**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?**
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manga anime light-novel
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.
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I do not think something can become a whole genre very easily, and "VR MMORPG"
is very specific even for a sub-genre.

_isekai_ refers to being transported or reborn into another world and some of
the titles you refer to definitely belong to this group. _Isekai_ is a sub-
genre of fantasy.
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[もの is the suffix to form a genre
name](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/82400/5010), so the phrase you want
is simply **" VR MMORPGもの"**, or **" VRMMOもの"** for short. 系 is another suffix
for this, so you can say VRMMO系のアニメ, etc. For example, [this
page](https://www.cg-con.com/topics/30378/) introduces 9 popular light novels
of this (sub)genre, including 防振り.

However, if I understand correctly, of the titles you listed, only SAO, .hack,
ログホラ and 防振り are truly in the VRMMO genre. In スライム倒して300年, 転スラ, 自動販売機に and
異世スマ, the main protagonist is transported to an RPG-like fantasy isekai, but
the story has nothing to do with VR (virtual reality) or MMO (massively
multiplayer online). The characters of ダンまち live in a (somewhat RPG-like)
fantasy world from the very beginning, and there is no isekai transfer or
computer involved in the story in the first place. This may go without saying,
but **not all RPGs are VRMMORPGs**. Just because characters have a level or
skills does not necessarily mean the work belongs to the VRMMO or isekai
genre.
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