show Future Boy Conan (1978). His manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1982) and its 1984 anime film adaptation also contained steampunk elements. Miyazaki's most influential steampunk production was the Studio Ghibli anime film Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), which became a major milestone in the genre and has been described by The Steampunk Bible as "one of the first modern steampunk classics." The success of Laputa inspired a wave of Japanese steampunk works, such as Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990), Porco Rosso (1992), Sakura Wars (1996), Fullmetal Alchemist (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004) and Steamboy (2004). Dieselpunk Examples of Japanese dieselpunk include Hayao Miyazaki's manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1982) and its 1984 anime film adaptation, the anime film Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986) by Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, and Squaresoft's Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy VII (1997). Isekai is a subgenre of Japanese light novels, manga, anime and video games that revolve around a normal person from Earth being transported to, reborn or trapped in a parallel universe. While many isekai involve a fantasy world, a number of isekai instead involve a virtual world. The Digimon Adventure (1999 debut) and .hack (2002 debut) franchises were some of the first works to present the concept of isekai as a virtual world (inspired by video games), with Sword Art Online (also 2002 debut) following in their footsteps. Some isekai are set in a formerly virtual world that turns into a real one, such as in Log Horizon (2010 debut) and Overlord'' (2010 debut). See also Awards Hayakawa Award Nihon SF Taisho Award Seiun Award Publishers Hayakawa Publishing, largest science fiction publisher in Japan Kadokawa Shoten Shueisha Tokuma Shoten Tokyo Sogensha Studios Gainax Studio Ghibli Studio Nue Studio Trigger Sunrise (company) Toei Toho Fandom Nihon SF Taikai - Japan SF Convention Notes References External links Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (old English page) Kurodahan Press—A publisher specializing in English translations of Japanese fiction, including science fiction. Haikasoru—An imprint specializing English translation of Japanese science fiction and fantasy. Mirai-ki: The Forgotten History of Japan’s Early Science Fiction (io9.com) Science fiction ja:サイエンス・フィクション#日本SFの歴史