Is there a name for this genre of Japanese manga/anime that features VR MMORPG storyline?


**Is there a name for this genre of Japanese manga/anime that features VR
MMORPG storyline?**

  * [スライム倒して300年、知らないうちにレベルMAXになってました](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Been_Killing_Slimes_for_300_Years_and_Maxed_Out_My_Level)
  * [転生したらスライムだった件](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Time_I_Got_Reincarnated_as_a_Slime)
  * [痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofuri)
  * [自動販売機に生まれ変わった俺は迷宮を彷徨う](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborn_as_a_Vending_Machine,_I_Now_Wander_the_Dungeon)
  * [ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_It_Wrong_to_Try_to_Pick_Up_Girls_in_a_Dungeon%3F)
  * [異世界はスマートフォンとともに](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Another_World_with_My_Smartphone)

Older stories includes:

  * <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.hack>
  * <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online>
  * <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_Horizon>

They all seem to formulaic and

  * start as a [light novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_novel)
  * have the premise of VR MMORPG in a fantasy genre
  * have a protagonist that somehow does things outside of the norm of MMORPG
  * newer stories in this genre have are extremely long titles

**Is there a name for this genre of Japanese manga/anime that features VR
MMORPG storyline?**




Are these not just a subset of 異世界? The very long light novel name certainly
checks out, and the only thing which is a bit restrictive is that you
specified they should involve VR.

