Kaiba Corporation
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Kaiba Corporation (海馬コーポレイション Kaiba Kōporeishon?) is a fictional corporate entity from the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise specializing in the entertainment and gaming industry more specifically creating technologies centered around the Duel Monsters game.
[edit] In the Series
The company is owned by Seto Kaiba and he is also the majority stockholder of Kaibacorp. in Kazuki Takahashi's popular anime and manga Yu-gi-oh!. The corporate headquarters is located in Domino City (Battle City), where Kaiba hosts Battle City, a company sponsored tournament. The company's prize product is the Duel Disk, a dueling system which gives the card based Duel Monster game a holographic interface.
Kaiba corp. expanded into other areas of the gaming and entertainment industries with the creation of Kaibaland, an amusement park. Two parks were built in Domino City and California. It was the culmination of the Kaiba brother's dream to create a park for orphaned and/or underprivileged children. Kaiba Corp was originally a military arms dealer owned by Gozaburo Kaiba, until it was drastically changed by Kaiba after his hostile takeover.
Seto's rise to power involved direct manipulation of the Big Five, Gozaburo, and Mokuba. Due to this, as well as Kaiba Corp's past as a weapons company, Seto is often brought to blows with those who have a vendetta against him and the company. These include the Big Five themselves, Gozaburo, and his son Noah Kaiba. Alister of the Doma Arc also seeks revenge for his little brother, who was killed in a military attack by Kaiba funded artillery. Later, this attack is revealed to have been ordered by Dartz, masquerading as Gozaburo. These clashes have often been the foundation of several story arcs in the series including Legendary Heroes and Virtual World (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
[edit] Relationships with Other Companies in the Anime/Manga
Most notable of Kaiba Corp's rivals is Schroeder Corp, headed by Zigfried von Schroeder. The Schroeder family has been rivals of the Kaibas even before Seto's takeover. They were also once a military dealer like Kaiba Corp. But when the past CEO went mad, Zigfried took power and changed the company to a games maker: as it would happen, this runs concurrently with Seto's rise to power, and the reformatting of his company to the gaming industry. Schroeder and Kaiba Corp both researched and developed holographic projection systems for Duel Monsters, but Seto's was patented and marketed first. Zigfried is furious over the fact that Seto always seemed to be one step ahead of him, and until his defeat at the KC Grand Championship, was obsessed with ruining KaibaCorp.
Another notable fictional company in the Yu-gi-oh! series is Industrial Illusions headed by Maximillion Pegasus. It is important to note that Kaiba corp. technology, especially the Duel Disk, run seamlessly with the Duel Monsters game, created by Pegasus and both companies have worked closely in conjunction. Kaiba and Pegasus are in fact old friends who met when Pegasus was still an active participant in the dueling world, although his bids for the ownership of KaibaCorp have since driven a rift between them. Pegasus still (somewhat mockingly) regards Kaiba as a friend, however.
[edit] Kaiba Corporation in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
In episode 97 of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Kaiba Dome was the site of the World title match during the Pro League. It caught on fire at some point during the duel due to the destructive power of Bloo-D, and the resulting blaze was cited to be the cause of Dr. Collector's (a duelist participating in the World title match) death. Whether anyone else was harmed is unknown [citation needed].
