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created by Varol Yaşaroğlu, Berk Tokay and Haluk Can Dizdaroğlu and produced by Grafi2000 for Cartoon Network Turkey, Boomerang Turkey and

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. The series' sneak peek premiered on April 23, 2016. It premiered officially on May 16, 2016 as Cartoon Network Turkey's first local series. It also airs in many other countries throughout Western Asia and North Africa in October 2010. 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 with magic, spaceships, parallel realms and all sort of

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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 the 11th of May, 2018. The second film, Kral Şakir: Korsanlar Diyarı "Land of Pirates" was released in theaters on the 4th of October, 2019. The third film, Kral Şakir: Mikrop Avcıları was released on the Turkish streaming service Exxen exclusively on the 22nd of January, 2021. Kral Şakir: Cumperlop "Splash" also released on Exxen as an exclusive on the 23 of April, 2021. The next movie, Kral Şakir: Geri Dönüşüm "Recycle" was released in theaters the 14th of July, 2022. Later, the movie was shown on Disney+ internationally on the 18th of January, 2023. The next and last movie, Kral Şakir: Devler Uyandı was released in theaters on the 16th of February, 2024. It is unknown whether there might be another feature film in the future.

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Cast

Notes

*Is currently on Middle East televisions *Necati was previously voiced by Levent Ünsal, but after his death in 2020, he was replaced by Emre Turanlı

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kral Sakir Turkish comedy television series 2010s Turkish television series Turkish animated television series Television shows set in Istanbul Television series produced in Istanbul Current Turkish television series Animated television series about lions Television series about gorillas