[Iriliane]

Originally Posted by ashlay

First rule of robot anime: if you don't see the person's body explode/get covered in white light, no matter how badly their MS is damaged, they're not dead.

Even that's not enough to keep a character dead sometimes.

Spoiler for Macross 7:

Gamlin manages to come back after fading to white and having his mech explode. Heck, even most of the cast thinks he's a goner 'till he shows up and rescues them.