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| Mako: Island of Secrets | |
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| Created by | Jonathan M. Shiff |
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| Opening theme | "I Just Wanna Be" by Chantelle Defina & Jack Dacy |
| Ending theme | "I Just Wanna Be" |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 68 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Jonathan M. Shiff |
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| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions |
| Distributor | ZDF Enterprises |
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| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 26 July 2013 – 28 August 2016 |
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Mako: Island of Secrets is an Australian television programme for children and teenagers. Internationally released as Mako Mermaids, the show is a spin-off of H2O: Just Add Water and is produced by Jonathan M. Shiff in association with Network Ten and Nickelodeon.
The series follows Zac, a teenage boy who turns into a merman after accidentally falling into a magical pool of water on the fictional island of Mako.
Zac is a teenage boy who decides to camp on Mako Island, unaware that three mermaids, Sirena, Nixie, and Lyla, who are guardians of the island, are watching him. That night, when the full moon rises, the boy comes into contact with the magic water of the Moon Pool. The following morning, Zac discovers that he has the ability to control and manipulate water. Later, after accidentally falling into the water, he finds that he has also become a merman with a fish-like tail. His new-found merman abilities will cause problems for the mermaids.
After their pod casts them out for allowing Zac to become a merman, the three mermaids, curious about living on land and motivated to remove Zac's powers, venture onto the land and learn to live among humans.
In series 2, the mermaids continue to discover Mako's secrets and learn more about the merman chamber. Nixie and Lyla go in search of a new home, leaving Sirena with Ondina and Mimmi, Mako mermaids who continue the effort to remove Zac's powers and reclaim the island for their pod.
In series 3, Zac and the mermaids are joined by Weilan, a Chinese mermaid who fled to Mako for sanctuary from a magic water dragon. The mermaids must devise a way to defeat the dragon before it destroys all the pod has worked to save. Meanwhile, Sirena vacations with Aquata in Hawaii. Evie, Zac's girlfriend, faces her own battles when she becomes a mermaid herself, and the others try to help her cope with the change.
The show, announced in July 2011, consists of 26 episodes of 26 minutes each, plus an option for one 90-minute episode. Filming was to begin in April 2012, but it was postponed to the beginning of May. On 8 May 2012, Shiff Productions announced the principal cast and the start of the shoot. Filming ran through 12 October 2012.Mako was scheduled to broadcast in the second half of 2013, with a second series confirmed before the first had screened. Production of the first series totalled A$12.3 million.
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