Originally posted by: Naruto_Fan
kishimoto doesnt make the filler episodes?! then does like some group at studio pierrot just make up this stuff, get some artist to draw it, and just havre kishimoto approve?

No kishimoto doesn't write the fillers. People at the studio write it and make it so it doesn't interfere with the storyline. As far as I know, Kishimoto has no involvment in the anime.