'Wreck-It Ralph' wins big at the Annie Awards

Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" was a big winner Saturday night at the 40th Annie Awards recognizing excellence in all things animated, from feature films to affects in live action movies.

The movie's wins included:

• Best animated feature of 2012
• Rich Moore as best director
• Alan Tudyk for voice acting in an animated feature (King Candy)
• Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee for writing 

This is the first best feature win for Disney -- not Pixar -- since 1998, when "Mulan" took the top prize, Indiewire reports.

The short film that played before "Ralph" also was a winner: "The Paperman" took the award for best animated short subject. Incidentally, "The Paperman" debuted online this week; you can see it below.

"Ralph" stomped all over Disney-Pixar's "Brave," which also was nominated for best animated feature, along with "Frankenweenie," "ParaNorman," "Hotel Transylvania," "Rise of the Guardians," "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" and "The Rabbi's Cat."

"Brave" wasn't completely shut out; the film won awards for production design and for editorial content in an animated feature.

The L.A. Times has a complete list of nominees and winners.