Mania Entertainment's Patricia Beard felt it was disappointing that more of From Up Above had not been released, as she felt it had a "cute story", and that Kurekoshi's art had "a fluidity and ease in the style" which lent itself to the tone of the story. HollyEllingwood, writing for Active Anime, compared From Up Above to Fushigi Yuugi, praising the "imagination" in the details of the story, and Kurekoshi's "flowing art" and story.