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Bass x Machina(2026)

Upcoming · Netflix

1 eps
S01
AnimationWesternActionScience Fiction
ON AIR: NOV 3Season 1

What to Expect

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Bass x Machina drops you into a steampunk frontier where outlaws, mechanical threats, and supernatural forces all share the same dusty territory. The animation carries genuine brutality; confrontations feel costly rather than choreographed, and each episode stacks multiple sources of danger so the pressure rarely lets up.

A father forced to act as judge, jury, and executioner is a role that corrodes from the inside. Every violent call he makes to protect his family also risks turning him into something his family cannot live with, so the personal cost runs in both directions. That double bind gives the action its weight.

Best for

family conflict, desperate choices and Animation

Story lane

Animation and Western

Commitment

Season 1 · 1 episodes

Where

Netflix

Official Premise

In a lawless Steampunk West filled with outlaws, machines, and supernatural threats, a father must serve as judge, jury, and executioner to protect his family-risking the loss of those he loves most.

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