KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 -- Streaming platform Netflix is ramping up its animated films' library and adding titles by the highly acclaimed Studio Ghibli.

This includes the studio's latest Oscar-winning film, The Boy and the Heron which is set to premiere on the platform later this year globally (excluding US, Canada and Japan).

Directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron marks Miyazaki's first feature film in 10 years and it was hand-drawn by the Oscar-winning director himself.

The English dub of the film also features a star-studded cast which includes voiceovers by Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh, Christian Bale, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Dave Bautista and Karen Fukuhara.

Aside from that, an additional 22 films will ...