"Genndy Tartakovsky thought he was done with . And by all accounts, he was. The second season of his acclaimed Adult Swim animated series - which had earned universal praise for its wildly imaginative (and wildly gory) story of a Neanderthal named Spear who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a Tyrannosaurus rex named Fang - ended on a pretty definitive note: Spear had perished, having sacrificed himself in a climactic battle with a vengeful Viking spirit. But his story lived on in the shape of his daughter with Mira, who we see setting off on adventures on the back of one of Fang's children."
""It takes almost two years to make a season. So, I live with it for two years and then we release it and then you live with it for a week, maybe two weeks," Tartakovksy tells Inverse. "Meanwhile, I'm like, oh my God, that was so much work. I need a break. And so, I thought it was done.""
""It came from a joke," Tartakovsky says. "Like, oh yeah, maybe Spear could be a zombie, ha ha ha. And I was like, wait, hold on a second. That sounds right.""
Primal concluded Season 2 with Spear sacrificing himself, leaving the story to continue through his daughter riding a child of Fang. The series earned acclaim for imaginative, gory storytelling and bold nearly dialogue-free 2D animation. The creator took a long break after intense production cycles that take nearly two years per season and briefly worked on a raunchy animal comedy for Netflix. Plans to convert Primal into an anthology shifted when a joking idea about Spear becoming a zombie inspired a literal resurrection, prompting a creative return to continue the series.
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