THE JACKSON 5IVE COMPLETED ANIMATED SERIES Coming to Blu-ray in January

By: Oct. 26, 2012
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Classic Media to release THE JACKSON 5IVE COMPLETED ANIMATED SERIES on Blu-ray Disc, DVD in mid-January.

For the first-time ever this complete animated series, that includes 23 full-length episodes and 46 originAl Jackson 5ive, is available to fans everywhere! With 2 complete songs in each episode you can join Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael and on tour, laughing at their crazy adventures and singing your heart out along the way. Groovy!

The Jackson 5ive Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Rankin/Bass and Motown Productions on ABC from September 11, 1971 until 14 October 1972; a fictionalized portrayal of the careers of Motown recording group The Jackson 5. The series was rebroadcast in syndication through Worldvision Enterprises during the 1984–1985 Saturday morning season, during a period when Michael Jackson was riding a major wave of popularity as a solo artist.

The series was animated mainly in London at the studios of Halas and Batchelor, and some animation done at Estudios Moro, Barcelona, Spain. The director was Spanish-American Robert Balser.



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