Genndy Tartakovsky is at it again, folks. The visionary creator behind the Emmy award-winning series Samurai Jack recently announced that Spear and Fang will continue their journey together with five all-new episodes of PRIMAL, premiering Sunday, October 4th at 11:30 pm ET/PT on Adult Swim. Visually splendiferous from every conceivable angle, PRIMAL is visceral and violent in ways that harken back to properties like Heavy Metal and MTV's Liquid Television. And because you can never have too much of a great thing, PRIMAL has also been renewed for a second season for an additional 10 episodes.
PRIMAL tells the tale of a caveman at the dawn of evolution as he forms an unlikely friendship with an almost extinct dinosaur. With suspense, heartbreak, excitement, love, and fear all without a single word of dialogue, the series is a painting come to life, relying solely on music and graphic imagery to tell the story of two unlikely allies as they navigate through a treacherous world. After bonding over unfortunate tragedies, they seem to become each other’s only hope of survival against a common enemy.
I'd say that they don't make animated series like this anymore, but apparently they do. Since PRIMAL arrived on the scene, animation enthusiasts all across the globe have gathered online to sing its praises. By not including any spoken dialogue, PRIMAL is accessible to almost everyone, and isn't it nice to have something so universal exist as a form of entertainment in this divided day and age?
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal was created by Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack) with art direction from Scott Wills (The Ren & Stimpy Show, Samurai Jack) and music composition from Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Samurai Jack).