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Primal (also known as Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal) is an American adult animated action horror television series created and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Primal is set in a deliberately anachronistic vision of prehistory, portraying dinosaurs, prehistoric hominids, and Iron Age Homo sapiens as coexisting within the same barbaric time period and incorporating many elements of fantasy, horror, action, and adventure. The first 10-episode season of Primal was split into two 5-episode parts. The series premiered on Adult Swim on October 8, 2019, with the remaining episodes releasing daily that same week. The second half of the season premiered one episode April 1, 2020, with the remaining episodes premiering weekly for the five weeks following October 4, 2020. In August 2020, the series was renewed for a 10-episode second season,[2][3] which premiered July 22 and concluded September 16, 2022. Following the second season finale and conclusion of Spear and Fang's storyline, Tartakovsky confirmed that Primal would become an anthology series from its forthcoming third season onward.[1]

Primal
Also known as	Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal
Genre	Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Horror Thriller Anthology[lower-alpha 1]
Created by	Genndy Tartakovsky
Directed by	Genndy Tartakovsky
Voices of	Aaron LaPlante
Composers	Tyler Bates Joanne Higginbottom
Country of origin	United States
Original languages	English Arabic Irish Old Norse[lower-alpha 2]
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Genndy Tartakovsky Brian A. Miller (S01–02)[lower-alpha 3] Jennifer Pelphrey (S01–02)[lower-alpha 3] Rob Sorcher (S01–02)[lower-alpha 3] Sam Register (S02) Mike Lazzo[lower-alpha 4] Keith Crofford[lower-alpha 4]
Producer	Shareena Carlson (S01)
Animator	Studio La Cachette
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production companies	Cartoon Network Studios Williams Street
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	Adult Swim
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	October 8, 2019 (2019-10-08) – present

Primal has received widespread critical acclaim, with much praise for its animation, storytelling, music, emotional depth, horror elements and editing. The show has won three Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Juried Awards from the Emmy for Storyboard Artist (Genndy Tartakovsky), Art Director (Scott Wills), and Character Designer (Stephen DeStefano).

Premise

Set in an anachronistic and fantastical prehistoric world, the premise is a bond between a Neanderthal named Spear and a female Tyrannosaurus rex named Fang as they struggle to survive, encountering various dangerous fauna and people that live in their world while also encountering different creatures and Iron Age homo sapiens.

Characters

In comparison to Tartakovsky's other shows where there are multiple characters, Primal initially only features Spear and Fang in the show as they encounter different prehistoric or fantastical species and various tribes of hominins. Tartakovsky stated that although the show is a work of fantasy, the prehistoric animals, modern creatures and futuristic beasts in the show are based on real prehistoric animals, as well as some new ones created by the artists involved in the project.[4]

Main

• Spear (voiced by Aaron LaPlante; Noah Bentley (young)) – A Neanderthal whose mate and two children are attacked and devoured by a pack of horned Tyrannosaurs. Although he overcomes his initial urge to commit suicide, Spear is still learning to cope with the loss. Eventually, he develops a deep bond with Fang and is willing to make any personal sacrifice to protect her. (seasons 1–2)
• Fang – A teal female Tyrannosaurus whose hatchlings are killed by the same horned Tyrannosaur pack that killed Spear's family. Unlike Spear, who is still traumatized and dealing with the loss of his loved ones, Fang is able to cope with hers much quicker. Initially, she attempts to assert her dominance over Spear but eventually learns that it is far healthier to work in a partnership than with a pack mentality and is willing to do anything to ensure his survival.
• Mira (voiced by Laëtitia Eïdo) – A virtuous Arabic-speaking human. Enslaved and branded with a scorpion symbol by a Viking clan, Mira escapes and encounters Spear and Fang, who become her new friends and companions. She proves to be very capable with archery, spears, axes, carpentry, helmsmanship, and cooking. (season 2; guest: season 1)
• Charles (voiced by Jacob Dudman) – A scientist and member of the Historical Society who theorizes about the correlation between the primitive and modern man. ("The Primal Theory")
• Darlington (voiced by Jeremy Crutchley) – An English scientist and former boxing champion whose manor hosts a Historical Society of well-educated scientists. ("The Primal Theory")

Recurring

Season 1

• Spear's family – Spear's mate, son, and daughter that were eaten by a pack of horned Tyrannosaurs in the first episode, but reappear through visions and flashbacks across the series.
• Fang's first brood – Fang's first two hatchlings. Like Spear's family, they were eaten in the first episode, but reappear through visions and flashbacks across the series.

