The Giant King

The Giant King
Original Title	ยักษ์ (Yak)
Original Language	Thai
Dubbing Studio 2	Simka Entertainment
Voice Director 1	Todd Lavelle
Voice Director 2	Melanie Simka
Translation & Adaptation	Le Musiq (International Dub) Mychal Simka Nathan Ciarlegglio Doug Davidson (Simka Dub)
Recorded	2012 2015
Dub Country 1	Thailand
Dub Country 2	United States
Original Country	Thailand
Year	2012

Yak: The Giant King (ยักษ์, Yak) (released as The Robot Giant in some countries and The Giant King in the U.S. and Australia) is a 2012 Thai 3D computer-animated comic science fiction children's/family film directed by Prapas Cholsaranont and Chaiporn Panichrutiwong and distributed by Workpoint Picture.

Synopsis A re-interpretation of Ramayana, the Thai animation film tells the story of a giant robot, Na Kiew, who's left wandering in a barren wasteland after a great war. Na Kiew meets Jao Phuek, a puny tin robot who's lost his memory and is now stuck with his new big friend. Together they set out across the desert populated by metal scavengers, to look for Ram, the creator of all robots.

Dubbing History

The film was originally dubbed into English in its home country of Thailand alongside the original Thai version. Todd Lavelle contributed a lot for the dub, such as lending his voice to many characters including one of the main protagonists, directing the voice actors, translating all the songs and even singing most of them himself. This dub is featured on the Thai Blu-ray to the film and was also released to theaters in Malaysia and straight-to-DVD in the UK and Australia.

In 2015, the film was dubbed a second time, this time using a few all star actors such as comedian Russell Peters, actress Bella Thorne, English actor Gregg Sulkin, and singer Carlos PenaVega. This dub was produced by Lionsgate via Grindstone Entertainment Group and Simka Entertainment. Like a lot of Grindstone dubs, this dub features tons of additional background chatter, pop culture references, and a few pop songs which weren't present in the original. The dub also features changes to the story, with all the references to Ramayana removed, along with changing some of the character names, personalities, and even some of the genders of characters.

Cast

Image	Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor
			International	Simka
	Whitey/Hanuman (Pinky)	Kerttisak Udomnak	Hugh Gallagher	Bella Thorne
	Big Green/Tosakan (Zork)	Santisuk Promsiri	Todd Lavelle	Russell Peters
	Sanim/Rusty	Chaninat Sirisawath	Hailey Rodee	Meg DeAngelis
	Sadayu (Flapper)	Pawanrat Naksuriya	Tabitha King	Gregg Sulkin
	Kum (Krudd)	Boriboon Chanrueng	Stephen Thomas	Carlos PenaVega
	Kok (Scrap Metal Dealer)	Weranut Tippayamontol		Nathan Barnatt
	Brooks	Udom Taephanit	Todd Lavelle	Mychal Simka

Additional Voices

International Dub Sean Bergeron - Friend of Mayor's Son, Boy Vincent Junior Bergeron - Mayor's Son Todd Lavelle - The Old Mechanic, 9 Heads, Planet, Fireman, Fire Foreman, Narrator Ananya Lo - Girl Stephen Thomas - Bartender, Mayor, Dr. Watt, Fireman, Work Foreman, Old Woman Mariam Tokarsky - Mayor's Wife, Woman Who Was Robbed Chris Wegoda - Worker

Simka Dub Gina Briganti - Mama Robot Romeo Lacoste - Bartender Dan O'Day McClellan - Mayor Russell Peters - Ram Joseph Preiffer - Dad Robot Mychal Simka - Various Robots Mark Steines - Bob the Mechanic

Notes

• The Simka dub appears to credit the voice cast and crew members from the International dub, along with their own.
• A couple of gender changes occur in the Simka dub.
  • Whitey is male in the original, but is female in the Simka dub.
  • Sadayu is female in the original, but is male in the Simka dub.
• The Simka dub retains all the English translated songs from the International dub.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Dub	Region	Country
Happy	2013		International	A DVB-T	Thailand
Eagle Entertainment				4 PAL	Australia
Lionsgate Home Entertainment	2015		Simka	1 NTSC	United States
Kaleidoscope Entertainment			International	2 PAL	United Kingdom
Interfilm	2016			2 NTSC	Japan

External Links

• The Giant King at the Internet Movie Database