in theaters on 4 October 2019. The third film, Kral Şakir: Mikrop Avcıları, was released on the Turkish streaming service Exxen exclusively on 22 January 2021. Kral Şakir: Cumperlop ("Splash") was also released on Exxen as an exclusive on 23 April 2021. The next movie, Kral Şakir: Geri Dönüşüm ("Recycle") was released in theaters on 14 July 2022. Later, the movie was shown on Disney+ internationally, starting in January 2023. The next movie, Kral Şakir: Devler Uyandı was released in theaters on 16 February 2024.
Episodes Season 1
Season 2
Cast Voice oversCharactersMustafa OralŞakirAtilla ŞendilRemziLevent Ünsal (2016–20)Emre Turanlı (2020-present)NecatiDidem AtlıhanCananSema KahrimanKadriyeBarış ÖzgençKürşatOnur AkgülgilMirketSedat YılmazPeyamiSinan DivrikErcanHakan AkınTanju
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