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That was also nice and fluid. Studio Pierrot has great animation quality, however it's usually shown near the end of whatever they are animating. The final arcs of Shippuden had (for the most part) great and fluid animation, and it's extremely prevalent in the finale of both Bleach and Naruto. Even Akatsuki no Yona (also SP) had relatively good animation.

Shippuden was also riddled with poorly animated filler episodes. In my opinion, it should have just been sectioned off into actual seasons with a seasonal release, with realistic pacing (i.e. staring into each others eyes for god knows how long). Then it probably would have a consistent animation quality.