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Felt this deserves a new thread. This is technically a new series IMO.

I felt like watching a new series after a 1 hour premier and not a continuation of Naruto unless you mean a lot earlier Naruto when it didn't suck. I liked it. I won't spoil anything but I am the one who skipped all the fillers.

This appears to be done by different studio or they have a lot more budget now.

Wiki quote

The plot of the second part of the manga and anime series Naruto, titled Naruto: Shippūden (疾風伝, Shippūden? lit. Hurricane Chronicles) in the anime and simply Part II in the manga, is set two and a half years later after the present timeline in Part I, and revolves mainly around Naruto Uzumaki's and Sakura Haruno's new adventures and their search for Sasuke Uchiha after he left Konoha to gain Orochimaru's power. The plot also shows a more active Akatsuki in their quest for obtaining all the tailed beasts. The anime adaptation of the manga started airing on February 15, 2007, premiering with the first two episodes debuting in a one hour special.