IGN's Lucy O'Brien writes:"The latest from animation stalwart Studio Ghibli, From Up On Poppy Hill continues the company’s recent trend of smaller, gentler films than its Hayao Miyazaki-forged-heydey. Fans of Miyazaki’s particular brand of high-concept fantasy needn’t feel alarmed, for Poppy Hill carries on his legacy of visual beauty and haunting set pieces, albeit definitively grounded in reality. This is Ghibli doing slice-of-life; no critter companions here, folks." (Anime, From Up on Poppy Hill) 7/10