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I Want King Shakir to Open Up to the World  digital channels. In this   reason why I can make these   the animal world. We have
           sense, we are investigating
                                                                                two characters named "Birce"
                                             animations with my team is
                                                                                and "Birol". They also have a
           opportunities in which we
                                             that I can use computers and
                                             technology very well. Those
           can invest. We will definitely
                                                                                grandfather. The grandfather
                                             frame-by-frame drawings
           come with a new season
                                                                                also has an interesting story.
           of the series. Even if we
                                             that were made with very
                                                                                There is also a very funny
           can't come back with a TV
                                             expensive productions at
                                                                                character. As you know, we
           series, maybe we will come
                                             the time... If we were in the
                                                                                are currently in the age of
           back with a movie. Fırıldak
                                             days of Disney and there
           Family is truly engraved in
                                                                                is a Turkish robot character
                                             were no computers, it would
           our hearts right now. At this     situation we were in the early     artificial intelligence. There
                                                                                named "Yapay Zekai". There
           point, the audience is looking    not be possible for us to          is really a very good humor
           forward to the start of the       realize such productions. We       involved. Our concept this
           Fırıldak Family.                  started from the 1.0 era of        time is a superhero story.
                                             the Internet and by improving      I'm talking about a very
           Have you received any             ourselves on the computer,         important project that can
           training in drawing and           we are now able to make our        grow as big as King Shakir.
           animation, or are you ,           animations and drawings            Even now, children watching
           self-taught?                      very easily with a tablet          on the Exxen platform are
                                             connected to the computer.         constantly pressuring us to
           I did not receive any                                                produce its new episodes.
           training on this subject. I       Your spectators and                Childred loved the superhero
           was reading a lot of comics       readers follow you and             as much as King Shakir. His
           at the time. Starting with        eagerly await your new             books will also be published
           Texas Tommiks, I read             works. What awaits us in           when his new episodes start.
           many novels and magazines         the near future? Do you            I hope we will make a movie
           including Mandrake, Kızıl         have any new projects?             about it in the future. It's a
           Maske, then Gırgır magazine,                                         project we really trust.
           Fırt magazine, Hıbır, Limon       We have a very important
           and Penguen. I was very           new project called “Super          One of the most important
           interested in such magazines.     1 Team”. This project was          projects we have recently
           I improved myself with these.     broadcast in 26 episodes on        undertaken is a very
                                             the Exxen digital television       important collaboration
           I watched The Pink Panther a      platform. These first 26           with the Turkish Handball
           lot when I was a kid. When we     episodes will most likely          Federation. We made a
           look at today; I watched the      be rebroadcast on Cartoon          King Shakir cartoon about
           best made movies of anime.        Network in February.               handball to popularize
           In fact, all of what I watched    Then we made the sequel            handball in Türkiye. It was a
           were the most important           episodes of this series. We        very nice 11-minute cartoon.
           sources that educated me in       have now reached nearly 40         Children who watch that
           this sense. Later, in the 1.0     episodes. These will start to      cartoon will really love
           era of the internet, I watched    be broadcast both on that          handball and want to play
           many videos on the internet.      channel and on YouTube.            handball immediately. This
           The computer programs I           It is a project we have great      is our aim anyway; bringing
           use have had a great impact       confidence in. In the project,     handball to the streets.
           on my self-education in this      we have characters from the        Turkish Handball Federation
     30    sense. In fact, the biggest       world of humans, not from          president Uğur Kılıç
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