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Primal
2019
· TV Show
· 22 min episodes
· 4 seasons
A
MEANRANK
89/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #11
- IMDb #37
- Metacritic #3
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4
- Metacritic Critics #1
- Metacritic Audience #53
+1 more
- Trakt #41
Every rating
83–100
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Metacritic users on 83, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100.
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Details
- Created by
- Genndy Tartakovsky
- Writers
- Darrick Bachman, Genndy Tartakovsky
- Released
- 8 October 2019
- Country
- France, United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 22 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 30 across 4 seasons
- Awards
- 7 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (18) →
Killax / Thag / Brog / Villager 1 / Angry Villager / Main Leper (voice) / Brog / Monk / Thurr / Moleman #1 (voice) / Mad-Man / Giroud (voice)
Awards & nominations
See all 11 →5 major awards won · 7 wins from 11 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2021 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | David Krentz (storyboard artist; for "Plague of Madness") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2021 | 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 ") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2020 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Stephen DeStefano (character designer; for "A Cold Death") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2020 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Genndy Tartakovsky (storyboard artist; for " Spear and Fang ") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2020 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Scott Wills (art director; for "Spear and Fang") | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2023 | Best Animated Series | Primal | Nominee |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2023 | Outstanding Animated Program | Genndy Tartakovsky, Mike Lazzo, Keith Crofford, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Oussama Bouacheria, Julien Chheng, Ulysse Malassagne and Erika Forzy, Shareena Carlson, Darrick Bachman, and David Krentz (for "Shadow of Fate") | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2023 | Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Scott Wills (for "Echoes of Eternity") | Nominee |
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Killax / Thag / Brog / Villager 1 / Angry Villager / Main Leper (voice) / Brog / Monk / Thurr / Moleman #1 (voice) / Mad-Man / Giroud (voice)
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Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
6 nominations, 5 won
| 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 ") | Winner |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | David Krentz (storyboard artist; for "Plague of Madness") | Winner |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Stephen DeStefano (character designer; for "A Cold Death") | Winner |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Genndy Tartakovsky (storyboard artist; for " Spear and Fang ") | Winner |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Scott Wills (art director; for "Spear and Fang") | Winner |
| Outstanding Animated Program | Genndy Tartakovsky, Mike Lazzo, Keith Crofford, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Oussama Bouacheria, Julien Chheng, Ulysse Malassagne and Erika Forzy, Shareena Carlson, Darrick Bachman, and David Krentz (for "Shadow of Fate") | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Series | Primal | Nominee |
Annie Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Primal | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Genndy Tartakovsky (for " Plague of Madness ") | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Scott Wills (for "Echoes of Eternity") | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Series on Television | Primal | Nominee |