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A short-action animation series that follows a special kind of friendship. A dinosaur, whose species are about to extinct, and a human who are at the beginning of his evolution. What can happens at this unlikely friendship.
20 January 1952, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
13 July 1962, East Syracuse, New York, USA
22 September 1979, Sundsvall, Västernorrlands län, Sweden
October 08, 2019
It's storytelling at its most basic, sound and images moving faster than a speeding velociraptor and brimming with soulfulness.October 08, 2019
The mix of stylized creatures and fantastic attention to detail makes Primal's action sequences feel like segments from a particularly thrilling nature documentary.October 03, 2019
Striking, original, and minimal... It's just fun to see [director Genndy Tartakovsky] do something on his own that he does so well.October 08, 2019
A piece of elemental storytelling that finds some real emotional depth without either of its protagonists uttering a single word of dialogue.October 01, 2019
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.October 03, 2019
The show's violence is a reflection of its characters' existence, a cycle from which there's no escape.October 07, 2019
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.October 07, 2019
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.October 09, 2019
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.September 25, 2019
Nothing short of breathtaking.