'Wreck-It Ralph' Wins Top Animation Prize at Annie Awards LOS ANGELES - "Wreck-It Ralph" is headed to the Oscar podium, at least if the animation industry's biggest awards gala is any indicator. Annie Awards voters gave it five trophies on Saturday night, including one for best feature. The Hollywood chapter of the International Animated Film Society has handed out its Annies for 40 years now, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has only had a cartoon category since its 2002 ceremony. In that time, the top Annie winner has gone on to win the Oscar 73 percent of the time. "Wreck-It Ralph," about a video game villain who wants to be a hero, gave Walt Disney Animation Studios its first top prize at the Annies since 1998, when "Mulan" was named best feature. Since then, Pixar and DreamWorks Animation have dominated. Disney Animation has never won a competition Oscar. "Because of them, we are believing in ourselves again," said Clark Spencer, a producer of "Wreck-It Ralph," as he accepted the best feature Annie. Mr. Spencer was speaking of top executives at Pixar, who have oversight of Disney Animation and have been toiling to turn it around ever since Pixar became a corporate sibling in 2006. Disney Animation also won the Annie for best short, for "Paperman," which is also an Academy Award nominee. Maybe Pixar itself is now in need of a tune-up? Its "Brave" took home two Annies on Saturday, both in lesser categories. DreamWorks Animation's "Rise of the Guardians" also won two, and its "Dragons: Riders of Berk" won in multiple categories. Nickelodeon won best animated pre-school show for "Bubble Guppies: A Tooth on the Looth." Disney and Pixar have had a rocky recent past with the Annies: the companies boycotted the 2011 awards, citing concerns with voting and membership. In particular, they felt that rival DreamWorks had an unfair edge. After changes, Disney-Pixar returned last year - only to watch Paramount's "Rango" take the top prize.