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- "List of FLCL episode titles" (in Japanese). Gainax. Archived from the original on 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- "FLCL – Full Episodes and Clips streaming online". Hulu. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
- FLCL: Groundworks (in Japanese). − An official artbook.