Season 2

• The Chieftain (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) – The chieftain of the Viking tribe responsible for abducting Mira's people. He soon seeks revenge on Spear and Fang for decimating his tribe. Following Eldar's death, the Chieftain is transformed into a monstrous, fiery giant by the demonic entity in order to kill Spear and Fang in exchange for Eldar's soul.
• Eldar (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) – The Chieftain's eldest son. He joins his father on their quest for revenge against Spear and Fang for their tribe's destruction.
• Demonic Entity – The lord of the fiery underworld who makes a deal with the Chieftain to have him kill Spear and Fang and bring him their souls in exchange for Eldar's soul.
• Ima (voiced by Amina Koroma) – A tyrannical and ruthless Egyptian queen who resides in a large city-ship called the Colossaeus filled with her warriors and slaves that she uses to raid and loot other kingdoms.
• Kamau (voiced by Imari Williams) – A giant African man who, while naturally peaceful, is also immensely strong and was enslaved by Ima along with his similarly-sized tribe. It is revealed that Ima is holding his daughter Amal hostage, which serves as leverage to force him to obey her.
• Amal (voiced by Hillary Hawkins) – Kamau's daughter.
• Fang's second brood – Fang's second set of hatchlings that were born after she mated with a Tyrannosaurus named Red. While one was killed before hatching, the other two live to adulthood.

Production

Conception and development

According to Tartakovsky, Primal was an early piece of work he scrapped because it did not click with him at the time. As he learned more and more about what drew people in to his shows, he wanted to experiment with those artistic traits, particularly the use of no dialogue and slow moments.[4][5] He also stated that the method in which he approached animated projects began to slow down in terms of energy, and by the time he finished working on Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation , it had come full circle. He said he was inspired by Conan the Barbarian and vintage pulp novels, as well as films such as The Revenant.[4][6] Tartakovsky felt that people would not take the show seriously because they were "breaking the rules" by having "a man and a dinosaur together," so he emphasized that it is a character study, a "buddies" journey about two characters who are very different but bonded by tragedy.

The first season consists of 10 episodes.[5] On August 31, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which consists of 10 episodes.[7]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	10	5	October 8, 2019 (2019-10-08)	October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)
		5	October 4, 2020 (2020-10-04)	November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)
2	10		July 22, 2022 (2022-07-22)	September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16)

