''Adam and Joe Go Tokyo'' was a series of eight episodes created for

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(also airing in full on

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at a later timeslot as promotion for the new channel). It starred

Adam Buxton Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969) is an English actor, comedian, podcaster and writer. With the filmmaker Joe Cornish, he is part of the comedy duo Adam and Joe. They presented the Channel 4 television series ''The Adam and Joe Show'' (1996 ...

and

Joe Cornish Joseph Murray Cornish (born 20 December 1968) is an English comedian and filmmaker. With his long-time comedy partner, Adam Buxton, he forms the comedy duo Adam and Joe. In 2011, Cornish released his directorial debut ''Attack the Block''. He ...

of ''

The Adam and Joe Show ''The Adam and Joe Show'' is a British television comedy show, written and presented by Adam and Joe (Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish), which ran for 22 episodes and four series on Channel 4 from 6 December 1996 to 16 May 2001. All four series are ...

'' and aired from 30 May 2003 to 25 July 2003. The aim of the show was to offer an alternative insight into the lives of

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's citizens, with the obligatory look at a number of gadgets and toys along the way. The show took the format of a mature

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outlining many pastimes of the average (or less so) Japanese person, everything from competitive speed eating to

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cosplay Cosplay, a portmanteau of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture, ...

. Each episode would end with a Japanese band joining the show to perform.

Gaijin Invasion

In each episode, Adam and Joe documented their attempts to become "Big in Japan". In one episode, they resorted to

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in a local park. They performed an unnamed tribute to

wearing sneakers and black diving suits. As luck would have it, they were spotted by somebody working for a Japanese music television show and were asked to participate in it.

Guests

Each week there were around two guests on the show ranging from professional cosplayers to the Japanese expert on fish.

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Gaijin Invasion

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