The other noteworthy inclusion on the list is Spider-Man, which has been building intense buzz over the last month, garnering stellar reviews from critics and strong support from major figures in the live-action film world, such as Guillermo del Toro:

Academy animation members take note!! https://t.co/mgKeslRrs0 — Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) December 6, 2018

If there was a snub in the category, it’s the exclusion of the Hungarian hand-drawn feature Ruben Brandt, Collector, which is being released in the U.S. by Sony Pictures Classics. The film has a low profile heading into awards season, and furthermore, it’s adult-oriented, which never seems to help an animated film when it’s time for awards.

We identified the Milorad Krstic-directed film as our top foreign animation pick, writing, “It’s stylistically audacious — using cubism-inspired 2d animation — and philosophically fascinating, as it explores the transformative nature of art.” But when an awards show nominates two family-friendly Disney films, good luck slipping in a psychological action-crime thriller nominated into that same category.

Here again are the Golden Globe nominees for 2018’s best animated feature:

Incredibles 2

dir. Brad Bird

(Disney-Pixar / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Isle of Dogs

dir. Wes Anderson

(Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures / Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Mirai

dir. Mamoru Hosoda

(Studio Chizu / GKIDS)

Ralph Breaks the Internet

dir. Phil Johnston, Rich Moore

(Walt Disney Animation Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman

(Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation / Sony Pictures Releasing)

The Golden Globes, now in its 76th year, are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), a group of foreign journalists that covers the Hollywood entertainment industry for international publications.

The awards will be presented on Sunday, January 6, 2019.