'The Mandalorian' Meets 'Avatar' in Netflix's New Sci-Fi Western Masterpiece

Westerns are filled with stories about the toll violence takes on the soul and quests for revenge that begin with digging two graves. Netflix’s new animated Western Bass X Machina leans into those themes on both a personal and societal level, tackling America’s cycles of brutal violence from the Trail of Tears to the Civil War to the outlaws of the Wild West. It also adds in mechs, magic, and one of the best opening themes since Cowboy Bebop . In short, it slaps.