Season 1 (2019–20)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written and storyboarded by	Story by	Original air date [8]	U.S. viewers (millions)
Part 1
1	1	"Spear and Fang"	Genndy Tartakovsky	Tartakovsky	October 8, 2019 (2019-10-08)[lower-alpha 5]	0.538[9]
A caveman named Spear returns from a fishing trip to find his mate, son, and daughter devoured by a trio of horned Tyrannosaurs. Distraught, he contemplates suicide before resolving to take revenge. He sees the silhouette of a dinosaur. Believing it to be one of the horned tyrannosaurs that killed his family, Spear silently pursues it into a thicket. He encounters a Tyrannosaurus rex named Fang, with two offspring with her. The sight of the young dinosaurs causes Spear to back down just as they are attacked by the horned Tyrannosaur pack. Though Spear helps Fang kill three of them, their gargantuan alpha eats Fang's offspring. Spear and Fang slay the alpha, but Fang is left distraught over the loss of her children. Spear leaves Fang alone, but she rejoins him later, and the two decide to travel together.
2	2	"River of Snakes"	Genndy Tartakovsky	Darrick Bachman & Tartakovsky	October 9, 2019 (2019-10-09)	0.661[10]
While hunting a Metridiochoerus, Fang consistently steals any food she and Spear come across, causing him to grow increasingly agitated at her. Eventually, Spear snaps and attacks Fang, losing his spear in the process, but their fight is interrupted when they wander into a den of large snakes. A flash flood rushes them and the snakes into a swampy river, where a Titanoboa resides, though Fang kills it. Despite working together to stay afloat, she and Spear fall down a waterfall, causing him to hit his head on the way down. Fang pulls Spear from the water. As he comes to, Fang fetches Spear's lost weapon. They reconcile and continue their journey together, now hunting food as a team.
3	3	"A Cold Death"	David Krentz	Bryan Andrews, Darrick Bachman, Krentz & Genndy Tartakovsky	October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)	0.573[11]
In the harshness of primordial winter, a one-tusked elderly woolly mammoth is separated from its herd and subsequently killed by Spear and Fang. Spear harvests as much meat from it as he can, using its tusk to pull a makeshift sled. When the dead woolly mammoth's herd comes across their desecrated elder, they follow the sled's tracks and attack Spear and Fang. The pair attempt to fight them off, but are quickly overwhelmed by their power and numbers. In a final act of desperation, Spear defends himself with the elder woolly mammoth's tusk and notices that the other woolly mammoths stop their attack upon seeing it. He returns the tusk to them, who leave in peace and bring it to their mammoth graveyard to mourn.
4	4	"Terror Under the Blood Moon"	Don Shank & Genndy Tartakovsky	Bryan Andrews, Darrick Bachman & Tartakovsky	October 11, 2019 (2019-10-11)	0.557[12]
After Spear and Fang escape a pack of dromaeosaurs, they experience a red lunar eclipse and encounter a tribe of albino cavepeople being attacked by gigantic red human-like bats. They attempt to fight the bats off, but Spear is carried away by one, with his spear left behind with the cavemen. Fang pursues the bats to a tall stone pillar, which she finds impossible to climb. Seeing two of the bats emerging from the top, she plays dead and allows them to carry her to a cave at the peak. While searching for Spear, Fang discovers the nest of a massive spider that the bats share their food with. Fang frees Spear, who helps her kill the spider. As the bats return, Spear and Fang use the spider's webbing to safely descend the pillar. Spear retrieves his spear from the cavemen as he and Fang flee from the bats and lead them into a fight with the dromaeosaurs before safely escaping towards the rising sun.
5	5	"Rage of the Ape-Men"	Bryan Andrews & Genndy Tartakovsky	Andrews, Darrick Bachman & Tartakovsky	October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)	0.654[13]
Spear and Fang reach a seemingly peaceful oasis and relax before they are captured by a vicious tribe of ape-men. The ape-men hold a brutal tournament to the death, with one of them eventually winning. After the gorilla-like champion Krog drinks an enhancement serum from the chimpanzee-like shaman, which mutates and enrages him, Fang is lowered into the arena for him to fight. Helplessly watching as Fang is beaten to near-death, Spear breaks free from his bindings and drinks the rest of the serum, causing him to transform into a raging troglodyte. After killing Krog, Spear proceeds to massacre the other ape-men overnight. When Spear eventually returns to normal, he runs to Fang's side as she lies motionless.
