A train tears through the snow, a cart of gold has just been robbed, and the man who leaps aboard says he is not a lawman. He is a bounty hunter, and his mechanical arm is about to become a double-barreled shotgun.
That is how Bass X Machina opens, and all six episodes are streaming on Netflix now. So, here is everything you need to know before you press play.
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When Did Bass X Machina Come Out, and How Many Episodes Are There?
Bass X Machina premiered on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, with all six episodes arriving together. Netflix bills it as a limited series, so there is no weekly wait. The total runtime is 3 hours and 27 minutes, which makes it an easy one-night binge and our Bass X Machina ending explainer is ready once the credits roll.
The date moved once. Netflix announced October 6 in February, then confirmed the shift to November 3 during its Annecy presentation. A teaser at Anime NYC in August and a full trailer on October 14 followed.
| Ep # | Title | Runtime | Plot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Until Then…I’m Bass Reeves | 40m | The Army hires Bass for one last job: retrieve a missing scientist and stop a second Civil War. |
| 2 | A Good Way to Catch A Bullet | 29m | With an unexpected sidekick, Bass rides into the Badlands after Bully Shaw and reconnects with an old friend. |
| 3 | That Don’t Look Like God | 35m | A clash with the Holy People leaves Bass in need of repair, and Dana learns the truth about his past. |
| 4 | This Train’s Being Integrated | 33m | Tensions boil over on the train to Tuskaheegee and stir memories from Dana’s childhood. |
| 5 | I Do What I Have To Do To Survive | 35m | Bass begs Ahni to let go of her anger as General Rivenbark unveils the ultimate weapon in the City of Tomorrow. |
| 6 | If You Want a Country, You Have to Kill For It | 35m | The Colossus takes the fight to Central City, with Bass and his God Arm close behind. |
Who Is in the Bass X Machina Voice Cast?
Henry voices Bass Reeves and executive produces alongside LeSean Thomas, Jennifer Wiley-Moxley, and Chad Handley. The Oscar, Emmy, and Tony nominee has said he joined after Jermaine Turner, Netflix’s director of adult animated series, approached him, and he took a hand in voice casting, sound design, and Bass’s uniform.
Janelle Monáe voices Glory Reeves, Bass’s wife, and Tati Gabrielle voices Dana Starr, an aspiring engineer searching for her missing uncle who ends up traveling with Bass. Cree Summer plays Ahni, one of the Choctaw Holy People and a lightning wielder with a mysterious link to Bass’s past. Chaske Spencer voices Lighthorse, a Choctaw sheriff and old friend of Bass who is chasing the same bounty.
Currie Graham voices General Rivenbark, a Confederate commander tied to the experiment that gave Bass his arm. Starletta DuPois plays Etta, a Native inventor who defends her hideout with electrified fruit trees.
The credits run deep, from You and The Last of Us for Gabrielle to Voltron: Legendary Defender for Summer, The Twilight Saga for Spencer, Reacher for Graham, and The Notebook for DuPois.
What Is Bass X Machina About?
Netflix’s logline drops Bass Reeves into a lawless steampunk West overrun by brutal outlaws, machines, and supernatural terrors. Bass is a father pushed into acting as judge, jury, and executioner, and every act of justice meant to protect his family may cost him the people he is fighting to save.
That tension sits inside a hard-edged action series. Bass has a mechanical arm, and the footage Netflix has shown so far is bloody, hyper-stylized, and kinetic. Henry has described the structure as episodic, a journey in the mold of quest anime.
Netflix screened the first five minutes at Anime NYC, and it opens in a snowy landscape with Bass riding down a train that criminals have hijacked after robbing a cart of gold. He boards hunting one wanted man among a set of brothers, and when a criminal calls him a lawman, Bass corrects the label to bounty hunter.
The confrontation turns into a shootout in a car full of innocent passengers, with Bass picking off attackers carefully to protect a mother and child. A passenger’s thanks triggers a flash of his past, tied to the machine that rebuilt him. He finishes the target by turning his mechanical arm into a double-barreled shotgun while a hip-hop track blares.
How Does the Series Reimagine the Real Bass Reeves?
The real Bass Reeves was born into slavery and went on to serve as a deputy U.S. marshal, one of the first Black deputy marshals west of the Mississippi River. Paramount+ covered that history in live action with Lawmen: Bass Reeves in 2023, and Bass X Machina takes the same name in a very different direction.
Henry has said he had no interest in a conventional historical series. He wanted to honor the real Bass Reeves while placing a Black protagonist in a steampunk western, a genre he says has rarely featured one.
“The thing that I always say about this show is I wanted to be so damn punk rock,” Henry lamented, as quoted by What’s On Netflix. “I’m interested in the punk rock Western. That’s what I want.
“Because most of the time in Westerns, our visibility is excluded. And I was like, there were a lot of Black and brown cowboys. There were a lot of people who found the frontier, indigenous wise, and we never get to see that. So what I wanted to do in the show is to give an homage to them and celebrate them and also do it in an incredibly crazy punk rock way that you saw.”
Where to Watch Bass X Machina and What Time Does It Drop?
Bass X Machina streams on Netflix. Netflix usually unlocks new titles at 12:00 a.m. PT, which would put the premiere at 3:00 a.m. ET and 8:00 a.m. GMT on Tuesday. In India, that is 1:30 p.m. IST on Tuesday, November 3.
This is an adult animated series, and the first footage is graphic, so it is not one for younger viewers.
Bass X Machina FAQ
Is Bass X Machina based on a true story?
It is inspired by the real Bass Reeves, but the series is an alternate-history fantasy. The West in this show includes machines and supernatural threats, and Bass carries a cybernetic arm.
How many episodes does Bass X Machina have?
Six. Netflix is releasing the whole season at once on November 3.
Will there be a Bass X Machina Season 2?
Netflix has billed the series as a six-episode limited series, and no second season has been announced as of yet.
Who performs the opening theme?
Janelle Monáe performs the opening theme, HONOR KiLLING, and also voices Glory Reeves.
Is Bass X Machina for kids?
No. It is an adult animated series, and the footage shown so far includes graphic violence.
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