Series Brief
Overview
A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world.
Why fans love it
Primal ditches dialogue in favor of raw visual storytelling. The animation relies on a hand-drawn aesthetic to render a landscape defined by constant predation and visceral combat. Across the episodes, the caveman and his dinosaur companion navigate a cycle of violence where every meal is a struggle and every encounter functions as a fight for existence.
The series finds a strange rhythm in this brutality. Aaron LaPlante delivers a performance that conveys urgent emotion without a single line of speech. This focus on movement and silence makes the series an anomaly in western animation. It captures the tension of being the last of a kind while emphasizing the physical toll of remaining alive in a world that views every creature as prey.
Production Board
Crew
Art Direction
Key Animation
Editor
Animation
Casting
Original Music Composer
Storyboard
Storyboard Artist
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Producer
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Director
Executive Producer
Signal Match
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Signal Match
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Topic Overlay
Topic Keyword Similarity
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fantasy, gore, tense
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western animation, fantasy, magic
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fight, fantasy
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dinosaur, adult animation
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fight, fantasy
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Keyword Cloud
Keywords
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primal fear
gore
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brutality
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spear
death of family
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eating
spear throwing
injury
adult animation
unlikely friendship
neanderthal
bonding
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human prey
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hand drawn animation
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caveman
hand drawn
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western animation
fantasy
animation
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violence
survival of the fittest
tense
intense
enthusiastic
primal scream
primal
gorefest
splatter gore
thrilling
brutal
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Technical Sheet
Details
- First Aired
- October 08, 2019
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episode Runtime
- 22 minutes
- Origin
- US
- TMDB Votes
- 1,561