I find that the thing setting naruto apart from dbz is that the battles are different. In dbz it was always 2 guys flying in the air and most of the fight was them being a big blur because they moved so fast to the normal human and then at the end goku used his kame hame ha or whatever it was called attack to win. Naruto battles have a variety of attacks and techniques being displayed in every battle which makes it much more watchable because you always wonder how the fight is going to be ended.