Part 2
6	6	"Scent of Prey"	Bryan Andrews	Andrews, Darrick Bachman & Genndy Tartakovsky	October 4, 2020 (2020-10-04)	0.442[14]
Spear agonizes over the apparent loss of Fang after the events of his fight against the ape-men. Fang proves to still be alive but is too weak to move. Seeing that the ape-men corpses are attracting a flock of vultures, Spear builds a litter to carry Fang and fashions a new spear for himself. He struggles to nurse her back to health while simultaneously trying to fend off a pack of scavenging wild dogs while she is in her helpless state. As the pack grows and continues stalking the pair, Spear and Fang are forced to take shelter in a cave, where Spear has to fight flesh-eating armored beetles. When the pack attacks the cave in large numbers, Spear defends Fang long enough for her to heal and help Spear annihilate their assailants.
7	7	"Plague of Madness"	David Krentz	Bryan Andrews, Darrick Bachman, Krentz & Genndy Tartakovsky	April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01) (unannounced airing)	0.539[15]
					October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)	0.404[16]
An Argentinosaurus is infected with a flesh-eating virus by a diseased Parasaurolophus, transforming it into a zombie-like state and compelling it to brutally slaughter its herd. Spear and Fang stumble across the devastated nesting grounds and become the crazed sauropod's next target. Running for their lives, the duo tricks the behemoth over a cliff and into a narrow ravine before finally escaping with their lives by making a mad dash across a lava field. The sauropod's massive weight makes it fall into the magma, which incinerates it as Spear and Fang observe its final agonizing moments in grief. Note: This episode made an unannounced premiere on April 1, 2020, as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' Day stunt.
8	8	"Coven of the Damned"	Nagisa Koyama & Genndy Tartakovsky	Bryan Andrews, Darrick Bachman & Tartakovsky	October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18)	0.464[17]
Spear and Fang come across a mind-controlled Pteranodon and a tribe of primitive witches during a ritual. The leader uses dark magic to steal the essence of a male caveman and birth a female baby, which she gives to a follower as her daughter. The witches spot Spear and Fang and give chase to the duo, capturing Spear and magically controlling Fang. A witch named Lula uses her magic to travel into both of their pasts and watches the tragedies that befell them. Having lost a daughter of her own, Lula saves the pair from the other witches, sacrificing herself by stalling the leader to help them escape. Fang and Spear mourn the loss of their savior before continuing into the jungle. In the afterlife, Lula reunites with her daughter.
9	9	"The Night Feeder"	Genndy Tartakovsky	Darrick Bachman & Tartakovsky	October 25, 2020 (2020-10-25)	0.355[18]
Spear and Fang find the mangled remains of a Smilodon, killed by an invisible dinosaur. While Spear wants to investigate it, Fang runs away in fear. The next night, the mysterious creature slaughters a herd of ceratopsians. Hearing the carnage, Spear tries to intervene, but Fang refuses to let him go anywhere near the area. The next day, Spear and Fang hear bizarre screeching while braving a powerful storm. Later that night, the unknown creature attacks the duo, forcing them to flee into a misty forest. The creature catches up to them and they struggle against the unseen foe, but Fang manages to wound it. As the beast emits earsplitting shrieks, Spear learns of its weakness to light. Using sparks from his weapon, Spear and Fang create a ring of fire to trap and kill the monster.
10	10	"Slave of the Scorpion"	David Krentz	Bryan Andrews, Darrick Bachman, Krentz & Genndy Tartakovsky	November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)	0.348[19]
While fishing, Spear and Fang encounter a bound, bald-headed tall human with a scorpion tattoo on the back of her head fleeing from a Liopleurodon, which Spear kills. The three take a mutual interest in each other and the human joins Spear and Fang on their travels. She introduces herself as Mira and uses a combination of Arabic and sand drawings to tell them how her people were enslaved by invaders before she escaped. The next morning, Mira is kidnapped by a group of ape-men. Spear and Fang follow, but find the ape-men killed by arrows and strange footprints. The pair follow the footprints to the beach, where they see Mira bound on a boat with a sail marked with the same scorpion sigil tattooed on her head. Unable to continue their pursuit, Spear and Fang watch helplessly, with Spear saying Mira's name.

