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Primal
Season 1
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A caveman and a dinosaur bond over unfortunate tragedies and become each other's only hope of survival in a treacherous world.
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10 Episodes
Spear and Fang
E1
Spear and Fang
Tragedy forces a caveman and a dinosaur to rely upon each other for their survival.
River of Snakes
E2
River of Snakes
Man and beast are challenged to find a way to exist together.
A Cold Death
E3
A Cold Death
In the harshness of the primordial winter a herd of woolly mammoths hunt for the murderers of one of their own.
Terror Under the Blood Moon
E4
Terror Under the Blood Moon
The horrors of the red night challenges Spear and Fang for their very survival.
Rage of the Ape-Men
E5
Rage of the Ape-Men
An oasis of peace only leads to a brutal attack from a vicious tribe of ape-like men.
Plague of Madness
E6
Plague of Madness
A relentless dinosaur infected with a terrifying disease pursues Spear and Fang.
Scent of Prey
E7
Scent of Prey
Spear struggles to nurse Fang back to health and escape the scavengers of the primordial world.
Coven of the Damned
E8
Coven of the Damned
A tribe of mysterious, primitive women seek to further their coven by using dark magic on Spear and Fang.
The Night Feeder
E9
The Night Feeder
A horrific unseen terror stalks the night as well as our heroes, Spear and Fang.
Slave of the Scorpion
E10
Slave of the Scorpion
Spear and Fang are confronted by a far more developed human than they've ever encountered before.
Cast of Season 1
Aaron LaPlante
Spear (voice)
Shareena Carlson
Producer
Genndy Tartakovsky
Executive Producer
Scott Wills
Art Direction
Paul Douglas
Editor
Joanne Higginbottom
Original Music Composer
Tyler Bates
Original Music Composer
Karie Gina Pham
Casting
Primal • Season 1 Ratings & Reviews
Reel Rundown
Chris Sawin
Primal is gory animation with a ton of heart. It proudly displays its influences, but it's also unlike anything else out there with how deliciously patient it is with its setups and storytelling.
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
An Adult Swim show--a near-wordless, entirely visual narrative with a graphic novel earnestness. (Blu-ray review of Season One).
Arizona Republic
Sam Mossman
It's a testament to the medium and another shining example of how animation can provide a memorable onscreen experience as well as any live action fare is able to do.
Paste Magazine
Jacob Oller
Even if it takes stretching history millions of years, Primal finds an innate truth buried deep in the fossil record.
Slashfilm
Caroline Cao
Tartakovsky is one of the maximalist animators of our time, crafting his world with the most visual and graceful extremes and having plenty of firecrackers up his sleeves.
Screen Rant
Kevin Yeoman
The joy in watching Primal comes not from the frenetic action sequences... but rather from how Tartakovsky charts the unlikeliest of relationships from its tragic starting point to one that is, strangely, emotionally fulfilling.
Common Sense Media
Ayize Everett
This is a great show for teens with some patience and love of animation as an art form. The art, while not complicated, is simply gorgeous; each minute feels like a study in animation.
Polygon
Eric Vilas-Boas
Primal proves that [Genndy] Tartakovsky has evolved without sacrificing his core instincts.
ComicBook.com
Nick Valdez
Primal is the culmination of years of experimentation, and it's an incredible project densely packed with a wide range of emotions. It's an intense, powerful, and brutal masterpiece.
CBR
Reuben Baron
Primal is an incredible series to look at, stunning in both moments of stillness and in its ultraviolent action.
Thrillist
Palmer Haasch
Primal is fresh, visceral, and incredibly Tartakovsky. Built on the foundation of a career's worth of experience and a dedication to animation, it's a must-see series.
IndieWire
Steve Greene
A piece of elemental storytelling that finds some real emotional depth without either of its protagonists uttering a single word of dialogue.
The Verge
Samantha Nelson
The mix of stylized creatures and fantastic attention to detail makes Primal's action sequences feel like segments from a particularly thrilling nature documentary.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
It's storytelling at its most basic, sound and images moving faster than a speeding velociraptor and brimming with soulfulness.
AV Club
William Hughes
If Primal has a flaw, it's one of length; at 22 minutes, episodes occasionally strain the limits of its dialogue-free, roar-heavy approach to storytelling. As an event, though it's hard to question its few missteps.
The Hollywood Reporter
Daniel Fienberg
Tartakovsky has long been a distinctive force in TV animation and this is another winner, a spare storytelling experiment that plays like nothing else in the current landscape.
Slant Magazine
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The show's violence is a reflection of its characters' existence, a cycle from which there's no escape.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Charles Solomon
Striking, original, and minimal... It's just fun to see [director Genndy Tartakovsky] do something on his own that he does so well.
Decider
Kayla Cobb
Few shows have managed to capture the full range of the human experience as expertly as the first few minutes of Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal.
Birth.Movies.Death.
JM Mutore
Nothing short of breathtaking.
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