I was anime only up to the Naruto vs Kiba fight. The battles were going really slow so I downloaded the manga I read from the beginning to just past the Lee vs Gaara fight. Over the next few weeks that followed I found that having read the manga kinda ruined the anime. The anime being better drawn, in color, and having more frames to sync scene and emotion I found to be far superior, however already knowing the plot it lacked any mystery. I'm glad that the anime has caught up to and surpassed what I read in the manga. I guess my reason is I just find it much more enjoyable to see it for the first time as anime. The only real plus to the manga is you could read it all and see what happens in the future, but then you’re stuck in the same boat of waiting a week to find out what happens next.