While this series is not without entertainment value, I would hardly call it innovative or even riveting. The story arc is somewhat confused. There’s an introduction about the halfway point of a sub-plot involving some sort of archive and A.I. that looks like a preteen girl who acts like a ditz. It culminates in a big battle that resolves some things, but somehow manages to feel anticlimactic and out of place in the story. It’s sot of like they wedged in so many things just to hit all the elements they wanted in this series – high school, fan service, mecha, harem – and forgot about the good storytelling. I never felt engaged with any of the characters. I wasn’t rooting for Lux or Lisesharte to ‘win’ or lose anything. It just reached the end and it was the end.
That said, the series looked great — the action sequences were often mesmerizing and the fan service, for those who like that sort of thing, was sexy. There was good use of 3DCG for visual effects, it never stood out. Some of the backgrounds could have used a little more detail at times. I found sometimes some of the foliage just looked like an amorphous blob, but it didn’t detract too much from the overall quality.
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The Video
This series looks very good in this 1080p AVC encodement on Blu-ray. There is very little to complain about apart from the very slightest hint of some aliasing around the edges of some of the CGI animation. Colors look vibrant without being overly saturated and banding is not an issue.
The Audio
The original Japanese-language stereo mix is the sole audio option. It is provided in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and it very much a mixed bag. While the dialogue is clean and the stereo imaging is strong, the dynamic range is a little out of control, and by that I mean it goes from too low at times to staggeringly loud to the point of distorting during the action sequences. At least the cast does a good job with what is just an average series overall.
The Supplements
Only the clean opening and closing animations along with Sentai Filmworks trailers are included.
The Final Assessment
Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle is a mixed bag of quality and genres. The series suffers from not knowing what fans exactly it is aiming for, the fan service crowd, the mecha crowd, or the comedy crowd. The story tends to drift a little aimlessly and never really gets viewers invested in the characters. While it generally looks good, the sound is also hit or miss.
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