User blog comment:Salubri/Hollow. Arrancar, Espada & Vasto Lorde/@comment-1393830-20100818003544

Well, the anime is always semi canon, it is a secondary source, so where the manga says nothing and the anime does say something, we take what the anime said until it is otherwise contradicted in the manga, Plus, MASKED supports Harribel being a Vasto Lorde