Director: Haluk Can Dizdaroglu, Berk Tokay
An ancient stone hides a power that turns a tech mogul into a threat to the whole world in King Shakir: Rise of the Giants, a 2024 Turkish animated adventure directed by Haluk Can Dizdaroglu and Berk Tokay, dubbed in Persian and streaming on K-Time.
What is King Shakir: Rise of the Giants about?
Şakir's family loves the gadgets made by a sleek tech company almost as much as they love each other, so when the company's owner, Harun, funds a dig led by Şakir's archaeologist grandmother Seniha, nobody expects trouble. The team uncovers a stone that has kept something dangerous locked away since prehistoric times, and once it's free, Harun is no longer entirely himself. He turns his own mobile devices into an army built to seize control, and Seniha disappears in the chaos. What starts as a family outing to a museum-worthy dig site turns into Şakir and his relatives racing to find their grandmother and stop machines that were never supposed to move on their own.
Cast & crew
The Turkish voice cast for King Shakir: Rise of the Giants has not been widely credited in English-language listings; the film is built around its animated family cast rather than marquee names.
Context & significance
King Shakir: Rise of the Giants comes out of Turkey's growing animated-feature scene, aimed squarely at family audiences rather than festival circuits, with a plot that mixes archaeology, technology and a fairly earnest message about family sticking together under pressure. For diaspora households, the Persian dub makes it an easy pick for younger viewers who might otherwise skip a Turkish-language title entirely.
Where & how to watch
King Shakir: Rise of the Giants streams on K-Time with a Persian dub, so the whole adventure plays out in Farsi. Watching requires logging into a free K-Time account, though the film's page itself can be read without one. It's available on phone, tablet, smart TV and browser, with no VPN or region workaround needed, and can be stopped at any point.