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He's the guy behind Samurai Jack and Dexter's Laboratory.
It started out on Adult Swim but has since migrated over to HBO Max.
The premise is an anachronistic world where lots of different levels of human development exist at the same time,
as well as prehistoric animals. Spear is a neanderthal (who is apparently super-strong) who bonds with a female dinosaur mom named Fang.
They go on best-buddy jungle adventures together through a very dangerous and bloody tooth-and-nail existence.
Just when you're starting to settle down into the prehistoric groove, along come various human civilizations and (sort of) a love interest in the
Cro-Magnon girl Mira, who (yeah, I know) seems to be good at pretty much everything. But she's still a side character, and the series maintains its focus on Spear and Fang, even though they go on a quest to retrieve her from Norse slavers.
Nothing much sexy happens until the middle of Season 2 when the duo encounter a ruthless but very shapely Egyptian queen who enslaves and conquers everyone she can get her hands on. Spear and Fang become unwilling participants in her army, as well as an African giant named Kamau. The queen is quite evil, but she's also extremely competent at ruling her kingdom (which consists of a vast flagship called the Colossaeus - yeah, I know, why doesn't it have an Egyptian name?), wearing sexy tight outfits, and is the Best Martial Artist Ever. However, this series is pretty much not about sex; it's mostly about violence.
There's also a side plot about a Norse chieftain who exacts vengeance from the depths of Hel (or Helheim?) by transforming into a fire giant. It's weird and seems unnecessarily mythological and magical, when almost none of the other situations in the series are like that (there are witches in a Season 1 episode, though).
Anyway, there are two episodes left (as of Sep 4, 2022) in Season 2 which will resolve both the Norse and Egyptian plot threads, so jump on while you can, and then we'll see what comes next. Many have said that this is THE BEST ANIMATED SHOW in the past few years, so see if you agree!
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