Loggerheads (1997)

According to myth, they ruled the sea 1,000 years ago: daring seafarers, bloodthirsty savages, pillagers, mighty men of courage and passion--in short, Vikings. But Loggerheads has no part of these mighty warriors. Instead it corrects historical reporting and portrays the Vikings the way they really were: nice people, neither blond nor blue-eyed, with nothing better to do in their remote fjord than to get on each other's nerves. Bjorn and Gissur are two vain, cunning Vikings who battle for supremacy as chief of the village of Loggerheads, home to a truly breathtaking collection of misfits. This fast-moving, funny animated series follows their fights and feuds, business and love affairs, struggles between opposite sexes, religions, and nationalities, and their problems with divorce, taxes, youngsters, giants, tourists, dragons, babies, whales, and pirates.