The only knock on shippuden as a successor to Naruto is its late series animation. Up until the Kabuto vs Uchiha battle, it was gud.. Then the bs began.. Yugioh 5d's was a long series as well.. But their animation never failed.. It had a lot of animation as well (very costly) so is it that Shippuden producers were just too cheap? By the way , Yugioh 5'ds n Naruto Shippuden both correspond to my top 5 anime list along with their original predecessors..