I do agree, but the 'Best Animated Feature' award is more of a popularity contest than any of the other categories. It's very often congruent with the highest grossing animated feature, and rarely moves away from Disney/Pixar -- the last time a non-Disney film won was 2011 when Rango won, the year Pixar released their only 'miss' in Cars 2. Before that is was Happy Feet in 2006 (another Cars year for Pixar).
With Pixar releasing their biggest commercial success ever this year, plus it being pretty well received, I'd say they are about 90% guaranteed another win. Even if Spiderverse is a better movie.
Isle of Dogs is really cool and has some amazing artistry behind it, and the Academy likes Wes Anderson, but it's still a bit too weird/niche to be a real contender.
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