The TV anime series Kamisama Dolls is created by studio Brains Base, based on Hajime Yamamura's supernatural action manga about powerful "god" figureheads. The story centers around Kyouhei, a college student who grew up in a village that deified figureheads named kukuri as gods. Kyouhei abandoned his hometown when he moved to Tokyo and immersed himself in college life. However, he comes across his younger sister Utao with her kukuri in Tokyo. He learns from his sister that a fugitive named Aki from his hometown has also arrived in Tokyo (with his kukuri in tow) and is responsible for a horrific crime that Kyouhei had just witnessed. Kyouhei realizes that he cannot escape what he tried to leave behind in the village. The anime is airing in Japan from July 5, 2011.