Minamicon 5 was held at the Novotel Southampton from 19th-21st March 1999. Here are some photos I took over the course of the weekend:
The Hotel | |||||
Registration | |||||
Dragon performs the opening ceremony | |||||
The rest of the committee look on | |||||
The dealers room (9:59am) | |||||
The dealers room (10:01am) | |||||
Otaku Publishing | |||||
MVM | |||||
Sheffield Space Centre | |||||
United Publications | |||||
The games room | |||||
The quiz | |||||
Part of the quiz was a challenge round in which each team had to perform an embarrasing task of their choice. All but one team chose the 'draw characters from a show option'. These were the result. | |||||
One team took the karaoke option. Here they are performing their version of the Dragon half ending theme. | Sound clip (954Kb) | ||||
The Masquerade | |||||
The auction, hosted by Jeff-kun | |||||
Helen McCarthy gives a talk assisted by her trusty sidekick Steve Kyte | |||||
No con would be complete without an appearance by Stuart's trousers | |||||
Closing Ceremony |
All photos copyright Jonathan Weeks.