Hello everyone.

I'm looking into the possibility of ripping sprites of characters from the super robot wars series.
Most of the sprite rips thus far are done in this matter.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3968/002gundamtr9.png

Obviously not the most suitable method for trying to use them in mugen.

I aim to rip characters as they are without going through the pain of trying to put them together.
The issue however is that the game has a lot of clutter in the way of the sprites. Such as health bars, and objects.

Is there any such way to remove these while the animations are playing so I can gather images of each frame unobstructed?
Any help would be much appreciated.

I've ripped sprite sheets that required lots of extra work in the past, and I'd be willing to do the same for these if its at all possible.
Here's a link to my past work for those interested.
http://www.spriters-resource.com/playstation/inuyashaafft/