Season 2 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written and storyboarded by	Story by	Original air date [8]	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"Sea of Despair"	Genndy Tartakovsky	Darrick Bachman & Tartakovsky	July 22, 2022 (2022-07-22)	0.180[20]
Determined to rescue Mira after her abduction, Spear attempts to swim after the boat whilst frantically shouting her name, but fails. Refusing to give up, he builds a makeshift raft with Fang's help. The duo set sail, with Spear paddling them out to sea before Fang uses her tail to propel them. After Spear searches for food for some time, the duo manages to kill a large Archelon, which they feast on before Spear uses its shell to construct a shelter. Days later, whilst collecting a bounty of Potanichthys and arthrodirans, the raft sails into a storm, where the duo encounters an Tropeognathus flock and a Megalodon that destroys their vessel. After a struggle, Spear manages to blind the Megalodon, but the violent waves separate him and Fang. Washed ashore on an unknown beach, Fang awakens alone and searches for Spear.
12	2	"Shadow of Fate"	David Krentz & Genndy Tartakovsky	Bachman & Tartakovsky	July 22, 2022 (2022-07-22)	0.167[20]
Separated from Spear in a strange new land, Fang explores her surroundings and encounters Red, a male red and gray Tyrannosaurus, whom she competes with while hunting an Arsinoitherium before befriending him. Meanwhile, an unconscious and injured Spear washes ashore and is discovered by Celtic warriors, who take him to their village. Spear is startled awake by a one-eyed medicine woman and violently attempts to escape despite being pursued by the warriors until the village Chief stops the group and offers Spear food and water. As the medicine woman treats Spear's wounds, Red leads Fang to the village to attack the villagers. Spear and Fang reunite, and Fang tries to keep Spear and Red from harming each other, to no avail. As Spear and the villagers battle Red, Fang attempts to protect Spear, but accidentally kills her new friend. After comforting the dying Red, a depressed Fang leaves the village with a remorseful Spear in tow despite the Chief's pleas.
13	3	"Dawn of Man"	Genndy Tartakovsky	Bachman & Tartakovsky	July 29, 2022 (2022-07-29)	0.205[21]
While Spear and Fang, who is still mourning Red's death, take shelter from the rain in a cave, Spear discovers cave paintings. The next day, he finds a valley teeming with Megaloceros and giant bison, and has visions of people from the cave paintings. After acquiring a new spear from a nearby abandoned village, Spear hunts for himself and Fang. Later that night, Spear and Fang are attacked by a pair of Viking warriors riding cave bears. Though Spear is injured, the pair manage to defeat both bears and one of the Vikings. Recognizing the scorpion sigil on the remaining warrior's shield, Spear calls out Mira's name. The Viking flees, but the two give chase and Fang kills him while Spear takes his sword. The two follow the bears tracks to a populated village, where Spear finds a group of slaves and reunites with Mira, who is delighted to hear him speak. Spear tries to get Mira to leave, but she refuses to leave her people behind. Spear and Mira lead the others out of the village before Spear hears something growling in the nearby mist.
14	4	"The Red Mist"	Mark Andrews	Bachman & Tartakovsky	August 5, 2022 (2022-08-05)	0.231[22]
Viking warriors and their bears emerge from the mist. Mira and her people bow in fear, angering Spear. He and Fang battle the warriors while Mira and her people flee into the forest. The duo are overwhelmed, with Fang being injured by a female warrior, Rikka, while Spear accidentally kills Rikka's son. Under the cover of a red mist, the pair give into their rage and kill Rikka and the remaining warriors before they return to their senses and escape with Mira using a stolen boat. Sometime later, another boat arrives carrying the Vikings' Chieftain, his eldest son Eldar, and a small group of slaves. After discovering the massacre, they become devastated over the loss of their clan, the Chieftain's wife Rikka, and their youngest son. They soon bury their clan members, free the slaves, and give their deceased family a ceremonial ship funeral. Seeking revenge, they set sail to hunt down the ones responsible for the destruction of their village.
15	5	"The Primal Theory"	Darrick Bachman & Genndy Tartakovsky	Bachman & Tartakovsky	August 12, 2022 (2022-08-12)	0.310[23]
In 1890 England, a biologist named Charles unsuccessfully tries to defend his theory on evolution to his fellow scientists Lord Darlington, Blakely, Bertie, and Giroud. Charles surmises that, in the right situation, any person would regress back to their primitive roots in order to survive, which Darlington dismisses as lunacy. The evening is cut short when an escaped inmate from a nearby asylum breaks into the house, kills the butler and proceeds to prey on every person inside. As the night progresses, the survivors take on weapons in Darlington's collection, such as guns, swords, and arrows. One by one, the guests are either knocked out or killed by the brutish madman, leaving only Charles and Darlington left. They pursue the inmate to the greenhouse, but he overpowers them and begins to cannibalize Charles. In a fit of primal rage, Darlington attacks and kills the inmate with a massive bone and a spear. Coming back to his senses, he looks at a wounded Charles, who is pleased with being vindicated.
16	6	"Vidarr"	Genndy Tartakovsky	Bachman & Tartakovsky	August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19)	0.271[24]
