Nope, you will not get me on this.
First of all, the first half of the fight did have poor ART (my bad), that was a fact. There's a picture of Sage Mode Naruto from the anime grabbing the Rhino summon, and its compared to the manga version. The difference is staggering. The animation is way too over the top as well, too much is spent on unnecessary and unfaithful additions.
The 2nd half of a fight was a joke. How the heck was that faithful to the original source material? There's a difference between being "over the top, but still respecting the source material" and "doing whatever the fuck you want." Naruto vs Sasuke & Naruto vs Orochimaru were leagues better than this. And you have the gall to suggest i can't handle stylized animation? Really?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow0hRopXlEI <--- A video that fully illustrates what was wrong with episode 167.
Want an example of
good animation & art? See the Marineford arc in One Piece.