| Mermaid in Love | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Mega Kreasi Films |
| Directed by | Findo Purnowo HW |
| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | Shae |
| Opening theme | "Sayang" — Shae |
| Ending theme | "Sayang" — Shae |
| Composer | Ishvara Giovanni |
| Country of origin | Indonesia |
| Original language | Indonesian |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 158 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Subagio Samtomo |
| Producers |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Mega Kreasi Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | SCTV |
| Release | 2 May – 7 October 2016 |
| Related | |
| Mermaid in Love 2 Dunia | |
Mermaid in Love is an Indonesian fantasy television series produced by Mega Kreasi Films which premiered on 2 May 2016 on SCTV. It stars Amanda Manopo, Angga Aldi Yunanda, and Esa Sigit.
Apart from being a television series, this series was also made into a television film titled Lope Mermaid In Love in 2016 special to celebrate SCTV's anniversary. The second season of this series titled Mermaid In Love 2 Dunia which aired on 5 December 2016. It stars Amanda Manopo, Angga Aldi Yunanda and Bastian Steel. and re-run on 16 December 2017.
Ariel (Amanda Manopo) is a mermaid who lives far from the seabed. Unable to stay still, she constantly seeks a new life and is fascinated by the human world. She is particularly envious of life on land, where people frequently post pictures of their food on social media. Ariel is rarely without her gadgets and uniquely carries a mobile phone around her neck.
Ariel is also fascinated by an ordinary human life and becomes particularly interested in a young man who often visits the beach where she lives. He is bored because his home is occupied only by women and longs for the company of handsome men.
One day, while Ariel and her friend Buled (Meinorizah) are playing in the ocean, they encounter two handsome boys riding jet skis. Both immediately fall for them. One of the boys is Troy (Esa Sigit), who has come to the beach with his parents to celebrate the 17th birthday of his younger brother, Erick (Angga Aldi Yunanda). While Troy, Erick and Bhishma (Arnold Leonard) are playing with a speedboat, Erick falls into the water and begins to drown. Ariel mistakenly believes Troy is in danger and rushes to rescue him, only to discover that she has actually saved Erick. During the rescue, Erick catches a glimpse of the beautiful mermaid.
On 8 August 2016 the show completed 100 episodes.
Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (IBC) imposed a written sanction on the 22 August 2016 broadcast due to showing the students that boys want to achieve with the conversation "can you just not help me just once", "Ril, because your love gave me courage", "but ril, your life is more valuable...", "Ril, I don't care how big the risk is, because I'm afraid of losing you ril… without you and me there would be no us Ril”, “I've never felt this big”.. and showing a scene of a boy and a girl holding hands while saying "because I always want to be with you.. you may not be a perfect girl, but I don't care, because since your presence my life has become more perfect, you are the reason why I I can smile at my most difficult times, I can't live without you".