Mira tends to an injured Spear and Fang while taking their boat upriver, but they are attacked by the Chieftain and Eldar. As Mira takes command of the Vikings' ship, Eldar is thrown overboard, forcing the Chieftain to abandon the fight to save him. The trio is forced to dock to repair the ship, during which Spear realizes Fang is about to lay a clutch of eggs following her time with Red and eagerly helps her prepare. Meanwhile, the Chieftain tends to his and Eldar's injuries. That night, his dreams are haunted by an ominous horned figure. The next day, Fang lays her eggs, but does not allow Spear to approach them. The Chieftain and Eldar mount two Argentavis to attack the trio. Spear and Mira fight while Fang protects her eggs. The battle is soon taken to the sky, where the Chieftain and Eldar fall from their mounts. The Chieftain survives, but witnesses Eldar fall to his death. Left with nothing to fight for, the grieving Chieftain allows himself to be swept away by the river. Spear and Mira fly on the back of an Argentavis and reunite with Fang, who allows Spear to approach her eggs.
17	7	"The Colossaeus, Part I"	David Krentz & Tartakovsky	Bachman & Tartakovsky	August 26, 2022 (2022-08-26)	0.216[25]
The Chieftain succumbs to his wounds and sees three valkyries approaching him from the sky. Before they can reach him, he is dragged to the underworld by demons and brought before the demonic entity from his dreams, who offers to return Eldar's soul to him in exchange for Spear and Fang's. The Chieftain agrees and is transformed into an infernal juggernaut. Meanwhile, Mira, Spear, and Fang set sail to reunite with Mira's people, but encounter a city-sized ship called the Colossaeus and are boarded by Egyptian warriors. Spear and Mira defeat several of them, but struggle against the massive warrior Kamau. The ensuing fight leads to one of Fang's eggs being destroyed and the warriors' queen Ima taking the remaining two hostage. Spear and Fang are imprisoned on the Colossaeus alongside Kamau, who they discover is also a slave, while Mira is imprisoned with other women. Ima uses Fang's eggs as leverage to force Fang and Spear to join Kamau and her soldiers in laying siege to a Babylonian city. Though reluctant, the pair successfully break through the city gates as the Babylonian king emerges from his palace.
18	8	"The Colossaeus, Part II"	Genndy Tartakovsky	Bachman & Tartakovsky	September 2, 2022 (2022-09-02)	0.246[26]
The reborn Chieftain rises from the underworld and begins searching for the group. After Ima's soldiers kill the Babylonian king, Spear discovers that Kamau only fights for Ima because she holds his daughter Amal hostage. After Spear, Fang and Kamau invade villages in Rome, China and Slavic lands, and battle a Philistine fleet, they encounter a peaceful Indian village offering them tributes, but Ima forces Kamau to massacre the defenseless villagers anyway. That night, Spear breaks out of his cell and searches for Fang's eggs. He finds Ima forcing Mira to dance for her, with the eggs and Amal next to her throne. The guards engage Spear as Mira rescues the eggs and Kamau's daughter. Fighting their way across the Colossaeus, the eggs hatch and the hatchlings cry out, inciting Fang to escape her cell. As Kamau breaks out to investigate the chaos, the outnumbered group is forced to surrender Fang's hatchlings and Amal as Ima looks expectantly at the approaching Kamau.
19	9	"The Colossaeus, Part III"	David Krentz	Bachman & Tartakovsky	September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)	0.308[27]
A flashback details how Kamau and Amal lived peacefully in a pastoral Bantu village herding quagga until Ima's forces invaded. Only Kamau resists, but Ima holds Amal hostage. In the present, Ima commands Kamau to execute Fang, but after grappling with whether to comply, he frees Fang. She reunites with her hatchlings while Spear and Mira free themselves and fight off Ima's warriors. Ima attempts to kill Amal, but Kamau rescues her and discovers the rest of his tribe in the Colossaeus's lower deck. As Spear fights a losing battle against Ima, a warrior's spear injures one of Fang's hatchlings. Mira and Spear retrieve the hatchlings and jump overboard to escape, causing Fang to follow shortly. Kamau inspires his people to break free and throws Ima to her death. Spear, Fang, and Mira take over a smaller ship, freeing the slaves within. Spear and Kamau part on good terms before Spear's group sails away. As Kamau's tribe recuperates, they see the demonic Chieftain walking on the water, following the others' trail.
20	10	"Echoes of Eternity"	Genndy Tartakovsky	Bachman & Tartakovsky	September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16)	0.280[28]
Spear dreams of his childhood when a Smilodon pack attacked his tribe and killed his father before he killed the beasts and became the new leader. Mira wakes Spear as they arrive at her homeland. She recalls how the Vikings killed her loved ones and enslaved her, and how she fled under cover of a storm. The group makes camp in a cave, where Spear joins Mira in praying to the moon. The next morning, Mira reunites with her Nubian tribe. Her father calls for a celebration that night, after which Mira provides shelter for Spear, Fang, and her hatchlings. The next day, the Chieftain attacks the village, overwhelming Spear and Fang with his newfound fiery powers and shapeshifting ability. After the Chieftain corners them on top of a mountain, Spear tackles him off the peak, but he is gravely burned and wounded in the process. The demonic entity's hand bursts from the ground and drags the screaming Chieftain back to the underworld. The village shaman tends to Spear, but his wounds appear to be fatal. Spear weakly calls out to Mira, and the two mate. Years later, Fang and her grown-up offspring accompany Mira and her daughter.

