He wound up living and working there for 40 years , spending a decade in London , where he worked on `` Yellow Submarine '' and `` Jackson 5ive , '' among other projects . ` ` Jackson 5ive '' cartoon fictionally chronicled the brothers ' lives . The series featured songs like ` ` ABC , '' ` ` I Want You Back , '' ` ` I 'll Be There '' and director Bob Anderson co - wrote the series ' ` ` ' Submarine '' Balser tried to inject ` ` European flavor '' into a ` ` animation ' ''
` ` Jackson 5ive '' cartoon fictionally chronicled the brothers ' lives . The series featured songs like ` ` ABC , '' ` ` I Want You Back , '' ` ` I 'll Be There '' and director Bob Anderson co - wrote the series ' ` ` ' Submarine '' Balser tried to inject ` ` European flavor '' into a ` ` animation ' ''