User blog comment:Savage Samurai/Banned from DEATH BATTLE! Trivia/@comment-33075545-20180211235344/@comment-25620113-20180212001614

Actually the only character that was truly banned was Yoda. Mickey is unlikely due to legal concerns but its only due to legal concerns. If they find that they can actually use Mickey, they probably will use him. Besides it wouldn't be the first time they've found a way around legality. They were able to do an actual Disney character in the form of Scrooge and they were able to get Johnny Yong Bosch to voice Ichigo.