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In a sea of shows where many anime-influenced Black animated projects feel cloyingly recycled, Netflix’s new sci-fi animated series Bass X Machina stands out as genuinely stunning. Instead of arriving as a derivative mimicry of Toonami-era pastiche, the biggest compliment is that it’s hard to compare directly to anything else.

The late, great Patrick Stewart will forever be remembered for playing Jean-Luc Picard in the “Star Trek” franchise, but the USS Enterprise captain was far from his only TV role. A trained Shakespearian actor, the Brit made his debut on the small screen in the mid-1960s. He appeared in a variety of TV shows and films…