Critics and media who have watched the film in South Korea praised the film. " Chosun Ilbo " said that "風立ちぬ" has "the same calming ability as Miyazaki Hayao himself."
According to the American " Vanity Fair " magazine, from the box office point of view, "风立ちぬ" is undoubtedly the most successful Japanese movie in 2013.
Hong Kong media said that Miyazaki Hayao has always loved airplanes. But his performance of this kind of love in this movie is different.
Italo Caproni, the grandson of the Italian aircraft inventor Giovanni Battista "Gianni" Caproni, who appeared in the film, praised the reappearance of his grandfather on the screen Said: "Exactly the same as the image of my grandfather holding me back then, Director Miyazaki portrayed my grandfather perfectly."
Leoni Ezio/Leoni Ezio of Il mattino di Padova (Il mattino di Padova) thinks that although Miyazaki Hayao’s best work is " Spirited Away ", he also likes this film, "This is a very Ambitious works may be a bit exaggerated, but it is worth making such a movie. Because in cartoons, children are usually told short stories, and Miyazaki Hayao tells a very important history. This is a beautiful thing. The story, it brings a person like me back to childhood memories."
Michel Simon, the editor-in-chief of French " Positive Film ", said that he was disappointed.
