Bass X Machina premiered on Netflix on November 3, with all six episodes arriving together. The animated series from creator LeSean Thomas puts a steampunk spin on the Western, with Brian Tyree Henry voicing Bass Reeves.
The series follows Bass as he tries to protect his family in a frontier beset by outlaws, machines and supernatural threats. He takes on the work of dispensing justice himself. The conflict puts his actions and his obligations to his family on a collision course.
Henry is also an executive producer, alongside Thomas, Jennifer Wiley-Moxley and Chad Handley. Studio Mir handled animation. Netflix lists Tati Gabrielle and Cree Summer among the voice cast, alongside Henry.
Netflix previously showed an early image at Annecy as part of its animation presentation. The show’s frontier setting combines familiar Western imagery with mechanical adversaries and weapons, a visual direction that Studio Mir carries through the series.
