Cross Game v Touch

[Njr Scrawl]

While I still long with heart & soul for Touch to be R1-licensed, perhaps Cross Game - being more modern & less classic, has a better chance.

To those Touch fans here on AoD, who have seen some or all of CG, how do you rate the latter in comparison with Touch?
Would you buy CG if it was licensed.

To anyone who's never seen Touch, but has some of Cross Game, would you buy the show on DVD (or Blu Ray) if it was licensed?

[Ingraman]

To anyone who's never seen Touch, but has some of Cross Game, would you buy the show on DVD (or Blu Ray) if it was licensed?

I loved Cross Game, and I would definitely buy it on either SD or HD disc format if it had a good english subtitling job and decent video mastering. I don't trust Viz to release it, though. ;_;

[WTK]

To anyone who's never seen Touch, but has some of Cross Game, would you buy the show on DVD (or Blu Ray) if it was licensed?

I loved Cross Game, and I would definitely buy it on either SD or HD disc format if it had a good english subtitling job and decent video mastering. I don't trust Viz to release it, though. ;_;
I'm really loving Cross Game thus far (1/5 of the way). I'm curious if it will ever gets released here and if so how Viz will handle it. Their track record has been lousy for long series.

This reminds me I really should buy that R3TW boxset sooner rather than later. I just don't see how anyone in R1 would license this.

[pathos]

I've seen both, plus H2 as well.

Of course, I started with Cross Game, and while it was airing, went back and watched both Touch and H2.

I like all 3 quite a bit, but my favorite is Cross Game. Partly because I started with it before the other 2. Partly because it's the newest, which means better animation and more modern character designs. But, also partly because of the cast. Although I like the cast from Touch, the leads from Cross Game have them beat, imo. Also, the expanded cast is fairly large, and it's hard not to like most everyone in the expanded cast (well, with 1 exception, a certain cousin who shall remain nameless).

I consider the story from all 3 being pretty equal.

For the last 2, I guess I'd rate Touch higher. I probably like H2 a little higher, but the story is incomplete, where Touch tells a complete story, so it pushes it up the bar a bit.

But, no matter how you rate them in the end, I can't imagine a Touch fan not liking Cross Game.