The Wild Robot flat-out dominated the 52nd annual Annie Awards on Saturday night, won nine trophies: Best Direction for Chris Sanders — his fifth career Annie — FX, Character Animation, Character Design, Production Design, Editorial, Music and Voice Acting for Lupita Nyong’o as lead character Roz. She was not present at UCLA’s Royce Hall to accept.

“The Wild Robot” ran away with nine wins at the 52nd annual Annie Awards on February 8 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The DreamWorks robot survival adventure took Best Feature along with nearly ever other category (it was not nominated for Best Writing and Best Storyboarding).

The Wild Robot' and 'Arcane' took home nine and seven trophies respectively at the 52nd Annie Awards. See the full list of winners.

Annie Awards, including Best Feature, Best Voice Acting, Best Direction and Best Music, at a ceremony honoring excellence in animation on Saturday. Flow won the prizes for Best Independent Feature and Best Writing,

Flow, which won the Golden Globe for best animated motion picture, and The Wild Robot are both nominated for the Oscar for best animated feature, along with Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail and Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

"The Wild Robot" was the big winner at the Annie Awards on Saturday evening, winning nine trophies at the annual ceremony that honors the best in animation as chosen by the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Society,

Overall, Arcane ranked second in total awards won, with the animated feature The Wild Robot taking home nine trophies.

DreamWorks Animation's The Wild Robot sweeps awards, solidifying its frontrunner status for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars.