 "Paprika" won the Best Feature Length Theatrical Anime Award at the sixth-annual Tokyo Anime Awards during the 2007 Tokyo International Anime Fair.Andrez Bergen of "Yomiuri Shimbun" praised the "Paprika" as the "most mesmerizing animation long-player since Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" five years ago" (in 2001).He also praised the film's animation and backgrounds.