Broadcast

The first season premiered on October 8, 2019, with episodes from the first half of the season airing daily from the premiere date.[29][30] An episode from the second half was shown during Adult Swim's April Fools' Day 2020 run. Adult Swim announced on their Twitter that the second half would start airing on October 4, 2020.[31][32][33]

The first season of Primal was broadcast during Thanksgiving weekend on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block for the first time on November 29, 2020. The marathon commemorated the launch of the series on the HBO Max streaming service.[34] The first season began a second run on the normal schedule of the Toonami block beginning on May 15, 2022.[35] The second season encored on the block on July 24, 2022.

Home media

The first season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 1, 2021 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.[36] It was later released in France, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Reception

Critical response

Initial reception for Primal was highly positive; much praise was given to the art and animation, the use of storytelling with no dialogue, and the balancing of the show's interpretation of violence and beauty. In a review from IndieWire, Steve Greene wrote "Primal is a piece of elemental storytelling that finds some real emotional depth without either of its protagonists uttering a single word of dialogue", ultimately giving the series an "A−".[37] On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 100% based on reviews from 23 critics, with an average rating of 9.10/10. The site's critical consensus states: "Epic in every sense, Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal is a stunning feat of visual storytelling."[38] The second season has an approval rating of 100% based on reviews from 7 critics, with an average rating of 9.30/10.[39] On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 87 out of 100 based on 5 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[40]

Awards and nominations

A film retelling of the first four episodes, Primal: Tales of Savagery, screened at the London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills on November 21, 2019. This version was submitted in the Best Animated Feature category for the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2020	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation	Stephen DeStefano (character designer) (for "A Cold Death")	Won	[41]
			Genndy Tartakovsky (storyboard artist) (for "Spear and Fang")	Won
			Scott Wills (art director) (for "Spear and Fang")	Won
2021	Annie Awards	Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Primal	Won	[42]
		Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Genndy Tartakovsky (for "Plague of Madness")	Won
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Program	Genndy Tartakovsky, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, Oussama Bouacheria, Julien Chheng, Ulysse Malassagne, Erika Forzy, Shareena Carlson, Darrick Bachman, David Krentz, and Bryan Andrews (for "Plague of Madness")	Won	[43]
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation	David Krentz (storyboard artist) (for "Plague of Madness")	Won	[44]
	Saturn Awards	Best Animated Series on Television	Primal	Nominated	[45]

Future

After the second season finale "Echoes of Eternity" aired on September 16, 2022, Genndy Tartakovsky confirmed that while Spear and Fang's story was officially concluded, he was formulating a third season for the series with a focus on new characters, intending for Primal to become an anthology series, inspired by the stand-alone second season episode "The Primal Theory". While no official release date has been announced, Tartakovsky said that he intends to develop the season after completing his work on New Line Cinema's Fixed.[1]

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Primal at IMDb
• Primal: Tales of Savagery at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Primal (TV series)

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[es] Primal (serie de televisión)

Primal (publicada como "Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal") es una serie animada de televisión para adultos estadounidense creada y dirigida por Genndy Tartakovsky que se estrenó el 7 de octubre de 2019 en Adult Swim.

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[ru] Первобытный

«Первобы́тный» (англ. Primal) — анимационный сериал режиссёра Геннди Тартаковского, транслирующийся с 8 октября 2019 года на канале Cartoon Network в блоке Adult Swim. В 2019 году вышло 6 эпизодов из 10. Оставшиеся эпизоды появились в эфире в первой половине 2020 года. Первые 4 серии сериала были скомпилированы в полнометражный анимационный фильм Primal: Tales of Savagery, который вышел в ограниченный прокат в сентябре 2019 года, и был выдвинут в лонг-лист кинопремии «Оскар» в категории «Лучший анимационный фильм», однако не вошёл в окончательный состав номинатов.mw-parser-output .ts-Переход img{margin-left:.285714em}[⇨]. «Первобытный» получил высокие оценки критиков[⇨].

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