OMFG! Insane! I watched it twice. One of the best fights in the series imo. I was a tad annoyed with this section of the anime since there were 3 fights and each episode was semi-split between them. They spent 2 episodes having Kiba run away right? Almost 2 episodes w/ Shikamaru in the death lock position. <sigh>

Yeah, I noticed the changes in the intro too. They took out the 2 Sound Ninja that were defeated by Chouji and Neji. I'm guessing they're dead by now...

I can't wait till next week's episode. Gaara's new uniform is badass. Temari's new uniform is an upgrade from her old one imo. I think it's lame that Kankuro is the only one still w/ the same old shit. Ah, I'm tempted to go read the manga now just so I know what happens.