According to former Anime Insider editor Rob Bricken, Wizard Magazine has chosen to shutdown Anime Insider magazine and let go of the staff. This news follows a series of recent layoffs at Wizard Entertainment in Chicago and canceling its Wizard World Texas convention. The final issue on newsstands will be #67. Anime Insider, while not as thick as competing anime magazines, managed to survive the rough and tumble world of print publications from 2001 until 2009.