San Francisco Chronicle

Kim's masterly, poetic ending is the cherry on top in this anime, good for a rainy day or any day.

Film Threat

Deliberately aiming to put Korean animation on the map, [this] is a tour de force blend of CGI, traditional cell animation, miniatures and live footage.

Boston Globe by Wesley Morris

This is one beautifully drawn, frequently lifelike piece of anime.

The A.V. Club by Tasha Robinson

Sky Blue is never subtle about its images of loneliness and isolation, or in fact about anything else. But as clichéd as its images are, they're still visually and tonally stunning.

The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden

Offers proof that the Korean animation industry is poised for the big leagues.

Variety by Robert Koehler

The pic plays like one long chase. Nevertheless, fashioned with ultra-sophisticated means, Sky Blue will be a must-see for anime fans around the world.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

Teeters unsteadily between dystopian fable and Saturday-morning cartoon.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

Like a lot of other Asian sci-fi anime: a stunningly imagined world of the future populated with one-dimensional characters caught up in a trite plot.

Village Voice by Ed Park

Most of the action is tedious, and the less you pay attention to the dialogue, the less you'll feel your hand inadvertently twitching as if with joystick.

L.A. Weekly by David Chute

The result is a soulless piece of product, an ungainly hybrid of sketchy hand-drawn characters in blocky CGI environments, derivative at just about every level.