I have to say this: even just from an artistic perspective (and knowing nothing of the story yet), if this doesn't get an academy award nomination I'd be absolutely floored and a bit disgruntled.
That said, if it did get passed over I really hope people don't go blaming Mirai or Early Man or w/e like they did Song of the Sea and Princess Kaguya when they got in over The Lego Movie.
Especially since they've likely never seen any of those films and just want to have something they've never heard of be the problem.