Editing Adam and Joe Go Tokyo

{{short description|BBC television series}}
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 | runtime = 25 Minutes
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 | starring = {{Plainlist|
*  [[Adam Buxton]]
*  [[Joe Cornish]]
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 | country = United Kingdom
 | network = [[BBC Three]]
 | first_aired = {{Start date|2003|05|30|df=yes}}
 | last_aired = {{End date|2003|07|25|df=yes}}
 | num_episodes = 8
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'''''Adam and Joe Go Tokyo''''' was a series of eight episodes created for [[BBC Three]] (also airing in full on [[BBC One]] at a later timeslot as promotion for the new channel). It starred [[Adam Buxton]] and [[Joe Cornish]] of ''[[The Adam and Joe Show]]'' 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 [[Tokyo]]'s citizens, with the obligatory look at a number of gadgets and toys along the way. The show took the format of a mature [[Blue Peter]] outlining many pastimes of the average (or less so) Japanese person, everything from competitive speed eating to [[manga]] [[cosplay]]. 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 [[busking]] in a local park. They performed an unnamed tribute to [[Tokyo]] 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.

==Episode details==
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 |ShortSummary=In their first attempt to get big in Japan, the pair posed as celebrities at [[Shibuya]] Crossing. Guests included inventor [[Yoshiro Nakamatsu|Dr Nakamatsu]] and comedy duo [[Tetsu and Tomo]]. Adam and Joe also explored the cosplay scene at a convention. Music from [[Polysics]]
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 |ShortSummary=Trying to further their attempts in getting famous in Japan, Adam and Joe attended a book signing with glamour duo [[Kano sisters|The Kano Sisters]]. Fish expert {{Interlanguage link|Sakana Kun|2=ja|3=さかなクン|preserve=1}} was in the studio, as were [[Michael Arias]] and [[Shinichiro Watanabe]], who were discussing the [[Animatrix]]. Music from Loop Junktion<!-- (now named Cro-Magnon) ?? . [[The Cro-Magnons]] ?? -->.
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 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2003|06|13}}
 |ShortSummary=This time in their attempts to get big in Japan, Adam and Joe went to the premier of [[The Matrix Reloaded]] in eyecatching outfits. Keiji Oguni, Shinya Takahashi ({{Interlanguage link|speed eaters|2=ja|3=フードファイター|preserve=1}}) had a competition, [[Inoue Daisuke|Daisuke Inoue]] (the inventor of [[karaoke]]) was interviewed and judged Adam and Joe's karaoke skills, and music from Dogggy Style (band).
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 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2003|06|20}}
 |ShortSummary=[[Nobumichi Tosa]] ({{Interlanguage link|Meiwa Denki|2=ja|3=明和電機|preserve=1}}), [[HALCALI]] (band). 
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 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2003|07|04}}
 |ShortSummary=[[Susumu Kurobe]] (original [[Ultraman]]), [[Tokyo Shock Boys]] (performing artists), [[Guitar Wolf]] (band). 
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 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2003|07|11}}
 |ShortSummary=[[Kenta Fukasaku]] ([[Battle Royale II: Requiem]] director), [[Tatsuya Fujiwara]] (actor), Gaijin Invasion, Hoover's Ooover (miscredited as Hoover Over) (band).
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 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2003|07|18}}
 |ShortSummary=[[Dandy Sakano]] (comedian), Mc Simoneta (band), DJ Takeshit (band).
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 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|df=yes|2003|07|25}}
 |ShortSummary=[[Papaya Suzuki]] & Oyaji Dancers (performing artists), [[Plus-Tech Squeeze Box]] (band).
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==See also==
* [[Japanorama]]

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0445863|title=Adam and Joe Go Tokyo}}

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[[Category:2003 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:2003 British television series endings]]
[[Category:2000s British comedy television series]]
[[Category:BBC television comedy]]
[[Category:Street performance]]
[[Category:British English-language television shows]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Tokyo]]
[[Category:Works by Joe Cornish]]